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

[mainepatsfan]

What's the point of having a guy back there to return punts if he's afraid of the ball?!!

[mainepatsfan]

Big decision coming here.

[scott says]

Gotta go fo it....

[mainepatsfan]

Agreed and they got it.

Just read on ESPN.com that Vinatieri is out for Indy's game tomorrow.

[scott says]

They signed Grammataca I saw....
That should be a good game. I hope Jax can win that one.

[scott says]

GAME

[mainepatsfan]

If they do then maybe they'll finally get some attention.

Well OSU just put this one to bed.

[smith288]

Mitchell needs to make sure he is in the endzone before spiking it

[scott says]

You know what....looked like he wasn't in the end zone. Need to see that replay again!

[smith288]

You know what....looked like he wasn't in the end zone. Need to see that replay again!

Probably wouldnt have had a good angle to reverse it anyways... Just need to make sure you are a good deal in before doing that.

[mainepatsfan]

What was the spread for this one?

[smith288]

Well the D certainly stepped it up for Ohio state. Of course I think PSU's offense is rather ugly. Morelli will be good but he needs more time to lose the green.

[smith288]

19 wasnt it?

[smith288]

17 1/2 actually

[Miss Behave]

I feel sorry for JoePat today having mutt butt and the OS runaway.

[scott says]

16.5 on yahoo....I was just posting that the play just covered the spread and my interenet connection crashed....

[mainepatsfan]

Oh how I love it when garbage time scores screw up the gambling world.

[scott says]

I don't gamble...but I am playing the Pick Em games.
The point spread is the killer..I just guess on the picks.
My picks are horible this week....ungh.
Looks like Alabama/ARK is heading to OT soon.

[lepton]

Mitchell needs to make sure he is in the endzone before spiking it

In slow motion of slow motion, it appears the ball was in the end zone, in his control, during the spike...but his front foot was in the air and his rear foot was clearly in the field of play when he released it. Doofus.

[scott says]

Arkansas wins in OT.Alabama kicker missed a game winning FG in OT and an extra point in OT...Arkansas gets TD and EP and wins 24-23.