College Football - Live Thread - Week Seven

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[MikefromOhio]

College Football – Week Seven

Week Six brought the first major upset of the year down on the plains in Auburn. Arkansas went in and physically dominated Auburn for 4 quarters en route to a shocking 27-10 victory over the Tigers. Florida followed that up by winning rather easily against LSU at the Swamp. The Buckeyes and Michigan held serve, while West Virginia had another easy game. USC was pushed again by the Huskies of Washington. This week features what was looking to be the game of the year in the SEC only last Friday night. Florida leaves the friendly confines of the Swamp to visit Auburn.

Saturday, October 14th, 2006 – 7:45 PM on ESPN

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(2) Florida (-2) at (11) Auburn

Generally the home team is given a 3 to 3.5 point advantage when the lines are put out. Given that Auburn is a home underdog by 2 points (meaning to cover the spread the Gators need to win by more than 2 points), the odds makers think that Florida is around 5 points better than Auburn. Seeing as Auburn was absolutely dominated last Saturday by Arkansas, I’d say that is a pretty good bet. One development to be aware of college football fans, Auburn was missing one of their better linebackers for the Arkansas game. His return will allow Auburn to put their best defensive lineup in the game against Chris Leak and Tim Tebow. The key is the continued good play of the Florida quarterbacks. If they continue to play mostly error free, the Gators will win easily. Being that this game is at night, at Auburn, with Auburn’s season hanging in the balance, expect the Tigers to play hard. Can Florida stand up to being #2 in the nation? We will see. What’s for sure is that this is a classic trap game for Florida.

Florida 22 – Auburn 19

Thursday October 12th, 2006 (ESPN Thursday Night Game)

(22) Virginia Tech (-3) at Boston College

This is a critical game for both teams in the weakened ACC. The winner stays in the race for the ACC championship game, while the loser is possibly out of the race altogether.

VT 24 – BC 13

Thursday October 12th, 2006 (ESPNU Thursday Night Game)

Temple at (12) Clemson (-45)

Temple is Temple. Clemson usually struggles against teams they should smoke. I think they come out focused and they MIGHT put up 70 in this game.

Clemson 67 – Temple 0

Saturday October 14th 30th 2006 (in ranking order)

(1) Ohio State (-14) at Michigan St.

Ohio State 35 – Michigan St. 17

Arizona St at (3) USC (-19.0)

USC 35 – Arizona St. 10

(4) Michigan (-6) at Penn State

Michigan 25 – Penn State 20

Syracuse at (5) West Virginia (-25)

WVU 42 – Syracuse 13

Baylor at (6) Texas (-27)

Texas 45 – Baylor 12

Cincinnati at (7) Louisville (-25)

Louisville 37 – Cincy 10

(8)Tennessee BYE

(9)Notre Dame BYE

(10) Cal (-8) at Washington St.

Cal 32 – Washington St. 20

(13) Georgia Tech BYE

Kentucky at (14) LSU (-26)

LSU 39 – Kentucky 17

(15) Iowa (-18.5) at Indiana

Iowa 45 – Indiana 13

Vanderbilt at (16) Georgia (-13.5)

Georgia 27 – Vandy 7

SE Missouri St. at (17) Arkansas (NL)

Arkansas 52 – SE Mizzou St. 7

UCLA at (18) Oregon (-8.5)

Oregon 35 – UCLA 17

(19) Missouri (-2) at Texas A&M

Mizzou 28 – Texas A&M 13

(20) Boise St. (-26.5) at New Mexico St

Boise St 48 – New Mexico St. 14

(21) Nebraska (-9) at Kansas St.

Nebraska 28 – K-State 24

Iowa St. at (23) Oklahoma (-19)

Oklahoma 34 – Iowa St. 10

(24) Rutgers at Navy (-2.5)

Navy 28 – Rutgers 22

Minnesota at (25) Wisconsin (-8)

Wisconsin 34 – Minnesota 21

BY REQUEST

New Mexico (-3) at UNLV (Mountain West Conference)

UNLV isn’t a good team and New Mexico can climb back into the MWC race with a win. They should win relatively easily.

UNM 21 – UNLV 15

(19) Missouri (-2) at Texas A&M

Missouri is on a roll. They finally beat someone of note last weekend. Texas A&M was 3 bad play calls by Bobby Ross away from being upset by Army. With another heartbreaking loss against Texas Tech, they came out listless against a mediocre Kansas team. Missouri is looking at a showdown with Nebraska coming up, but they shouldn’t overlook Texas A&M.

Mizzou 28 – Texas A&M 13

Overall:

It wasn’t a good week for the home team. My picks weren’t the best and even my normally reliable straight up picks were bad (14-7).

102-21 Straight UP
69-51-3 Against the Spread

[dakine]

Weather in Happy Valley? Time to bet the under...

[MikefromOhio]

By Gametime it will be lower 40s to upper 30s with a slight breeze..

the Under looks to be a winner right now.

[MikefromOhio]

UPSET WATCH:

Iowa 21

Indiana 17

in the 3rd quarter


Georgia 13

Vanderbilt 7

at the Half

[MikefromOhio]

Two BIG Upsets are brewing:


Early in the 3rd Quarter

Vandy 14

UGA 13


With 3 minutes left in the 3rd Quarter

Indiana 24

Iowa 21

[dread78645]

Iowa score.

12:36 - 4TH QTR
Iowa 28
Indiana 24

[dread78645]

Tar-heels score, conversion NO GOOD

4:49 - 4TH QTR
Wake 25
NC 23

[dread78645]

Half
FLST 23
Duke 6

Half
Rutgers 10
Navy 0

[dread78645]

Hard day for Georgia

1-6-Vandy6 rush for 1
2-5 pass incomplete
3-5 rush for 3
2-2-Vandy2 kick Field goal.

9:53 - 4TH QTR
Vandy 12
UGa 16

[dread78645]

err ... make that Vanderbilt 21.

[dread78645]

UGa INT! Runback for the TD!
2 pt conv NO GOOD.

8:56 - 4TH QTR
Vandy 21
UGa 22

[mainepatsfan]

Vandy ain't dead yet.

[dread78645]

Finals:

Syracuse 17
West Virginia 41

Purdue 31
Northwestern 10

Minnesota 12
Wisconsin 48

Iowa 28
Indiana 31

Wake Forest 25
NC State 23

South Florida 37
North Carolina 20

Army 7
Conn 21

[mainepatsfan]

Big win for Wake Forest after the disappointing loss last week. Tought loss for Iowa.

[dread78645]

Vandy ain't dead yet.

Nope. Not when i got Vanderbilt and the points ...

[mainepatsfan]

They can let this clock run down to almost nothing before kicking this field goal.

[mainepatsfan]

It's awfully quiet in Athens, Georgia.

[dread78645]

Nothing like a little bit of pressure, eh?

[mainepatsfan]

It takes quite a bit off a kicker when he doesn't have to worry about distance.

[dread78645]

Ducks score first.

[dread78645]

And second.

13-zip over the Bruins, 5:32 -1st Qtr.