College Football - Live Thread - Week Six

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[MikefromOhio]

Week Six – College Football

Week Five was a fun week if you were a Buckeye fan. The weekend started out with Auburn getting a severe test at South Carolina in the super tough SEC. Ohio State went to Iowa and dismantled the Hawkeyes. USC was pushed by Washington State and Florida received a good push by Alabama. This week features the Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma and another great match up in the SEC when LSU visits Florida in the Swamp.

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.

Saturday, October 7th, 2006 – 3:30 PM on CBS

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(9) LSU (-2) at (5) Florida

LSU and Florida will meet in the first of what should be a month of absolutely great games in the SEC. This will be the first of 3 top 10 opponents that Florida will see in a 3 week span. For LSU this is all about building momentum and staying in the SEC West race. One loss does not eliminate them from contention for the BCS Championship game. This game is at the Swamp and it will be a very LOUD game. LSU has been there and done that and that will be the difference. Florida cannot start slowly like they did against Alabama to have any shot in this one but they are also possibly having to play this game without DeShawn Winn, their starting Tailback. All of this equals an LSU win I think.

LSU 20 – Florida 14

Saturday, October 7th, 2006 – 3:30 PM on ABC



(7) Texas (-5.5) at (14) Oklahoma

In this game there is a young Quarterback for Texas, and a defense for Oklahoma looking to show that during the bye week, they were able to plug some of the holes. Being that Texas and Oklahoma both already have one loss, a loss here not only knocks one out of the National Title hunt, but also puts the loser a game back of the winner in the Big XII South. Texas has the edge in this game. They are the more experienced team, and they have the better defense. Rivalry games like this are fun to pick, because you can be so often wrong on a game by game basis. Anyway, I think Texas wins this game by a TD.

Texas 27 – Oklahoma 20

Wednesday October 4th, 2006 (ESPN2 Wednesday Night Game)

UCF at Marshall (-3.5)

This game is the battle of the cannon Fodder. UCF was killed by Florida while Marshall was a punching bag for Kansas State, Tennessee and West Virginia. This game should be relatively close with the home team getting the edge.

Marshall 27 – UCF 17

Thursday October 5th, 2006 (ESPN Thursday Night Game)

(17) Florida State (-10.5) at NC State

No way no how does NC State sneak up on Florida State. Right? RIGHT? Actually I think Florida State will make a commitment to running the ball and will win this game by 2 or 3 TDs.

FSU 33 – NC State 14

Thursday October 5th, 2006

TCU at Utah (-3)

TCU is looking to get back on track after being beaten by BYU. Utah was destroyed by Boise St. last week. This is TCU’s game to lose, they are the better team.

TCU 26 – Utah 13

Friday October 6th, 2006 (ESPN2 Friday Night Game)

(8) Louisville (-33) at Middle Tennessee St.

Louisville will annihilate Middle Tennessee. Nothing else needs to be said.

Louisville 56 - Middle TN ST 3

Saturday October 7th 30th 2006 (in ranking order)

Bowling Green at (1) Ohio State (-34.5)

Ohio State 45 – Bowling Green 7

Arkansas at (2) Auburn (-16.5)

Auburn 34 – Arkansas 10

Washington at (3) USC (-20.5)

USC 27 – Washington 13

(4) West Virginia (-26.5) at Mississippi St.

WVU 34 – Miss St. 6

Michigan State at (6) Michigan (-17)

Michigan 44 – Michigan State 20

(13)Tennessee (-2.5) at (10) UGA

Tennessee 18 - UGA 7

(11) Oregon at (16) Cal (-5.5)

Cal 34 – Oregon 24

Stanford at (12) Notre Dame (-31.5)

Notre Dame 53 – Stanford 10

Wake Forest at (15) Clemson (-16.5)

Clemson 45 – Wake Forest 19

Maryland at (18) Georgia Tech (-13.5)

Georgia Tech 35 – Maryland 10

Purdue at (19) Iowa (-11)

Iowa 33 – Purdue 24

LA Tech at (20) Boise St. (-35)

Boise St 55 – La Tech 17

(21) Virginia Tech BYE

(22) Nebraska (-7) at Iowa St.

Nebraska 24 – Iowa St. 10

(23) Missouri at Texas Tech (-4)

Missouri 30 – Texas Tech 27

(24) Rutgers BYE

(25) Boston College BYE

BY REQUEST

Wyoming (-1.5) at New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)

This game has all the makings of both a shootout OR a clunker, I’m not entirely sure. I think it’s a bit ludicrous to favor a BAD Wyoming team over an average New Mexico team when New Mexico is at home.

