Weekend picks

Well, maybe I ought to give up on this blog. No one commented on my tribute to King Louie...
Oh well, I'll keep writing, even if it's only for my sake...

So far I've only missed on one game this week. I thought Louisville would pull it out at home, but I overestimated them, or underestimated Cincinnati.
Michigan beats Northwestern 35-20. Maize and Blue trumps Purple every time. It's amazing Northwestern can even get enough college age men to put on purple unis each week.
Clemson beats Duke 38-17. Duke was a nice story. Clemson was a bad story. The cosmos realigns this week.
Ohio State destroys Illinois 45-17. The Juice may get lose a little bit, but nobody stops the Beanie, baby.
Purdue beats Iowa 24-20. Oops. Letdown City.
Maryland beats North Carolina 31-24. Everything about this game cries North Carolina big. These are the games Maryland wins (of course they lose all the ones that cry Maryland big...).
Oregon State over California 34-28. Oregon State may just run the table. How funny would that be, USC?
Sconsin drops Minnesota 27-13. Can you hear that? It's Herbie and Corso trying to sneak off the Minnesota bandwagon they jumped on before they lost to Northwestern and Michigan.
Boise State dumps Idaho 49-13. The battle for top spud. You can bet on the Broncos for the next 20 years.
Oregon beat Zona 35-17. Oregon mixes in a little defense on senior day at Autzen. See if that confuses them.
Bama over Sly Croom's boys 13-6. I still don't like Bama's offense, especially against the Gators on December 6th.
LSU over Troy 28-21. Closer than the experts think, oh wait, I'm supposed to be one of those experts. I love Lee Corso.
Tulsa over Houston 49-35. Who doesn't love a shootout? SEC fans need not answer.
Utah over San Diego State 37-10. Nice tune-up for BYU next week. I'd pick them to score more but they will save the whole bag of tricks for the Cougars.
Bigger games:
Navy beats Notre Dame! 28-21. Force a couple of turnovers (isn't too hard against the Irish) and hang on to the ball for 40 minutes and this one is yours, Middies.
Auburn upsets Georgia! 28-24. Auburn has no offense? No problem, it's only Georgia's defense. You can score 4 times against them, everybody's doing it.
Florida over South Carolina 28-14. No upset pick here. Urban Meyer lose twice at home? Not with the National Championship on the line. South Carolina will hold Florida down, but you can only do it for so long.
Boston College upsets Florida State! 20-17. Are there really any upsets in the ACC this year? Florida State's offense wasn't that good before they suspended FIVE wide receivers for this game, I can't imagine it will improve. Then again, the Seminoles are used to having the kind of athletes you have to suspend once or twice a season...
Air Force does not upset BYU, 38-20. BYU may be "the most overrated 17th-ranked team in the history of college football" but they are still much better than Air Force, the most overachieving team in college football. Air Force is the one team on BYU's schedule that they have more speed than. If BYU does not turn the ball over, it should roll. I will be at this game, so BYU better not let me down. Since I have been married I have been to 13 BYU wins, and no BYU losses. Since Bronco Mendenhall has been at BYU as DC and HC, BYU hasn't had a problem with the option. Almost everybody in the front seven has seen the option at least one or two times in their careers and done well, it's the back 4 I worry about. While Air Force doesn't run the option as much as it has in years past, I don't see them "exploding" on offense, which is what they will need to knock off the two-time reigning conference champions.