CNN is ready by building capacity beyond previous big events

Outside of Florida, Alabama, and LSU, the conference is extremely average at best, even though it might kill SEC fans to hear that. This pick basically comes down to Auburn and Ole Miss, and since Ole Miss played here last year, the Tigers get the nod. Konica Gator Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. PittsburghNotre Dame will likely receive a bid to this game if they win out, but I don't see that happening, as they still must play red hot Stanford. In that case, Pitt, the Big East runner-up, would play in the Gator Bowl against Virginia Tech.

Miami looked to have a solid case for this game until Saturday's loss to North Carolina. LSULSU is basically locked to the Capital One Bowl, the SEC's best bowl outside of the BCS games, if they win out. And even though the Tigers will likely be ranked in the Top 14, only two teams from each conference are allowed to play in BCS bowls. The Capital One Bowl will likely have either Penn State or Wisconsin to choose from, as Iowa will probably go to a BCS bowl. If the Hawkeyes don't go to the BCS, they will be the probable choice for this game because of their history with LSU in Orlando.

But out of Penn State and Wisconsin, the Capital One Bowl will likely choose Penn State because of their great traveling fan base. Outback Bowl: Wisconsin vs. GeorgiaWisconsin will likely be the last of the 10-2 Big Ten teams that will be left and will be a lock for this game. Georgia, on the other hand, definitely helped itself last week with a win over Auburn. The Bulldogs have had an extremely disappointing season to date, but a win over the Tigers puts them in good position to play in this game. NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNN is partnering with Facebook for an application that will allow the community's users to watch President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20 while interacting with fellow social networkers.Facebook members will be able to click onto a special CNN Live page to see the inauguration and other activities.

Integration between Facebook and CNN will allow them to stay on the page and still be linked to Facebook.CNN announced the Facebook partnership during a session at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday.A prototype of the page splits the CNN Live page into three major segments, with the familiar upper-left-hand video window showing the inaugural stream above four smaller video streams. The right side of the page is taken up by the Facebook personal status update and then, below, the updates for the user's friends.In any event, CNN and other sites are bracing for a large amount of activity on January 20 as the at-work audience tunes in online during the day. It could be one of the highest, if not the highest, single video event in Web history. CNN is ready by building capacity beyond previous big events.CNN said the idea came up on Election Night, when so many Facebook users went back to their computers and posted updates that expressed either happiness or displeasure with the results. Executives thought that Facebook and CNN could assemble a way to make that easier and enhance the interactive nature of the event.Reuters/Hollywood Reporter.