12449 Thursday #12 TCU vs. #8 Utah This game will be a BCS elimination game. I expect TCU’s defense to rule the day. And TCU to win 21-10 #23 Maryland vs. Virginia tech If you like low scoring games then this game is for you. Both teams Quarterbacks have struggled. Turner has thrown 8 td’s and 6 INT’s, while techs QB Taylor has 1 td and 3 INT’s. Maryland also has an impact running back named Da’Rel Scott, who has rushed for 718 yds in 128 carries. Maryland will win it 14-6 Saturday #1 Alabama vs. #16 LSU Can someone tell me why LSU is still ranked? That being said I think they have a legitimate shot at upsetting Bama. LSU has given up 50+ in each their games against UF, and UGA. The tide escaped a close one a couple weeks ago against Ole Miss, but I don’t think they can go into “death valley" and stay undefeated. I got LSU winning 42-35 #9 Oklahoma St vs. #2 Texas Tech This will be a shootout like most Big 12 games. But I don’t think that Oklahoma is the team to bring down Texas Tech. Tech’s offense is just to good, and they can score in mere seconds. Just ask the Texas Defense how good they are, they surrendered 474 yards to Heisman front runner Graham Harrell, and gave up a game winning touchdown with just seconds to go on the game. I expect Texas Tech to dominate, and win 56-35 #3 Penn St vs. Iowa If Penn St stays focused and doesn’t over look Iowa, then they should be able to win big. I don’t see Iowa as much of a threat to Penn St’s National title hopes. I got Penn St winning 42-14 Baylor vs. #4 Texas Watch out Baylor, Texas is going to be after style points after their loss to Texas Tech. I think Texas will go out and dominate and try to impress the pollsters with a huge win. I got Texas winning 63-3 #5 Florida vs. Vanderbilt The Gators are the hottest team in the nation, and they aren’t overlooking anybody. The reason they will win is simple, they have superman on as their quarterback. Although he doesn’t have the same numbers as 2007, he is a much better QB. And Vanderbilt could be one of the most declining team after starting out 5-0 then losing three straight including a loss to Duke which embarrassed the whole SEC. I got Florida winning 42-14 #6 Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M The Sooner s still have a shot at the Big 12 Championship game. Oklahoma needs to beat A&M, then beat Texas Tech, and Oklahoma St, and have Texas lose to Kansas or A&M. So It is still a long shot and the Sooner s need to focus on the game at hand, and hope that the rest falls in there lap. The Sooner s Offense was unstoppable against Nebraska Last week, and I don’t see A&M slowing them down. Oklahoma wins 49-17 #21 California vs. #7 USC This game will probably decide who the PAC TEN champ will be. The Trojans have the better QB, but Cal has the better RB. In points scored the Trojans Rank 10th in the nation while Cal comes in ranked at 19th. Both these teams are from the worst conference of the major conferences and a loss from either team should push them out of the rankings. I think that the Trojans win a close one, 35-32 Utah St vs. #10 Boise St Boise St should be able to manhandle Utah St, and improve to 9-0. Boise St just cam off a 49-0 romping of New Mexico St last Saturday and look to do the same thing at 2:00 ET. I have Boise St winning 38-7 #11 Ohio St vs. #24 Northwestern The Buckeyes are having a disappointing season, but they need to stay focused or they could find themselves out of the rankings if the get upset by Northwestern. Both these teams rank low in points per game Northwestern Is ranked 63rd, while the Buckeyes come in at 71st. I think that the Buckeyes will drop a close on 24-21 #13 Georgia vs. Kentucky Both these SEC east foes are out of the SEC championship race and are trying to salvage letdown years. The Wildcats could really boost team morale if they could pull of the upset of the Dawgs who just came of an embarrassing loss to the Florida Gators 49-10. One of the losses that UK has came from the now #1 Tide. They lost 17-14 and were so close to pulling of their biggest upset of the year. But the Dawgs still have much more talent than the Wildcats and they will probably be looking to redeem themselves after the big loss to Florida. I have the Dawgs winning 24-14. #14 Missouri vs. Kansas St Missouri shouldn’t have too much trouble with Kansas St who are in the midst of a three game losing streak, and they have been outscored 110-56, in they’re last two games. Missouri though has been very inconsistent; they beat Colorado 56-0 two games ago, but barely beat Baylor 31-28. Look for Missouri to score early and often and win 38-21 San Diego St vs. #15 BYU BYU had a shot a the national title before they lost to TCU now they find themselves out of there own conference championship. What they are playing for right now is the best possible bowl game they can, and they will be looking for style points. San Diego St offers them a good shot of running up the score, BYU is 8-1, while San Diego St is 1-8. I got BYU winning 48-0. Purdue vs. #18 Michigan St Michigan St still control’s their own destiny in the Big Ten, as they squeaked out a last minute victory over Wisconsin. Purdue’s QB has struggled as far as protecting the football and has 6 TD’s while throwing 10 INT’s. The Spartans have the best RB in the nation on there side in the form of Ringer who has rushed for 1427 yards. For Michigan St this is a must win game, and I have them winning 24-10 #20 Georgia Tech vs. #19 North Carolina I expect Tech to control the clock with their running game, and beat UNC 14-10 Clemson vs. #22 Florida St Clemson has been the biggest disappointment of the year, while Florida St has been a surprise. Florida St should be able to take this game but not without a hard fought battle from the tigers. Florida St will win 18-14 Cincinnati vs. #25 West Virginia West Virginia has finally returned and are going to need to win if they want to stay in the top 25. Both teams are 6-2, but West Virginia is 3-0 in conference and Cincinnati is 2-1. I love the quickness in West Virginia’s offense, in the form of Pat White, and Noel Devine. These two provide a deadly spread that even made an SEC defense look bad. I got West Virginia winning 27-14 true 2008-11-05T11:32:08Z 71529 1 2008-11-06T12:46:13Z