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College Football - Live Thread - Week Four
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Posted on 09/21/2006 3:39:54 PM PDT by 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
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: collegefootball; wheresjoepa
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To: scott says
Especially a MISSED field goal
geez
To: Cyclopean Squid
PSU defense tipped the ball and got the pick. They just missed FGA, so no harm.....
To: Cyclopean Squid
now a missed FG. The Buckeyes dodged a bullet there
To: They'reGone2000
That really hurts...they need to take advantage of every scoring situation. Good game so far.....
To: scott says
Cal 42 ASU 14 at the half.
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posted on
09/23/2006 2:20:58 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: scott says
It was nice while it lasted. OSU touchdown.
To: aft_lizard
Cal is gonna roll that game....
My picks are horrendous this week.
To: They'reGone2000
Yep....PSU needs to stay tough.
OSU can really pour it on in a hurry.
To: scott says
Alot of spread busters today.
189
posted on
09/23/2006 2:25:04 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: scott says
190
posted on
09/23/2006 2:29:57 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
I think he is on the sideline now...last I saw.
To: scott says
I think he is on the sideline now...last I saw. He left the sidelines again with contemptable bowels.
192
posted on
09/23/2006 2:34:03 PM PDT
by
smith288
(goBIGnetwork.com - You a startup?)
To: Cyclopean Squid
Has anyone been noticing the spots on plays in the OSU game? It's been even by team, but there have been several plays where the spots are more than a yard off - including on kicks which weren't returned. The officials spotted the ball a yard further than it ever got.
193
posted on
09/23/2006 2:35:27 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: They'reGone2000
WOO WOO!!!! * * * * UPSET ALERT! * * * * COACHLESS PENN STATE 3 FORMERLY #1 OSU 0 Nasw...the way it's developing, I think OSU is preparing to take over and end with a large margin.
194
posted on
09/23/2006 2:36:43 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: lepton
I'm not giving up yet, but I'm almost as nervous as JoePa.
To: smith288
Sounds uncomfortable...hope he is ok.
To: scott says
Texas went for it on 4th and 2 in the redzone, got the 1st down but fumbled. ISU recovered.
To: scott says
Just got home from work. A few top teams getting a scare today.
To: Cyclopean Squid
I just hope ISU covers the spread- 25
To: scott says
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