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

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****Ohio State 27 – Penn State 7****

Well you were close. I was at the game and was one section separated from the Penn State student cheering section. These people are total scum. They were yelling profanities from the time they arrived. The yelled obsenities during the whole pre game band performance....they yelled obsenities during script OHIO....they yelled obsenities during the alma mata....these people were bottom feeders from the word go...fortunately 2 of them were tossed from the stadium for throwing objects (FROM THE SOUTH STANDS). Needless to say they were rather quite during the 4th quarter when OSU ran 2 interceptions back for TD's. Go Bucks!

At one point the crowd started a wave...what did these Penn State ASSHOLES DO?....they decided to bow or sit when the wave came to them...they people redefine anal....as far as i'm concerned the school in the big ten I hate the most is not michigan but it is Penn State. I hope Michigan beheads Penn State. Go Bucks!!!!

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I was at this game..sitting one section over from the PSU student "cheering" section...these people are total scum..yelling obsenities throughout the game....I personally lost a ton of respect for Penn State....Two of these "fans" were kicked out of the stadium for throwing objected over the ledge....needless to say these "fans" were rather quite during the 4th qtr...gee...I can't imagine why... LOL!!!!

Penn State...ROT IN HELL!!!!!!!

[scott says]

VS


Saturday Night! Should be good

[MikefromOhio]

pretty much....

it's going to be a long night though....long night of drinking :)

[scott says]

Oh yeah...that what I do on Sat night watching the games. Hockey season starts real soon too...look out!

[MikefromOhio]

yeah unfortunately my Red Wings did virtually nothing to help themselves...

They will probably make the playoffs, but I don't see them going anywhere.

[scott says]

I haven't really followed any of the off season maneuvers of any of the teams. My Canadiens are 0-4 in preseason...not good.

[MikefromOhio]

The Wings signed friggin Hasek again and let Shanny go.

But they finally signed a bruiser on the blue line...that might be worth something.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

When I was visiting Chicago they saud the blackhawks are undefeated during the preseason. YOOHOO!!!!

Maybe this could be the year the Thrashers do something!

[MikefromOhio]

The Thrashers could've done something last year.

If they get Fedorov back in early November, I think the Blue Jackets could win the division if they get any goaltending.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

It all depends on the goalie....they always had injury problems with their netminders since the beginning of the franchise. Hopefully this year will be different.

[MikefromOhio]

that and last year they practically had their AHL team playing for the first 4 months of the season.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I was at the game and I think the rain really effected OSU....there were lots on dropped passes in the first half. Smith had a bad first half. That being said the rain was not bad it was just a nice drizzle and added to the cool environment (minus the scummy PSU fans). LOL!