College Football - Live Thread - Week Two

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[MikefromOhio]

Yeah it's possible.

Since Iowa was able to sneak by 'Cuse without Drew Tate, the Big Ten will remain strong enough of a conference with it's big 3 (OSU, Michigan, IOWA) that it will have a pretty good chance of landing 2 BCS teams....

[MikefromOhio]

Unless you are thinking Maryland or BC, FSU is going to win the ACC Atlantic Division........

[MikefromOhio]

I'm not far away from that :)

[MikefromOhio]

I wouldn't mind actually.

that loss to FSU finally got Cooper to decide on a QB going into the next year.

Had Joe Germaine run for just ONE first down in the Michigan State game in 1998, they would've smacked Tennessee in the Fiesta Bowl that year.

[Non-Sequitur]

However, I think JoePA is going to get that team rolling against Youngstown St. next week.

One would hope. If you can't get your team up for a game against a powerhouse like Youngstown State then you need to hang it up.

And don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan and bigger admirer of JoePa and the Penn State program. And I think they have a great team this year. But I also think, unfortunately, that it's long past JoePa's bedtime and that the Nittany Lions need a new man at the helm or they will never again have the record that their talent deserves.

[MikefromOhio]

yeah...

he looked sick yesterday even before the game.

[aft_lizard]

You and me both, I keep getting killed by the spread, I need to wait to the last second and copy MikefromOhio's picks to stay in this thing now, lol.

[Cyclopean Squid]

I predict ND moved to #2, and Texas drops to #5. I found a few other OSU fans in the heart of Houston last night but we kept it subdued. UT fans were busy blaming Mack Brown (his grace period is over already).

[half-cajun]

I agree. LSU is looking unbelievable so far. But their schedule is brutal. They play at Auburn, Tennessee, and Florida. As good as they've looked so far, I don't have much hope that they can survive that schedule.

[JeffAtlanta]

ESPN rankings...

1. Ohio State (59) 2-0 1,571
2. USC (2) 1-0 1,471
3. Notre Dame (1) 2-0 1,391
4. Auburn (1) 2-0 1,369
5. West Virginia 2-0 1,293
6. Florida 2-0 1,177
7. LSU 2-0 1,159
8. Texas 1-1 1,107
9. Georgia 2-0 997
10. Florida State 2-0 977

I am really suprised that ND wasn't moved up to #2 but they will be soon. USC still has some of that media mojo left over from the last couple of years so must be holding off ND for now.

The SEC has 4 of the top 9 right now, with UT a surprising 17. The mostly play every other good team this year, so those games should be ones to watch. Hard to pick a favorite right now but I don't see any of them making it through unbeaten.

With WVU most likely going unbeaten that leaves the second spot to OSU, USC or ND.

[MikefromOhio]

I saw that!!

:)

[MikefromOhio]

(1) Ohio State at (2) Texas (-2.5)
Ohio State 25 – Texas 22
Ohio State 24 - Texas 7

(19) Penn State at (4) Notre Dame (-8)
Penn State 21 – Notre Dame 17
Notre Dame 41 - Penn State 17***

(4) Auburn (-20) at Mississippi State
Auburn 38 – Miss St. 10
Auburn 34 - Miss St. 0

Eastern Washington at (6) West Virginia (NL)
WVU 56 – Eastern Washington 7
WVU 52 - EWU 3

UCF at (7) Florida (-23)
Florida 40 – UCF 14
Florida 42 - UCF 0

Arizona at (8) LSU (-16)
LSU 32 – Arizona 10
LSU 45 - Arizona 3

Troy at (9) Florida State (-30)
FSU 55 – Troy 3
FSU 24 - Troy 17**

Central Michigan at (10) Michigan (-28)
Michigan 35 – Central Michigan 14
Michigan 41 - CMU 17

Air Force at (11) Tennessee (-20)
Tennessee 43 – Air Force 7
Tennessee 31 - Air Force 30**

(12) UGA (-3) at South Carolina
UGA 28 – South Carolina 10
UGA 18 - S. Carolina 0

(13) Louisville (-40.5) at Temple
Louisville 70 – Temple 3
Louisville 62 - Temple 0

(14) Iowa (-20) - Syracuse
Iowa 45 – Syracuse 17
Iowa 20 - Syracuse 13 2OT**

Washington at (15) Oklahoma (-17)
Oklahoma 34 - Washington 14
Oklahoma 37 - Washington 20

(16) Virginia Tech (-12) at North Carolina
VT 32 – North Carolina 10
VT 35 - UNC 10

(18) Clemson (-2.5) at Boston college
Clemson 17 – BC 14
BC 34 - Clemson 33 2OT***

(20) Oregon (-11) at Fresno State
Oregon 34 – Fresno State 18
Oregon 31 - Fresno State 24**

Nicholls St. at (21) Nebraska (-20.5)
Nebraska 45 – Nicholls State 0
Nebraska 56 - Nicholls St. 7

Minnesota at (22) California (-8.5)
Minnesota 32 – Cal 28
Cal 42 - Minnesota 17***

UC Davis at (23) TCU (NL)
TCU 54 – UC Davis 10
TCU 46 - UC Davis 13

(24) Texas Tech (-7) at UTEP
Texas Tech 59 – UTEP 16
Texas Tech 38 - UTEP 35 **

Nevada at (25) Arizona St. (-14.5)
ASU 43 – Nevada 12
ASU 52 - Nevada 21

I didn't do too horribly in a weekend with a LOT of very surprising games. FSU, Tennessee and Clemson were the ones that really burned a lot of people.

My spread predictions didn't do so well, but given the number of near upsets, 13-8 isn't horrible this early on in the season. I went 18-3 straight up.

For the Year:
38-4 Straight UP
32-10 Against the Spread

[mainepatsfan]

I told you you were giving Mississippi State's offense too much credit.

[MikefromOhio]

well I figured they would be able to get something going with their 1st string against the Auburn waterboys, but apparently not....

[mainepatsfan]

Man that program just can't get jump started.

[MikefromOhio]

Nope.

There is absolutely no excuse for them to NOT be able to recruit at least a few playmakers...

[mainepatsfan]

You'd think their defense or special teams would at least give them an easy FG attempt.

[indcons]

You haven't done badly at all. In fact, I see that your predicted scores were kinda close across the slate.

[MikefromOhio]

yeah...

I'd just like to know what kind of sadistic bastard doing the scheduling in the SEC started a few teams out with 2 in-conference games to start the season....

[MikefromOhio]

yeah....

I can't explain the score thing...

I'm normally not very good at predicting scores....