Posted on 10/19/2006 3:09:52 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
Week Seven brought another major upset in the Big Ten and the SEC. Iowa lost to Indiana; Vanderbilt beat Georgia snapping a 53 game losing streak to ranked teams. While this season has been kind of odd in that here have not been very many major upsets, the past two weeks have provided their fair share. The Auburn – Florida game lived up to the hype and went down to the last minute with Auburn winning the game. It was not without controversy either, which is another long running story this year. This week features two games that should get top billing. Texas travels to face Nebraska while Clemson hosts Georgia Tech in a battle for ACC supremacy.
Saturday, October 21st, 2006 – 7:45 PM on ESPN
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(12) Clemson (-7.5) at (13) Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech has the best defense in the ACC. They shut down Notre Dame and have been dominant in each of their other games. Clemson has a chance to really take control of the ACC with a win. Clemson will win this game, but it will be closer than a Touchdown.
Clemson 24 – Georgia Tech 20
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Texas 34 – Nebraska 17
Ohio State 42 – Indiana 6
Iowa at (2) Michigan (-12.5)
Michigan 34 – Iowa 17
(3) USC BYE
(6) Louisville (-17) at Syracuse
Louisville 37 – Syracuse 13
Alabama at (7) Tennessee (-11)
Tennessee 31 – Alabama 17
Tulane at (8) Auburn (-31.5)
Auburn 45 – Tulane 10
(9) Florida BYE
UCLA at (10) Notre Dame (-13.5)
ND 43 – UCLA 22
Washington at (11) Cal (-23.5)
Cal 42 – Washington 17
Fresno St. at (14) LSU (-33)
LSU 48 – Fresno St. 10
Mississippi at (17) Arkansas (-21)
Arkansas 41 – Ole Miss 17
(16) Oregon (-3.5) at Washington State 
Oregon 33 – Washington St. 28
(18) Boise St. (-21) at Idaho
Boise St. 45 – Idaho 10
(19) Rutgers at Pittsburgh (-6.5)
Pittsburgh 23 – Rutgers 17
Colorado at (20) Oklahoma (-14)
Colorado 18 – Oklahoma 14
(21) Wisconsin (-6.5) at Purdue
Wisconsin 35 – Purdue 20
(22) Boston College at Florida St. (-6)
Boston College 33 – FSU 17
(23) Texas A&M at Oklahoma St. (-3.5)
Texas A&M 32 – Oklahoma St. 25
Kansas St. at (24) Missouri (-15)
Missouri 34 – K State 10
(25) Wake Forest BYE
(23) Texas A&M at Oklahoma St. (-3.5)
Texas A&M comes in after a big win for them against Missouri. The line indicates that people aren’t buying it quite yet. I’m a believer.
Texas A&M 32 – Oklahoma St. 25
Record for the year
I'll skip the sob story and just say that if I pick a game one way, you have a better than even chance of being right if you pick it the other way.
117-28 Straight UP
77-64-4 Against the Spread
It was important enough for you too question the integrity of the "Notre Dame clock operator" insinuating that Notre Dame cheated..
America's most overrated team squeaks out a win at home against another half-ass team
Maybe they should schedule traditional national powers like...
North Texas
Rice
Iowa State
Sam Houston State
Baylor
Texas Tech
Kansas State
No half-ass teams in this monster group.
Great scenario...OSU victory in national championship game would create a situation where a Big 10 team wins the national championship but NOT the conference championship.... happened once before that a B10 team won national championship but not the conference championship.That would have every other conference screaming....and hopefully create a furor for a legitimate playoff for the national championship.
1936...Northwestern Big 10 champion
1936...Minnesota national champion
http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/champions_bigten.html http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html
Big 10 champs click here to view
National champs click here to view
oh...I thought you were talking about the BCS.
anything really pre-1960 or so can be seriously screwed up.
Like a school can have several national championships, but they are from sources that aren't recognized.
it's weird...
All is not lost because the flip side is that WE have the privilage of ranking (insulting) each others teams,coaches, conferences and whatever else we can think of. What a system!
Cal looked very beatable on Saturday against Wash, so did ND against UCLA. I agree with you that SC looks beatable (I'd say due to large # of injuries) but nothings a given.
SC just sent 11 players to the NFL, has over 20 freshmen on the roster, 20+ players on the injured list and is still 6-0. Pretty remarkable when you think about it
yeah....but they look a lot like a version of Ohio State from 2000.
they started 5-0 and didn't look great in each game, but they got the job done.
The teams look very similar to me.
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