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

[MikefromOhio]

yeah I'm flipping back and forth when the satellite isn't down due to the thunderstorms.

The Marshall game will get some rain here shortly judging from the radar.

[darkangel82]

Maybe if it rains, the UCF players can spend the time learning how to score TDs.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Hey, Mike, thanks for posting. By the way, do you know who is the number one team in college football???

[darkangel82]

I shouldn't complain though. UCF football was a joke when I was there (2000-04).

[GOP_Raider]

First things first, you don't have a BIG school within 800 miles of you in Utah

This is true. The only school we have to really compete with geographically is byU, and they only think they're a "Big" school. We also have the benefit of being in a conference that either chronically underachieves (like San Diego State) or is just plain awful (like UNLV).

[MikefromOhio]

Hey, Mike, thanks for posting. By the way, do you know who is the number one team in college football???

I don't know, but I'd be willing to bet they had something to do with this graphic here:

[MikefromOhio]

yeah....

and BYU is about 20 years removed from being a big timer as well.

[MikefromOhio]

yeah...

They've made strides though.

Being that they are a Florida school, there is a depth of players from that area....

[darkangel82]

Yep. No Rose Bowls yet for them but at least they're watchable and competitive. I could've gone to the game last week but didn't.

[MikefromOhio]

You should've.

College Football is great.

[scott says]

Conference matchups dominate Week 6

[MikefromOhio]

woohoo I got the code right :)

Ok ok I admit I cut and paste a lot from the previous weeks thread for this stuff :)

[GOP_Raider]

Michigan State...can wash the bad taste from its mouth with a win against in-state rival Michigan

Mike, you follow the Big 10 a lot closer than I do, do you think John L. Smith is toast at Mich. State? The poor guy looks like he's aged about 30 years since he's been at Michigan State.

[bray]

Oregon will win the game at Cal by 2 TDs. They will show why they are the best team in America.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[MikefromOhio]

He needs a victory over either Michigan or Ohio State, and then he needs to hold serve at home the rest of the year to make a bowl game.

Even then I don't think he'll be back next year.

Given the uproar and given that people are now expecting Michigan State to blow up every year about this time, I'm think he'll be gone unless they beat BOTH Michigan and Ohio State.

[MikefromOhio]

They will show why they are the best team in America.

You have my attention. WHY do you think they are the best team in America?

[scott says]

Michigan State will get ROLLED by both Michigan and Ohio State. I don't follow Michigan State too closely but I think its a safe bet the coach will not be back next year.

[GOP_Raider]

WHY do you think they are the best team in America?

Because they have Phil Knight, the richest owner in College Football? :)

[MikefromOhio]

I think so...

Both Michigan and Ohio State are both playing with confidence and consistency. Two things that Michigan State sorely lacks.

That and both the Michigan and Ohio State coaching staffs aren't slapping themselves in press conferences.