College Football - Live Thread - Week Four

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[MikefromOhio]

Week Four – College Football

Week Three was dubbed “Separation Saturday” by all of the big media outlets, but, sadly, only really three of the games lived up to the billing. Oklahoma-Oregon, Tennessee-Florida and especially LSU Auburn were the exceptions to this. As has been the norm for the past few years, a few of these games were not without their controversy and blown calls. Thankfully another week of college football is upon us. The Big Ten, Big East and Big XII conference schedules begins this week, while some of the SEC heavyweights take a week from conference competition.

As always, all rankings are from the ESPN.com Scoreboard page. The betting lines (used sorely for the basis of predictions) are from Yahoo.com. I will 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. I have a new feature this week. In each game that I do not have any confidence, or any game that I think a team could have an unexpected struggle, I will post a picture of a landmine for illustration.

GAME of the WEEK

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 – 3:30 PM on FSN (Subject to change)

(20) Arizona St. at (22) Cal (-7.5)

This happens to be a make or break game for Cal. For a team that was a sleeper pick to be in the national title game, having 2 losses coming out of September would be a major disappointment. Now for Arizona St, this is a yardstick game. They will be able to see where they stand with one of the supposed elites of the Pac-10. Look for Cal to try to stop the passing attack of ASU and look for ASU to try to hit Cal as much as possible, which is exactly what Tennessee did. The betting line just doesn’t look quite right to me. It will be closer than a TD.

Cal 33 – ASU 30

Thursday September 21st, 2006 (ESPN Thursday Night Game)

Virginia at Georgia Tech (-17)

Virginia is a major disappointment this year. Georgia Tech had a shot to beat Notre Dame and be easily in the top 15 had they done so (given that they would be 3-0 at this point).

Georgia Tech 35 – Virginia 10


Saturday September 23rd 2006 (in ranking order)

(24) Penn State at (1) Ohio State (-16.5)

Ohio State 27 – Penn State 7

Buffalo at (2) Auburn (-42)

Auburn 58 – Buffalo 3

(3) USC (-21.5) at Arizona

USC 44 – Arizona 13

(4) West Virginia (-21) at East Carolina

West Virginia 47 – ECU 16

Kentucky at (5) Florida (-24)

Florida 34 – Kentucky 7

Wisconsin at (6) Michigan (-14)

Michigan 23 – Wisconsin 13

Iowa St at (7) Texas (-24.5)

Texas 43 – Iowa St. 10

(8) Louisville (-14) at Kansas State

Louisville 38 – K-State 10

Colorado at (9) UGA (-27)

UGA 28 – Colorado 7

Tulane at (10) LSU (-36)

LSU 45 – Tulane 6

Cincinnati at (11) Virginia Tech (-26.5)

VT 38 – Cincy 8

(12) Notre Dame (-3.5) at Michigan St

Michigan St. 34 – Notre Dame 27

(14) Iowa (-21) at Illinois

Iowa 34 – Illinois 3

Marshall at (15) Tennessee (-22)

Tennessee 42 – Marshall 9

Middle Tennessee St. at (17) Oklahoma (-28.5)

Oklahoma 48 – Middle Tenn. St. 14

Rice at (18) Florida State (-30.5)

FSU 41 – Rice 7

North Carolina at (19) Clemson (-16.5)

Clemson 24 – North Carolina 7

(20) Boston College (-7) at NC State

BC 26 – NC State 6

Troy at (23) Nebraska (-23.5)

Nebraska 28 – Troy 7

Hawaii at (25) Boise State (-14.5)

Boise St. 52 – Hawaii 27

52-8 Straight UP
40-19-1 Against the Spread

[Dog Gone]

Thanks, I was having trouble navigating the DirecTV listings.

[scott says]

Just under 8 minutes in the 4th quarter...Georgia looks like they are waking up now.

[scott says]

Again Georgia goes for it on 4th down at the Colorado 10 and DOES NOT convert!
Unreal! 4 minutes to go...

[aft_lizard]

Huge 4th down stop, 4:44 remaining, buffs lead.

[scott says]

Here we go...2 minutes to go, Georgia needs TD .....fasten your seat belt!

[NorCalRepub]

oh my.......Bulldogs are getting hosed big time.....I"ll have to see what my pals on CBS Sportsline are saying.... that is a cool message board for posting for all levels of sports......

[scott says]

Georgia TD...holy cow. 46 seconds to go
Now up 14-13

[NorCalRepub]

Thanks....they are showing it on ESPN2 now as bonus coverage....so I"m all over it......either way this turns out.....Georgia is gonna get some butt kicking next week .

[bwteim]

That was a close shave for the Dawgs.

[Dog Gone]

Very close. They were 27 pt favorites.

[scott says]

I watched most of the game...CO really had them early, should have been up 17-0. Georgia squeaked by...they made the plays when they had to and got the W.

[catholicfreeper]

I feel sorry for Ole Miss next week. Georgia is going to come out and run it up on them

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I'll be shocked if Georgia doesn't drop at least a notch or two in the rankings. Ugly wins over 0-4 teams don't deserve to be rewarded.

[bwteim]

I just caught the last quarter. From what I saw, no controversial calls to end the game like Auburn* - LSU last week.

*disclosure: Auburn fan
;)

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

I will be stuck (hehe) at a wedding all day long

Hopefully not your own.....although I doubt you would miss a day of freeping college football for your own wedding.

goodness a 1st Q Seminloes rushing TD....this is the big one Elizabeth.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

That Georgia game was unreal.....

[Dog Gone]

I guess I wish they had lost, since I have no Dawg in that fight. Sports writers across America would have had a field day.

[scott says]

It would have been something if CO won the game...
almost feel bad for them. : (

[scott says]

[catholicfreeper]

Lee Corso is still on Crack Still saying that Cal will play WVU in the NC.