Texas A&M played extremely well last night. Perhaps they are closer to being a contender in the South than most of us thought. They still need some consistency, both within games and game-to-game. You can't lose to Colorado. You can't lose by 28 points to anybody: the Aggies did it THREE times this season. There is improvement there though, certainly on offense!
The ACC might see a couple of upsets: South Carolina-Clemson could go the way of the Gamecocks, certainly at home, on Senior Day; Florida State-Florida (OK, just kidding with this one); Miami better be careful at South Florida, they have a pretty good front four on D; and Georgia has dominated G-Tech in recent years, though Tech is clearly the better team this year, Georgia is still the more talented team.
The Big 12 slate is pretty uninteresting, particularly for a rivalry week. Kansas-Mizzou means very little (and most KU fans have stopped paying attention to football already anyway). OU fans are too upset with the team to watch the Bedlam matchup this year. CU-Nebraska puts exact opposites against each other: 8-3 vs. 3-8. That sucks.
Big East will be highlighted by West Virginia-Pitt. Pitt is really good. I would be pretty surprised to see West Virginia pull it out: they don't have the D to stop Pitt's O. Plus, Big East officials, particularly in the replay booth, have shown EXTREME bias towards the higher ranked teams in several matchups this year. Can WVU overcome poor officiating?
C-USA has Southern Miss playing at East Carolina. One of the more overrated non-BCS teams against one of the more underrated non-BCS teams: I'm going with the underrated Golden Eagles to pull this one out.
Navy wins at Hawaii.
Ohio-Temple has started as the MAC game of the week: gotta go with Frank Solich and the Ohio Bobcats. Central Michigan beats Northern Illinois.
Besides TCU needing to beat New Mexico as a formality, the only game that matters this weekend in the MWC is BYU-Utah. I guess the Wyoming-CSU game matters for fans of their teams and Wyoming could still get bowl eligible. Cowboys win. BYU-Utah gets a separate post...
The only game I'm considering watching from the Pac 10 is Notre Dame-Stanford. I would like to see how one of the best RBs in the country plays in the final home game of the season against one of the worst run defenses Notre Dame has had in the history of its storied program. I guess UCLA-USC might be exciting, but I'm tired of hearing about USC. And Notre Dame. And Michigan.
The Iron Bowl could be exciting today (Alabama at Auburn), or it could be a blowout. Alabama's D hasn't really been tested by a great offense this season. I'm not saying they aren't a great defense, I'm just saying it's easy to look better than you are when you have only played one offense in the top 30 in scoring O, and only four in the top 50. Auburn will test them. I think this game comes down to a kicker.
Troy faces its final obstacle in the Sun Belt in (bowl eligible but not going bowling) Louisiana-Lafayette. Troy finishes undefeated in the Sun Belt for its 4th consecutive title.
Nevada plays at Boise State in the only intriguing WAC game. Nevada is "on a roll" but it's tough not to be on a roll when your 8 game winning streak includes ZERO ranked teams and only 2 bowl eligible teams, both of whom are WAC teams. I think Boise could win this game by 28 points. Nevada does not win, no way, no how!
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