Saturday, September 02, 2006

College Predictions: Week 0

Why is this Week 0? Because, the NFL starts next week, and it would be really confusing to have Week 2 of college football at the same time as Week 1 of the NFL. So, I'll borrow a page from Texas high school football. The UIL gives high schools here 11 weeks to play 10 games. This weekend is the one that was added to the schedule, so they call it 0 Week.

I'm going to pick 20 games every week. I'll pick every game in the Big XII Conference, plus other games I deem appropriate.

This week's lineup of Big XII games is really bad. It's all about the money.

UAB at OU: OU
North Texas at Texas: Texas
Louisiana Tech at Nebraska: Huskers
Montana State at Colorado: Colorado
SMU at Texas Tech: Texas Tech
The Citadel at Texas A&M: A&M
Missouri State at Oklahoma State: OSU
Murray State at Missouri: Missouri
Northwestern State at Kansas: KU
Illinois State at Kansas State: K-State
TCU at Baylor: Game of the week in the Big XII. I'll take TCU straight up.
Northern Illinois at Ohio State: TOSU, but it'll be closer than anyone expects. NIU is not bad.
Akron at Penn State: Penn State, but it'll be close, also.
Cal at Tennessee: Best game of the week. Cal is just too good for the Vols, even in Knoxville. Pick: Cal
USC at Arkansas: The Hogs will keep it respectable, but will come up short. Pick: USC
Vanderbilt at Michigan: Michigan
Rutgers at North Carolina: Tough pick. Rutgers
Notre Dame at Georgia Tech: Upset city in the George O'Leary Bowl. The Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech.
Houston at Rice: U of H
Grambling vs. Hampton: Grambling

2 comments:

Zee said...

35-12 is not that close, buddy. TOSU kicked butt and were able to save some strength for next week. I hope they kick some Texas ace next week!

Oh, and you'll enjoy that our asst. principal signs everything THE Azle Junior High School on his emails. I asked him if he was a Ohio State fan, he said no, OU. I was like, what is wrong with you, dude?

John said...

I was impressed with TOSU yesterday. 35-12 could have been a lot worse. NIU will be playing in some cheap MAC bowl in December. I thought NIU would give them a better game, and picked them to cover the points. I think TOSU will kick Texas' arse next week.

Yesterday, when the TOSU game came on ABC, Joshua got excited because he thought that red team with the "O" was Oklahoma. LOL

The Ohio State University is the official name of the school-not just some NFL guys talking smack. It was a compromise, as the former Ohio A&M wanted to be the University of Ohio, but there was already an Ohio University in Athens. So, the legislature let them use the name The Ohio State University.