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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
Geaux Tigers today.
We are killing ourselves right now lol.
WOOF WOOOF Dawgs lose against Kentucky lol
The blowhards among the Buckeye fans really look stupid when they pop off. Look at history, mythical nat'l champs have had close games, many to mediocre teams, even losses. If you want to trash Michigan for only beating Ball St by 8, which recent mythical nat'l champ had far more close calls than any other (including against mediocre teams):
2005 mythical nat'l champs Texas(2-0) 25, Ohio St(1-1) 22,
Texas(11-0) 40, Gay&M(5-6) 29,
Texas(13-0) 41, USC(12-1) 38
2004 mythical nat'l champs USC(1-0) 24, VA Tech(0-1) 13,
USC(4-0) 31, Stanford(2-1) 28,
USC(9-0) 28, Oregon St(4-5) 20,
USC(12-0) 29, UCLA(6-5) 24
2003 mythical nat'l champs USC(3-1) 31, Cal(3-3) 34
2003 BCS mythical nat'l champs LSU(4-0) 17, Georgia(3-1) 10,
LSU(5-1) 7, Florida(4-3) 19,
LSU(10-1) 17, Miss. St(8-3) 14,
LSU(13-1) 21, Oklahoma(12-2) 14
2002 mythical nat'l champs Ohio St(4-0) 23, Cincinnati(1-2) 19,
Ohio St(6-0) 27, Northwestern(2-4) 16,
Ohio St(8-0) 19, Wisconsin(5-3) 14,
Ohio St (9-0) 13, Penn St(5-3) 7,
Ohio St(11-0) 10, Purdue(4-6) 6,
Ohio St(12-0) 23, Illinois(4-7) 16,
Ohio St(13-0) 14, Michigan(9-3) 9,
Ohio St(14-0) 31, Miami(12-1) 24
2001 mythical nat'l champs Miami 18, Boston College 7,
Miami 26, VA Tech 24
2000 mythical nat'l champs Oklahoma 41, Kansas St 31,
Oklahoma 35, Gay&M 31,
Oklahoma 12, OK St 7,
Oklahoma 27, Kansas St 24,
Oklahoma 13, Florida St 2
UGA is staring a 6-6 season in the face, they won't be favored in any of their remaining games.
No, it was Andrew Quarless. He made a diving reception and took out JoePa's legs.
Isnt Air force still left On Notre Dames schedule?
UK might go bowling this year.
That UK win should help yall with the posters. Uk played yall tough.
Notre Dame plays at Air Force next week.
>>UGA is staring a 6-6 season in the face, they won't be favored in any of their remaining games.<<
Did Georgia lose again? That is an essential part of a excellent footbal season for we Ga. Tech fans....
And does anybody know what the heck ESPNU is and where it is on DirecTV?
Goergia lost against Kentucky. The Wildcats brought down the goal post after
Thank you NL.
Alabama upset PING!
Lessee...LSU is looking sharp defensively against UT, but...
Looks like Worthless Virginia is due to start slinking southward in the polls, as it usually does. O-ver-RAY-ted! I can't help but look forward to Rutgers/Louisville!
I bet nobody has ever said those words before, ever.
Don't get me wrong, Louisville will probably be in a BCS game. But speaking of overrated! There is no way that most of the SEC doesn't belong ranked above a team like Lousyville, whose conquests include the awe-inspiring KENTUCKY...PITTSBURGH...KSTATE...USF...I could go on, but it doesn't get much better. I'm sorry, I think there should be a sixteen-game playoff/championship in the postseason instead of this awful BullChampeenShi# stuff, and if Louisville moves into the BCS championship game on the strength of a Michigan or OSU loss, followed by a Texas tie or loss, it will be a travesty.
And I LIKE teams like Louisville, and I'm sure they have a hell of a time scheduling tough teams to play with their rep. But I do not think they belong in the number five slot, just as the perenially overrated WussVirginia didn't belong in the three.
oh yeah....they'll be #2....I think the gap between them and #3 will lessen a bit, but not much.
Or they are the worst 9-1 team :)
that must've been a fun game to watch....
yeah, but I don't think Saban would be able to do much more with Alabama this year.
They have a very young QB and that's a big thing for that offense.
No problem. FYI, Paterno was flown home in advance of the team so that the knee could be looked at by Wayne Sebastianelli (Director of Athletic Medicine). I suspect this will require surgery to repair.
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