It's time for my college football picks for this week! I feel like it is the first real week of the seasonl, as there are several big games. I finally get to see LSU on TV against Arizona and I got my tickets today for the LSU-Auburn game next week! Geaux Tigers! I'll pick SEC games and a few other notable contests each week. I went 2-1 last week, since Tennessee really surprised me by pounding Cal. They look tougher than I thought. Here are my picks for this week:
- LSU 27 Arizona 13. Jamarcus Russell played a great game last week with razor sharp passes. I look for the running game to pick it up a notch this week, but they might be a little flat looking ahead to Auburn.
- South Carolina 17 Georgia 13. This is my upset of the week. I get a feeling that S. Carolina will pull it off this time.
- Ole Miss 20 Missouri 17. No reason for this pick, really, except I always pull for the SEC. Sorry!
- Auburn 48 Mississippi State 6. I hate to pick against my alma mater this way, but Auburn just has WAY too much firepower. The Bulldogs are going down in a big way.
- Alabama 21 Vanderbilt 10. Alabama will put the Juwan Simpson debacle behind them and again, play down to their competition, winning a fairly unmemorable game. Why does Bama always do that?
- Florida 31 UCF 14. The Gators get a tougher game than they expected as Urban Meyer's offense still has trouble getting untracked.
- Kentucky 44 Texas St. 14. Umm. Who really cares?
- Arkansas 34 Utah St. 10. The Razorbacks begin to show what they're made of now that they've got USC off the schedule and out of their heads.
- Tennesseee 24 Air Force 3. Was Tennessee for real last week? I've never seen as tackling as poor as what Cal attempted last week. The Volunteers might come back to earth a bit this week, though.
- Notre Dame 31 Penn State 21. The Irish begin to click on offense as the season goes on.
- Ohio State 27 Texas 24. This might be the game of the year, at least until next week at Auburn! I look for Ohio State to exact revenge for last year and to expose Texas' freshman QB, Colt McCoy.
So, what do you think? I can't wait till tomorrow!
Boy, were some of the scores today a real surprise, or what? Ohio State winning by 17? Tennessee squeaking by? Notre Dame killing Penn State?
It's looking like Missouri may really have something this year (sorry, I have to root for the Big XII - though I was pulling for Ohio State because every Oklahoman hates the Longhorns ;) ).
Posted by: Paul | September 10, 2006 at 12:13 AM
i think my lsu-fan roommates got it right when they said, "the SEC West comes down to Saturday."
indeed.
Posted by: joe kennedy | September 10, 2006 at 07:00 PM
Indeed, Joe, indeed. I've got two tickets for that game. It will be interesting.
I went 9-2 on my predictions straight up (I'm not some degenerate gambler, so I'm not counting point spread). I'm 11-3 on the season. It'll be interesting to see how I fare throughout the year if I keep making picks. I might, and I might not. We'll see.
In the meantime, everyone said that LSU would have a tough game with Arizona but would pull it out in the end (ESPN Gameday crew, etc.). Yeah, they really know what they're talking about. LSU 45 - Arizona 3. And it wasn't that close. Arizona had around 50 yards total offense when Coach Miles pulled the starters at the end of the 3rd quarter. I'm sure that everyone will pick Auburn over LSU next week. I hope they're equally wrong! Geaux Tigers!
Posted by: Alan Cross | September 10, 2006 at 10:27 PM
Good thing you make a living as a pastor huh?
Posted by: Brian DeKruyff | September 11, 2006 at 05:51 PM