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Posted on 11/02/2006 3:06:56 PM PST by MikefromOhio
Weekend Nine brought one of the “Big 3” down. USC went into Corvallis, Oregon with their BCS destiny in their hands. Had they won out, they were assured of playing for the mythical National Championship. Unfortunately for USC, the Oregon State Beavers had other ideas. After getting out to a 33-10 lead, Oregon St. survived a ferocious comeback attempt by John David Booty to hold on. The loss by USC opened the door for yet another unbeaten team to hold destiny in the palm of their hand. West Virginia takes the spotlight this weekend in the Thursday Night Showdown with Louisville.
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This game will easily be the toughest game that either team has experienced this year. West Virginia features a devastating running game headed by RB Steve Slaton. While you may not know the name now, as a sophomore, he still has time to make a name for himself in college. Louisville features a tough dependable Quarterback in Brian Brohm. 5 weeks after having surgery on a ligament in his throwing hand, Brohm is back guiding the Cardinal offense with the efficiency that was predicted early on this year. The winner of this game has the inside track to the BCS National Title game. The loser is still in the BCS hunt, but can’t afford another slip up.
Louisville is a good team, but West Virginia is the class of the Big East. Slaton and QB Pat White will show why their running game is one of the best in the nation. This won’t be a blowout, but I think that by the end of the game, everyone will know exactly who is the top dog in the Big East race.
(1) Ohio State (-24) at Illinois
Ohio State 45 – Illinois 6
Ball St. at (2) Michigan (-33.5)
Michigan 34 – Ball St. 3
Oklahoma St. at (4) Texas (-18)
Texas 38 – Oklahoma St. 27
Arkansas St. at (6) Auburn (-30)
Auburn 37 - Arkansas St. 3
(7) Florida (-17) at Vanderbilt
Florida 35 – Vandy 10
(13) LSU (-3.5) at (8) Tennessee 
LSU 21 – Tennessee 17
(9) USC (-28) at Stanford
USC 37 – Stanford 10
UCLA at (10) Cal (-17)
Cal 42 – UCLA 21
North Carolina at (11) Notre Dame (-24.5)
ND 38 – North Carolina 7
(12) Arkansas (-2.5) at South Carolina
Arkansas 24 – South Carolina 17
Fresno St. 21 at (14) Boise State 45 from Wednesday
(15) Rutgers BYE
(16) Boston College (-3.5) at (22) Wake Forest
BC 30 – Wake 24
Penn State at (17) Wisconsin (-7)
Wisconsin 25 – Penn State 22
(18) Oklahoma (-2) at (21) Texas A&M
Oklahoma 45 – Texas A&M 28
Maryland at (19) Clemson (-20)
Clemson 32 – Maryland 24
(20) Georgia Tech (-5) at N.C. State
Georgia Tech 38 – NC State 16
(23) Virginia Tech (-2.5) at Miami
VT 23 – Miami 17
(24) Oregon (-16.5) at Washington
Oregon 32 – Washington 28
Arizona at (25) Washington State (-16)
A&M is entering a tough stretch of their schedule. After putting away Baylor late, they enter a brutal stretch in the Big XII where they will face Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas in consecutive weeks.
Oklahoma 45 – Texas A&M 28
Memphis is one of the worst teams in D-1A this year. Southern Miss tends to play down to its competition, but I think they will win this game easily.
Southern Miss 38 – Memphis 13
Major conferences don’t usually play on Tuesday nights. That said Tuesday night games are great exposure for the MAC. Northern Illinois should be the favorite in this game. Can Garrett Wolfe look like the guy who was on pace for nearly 4000 yards on the ground? That’s the key here.
Northern Illinois 32 – Toledo 28
Clemson goes down.....
Maryland 13
Clemson 12
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The 3:30 games are about to start....
How about the Michigan game, hows it looking?
Michigan won 34-26....
Ball State had a 1st and goal, but couldn't punch it in....
So does Michigan stay #2? Probably.
Yeah, they are still 10-0.
Do you think God is giving him gentle (or not so gentle) hints to retire this year?
(Not today's action.)
Not a confidence-building result for Michigan.
Ya gotta love JoePa.
Go Badgers
The most underrated 9-1 team.
Michigan should not be #2 after today. I mean, this a 3-7 team out of the MAC and you couldn't do any better than an 8-pt. win and a goal-line stand in the final seconds AT HOME?
Laugh at the weak schedules of some other contending teams if you want but at least they destroy their cupcakes. Michigan couldn't even do that.
I was watching the game on-and-off. Can you fill me in?
Baylor 21
Thank you in advance :)
Uspet Alert Brewing in Alabama Miss State 24 Bama 16
Under two minutes to play
If Bama loses expect tons of rumors of Shula being Zooked and Bama of putting a morgatage on the stadium if they have too to hire Nick Saban lol
Was it a Badger player? I feel so bad. I was just watching the after-game and keep missing what happened.
six minutes remaining in the second quarter.
Once again we get outplayed by Vandy and somehow win. Leak has to be on a real short leash now. I've supported him all the way, but now, I think Meyer has to be prepared to yank him for Tebow if this continues.
Losing to MSU was the last straw for Zook, and it's probably the last straw for Shula.
I want able to get the Florida Game. Of course Vandy can be dangerous. I think it will be a long week for Shula and other coaches. I think he stays on but the problem is that the rest of sceduale is not nice for them
that is universidad de norte carolina.
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