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College Football - Live Thread - Week Four
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| Thursday September 21st to Saturday September 23rd 2006
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: mainepatsfan
The Georgia game was something else...
but they pulled it out.
To: mainepatsfan
PSU has hanging around...this could be a "big finish" too.
To: scott says
To: mainepatsfan
Aarrghh. I just spilled my chips.
To: mainepatsfan
LOL...yep- I think you are right.
To: mainepatsfan
Is that the same thing JoePa has? lol
To: scott says
It's just not the same seeing it on the sportsline thingy. But TD Buckeyes!
To: scott says
I think Napoleon had a similar ailment the day of the battle of Waterloo. Come to think of it this game is going about the same way for JoePa. They had control then towards the end things just fell apart.
To: scott says
Colorado really could have used that one.
To: mainepatsfan
The French might have pulled that one out if the Prussians didn't show up when they did.
Maybe the Iowa or Michigan team can run out on the field and help Penn State...it might be the only way to victory for them today.
To: scott says
Holy crap PSU still has a pulse!
Wellington himself said it was a damn close thing.
To: scott says
Funny you should mention that. I always thought it be cool if football teams could form alliances and whatnot to make it even more like warfare. Complete with betrayals.
To: mainepatsfan
Now PSU is slitting their wrists.
To: mainepatsfan
OSU does seem to give up a lot of rushing yards
To: Cyclopean Squid
Sorta like wrestling....LOL
To: mainepatsfan
They have not taken advantage of key situations= lose the game.
To: scott says
I think they tried that with the XFL. "He Hate Me" was the greatest player in the history of that league.
To: scott says
That's a killer especially when you're a dog on the road.
To: Cyclopean Squid
Remember how giddy NBC and McMahon were about the ratings that first night got? Man they dropped off faster than Katie Couric's did.
To: mainepatsfan
PSU got away with one there...
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