College Football Picks of the Week 11/28

First off, I hope everyone had themselves a fun Thanksgiving.

A good chunk of the picks are already in for the week, but lets recap what happened in the past two days.

-Colt Mccoy single handedly willed Texas from a possible upset. 500 total yards and 5 touchdowns, which included 175 yards rushing. Wow.

I said in my last post, that Mccoy had the spotlight to himself on Thanksgiving night, especially considering that the New York Giants stunk the joint up in Denver, and all the NFL fans switched over to the Texas-Texas A&M game. He did not disappoint.

He might of just won the Heisman on Thursday night.

- I am eating my own words when I stated that Pitt is a top 5 team right now.

It was a tough, hard fought game, but Pitt should not be losing to the likes of West Virginia. They are just too talented. I did come out of that game thinking one think positive on the Panthers side.

Dion Lewis is the 2nd best Freshmen RB I have ever seen with my own two eyes. The first being Adrian Peterson at Oklahoma.

- After watching Texas A&M shred the Texas defense, plus watching the Nebraska-Colorado game, I have come to the conclusion that Nebraska can upset Texas.

The Nebraska defense can stop anyone. If you are a bettor, just bet the Under blind in that game. It has 12-7 written all over it.

Heisman Watch

1. Kellen Moore QB Boise St. - Just after watching Moore add another five touchdowns passes to his resume, I am down to 3 options if I had a Heisman voting. Right now, Moore is the frontrunner.

2. Colt Mccoy QB, Texas - He has made me eat some serious crow. The guy has been a video game the past month. He reminded me of Michael Vick in Madden '00, where Vick was not only a good passing QB, but the fastest guy in the entire game.

If Mccoy goes trigger happy against Nebraska in the Big 12 Title Game, he leapfrogs Moore.

3. Toby Gerhart RB, Stanford - If Mccoy stumbles, and Gerhart has a monster (And I mean monster on the level of 225 yards-5 TDs), Gerhart's numbers might just be too eye-popping to say no to. Best thing for Toby is, he does play against Notre Dame, who I could run for 115 and a score on.

4. Mark Ingram RB, Alabama - In my eyes, he cannot win it anymore. Getting stone-walled by the likes of Auburn to me would stick out even more than trashing the Gators next week. He may get invited to New York though. All exspenses paid.

5. Tony Pike QB, Cincinnati - Now, I know he has no shot at winning the Heisman. I just am down to 3 players, and I wanted to make a point with Pike.

Pike missed several games due to injury, and came back and tossed 6 touchdown passes! Pike is the "What If" this season. Just what if Pike never lost time due to injury?

Honorable Mention: Golden Tate WR Notre Dame, Tim Tebow QB Florida, Dion Lewis RB Pitt, Jerry Hughes DE TCU, CJ Spiller RB Clemson.


We are 3-1 with the picks so far this week, as Pitt let me down hardcore. Here are the rest of the picks:

Florida 41, Florida St. 23 - I would of liked to seen this game with Seminoles QB Christian Ponder playing. No crying over spilled milk, so we watch the Gators steamroll one of the more pathetic defenses in college football. Bobby Bowden does not have the likes of Marvin Jones, Peter Boulware, and Donnie Abraham anymore.

Oklahoma 28, Oklahoma St. 27 - UPSET SPECIAL! This pick is not who I think could win this game. For me, it is about two things:

1. Vegas has this line extremely fishy. Oklahoma is a 9 point fave, against a ranked opponenet, when they have not beaten anyone this season.

2. Oklahoma St., my original pick to go to the Title Games, is a major roadblock for Boise St. going to a BCS Bowl game. We are now channeling Ronald Regan.

"Oklahoma Sooners, tear down that wall!"

South Florida 23, Miami 20 - UPSET SPECIAL #2!! The Bulls finally have a shot at the celebrity Canes. South Florida may have slid the 2nd half of the year, but I bet my mortage that they have had this one circled on the calendar since it was announced that this game would be scheduled.

LSU 24, Arkansas 20 - I wanted to pick the Razorbacks, but if Arkansas somehow won this game, the lynch mob in Louisiana would have the knoose tighly wrapped around Les Miles neck fast. I root for chaos, not bloodshed.

