College Football 2011-12

[SoCalJoe]

Alabama and LSU look to be the class of college football (imagine that, the two best are from the SEC ). However, they still can't get tripped up at any time. Some great matchups this week;

#3 Alabama at #12 Florida; Tide rolls into the Swamp. Still think their achilles heel is if they get behind and the QB has to win a game for them, but it won't be this week.

#8 Nebraska at #7 Wisconsin; Wonder if the NC State coach is regretting not letting Russell Wilson play minor league baseball and forced WIlson to transfer. The 3 year starter graduated (and earned money for himself and family) and was able to play right away at Wisconsin, and now Whiskey has a chance to win it all. Nebraska is physical and is used to playing in front of a sea of red. The Badgers in a close one.

Arizona at USC Okay, this is the opposite of the above games, but I'll be there to witness in person how bad my Alma Mater has become (horrendous so far this season). The highlight will be the tailgating my wife and I will be doing w/the dozen or so SC fans we're going with.

[VegasJustin]

I see you dont have an upset pick of the week. Is it because Michigan destroyed SDSU last week?

[SoCalJoe]

Where's the proof??

[dtowndough]

Arkansas over A&M

[AggieMatt]

I think A&M will win this one on a late fg, 31-28.

Upset pick: Iowa St over University of Bristol @ Austin.

In the games from the top, I'll take Bammer, Wisconsin, & SC.

And RG3 goes down with his annual injury this week.

[SoCalJoe]

Great time at the Coliseum for the Trojans 7 point win 48-41 over my Cats, but will say the defenses out here on the left coast are hhooorrriibblle. There is a reason the SEC wins the National Title every year, and that's because teams like Alabama and LSU have the great D's. Bama just throttled Florida and is still my pick to win it.

2 heartbreakers in a row for A&M Matt, brutal.

Wisconsin took it to Nebraska. Look out for the Badgers.

[AggieMatt]

Absolutely brutal. Sherman is OC in addition to being HC. He's a little too "NFL" in his play calling. College is a different game. You can't punt on 4th and 1 and rely on your defense over and over, especially when that defense is poor. And he seems to be afraid of going to the well too many times when something works. In the NFL, that makes sense b/c the players are all good and will make you pay. In college, most teams have holes and you've got to exploit them all day when you find them.

I almost went with KSt instead of Iowa St for my upset. Oh well. Weird things happen when you take a ranked team into Manhattan, so while I was wrong on RG3 getting hurt, they did suffer a setback.

[dtowndough]

Shocked to see Sherman blow two in a row. I do like Sherman, but he better learn how to close these games out.

[VegasJustin]

Holy crap, we might have an 8 win season. Nobody on our schedule can stop us.

[dtowndough]

Justin, is "We" Michigan? And if so, I think I'll go with 8 or 9. Northwestern, Purdue, Illinois and either Neb or Ohio St?

[VegasJustin]

We is Michigan and only Nebraska scares me. Everybody else are teams we should beat unless Robinson has a horrible game.

[dtowndough]

Neb/Ohio st back to back seems tough. But Ohio St can not throw the ball and hit martinez a couple of times and nebraska's offense stumbles. Nebraska can not cover the pass either.

[SoCalJoe]

We is Michigan and only Nebraska scares me. Everybody else are teams we should beat unless Robinson has a horrible game.

Justin, Michigan hasn't played a road game yet. They have to go to Northwestern, Michigan State, Iowa, and Illinois. No way they go 4-0 in those games before they play Nebraska and Ohio State.

Game of the Week; #3 Oklahoma v #11 Texas aka The Red River Rivalry. Neutral site, half the stadium in Sooner red the other in AggieMatt's favorite color (to hate) burnt orange. I'll take OU.

Upset Alerts; #22 Arizona State at Utah. The Utes are 0-2 in the Pac-12 (Dorothy you aren't in the Mountain West anymore), but hopefully will beat the Scum Devils this week.

Missouri at #20 Kansas State. K-State coach Bill Synder might be the most underrated coach in any sport in this country. He built a program from a national joke into a national power. He retires, and they go back into the tank. K-State talks him out and right back into the rankings they go. That said, Missouri might be catching them at the right time.

[HatterDon]

It occurs to me that I haven't said anything dismissive about "pointy football" and that this ommission might render this an "unofficial" thread.

I believe I have remedied that situation. Carry on chatting about POINTY FOOTBALL.

Ahh, that felt good.

[SoCalJoe]

It occurs to me that I haven't said anything dismissive about "pointy football" and that this ommission might render this an "unofficial" thread.

I believe I have remedied that situation. Carry on chatting about POINTY FOOTBALL.

Ahh, that felt good.

Thanks HD for making it official.

Btw; Fear the Turtle