predictions.

hi, i'm going to make some college football predictions.

michigan vs. oregon.


i think this is a nightmare matchup for the ducks, who would clearly like to fly under the radar for this one but now have to face the facts that michigan is playing for their program's life over the next few weeks. one thing that michigan can't have happen is another loss to a team that's not in the big 10, and so they're going to come out guns blazing. mike hart is going to be too much for the ducks, as he was for appalachian state.

but there's always the problem of defense, and michigan's d doesn't appear to be good at all. but you have to think that michigan will be play harder this week.

i'll take the wolverines against the ducks and the spread.

michigan 45, oregon 21.


notre dame vs. penn state.

let the jimmy claussen era begin now, and not a moment too soon. but penn state's defense is scary good, which is why you have to think that it will be a trial by fire. fire charlie weis now.

i think that anthony morelli is close to being at the level that his expectations suggest he should be at, which is bad news for notre dame.

the line on this game is right on par with what you might think should happen. vegas wants all the money on penn state to be above 17 points. this basically implies that they think the score will be either 28-10 or my personal hunch...

penn state 27, notre dame 10.

lsu vs. virginia tech.



this could be an lsu blowout, but virginia tech's defense won't give up more than 24 or 27 points so you have to think that va. tech has a chance. the fact that the hokies didn't score much last week has to be disconcerting.

so for va. tech to have a chance, they have to engage in ball control and score maybe a few touchdowns early. the danger is of course that on the road, when lsu finds themselves up 7-0, 10-0, that the dam bursts.

the line is 11.5, but realistically you have to think that the final should look like this:

lsu 24, virginia tech 7

miama at oklahoma.

now we enter the danger zone. miami has had one bad year, not two, not three, but one. and so now we're looking at a team that started the year off by blowing out marshall: a team that always recruits, is a clear underdog, and virtually is being written off by an oklahoma team that yes, blew out north texas, but doesn't have adrian peterson any longer.

so now oklahoma is favored, and they are at home, and miami is breaking in a new qb, but they are the hurricanes. and so you have to wonder if oklahoma thinks they have an edge. my guess is no: this is one of the hardest games on their schedule and they want to win a national title, and they should be focused.

i'll take oklahoma, but not against the spread.

oklahoma 38, miami 28.

washington vs. boise state.

boise state is a good team, but this is going to be a tough out for them. in fact, i believe that washington thinks they can contend right now.

the trouble for washington will be that boise state's offense is almost unstoppable, so they'll have to score a lot of points. i don't think they'll get there.

boise state 41, washington 31.

texas vs. texas christian.

either this is a texas blowout, or it's a texas loss. colt mccoy has been unimpressive and texas looked weak against arkansas state, but then again, tcu doesn't inspire awe for anyone.

texas 16, tcu 3.

and the rest....

beat the spread!

kentucky 35, kent state 14
alabama 28, vandy 13
auburn 21, sfu 10
wisconsin 38, unlv 14
georgia 24, south carolina 17
east carolina 24, unc 3

can't beat the spread!
arkansas state over memphis
nebraska by 4 at wake
ucla by 3 over byu
tennessee against southern miss.