Clemson 27, South Carolina 17 - I think the Tigers run CJ Spiller down the tough Gamecocks throats. Steve Spurrier just needs to find a good enough QB and he will start winning SEC titles. The defense has been very good for years now. It is time for the Old Ball Coach to get a QB that he can turn into the next Shane Matthews.

Utah 34, BYU 31 - The Holy War. My two cents, the best rivalry game nickname. I just think BYU is a bunch of frauds. Max Hall throws way too many INTs, and the Utes can still score.

Stanford 63, Notre Dame 28 - Yes, I really believe this score. It would be fitting for Charlie Weis's execution. There is no shot in hell that the Irish can stop Toby Gerhart, not to mention QB Andrew Luck. This game is on primetime ABC, which would mean it is the first time we see an execution on national television.

Last Week: 6-5

Season: 80-46

College Football Picks of the Week 11/21

Quick predictions and Heisman Watch.

Started to watch some College Basketball this week, and the Big East is 40-0 combined so far! That is insane.

There is no way Syracuse, who just waxed 12th ranked California and 4th ranked defending champions North Carolina, are the 6th best team in the Conference. The coaches of the Big East predicted that for the Orange. Better chance of finding diamonds in your basement.

Heisman Watch

The field really dwindled after last week. In our eyes, Golden Tate, Case Keenum, Ryan Matthews, and Jimmy Clausen all took gutshots to their hardware dreams. Here is the list of the survivors:

1. Mark Ingram RB, Alabama - 7 yards a pop and is smoking the SEC weekly. Big game against Florida wraps it up for him.

2. Kellen Moore QB, Boise St. - Leads the nation in TD passes and passing eff., Moore becomes the leading QB in this race.

3. Toby Gerhart RB, Stanford - This guy has plowed his way through Top 10 opponents, and into my Heisman Race. Leads the nation with 19 TD's and looks unstoppable now. He will destroy Notre Dame when they play.

4. CJ Spiller RB, Clemson - The guy is doing it all. Last week, ran, caught, and threw touchdowns. The ACC title game could really vault him with a great showing against a medicore Georgia Tech defense.

5. Jerry Hughes DE, TCU - The most disruptive defensive force I have seen in College Football since Charles Woodson. Hughes is a Dwight Freeney clone that just abuses Offensive Linemen.

Honorable Mention: Colt Mccoy QB, Texas, Dion Lewis RB, Pitt, Josh Nesbitt QB, GT.

Picks

Nebraska 16, Kansas St. 6 - Nebraska goes to the Big 12 Title Game, where they will give Texas, and the Networks a serious scare.

Notre Dame 45, UConn 38 - The Irish Boys (Clausen and Tate) make their final stand on Heisman voters with huge days.

Texas 41, Kansas 13 - Colt Mccoy and the Longhorns send Mark Mangino back to the ghetto.

Air Force 31, BYU 27 - Upset Special #1! Air Force wins on a textbook Max Hall pick 6. How funny would it be if the Carolina Panthers drafted this guy to be Jake Delhomme's heir?

Michigan St. 27, Penn St. 21 - Upset Special #2! I just want to see all of these soft 2 loss, Big Conference teams to get smacked up to clear an easy path for Boise St. into a BCS Bowl. This includes Penn St., Iowa, Oklahoma St., and possibly Stanford. Speaking of...

Stanford 45, California 23 - The Cardinal are a juggernaut right now. I loved what Jim Harbaugh did to Pete Carroll. I hope Harbaugh stays at Stanford and now we have a new hated rivalry.

Ohio St. 37, Michigan 20 - I want to know one thing. How can Michigan's defense be so bad, but the consenus is that they have 2 1st round locks on that side of the ball? It boggles the mind. Btw, quick tidbit, these two against one another when one team is ranked and the other is not, the ranked team is only 7-6. Just something to think about.

Clemson 45, Virginia 23 - I just wanted to put this bloodbath in for two reasons. 1. Because CJ Spiller is going to go bananas in this game and 2. As a Jet fan, im awaiting the Al Groh roast, with apple stuffed into his gullet and all the trimmings.

Oklahoma 31, Texas Tech 20 - It is amazing how far the cream has fallen. This time last season, both teams were vying for a spot in the national title game. This season, they are both trying to avoid their 5th loss.

