Thursday, September 24, 2009

College Picks Week 4

Things looked good last week for a lot of teams... Miami, Texas, Missouri, Virginia Tech. Unfortunately it looked bad for USC. Why does that always happen? They go on the road early in the conference and are underwhelming and get upset. And it's one excuse after another for them. I am concerned to see how the Tigers play on the road this week (since St. Louis is a second home for them), especially on a short week, especially on TV. Kansas should be on upset alert after the ridiculous behavior of their athletic teams this week (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4496695)... what happened to the Kansas basketball program? Didn't they used to be stand-up guys you'd bring home to your mother? Now they're just idiots who think they are gansters... thanks, Bill Self, you are a class act.

ESPN College Pick'Em games (least confident to most confident):
Stanford over Washington... 15-game losing streak to the Top 25? Tell me you are not serious.
Pittsburgh over NC State... Panthers just reloaded their backfield, they may challenge Cincy for the Big East title.
Viriginia Tech over Miami... which is the bigger win? Beating Nebraska or Georgia Tech. Really tough call.
California over Oregon... I think Oregon will be fine for the year... they may beat USC or something. Cal has the opportunity to take the driver seat in the Pac10, this time they hold on.
Wisconsin over Michigan State... speaking of underwhelming, how about the Spartans last week?
North Carolina over Georgia Tech... not sure whether to put more stock in UNC convincing win over ECU or G-Tech's humiliating loss to Miami. I'll go with the win.
TCU over Clemson... I'm not giving up on TCU, not matter how much things may have changed at Clemson.
Texas Tech over Houston... can the Cougs pull it out twice?? Probably not.
Notre Dame over Purdue... I hate to say it, but with their schedule, ND might make the BCS.
Penn State over Iowa... just like last week's most confident pick, it's all about revenge.

Last week: 8-2 (45 pts.)
Season: 22-8 (132 pts., 79th percentile)

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