Week 3 Picks

Not a bad slate of games this week with a nice mixture of conference and non-conference bouts. There are 2 marquee games, USC@NEB and TENN@FLA. Outside of those two there are some games that flying under the radar like GT hosting BC and the Ohio State university traveling out west to take on Washington. Will #1 go down in Lincoln? Will Florida hammer Tennessee? And what are the odds of a 0-0 tie in the boob bowl in Ann Arbor? Read on my friends and you shall see.

USC 31 - NEB 17

Down 24-17 in the 4th will Sam Keller lead the Huskers to the upset or will USC step up on D? My vote goes to Pete and Co. on D leading to an insurance TD late in the fourth making what will be a competitive game look less competitive. In the biggest game in the Callahan era the Huskers will prove that they are on their way back to the top of the Big 12.

FLA 31 - TENN 17

In what will be the opposite of the NEB-USC game, this will look closer than it will actually be. Tennessee plays the Gators close for a quarter, get blown out in the 2nd and 3rd and score late to make it look respectable. I think we are witnessing the beginning of the end for Phil Fulmer. His teams have slipped the last few years and his team is always in trouble with the law. You can only ride the Tee Martin train for so long.

MICH 27 - ND 13

The good news for ND is that Michigan's D can't stop anyone. The bad news is that ND cannot score on anyone. Unless Jimmy Clausen learns how to run the spread option, this looks to be another exercise in futility for ND and Charlie Weis. Michigan gets at least one defensive TD to go along with boatloads of Mike Hart and even get a Ryan Mallett TD to take the boob bowl. Somewhere Ty Willingham laughs his ass off.

BAMA 21 - ARK 20

McFadden runs wild but Casey Dick (insert joke here) can't throw the ball to save his namesake leading to the entire Bama nation subscribing to the church of Saban. After beating Arkansas at home (not the most impressive victory) the Alabama media will literally blow Saban during his Tuesday press conference.

LOU 45 - UK 42

In the defensive struggle of the season, the Cardinals make one more stop than the Wildcats as Brian Brohm and Andre Woodson have a field day with over 1,000 yards passing between the two of them. While I think LOU is the better team and will win this game it would not shock me to see a Wildcat victory at home.

GT 28 - BC 24

Georgia Tech is loaded on D, the offensive line and at RB. Boston College has the best QB in the ACC. Give me the D and the O-line over Matt Ryan any day of the week. Add to that the home field advantage and you should see GT step up and put themselves in the driver seat in the Coastal division.

FSU 20 - CU 13

The Buffs don't have the athletes to beat Free Shoe but this is not your Daddy's FSU team either. The home field should keep it close but the defense makes a big play to seal the deal. On a side note, can you imagine this game 15 years ago? The Criminoles and the CU Convicts going at it would resemble a game in the yard of Sing Sing.

OSU 27 - WASH 21

Jim Tressel does not lose close games and Washington is not quite ready for the big time. Jake Locker will be a stud QB but this OSU defense will keep him in check enough and Beanie Wells should run well enough to get out of Washington with a "W."