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College Football - Live Thread - Week Two
ESPN.com Scoreboard ^ | From September 7th to September 9th

Posted on 09/06/2006 5:57:30 PM PDT by MikefromOhio

Week Two – College Football

Week One finally brought some much needed intensity to the summertime months for most of us. It was a relief for some (Ohio State, Notre Dame) and a crushing time for others (Colorado and Cal especially). Now that we’ve seen most every team in action, now we have something to go on other than perceptions when making picks.

As always, all rankings are from the ESPN.com Scoreboard page. I will also list any games of interest (FReepmail me if you want your team included and I will include them from here on out) and any other games listed in my Yahoo league.

GAME of the WEEK

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

(1) Ohio State at (2) Texas (-2.5)

Ohio State’s offense is fine. Their defense remains a question mark. Texas looked ok on offense and their defense is seemingly solid. Might we have another #1 after this week? Yes, probably. While there was quite a bit of holding in the Northern Illinois game, there was more of an issue of the Ohio State defenders getting off of blocks and making tackles. Now sure Garrett Wolfe would PROBABLY start on a team like Texas (he’s that good), NIU doesn’t have the offensive line that Texas does. Going into a hostile environment with a young and unproven defense isn’t quite as bit a hinderance as going in with a young and unproven offense, but Texas as a relatively experienced offense, just a redshirt freshman QB. Assuming he makes no mistakes, which is a hard thing to do in a game like this, Texas will win outright. Ohio State’s offense won’t make very many mistakes either, but their defense is the major question mark of this game.

Ohio State 25 – Texas 22

Thursday September 7th, 2006 (ESPN Thursday Night Game)

Oregon State at Boise State (-8)

This game should be a shootout. Neither team is especially known for defense. And we get to see that horrible blue turf they have in Boise very early this year.

Saturday September 9th 2006 (in ranking order)

(19) Penn State at (4) Notre Dame (-8)

The Prediction:

Penn State 21 – Notre Dame 17**** UPSET ALERT

(4) Auburn (-20) at Mississippi State

Auburn 38 – Miss St. 10

Eastern Washington at (6) West Virginia (NL)

WVU 56 – Eastern Washington 7

UCF at (7) Florida (-23)

Florida 40 – UCF 14

Arizona at (8) LSU (-16)

LSU 32 – Arizona 10

Troy at (9) Florida State (-30)

FSU 55 – Troy 3

Central Michigan at (10) Michigan (-28)

Michigan 35 – Central Michigan 14

Air Force at (11) Tennessee (-20)

Tennessee 43 – Air Force 7

(12) UGA (-3) at South Carolina

UGA 28 – South Carolina 10

(13) Louisville (-40.5) at Temple

Louisville 70 – Temple 3

(14) Iowa (-20) - Syracuse

Iowa 45 – Syracuse 17

Washington at (15) Oklahoma (-17)

Oklahoma 34 - Washington 14

(16) Virginia Tech (-12) at North Carolina

VT 32 – North Carolina 10

(18) Clemson (-2.5) at Boston college

Clemson 17 – BC 14

(20) Oregon (-11) at Fresno State

Oregon 34 – Fresno State 18

Nicholls St. at (21) Nebraska (-20.5)

Nebraska 45 – Nicholls State 0

Minnesota at (22) California (-8.5)

Minnesota 32 – Cal 28*****UPSET ALERT

UC Davis at (23) TCU (NL)

TCU 54 – UC Davis 10

(24) Texas Tech (-7) at UTEP

Texas Tech 59 – UTEP 16

Nevada at (25) Arizona St. (-14.5)

ASU 43 – Nevada 12

20-1 Straight UP
19-2 Against the Spread


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: collegefootball
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To: Cyclopean Squid

hell with as much time as he's gotten to throw, I'd HOPE he would start connecting on passes.


201 posted on 09/09/2006 2:09:38 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio

Now this one is officially over.


202 posted on 09/09/2006 2:11:15 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: MikefromOhio

ND is beating up on PSU.


203 posted on 09/09/2006 2:11:37 PM PDT by Rosemont
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To: All

Ballgame

ND 20

PSU 0

It's over....


204 posted on 09/09/2006 2:11:55 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: Rosemont

yeah

PSU looks a bit slow on defense.


205 posted on 09/09/2006 2:12:12 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio

PSU's blown opportunities:

2 dropped interceptions, costly fumble, pisspoor special teams i.e. that botched field goal attempt... It's tough to win when you don't make the big plays.


206 posted on 09/09/2006 2:13:50 PM PDT by Rosemont
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To: MikefromOhio; mainepatsfan
Time to switch to Iowa/Syracuse or OK/Washington...
I thought this would be a good game, does not look like it.
207 posted on 09/09/2006 2:13:54 PM PDT by scott says (MSM=Morons Spouting Misinformation)
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To: MikefromOhio

There goes most of NBC's audience.


208 posted on 09/09/2006 2:13:56 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: scott says

What? You don't want to stay tuned for the interview with the Manning brothers? /s


209 posted on 09/09/2006 2:14:41 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: MikefromOhio

Yep.
Let's watch Neal Gabler at 5:30 CDT.


210 posted on 09/09/2006 2:14:42 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- "if" 10% are fundamentalists, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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To: MikefromOhio

I was hoping for a better game. I still have it on in the other room, but what's the point?

I hope Texas/OSU is a little more exciting tonight.


211 posted on 09/09/2006 2:23:21 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: mainepatsfan

I'm waiting for Al Davis to sign Archie to the Raiders so he can play against Peyton.


212 posted on 09/09/2006 2:28:05 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
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To: Dog Gone

I hope so too


213 posted on 09/09/2006 2:36:29 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio
Syracuse gets fourth interception of the day.
Iowa is 18 point favorites.They will be lucky to win this game.
214 posted on 09/09/2006 2:39:02 PM PDT by scott says (MSM=Morons Spouting Misinformation)
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To: scott says

yeah....

should be a fun ending :)

dinnertime :)

I'll be back at some point.


215 posted on 09/09/2006 2:40:25 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio

PSU has more self inflicting wounds. #2 drops a pass right in his hands then a fumble gets returned for a TD. The sad thing is that PSU can move the ball against ND.


216 posted on 09/09/2006 2:45:13 PM PDT by Rosemont
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore); aft_lizard; Auntbee; Bad~Rodeo; Bat_Chemist; daybreakcoming; bamahead; ...

Upsets in the making:

Clemson 17 BC 17

Iowa 10 Syracuse 7

Both are in the 4th Quarter


217 posted on 09/09/2006 3:25:15 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio

Notre Dame 41 Penn State 3 in the 4th. :)


218 posted on 09/09/2006 3:32:08 PM PDT by defconw (Yes I am a Bushbot, so what of it? (Official Snowflake))
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To: MikefromOhio

If BC wins, thats at least one game I picked right. It seems the spread is beating me on a couple of others.


219 posted on 09/09/2006 3:36:09 PM PDT by aft_lizard (born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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To: MikefromOhio
Iowa game is wild!
Pass interference , Syracuse kicks FG
Going To OT!
WOW!
220 posted on 09/09/2006 3:46:29 PM PDT by scott says (MSM=Morons Spouting Misinformation)
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