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

[catholicfreeper]

SO true. This is a messy looking game

[scott says]

Now PSU up 3-0...wow this is surprising.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

What is the time on that PSU/OSU game?

[They'reGone2000]

At the half.

[Cyclopean Squid]

a defensive struggle. I don't get the game down here (instead the Texas-ISU game), so I am following on CBS sportsline. Troy Smith better go out there and earn his Heisman second half.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Texas player is down.

What's wrong with JoePa?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

That young QB for Bama is looking pretty good for a freshman. Not trying to force things, but making smart plays.

[They'reGone2000]

A little flu bug, or some bad linguine, according to ABC.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Thanks - We lived in PSU country for over 5 years. Most of my neighbors were Penn Staters.... I can still hear them saying "We Are" ;^)

[Bat_Chemist]

You know it's b/c Mike is at a wedding...he's gotta be hating it!

[Cyclopean Squid]

Thanks for the info

[They'reGone2000]

Indulge me, I probably won't be this happy after another half...

[Cyclopean Squid]

I guess it's raining pretty hard in the Bus which would explain the depressed offensive numbers

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

We loved the campus - our daughter decided to return to Texas for college instead. I'll be happy to indulge you - our team, Texas Tech, dropped out of the top 25 this week so I'm being humble...

[Poser]

UNH 56
Dartmouth 14
Division 1-AA

UNH wide receiver David Ball ties Jerry Rice's division 1-AA record of 50 touchdown receptions. He will probably break it next week.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Texas scores again. It's become boring again.

UT 30, ISU 14

[They'reGone2000]

Joe's back!

"Joe had the longest run of the day" - ABC -- ha ha

[scott says]

PSU needs a TD here..FG won't get it done.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Did Troy Smith throw another INT?