Friday, September 10, 2010

College Football Week 2

So, ESPN is dubbing this weekend "Monster Saturday." There are several huge match-ups this weekend, and many teams are playing cupcakes. We learned last week that some teams are ready to go this season (Boise State) and some teams could be in for a VERY long winter (kansas).
Seriously, let's compare the Boise State victory over Virginia Tech to the kansas loss to North Dakota State. Did you know NDSU had a football team? Did you know they are in Division I (albeit in the FCS)? Quick, without looking, what is the NDSU mascot?
Anyway, the Broncos jumped out to big lead in a hostile "neutral" stadium and kept it close enough for the game winning drive in the closing minutes. Did you see Kellen Moore's career stats when Boise is trailing? How can you ever think you've put this team away? Several of the "experts" are saying these guys can play with ANYBODY in one game in a neutral field. They are extremely aggressive defensively and they can hurt you on offense in several ways. There team is full of "dirty white boys," guys who don't know the meaning of finesse, guys who play physical and aggressive, my kind of football players.
Now, how about kansas... well, what do you say about a team that puts up 3 points on an FCS opponent at home? In all honesty, I'm rooting for Turner Gill to be successful. He's much more likeable than Mangino. They need to figure things out, especially with a top 20 BCS team coming to town this week. Good luck, chickenhawks.

On to the picks...
Hawaii over Army... the Rainbows put up a lot of yards on USC's defense, not sure Army's defense compares.
Georgia over South Carolina... it's time for the contenders to separate themselves from the pretenders.
Michigan over Notre Dame... the Wolverines proved me wrong last week (as did the Irish) so look out for this team's speed to carry the day even in bad weather.
Oklahoma over Florida State... this will be the closest game of Monster Saturday, it's really hard to go against OU's home winning streak, but look for FSU to make it VERY tough.
Oregon over Tennessee... shouldn't be easy, but Oregon's offense should put up several more yards and win easily.
Stanford over UCLA... the Bruins did not look good against K-State last week and I'm pretty sure Stanford is better than the Kittycats.
Alabama over Penn State... freshman quarterback playing on the road against the defending champs... talk about pressure. Roll tide.
Ohio State over Miami (FL)... battle of good quarterbacks and big play talent, take the home team... in fact, take them big.
BYU over Air Force... yeah, it's 9/11 but I don't think the Falcons are on the same playing field as the Cougars, could be a good game though.
Iowa over Iowa State... this is still a bit a rivalry, but the talent differential is too great for the Cyclones to have much of a chance.

Last Week: 4-6 (29 pts.)

One last thing: I hear a lot of talk this morning about how Boise State (or TCU) don't have the "body of work" to compare to the SEC/Big12/BigTen teams. Some people are saying Boise State doesn't deserve to be in the BCS Championship discussion even if they go undefeated. Here's my argument. You can't punish them for being in the WAC, just because they stand out of a group of bad teams doesn't mean they aren't the best. They play only one top 10 team this year and ten non-BCS teams. Well, preseason rankings are crap... what if the 6 top 10 teams Alabama plays fall off the dace of the earth? Is their schedule still tough?
Finally, what happens if every other team in the country loses two or more games and Boise State is still undefeated? Are they not deserving then??

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