UNM 24 – Wyoming 20

I did a bit better with my picks this past week. I was 17-2 Straight Up and 13-5-1 Against the Spread.

88-14 Straight UP
61-38-3 Against the Spread

[quantim]

Wolverines now piling it on MSU 24-0 in the 2nd half.

They'll be moving up in the polls.

[Pharmboy]

Told ya.

[Rte66]

Well, I couldn't leave. I peeked and I thought since we were doing so badly while I wasn't looking, that meant I needed to come back and cheer on my team. You see the results.

Now I really am going to get ice cream. All the way to Brenham, lol!

[Jrabbit]

Hook Em!

Bye, bye gooners!

INTERCEPTION!! lololololol

[Liberty Valance]

Mooooooooooooo!!!!!

[Diddle E. Squat]

What total bullshit in the USC game. Washington caught a pass for a 1st down at the USC 15 with 6 seconds left, and then the bastard homefield clock operator ran the clock down to :02, even though the ref was signaling for a clock stoppage between 6 and 5 seconds left. The officials huddled to talk about it, so USC fans and Pete Carroll were going nuts to start the clock, but in the end the gutless Pac-10 coward officials decided to not change the time, backed up before starting the clock and apparently Washington didn't hear the whistle and got the snap off as the clock hit zero.

2 of the biggest referee F'ups this year committed by Pac-10 refs, both of them saving the asses of the conferences only undefeated* teams. What total bullshit.

[Diddle E. Squat]

For reference, Washington had driven in the final 1:30 from their 20 to the USC 15, trailing 26-20. Completely inexcusable to let the homefield clock operator milk it down, then confer and not correct it by going to the replay.

[aft_lizard]

I agree, Washington may or may not of gotten a TD but they should have been allowed to play. I call BS with you.

[aft_lizard]

USC lucks out two games in a row now.

[scott says]

I was watching and you are right. Pac 10 refs suck.

[catholicfreeper]

Oh well dang. Well congrats to Florida. We still have some good games ahead of us. Plus the SEC championship is still in the hunt. We might meet Florida again

[SoCal Pubbie]

Whaaaaaa, whaaa, those bad men! Whaaa! They were mean, mommy.

How about calling back the 61 yard run for SC with a holding call, while giving Washington a pass on every hold? It was so bad even the announcers called them out. How about the bogus piling on call on SC a little while earlier?

Losers whine, winner shine.

[The South Texan]

And for another year............

Hook'em!!!!

[Dog Gone]

The only thing wrong with the end of the game was that the officials gave Washington the equivalent of a free timeout, and one free play.

Washington was too stupid to snap the ball. Tough noogies.

[Diddle E. Squat]

My team won. We benefited from a bad call, but since we won by 18 it didn't matter.

I would think that USC fans would be pissed at the homer clock operator tainting the victory if you could have stopped the final play, but perhaps you realized that cheating may have saved your season. Just win, baby. Nice ethics.

[aft_lizard]

Shut up, there were dozens of non-called holds for USC, we are talking about the ending(holds the last refuge of the scoundrel to mention in a game). There should have been 5 seconds on the play clock and you know it. Personally I could care less about either team.

[aft_lizard]

shhhhhh...remember USC fans are NEVER wrong.

[relictele]

Mountaineers with a convincing win in the boxscore, but not on the field. Soft defense and too many 15-yard penalties.

Ohio State are head and shoulders better than any others. If WVU somehow ends up facing them in Glendale AZ in January it won't be pretty.

[SoCal Pubbie]

How exactly does one shut up, when one is not speaking, but posting on the internet? BTW, the calls even out, and SC won. Too bad for Washington, and the cry babies on this board!

[Diddle E. Squat]

BS. Watch the replays, the Washington player was down at 6 seconds and the ref calling for clock stoppage at 5 seconds. Total BS to allow it to go down to 2 and not correct it. What the heck else would cause the refs to waste so much time and be conferencing about during the clock stoppage after the ball had been set? They knew there was an issue about the clock, but refused to go to the replay to get it correct.

Bottom line, there have been 3 huge referee f'up's this season:

1) Pac10 officials completely screwed the pooch and gave Oregon a bogus victory

2) SEC ref's had a questionable call that MAY have cost LSU a game

3) Pac10 ref's screwed the end of this game and MAY have saved USC from a loss that would likely have kept them out of the mythical nat'l championship game

SEC and Big 12 ref's have been well known for their incompetence, looks like that the Pac10 is trying to grab that torch.