Posted on 10/26/2006 2:57:52 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
Weekend Eight was the weekend of near-misses and close calls. Texas, Cal and Notre Dame all escaped their games with wins. Texas won on a last second field goal in Lincoln against Nebraska, while ND drove 80 yards for a winning TD pass from Brady Quinn. Cal, however, had to go to overtime to defeat a steadily improving Washington team. It was business as usual for most of the top 5, with West Virginia, Auburn, Michigan and Ohio State all rolling to relatively easy wins. Unfortunately NDs narrow win and subsequent drop in the polls prompted whining from Charlie Weis, which is rebutted by ESPN columnist DJ Gallo here. Needless to say, putting Florida and Tennessee arent the biggest transgressions this past weekend. Having to come back against a mid-tier Pac10 team, with their backup Quarterback at the helm, at home, late in the 4th quarter, IS a problem for ND.
This weeks match up of the week pits Georgia and Florida in the Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. This is a fun game every year to watch.
Minnesota at (1) Ohio State (-27)
Ohio State 38 Minnesota 3
Northwestern at (2) Michigan (-30)
Michigan 45 Northwestern 10
(3) USC (-10.5) at Oregon State
USC 37 Oregon St. 13
(4) West Virginia BYE
(5) Texas (-10.5) at Texas Tech
Texas 34 Texas Tech 20
(6) Louisville BYE
(7) Auburn (-19) at Mississippi
Auburn 38 Mississippi 13
(8) Tennessee (-3.5) at South Carolina
Tennessee 28 South Carolina 20
(11) Notre Dame (-13) at Navy
ND 38 Navy 17
(12) Cal BYE
Louisiana Monroe at (13) Arkansas (NL)
Arkansas 49 LA Monroe 6
(14) LSU BYE
(15) Boise St BYE
Illinois at (17) Wisconsin (-21.5)
Wisconsin 52 Illinois 13
Buffalo at (18) Boston College (-35)
BC 48 Buffalo 0
(19) Oklahoma at (23) Missouri (-2)
Mizzou 24 Oklahoma 17
Oklahoma St. at (20) Nebraska (-5.5)
Oklahoma St. 28 Nebraska 27
Miami (FL) at (21) Georgia Tech (-5)
Georgia Tech 32 Miami 16
Baylor at (22) Texas A&M (-4.5)
Baylor 37 Texas A&M 24
(24) Wake Forest (-8.5) at North Carolina
Wake 34 North Carolina 10
Portland St. at (25) Oregon (NL)
Baylor at (22) Texas A&M (-4.5)
A&M needs to play better defense against Baylor than they did against OK St. Baylor can score in bunches. If it can ever figure out the defense thing, they could be a dangerous team.
Baylor 37 Texas A&M 24
As UCONN proved last week against West Virginia, it has a problem stopping the run. Ray Rice should get close to 200 yards in this one.
Rutgers 35 UCONN 10
The Spurrier one is just perfect.
Fulmer should be stuffing the ice cream into his face.
yep and the Fulmer one is right on too LOL
And poor Sylvester Croom.
well he inherited a mess....it takes a while....especially in a hyper competitive conference.
I know poor sylvester. I hope they beat Kentucky. HE and the AD must be the most despised people in MIssissippi lol
I do think Orgeron will get Ole Miss turned around, they are playing much better now than at the beginning of the year.
They are playing better. But boy I thos eplayer suspensions hurt him last week. I am glad he did it but still lol.
Have you seen the Col Reb is crying spoof on You Tube?
lol!
lol thats great
Good Morning Everyone!!!
I love the hair on Mike Leach and the expression Bob Stoops face. But Catholicfreepers post above of Steve Spurrier is awesome - looks just like him! ;^)
If Tuberville had bigger ears in that one it would be perfect
I like Manginos and Stoops, Manginos is a dead ringer, actually I like Hawkins too, they just forgot his bloodshot eyes.
Tuberville needs a sweater, I cant imagine him without one.
I think the Game Day signs are best this year lol
yeah there have been some classics....
The Noon games are starting....ping!
OF Course the South Carolina Game always allows for some fun play on words.
My favorites today
"Don't feed Phil"
Lee corso in a dress on a stick
I once dated a girl from Tennessee. She left me for her brother".
Lee Corso is Game 4 Cock"
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