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

[scott says]

College Football Ping

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LATE GAMES
Notre Dame/ Michigan State
USC / Arizona
Boston College / NC State
Florida/ Kentucky
Others.....

[Dog Gone]

DirecTV showing ESPN radio instead of the USC game.

[scott says]

Put on ABC station....should be on .

[mainepatsfan]

I'm sure ABC was hoping for ND to be unbeaten coming into this one.

[scott says]

Its the game I want to watch. Out here we get BC/NC State on ESPN HD and the ND game is on ESPN non HD- damn it!

[Dog Gone]

Not in my part of the country. It's Notre Dame/Michigan State

[GRRRRR]

ND ugly already...ND three and out.
Spartans get the ball with penalties on the punt.

This could be ugly for ND if Brady isn't on his game.

[mainepatsfan]

Their defense isn't off to a great start either.

[Dog Gone]

They finally joined it in progress. Lost two minutes of the game. No score.

I guess I'll cool off.

[scott says]

Huh...I got the USC game on my local ABC HD and regular channel. DirectTV channel 87 is ABC West and its on that one also, channel 86 is ABC East has ND game on....
Since I am in the west I don't get the ABC East channel...bastards.

[mainepatsfan]

When I first had DirecTv they didn't have the local channels yet so we got east and west coast feeds of the networks. It was convenient for situations just like this.

[scott says]

I guess I have to pay extra for that feed. I would be able to see the ND game in HD if I had it.
I already pay a fortune for the damn thing. I have NFL,NHL,College Football and NBA also...I'm a fanatic.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

As horrid a broadcaster as Brent Musberger is, could he be more pathetic in his openly cheering for Notre Dame? He's as bad as the clowns from NBC. Maybe we should get Lou Holtz into the booth next to him so we can all cheer on the Irish without bothering to pay attention to the fact that Michigan State is also playing, and leading...

[mainepatsfan]

In order to get one they usually ask you to get a waiver from your local affiliate. The only one I could get was from Fox.

[scott says]

I wont bother. Another bad thing is my local Fox channel is not HD. The NFL Sunday Ticket will block the HD signal and force me to watch my local goofball station if I want to see that game.

[Roccus]

WVU 27 - 10 over E Carolina. Only about 153 yds rushing for Mountaineers. Most yds rushing was prolly White, QB. Game was closer than score. Penalties again a big factor. Glad I won't be on that bus back to Morgantown.

[mainepatsfan]

For some reason my local CBS HD isn't on my cable. All the other affiliates are.

[scott says]

CLOWN

[mainepatsfan]

"You are looking liiiiiiive....."

[mainepatsfan]

I think it's about time I flip over to ESPN to watch a more competitive game.