Posted on 09/13/2006 5:43:31 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
Week Three – College Football
Week Two gave everyone the earliest #1 vs. #2 showdown in modern college football history. The game, however, turned out to not really live up to the hype. This week we are treated to SEVERAL big games, some of which are in conference in the SEC, and a historically significant rivalry renews in South Bend.
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 16th, 2006 – 3:30 PM on CBS
(6) LSU at (3) Auburn (-3.5)
This is going to be a fun game to watch I think. We have Auburn which has been the odds-on favorite to win the SEC this year against a very good and very fast LSU team that is looking to spoil the Auburn season AND put itself into the national spotlight. Both teams feature strong defenses, good running games and good coaching. Fewest mistakes wins this game. I’m going with the home team.
Auburn 16 – LSU 13
Thursday September 14th, 2006 (ESPN Thursday Night Game)
Maryland at (5) West Virginia (-17)
West Virginia gets one of their rivalry games out of the way early. This should be a decent test for a team that hasn’t beaten a BCS School yet.
It’s not in the pick’em league, but I’ll give a pick anyway.
WVU 42 – Maryland 13
Saturday September 16th 2006 (in ranking order)
Cincinnati at (1) Ohio State (-30)
Ohio State 45 – Cincinnati 7
(11) Michigan at (2) Notre Dame (-6)
Notre Dame 27 – Michigan 20
(19) Nebraska at (4) USC (-19)
USC 42 – Nebraska 20
(7) Florida (-3.5) at (13) Tennessee
Florida 17 – Tennessee 9
(8) Texas (-31) at Rice
Texas 55 – Rice 6
Clemson at (9) Florida State (-4.5)
FSU 24 – Clemson 16
UAB at (10) UGA (-17)
UGA 35 – UAB 10
(17) Miami at (12) Louisville (-4.5)
Miami 22 – Louisville 20****UPSET ALERT
Duke at (14) Virginia Tech (-35)
VT 45 – Duke 3
(15) Oklahoma at (18) Oregon (-4.5)
Oregon 28 – Oklahoma 20
Iowa State at (16) Iowa (-13.5)
Iowa 32 – Iowa St. 10
(24) Texas Tech (-1) at (20) TCU
Texas Tech 45 – TCU 39
Portland St. at (21) California (NL)
Cal 58 – Portland St. 10
(22) Arizona St. (-10) at Colorado
ASU 38 – Colorado 7
BYU at (23) Boston College(-7)
BC 21 – BYU 19 ****UPSET ALERT
Youngstown St. at (25) Penn State (NL)
Penn State 52 – Y’Town St 6
38-4 Straight UP
32-10 Against the Spread
Don't remind me.....been spoiled too long to except 5 losses last year & now this.
And the last game of the night
Texas A&M 28
Army 24
If anyone really wonders WHY Bobby Ross isn't in the NFL anymore, the play calling on that final drive inside the TA&M 2 should provide a clue.....Army fought it's guts out and the coaching staff let the players down with the playcalling.
After watching the Nebraska game, I know why Cally isnt in the NFL either anymore.
I'm watching Navy destroy Stanford- 27-9-
Nice to see- : )
Oh and I checked pick'em, I actually did better than you for a change!
LOL
I got my arse handed to me today
yeah it is
Not a good weekend for the Big XII
Herbie has moved Michigan up to number 2 in this upcoming weekly rankings. What say you??
Who were you impressed with?
I thought Louisville was impressive especially after the Canes behaved badly to start the game.
Poor Army!!
I'd put Michigan at #4, right behind #2 Auburn and #3 USC, but I could make a case for any of them to be #2 honestly....
Well tomorrow may be better; dumping Plummer for Mc Nair.
That's a good move.
Plummer might have a rough couple games here.
Two bad games and he may get the hook for the rookie.
I don't know about you but seeing all those uniforms in the stands brought tears to my eyes! Congrats to A&M but Army gave them one heck of a fight!
I thought Notre Dame was highly overrated, but I'm not an ND fan anyways and always believe them to be overrated. Brady Quinn's Heisman dreams may have gone down the drain today.
I think Auburn deserves No.2, but that can't be a good ranking to have this year. Seems no one really wants to be No. 2.
Now imagine Michigan and Ohio State on November 18th playing with Michigan No.2 and Ohio State No.1.
By the way, those fans at NDNation.com would've made the Pope blush with comments today. Sheesh!
maybe...
But if he has another bad game, you know Shanahan will pull him and run the ball every single play....
LOL
ND fan isn't used to almost having 50 hung on them. They'll recover I'm sure. The NBC announcers sounded like they were at a wake in the 2nd half.
It's very possible, given the Auburn schedule, that OHio sTate and Michigan could meet as #1 and #3 or #2, depending on what USC does. I think however, that in the Pac-10 it's USC and everyone else...
Corso needs to put the bottle down because he thinks Cal can beat USC. I haven't seen anything that indicates to me that Cal will do that this year. Who knows? With the Reggie Bush saga continuing, it could eventually affect the team.
What about the Ducks beating the Sooners?? Oklahoma got screwed badly, but what can I say?
I think in 95 the Buckeyes put up some huge numbers up against them, but Hoying, Dudley, George, and Glenn were taken out in the 4th quarter. It could've been uglier.
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