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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
Oh, dear, guess I was a little loud there, lol.
Penn State 21 – Notre Dame 17**** UPSET ALERT
As others have said, I like the way you think. ND has been overated from the get go and they fell slightly after a weak performance against an unrated team. I Hope your streak continues!
Arizona at (8) LSU (-16)
LSU 32 – Arizona 10
I think you are right on the outcome, but I would be looking for fewer points allowed by AZ. Stoops has got something going there in Tucson and I hope it continues!
I think it's great that the Texas-OSU game is being played in PRIMETIME. The viewing numbers should be Huge.
HOOKEM HORNS!
I agree. UGA always struggles against USC and always against Spurrier. that and it's on the road, at night in a very hostile environment. USC may not have a history of winning championships but their fans are rabid (kind of like Cubs fans). Couple that with the unsettled QB situation with a very unproven Joe T III at the helm. I have to wonder how long Richt stays with him.
It puts OHIO states defense all over the page as the question mark, and puts the TEXAS offense better than that at home, but yet they give Ohio state with the same score that Hook "Em Horns beat 'em by last year. Go figure!
As for last weeks games, those TCU Horned Frogs escaped Baylor . . . . . . barely. They won't be so lucky when they host Texas Tech in a week or two.
We have Pitt at Cincinnati coming up at 8PM on ESPN2 for your viewing pleasure.
More tomorrow starting (hopefully) at 10AM.
--Mike
I'm going to watch two games tomorrow. Penn State/Notre Dame and Ohio State/Texas.
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Texas is favored in the game, but I'm not sure why. Vince Young was the only reason they won about 5 of their games last year, and he ain't around anymore.
Their defense is probably even better than last year's, though.
Going to the UTEP-TTU game. I think Tech is going to hand 75 on them. Guns Up!
Oh at least....
I don't understand why the line on that game is as close as it is.
With the line at 2.5, it's probably due to the game being in Austin.
Yeah, but Vince Young was worth 7 in every game. Colt is no Vince. I'd make Ohio State 5 pt favorites.
That's just me.
UTEP is coming to Alabama later on this year to play UAB. I wonder if any Alabama fans will show up to see if Mike Price gets beat by the Blazers.
8 Hours and counting until Ohio State goes down
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