10/19
There's a decent slate of games today:
Oregon v. Washington--a big showdown out West. Anything can happen in the PAC 12 conference. Oregon has an uncharacteristically tough defense and has been playing well. Oregon will be favored, but I'm taking the Dogs.
Michigan v. Penn St.--a classic battle of good vs. evil up North. Harbaugh really needs a big win. An inconsistent Big Blue will have their hands full with a rough Penn St. team that has shown well pretty much all season. I want Michigan, but wouldn't put any $ on it.
Iowa St. v. Texas Tech--an interesting test for Tech's new coach Wells. Wells and his Raiders will face a good (but not that good) solid team that's not the pass happy typical Big 12 opponent. Tech is up and down, but very dangerous. ISU is there some weeks and gone the next. I'm taking Tech.
TCU v. Kansas St.--look for a hard fought and hard hitting battle between these so-so 3-2 teams. Since Snyder's been gone, Patterson has the upper hand with in-game coaching. TCU has more firepower also. Frogs jump all over them.
Baylor v. Okla St.--this should be a very interesting offensive shoot out. Undefeated 6-0 Baylor takes their show into Stillwater. While Baylor is a dangerous trap game for anyone, don't be too fooled by Baylor's' 6-0 record. They haven't beaten anyone that good and just barely survived against ISU and Tech. They beat Rice by 8 points. Both teams can light up the score board. Home filed advantage to OSU. Chuba Hubbard runs wild. Cowboys with the upset.
Ariz v. USC--Zona is showing some life, but USC out matches and way out-talents the Cats in L.A. USC showed very tough against top-10 Notre Dame. Although nobody gave me the authority to do this--I'm "officially" pronouncing that USC has removed itself from the dumpster fire they've been in. They have massive latent raw talent onboard after years of stellar recruiting. It's still a ways back to the top for the Trojans though... USC for the win today.
Temple v. SMU--SMU gets their "Owl" game this year, and it's not against Rice. The home field advantage, and Shane's passing put the Ponies over a decent Temple team.
aTm v. Ole Miss--a battle between two middle-of-the-pack also rans down South. Sounds familiar for aTm. Mond and the ags' inept offense can't get things going again, this time against a very so-so Rebel D. Rebels win. Ags meltdown further (I'll have to start posting You Tube videos of the Chernobyl show so you can see the level of melt down we're talking about).
Charlie v. Navy--Charlie surprised last week. He won't here against a good and well-coached Navy team. Navy with the W.
Ariz St. v. Utah--ASU is here one week (wins over Cal and Mich. St.) and gone the next (loss to Colorado and narrow win over Sacramento St). Youts have a narrow loss to USC and an otherwise perfect record. Go with Da' Youts at home today.
Florida v. South Carolina--Florida with a tough win. UF will likely drop another few games and was clearly a pretender as an undefeated. Today won't be one of their losses though.
Auburn v. Arkansas--A typical boring SEC slugfest. Auburn pushes them around in the trenches and gets the win.
LSU v. Miss St--Look for a thorough Southern butt-whoopin' here folks. LSU by 3-4 TDs +
And the very late game: Air Force v. Hawaii-- Go Bows. Flip a coin with these two pretty good, but inconsistent 4-2 teams. I'll take Hawaii, but without much conviction. It should be entertaining, and it's all that's left at that time of night if you haven't got enough college football for one day.
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Last edited: Oct 19, 2019