Ole Miss 28, LSU 17 - Upset Special #3! Les Miles, meet Dexter Mccluster. He is the one that is destroying your defense this weekend.

Oregon 34, Arizona 28 - The Ducks wrap up the Pac 10 and head to the Rose Bowl, where they will obliterate Ohio St. Yes, you heard it here first. Rose Bowl, Oregon 41, Ohio St. 17.

Last Week: 8-3

Season: 74-41

College Football Picks of the Week

This week, with the World Series on the cusp, the NFL in high gear, and the NHL off to an amazing start, I just cannot help being not interested in College Football this week.

I know that last week had a ton of great games, and that the BCS ranking have come along to spice up our male verison of a soap opera, but I am not feeling it. The only game I remotely want to check out is TCU-BYU, and oh yeah, I can not even see that. Thank you Versus, Comcast, and Direct TV!!!

The entire officiating BS that is going on in the SEC has really left a bad taste in my mouth. I did not know that the Florida-Arkansas Crew were the SAME guys that pulled the Georgia-LSU shenanigans. That is not a fluke, that is what we call, a trend or pattern.

The SEC decided to suspend them for this week. Why just the slap on the wrist? These refs are tainting your beloved football power-divison. By suspendedthe crew, the SEC is already admitting that they basically know something fishy has happened. Why not fire these crooks?

Does the SEC realize now that ANY SEC Conference now, anyone who bets sports will take a look at that game, and try to find out what crew is calling that game now? I will bet my mortage that the most waged game of any college football week for the rest of the season, will be the SEC game that these drones call.

I do not think the SEC even realizes this pattern. No one looks worse than the SEC itself! Bear with me for a moment, LSU is about to lose to Georgia, killing the following week's Super-Matchup between #1 Florida and #4 LSU. SEC did not want that did they?

Now, with Florida on the brink of losing, the refs basically made the game like a 5 on 3 Power Play for the Gators.... for most of the 4th quarter!!!

What is alot of the general public going to think? The SEC wants Florida with a 0 in the loss column, for Alabama.

SEC would of did a good service to themselves by just firing these zebras, that obviously can be influenced easily. That is not my opinion, that is the SEC's opinion after suspending them.

Now, a short verison of this week's predictions:

Penn St. 27, Michigan 20- Penn St. and JoePa get the Big House jinx off their backs.

Georgia Tech 34, Virginia 10

Oregon 41, Washington 24- No Upset Special Stewart Mandel!

Oklahoma 31, Kansas 28 OT- Yes, the first Overtime prediction of the season!

Notre Dame 44, Boston College 23 - Jimmy Clausen for Heisman Wagon is gaining some serious steam in this game.

West Virginia 27, UConn 17 - Big East is going to get interesting this season, with Cincy, WVU, Pitt, and South Florida. The Conference is not as bad as people and paper think, speaking of....

Pittsburgh 17, South Florida 14 - I flipped a coin, could not decide.

Alabama 23, Tennessee 9 - This game is going to be a struggle. You give a defensive whiz like Monte Kiffin two full weeks to plan on stopping a RB, he will find a way. Vols just cannot score on Bama's defense. The St. Louis Rams would have the same problem.

Michigan St. 24, Iowa 20 - Now this is the UPSET SPECIAL! Iowa, on the road in a hostile place to play. This result comes in, it is a breadbasket punch to the entire Midwest that is hoping for a Big 10 Title hopeful.

Texas 41, Missouri 20 - Did I actually hear people in the media this week say that Mizzou has a shot in this game? The same Mizzou team that gave up 28 points to a Nebraska QB that might be benched now? Custer had a better shot at surviving Little Bighorn.

TCU 38, BYU 20 - The Mountain West takes the Game of the Week! Shame I can not watch it, but Jerry Hughes will make BYU QB Max Hall have nightmares from last season's game. TCU, not Boise St., is the best non-BCS team.

Bonus: Boise St. 70, Hawaii 13

Remember in the College Football Preview that I had this game marked down? Well, it is here! Hawaii home game played LATE night, with a national powerhouse? Every single degenerate gambler in the world has been salivating like a dog that has not eaten for three days, chained up, with a raw steak hanging near him that he can not get to.

Last Week: 5-6

Season: 43-32