Saturday, October 25, 2008

Today's college football games did not lack for excitement - or for upsets! Let's see how I did with my predictions:

(Correct predictions in bold - winners in italics - actual score in { })

UConn 30, Cincinnati 21 {40-16} UConn bounces back with big win over Cincy
Northwestern 28, Indiana 21 {21-19} Hoosiers score big upset over #22 N'western
Boston College 14, North Carolina 35 {45-24} BC gets first ACC loss
Illinois 21, Wisconsin 24 {27-17} Badgers finally win first Big 10 game
Eastern Michigan 14, Ball St. 28 {38-16} Ball St. remains perfect at 8-0
Texas Tech 59, Kansas 28 {63-21} Harrell has career day with 386 yds and 5 TDs
Wake Forest 14, Miami 17 {16-10} Deacons continue to struggle; drop 2nd ACC game
Central Michigan 42, Toledo 14 {24-23} CMU avoids upset bid by Toledo
Baylor 14, Nebraska 35 {32-20} No time to celebrate - Sooners up next
Kentucky 14, Florida 49 {63-5} Tebow leads balanced attack to embarrass Wildcats
Oklahoma 56, Kansas St. 21 {58-35} Sooners set scoring record with 55pts in 1st half
Duke 14, Vanderbilt 17 {10-7} Blue Devils inch closer to bowl eligibility with win
Virginia Tech 21, Florida St. 24 {30-20} Hokies drop to 2-2 in ACC; Seminoles 3-1
USF 21, Louisville 35 {24-20} Cardinals win despite 344 passing yards from USF
NC State 10, Maryland 35 {27-24} Terps stay tied with FSU for Atlantic Div. lead
UNLV 28, BYU 45 {42-35} Cougars back on winning track after loss last week
Fresno St. 45, Utah St. 20 {30-28} Bulldogs escape with win over 1-7 Anteaters
UCLA 14, California 28 {41-20} Bruins turn ball over 4 times in loss to Golden Bears
Virginia 17, Georgia Tech 14 {24-17} UVA scores big upset over #21 Yellow Jackets
Georgia 24, LSU 30 {52-38} Bulldogs score huge win over Tigers
Minnesota 34, Purdue 12 {17-6} Gophers avoid upset despite 13 penalties
Oklahoma St. 42, Texas 35 {28-24} Longhorns avoid test from Cowboys to stay perfect
Wyoming 10, TCU 45 {54-7} TCU remains perfect in Mountain West Conference
Rutgers 13, Pittsburgh 34 {54-34} Rutgers QB Teel throws school record 6 TDs in win
Colorado 10, Missouri 38 {58-0} Tigers snap 2-game losing streak
Penn St. 52, Ohio St. 34 {13-6} Backup QB Devlin leads Lions over Buckeyes
Notre Dame 21, Washington 7 {33-7} Huskies continue to be Division 1 doormat
Alabama 24, Tennessee 21 {29-9} Volunteers struggle - Start worrying Fulmer
USC 31, Arizona 24 {17-10} USC escapes with win over Wildcats
Oregon 34, Arizona St. 17 {54-20} Ducks have 537 yards in offense to rout Sun Devils
UCF 10, Tulsa 60 {49-19} Tulsa's potent offense rampages in 2nd half after trailing

Week's Record - 26 Wins, 5 Losses

Biggest Surprise : By far this honor goes to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Until this week, Pittsburgh had been playing very well. In fact, most thought that they were in the driver's seat for the Big East title. Now West Virginia is in the driver's seat for that honor.

Biggest Disappointment : Somewhat selfishly, I have to say the Tigers loss to the Georgia Bulldogs is my choice for this dishonor. After LSU managed to show some dominance over South Carolina last week most thought they would come out and show some swagger this week. Defense struggled to contain the Bulldog offense and in the end couldn't get enough going on offense to make up for it. Question is, how much longer will Les Miles continue to use a two quarterback system? It clearly is not working.

2 comments:

manxxman said...

Hey wait a minute, you say USC escaped with a win (they were always dominating Arizona) but in your prediction you said they would only win by 7......which they did.

RookieRuggerLSU said...

Defensively they did dominate - but not offensively. And Arizona did put on some pressure in the 4th to tie the game. Yes I expected a 7-pt spread, but I expected USC to score twice as much and then coast. The game was much tighter than expected.