Well, this week's slate looks to be tough. And I still do not have a good tie-breaker in mind. I do not want to use the BT games b/c that is likely to end in a tie as well. I thought about predicting the highest ranked team to lose but that has issues too. Maybe picking the biggest blow-out game among our group and then the person that picked the most lop-sided score wins the tie-breaker. I am not sure but that is where I am at for now. So here are this week's games:
Syracuse at Connecticut (Friday night)
Kansas at Kansas State
Central Michigan at Army
Oklahoma at Texas
Virginia at Boston College
Air Force at Navy
Baylor at Iowa State
Missouri at Oklahoma State
Georgia at Tennessee
Texas Tech at Nebraska
North Carolina at Louisville
Stanford at Washington State
Texas A&M at Colorado
Cal at UCLA
BYU at New Mexico
Oregon at Arizona State
plus the Big Ten games of course
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I've already picked the Big Ten games. I'm no longer picking the national games as I don't have the time to follow national scene so can't educated picks.
Well, I guess I just have a better chance of defending my 2 week reign...
UConn
Kansas State
Army
Texas
Boston College
Air Force
Iowa State
Missouri
Tennessee
Texas Tech
Louisville
Washington State
Colorado
UCLA
BYU
Arizona State
Big Ten:
Michigan
Wisconsin
Penn State
Iowa
Indiana
Syracuse
Kansas State
Army
Texas
Boston College
Air Force
Iowa State
Oklahoma State
Tennessee
Nebraska
UNC
Wsshington State
Colorado
UCLA
New Mexico
ASU
Big Ten
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Purdue
Illinois
last week's recap:
Bet your mortgage 1-1
Lock of the week 2-0
record 13-8
overall record 19-12
I really do not have a good feeling about this week's picks, but I improved my record last week and only a couple of emotional picks prevented me from having a great week. Follow me to early retirement- here we go:
Kansas State (will KU take Mason back?)
Army (who says I don't honor our troops)
Texas (I'm hoping for a Texas/USC title game if a BT team can't make it and I will be rooting for the horns!)
Boston College (How did Va lose to Mary?)
Navy (AF owned this series up until a couple of years ago and I think there has been a shift in power among the serivce academies and the power now resides with Navy)
Iowa State (It's not midnight yet for cinderella! the clones still have a shot at the north title)
Missouri (Played well against Texas- if they replicate that performace they win easily-if not- who knows)
Tenn (the Dawgs are overrated and TN is emerging)
Nebraska (I really want to pick the upset but I am not convinced TT is for real and NE is better at home)
NC (Lousiville is a joke- they are vastly overrated and a loss here will put the final nail in their coffin)
Wash St (played well agaisnt OSU and Stan is an unknown)
Colo (is Barnett a year away from building another powerhouse even after the scandals -sexist coaches win baby!)
Cal (I know, I know, conventional wisdom says that Cal has not played anyone and that UCLA is on the rise, has played well, has momentum and is playing at home so pick UCLA. It is stupid to pick a road team when they match up evenly but I just have a hunch that UCLA is ready to be picked off. My figers are crossed)
New Mexico (the NM women's soccer team just upset 6th ranked BYU- how's that for a good omen! Besides NM is fun to root for and BYU is fun to root against)
Arizona State (should be a classic but a 2nd straight loss at home would be a deadly salvo for ASU- they win by a hair)
Syracuse (I am not confident as the orange always underachieve but they have more talent and Pasqualoni is gone)
Big Ten
There are some really tough games in the BT this week. I honestly struggled with the ILL/Ind game going back and forth all week and I am still unsure but I had to decide so here it is:
Iowa 27
Purdue 24
Yes, both teams are competing for biggest disappointent this year. But I think Purdue really sucks and the one thing that gets lost in Iowa's struggles is that their D is still playing pretty well. They are not dominant but respectable and if the gophs can slow PU then Iowa should as well. I also think Iowa finally gets its O going against a suspect PU D and hangs on before a shell-shocked PU team wakes up.
Illinois 32
Indiana 27
Again, I would not be surprised to see Indy win this one but the hoosiers are really not that good and Illinois will score so I am giving them an edge based on nothing really.
Ohio State 26
Penn State 19
Penn State is not that good, Minnesota just has a habit of making every offense look NFL caliber. The difference in this game is that Robinson will need to throw and he cannot do it consistently. Smith will not have a stellar game but do enough to win.
Wisconsin 38
Northwestern 27
Lock it down!
This is my lock of the week. I know NU beat wisc. last year and they have given wisc. fits in recent years but this time Wisc. is too much. Wisc. will give up yards and points but when it counts in the 2nd half they will get key turnovers and coast to the victory- the usual wisc. pattern. Hey, didn't wisc. play NU last week?
Now the game you have all been waiting for......
Michigan 48
Minnesota 16
Bet your mortgage on it
This one should be over by halftime. A bad coach, invisible D line, poor Q, injured O line, thin secondary, suspect kicker, and high school quality LB's, not to mention a history of losing and a good Mich team means that this is the worst contest of the week.
Good luck this weekend one and all!
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