2007 College Football Picks - Week 9

by Jon Johnston on Oct 25, 2007 11:36 PM CDT in Football Comment 8 comments

Another week, another Nebraska loss, then another post game press conference with Bill Callahan acting like someone stole his pudding. Maybe he'll just stop talking after this week, but I doubt it. He has an axe to grind. He wants to be a head coach so badly, but he's just not good enough to do it. Last time it was Al Davis' fault. Now it's Nebraska's fault.

If we could only see him for the genius he is.

Ah, on to the games!

Big 12 Games
Nebraska @ Texas
Line: Texas by 21
Husker Mike: In the Omaha paper, they're talking about Mack playing his reserves the third series... I think Mack might take it somewhat easy on us. I don't think he wants to rub things in; I think he respects us too much, "us" being the program. Knowing that it comes back to haunt him later...
Horns 49, Callahan's Lost Coz 13
corn blight: Texas has had their issues as well, but nothing like us. As a further blessing, It's nearly nation-wide. I guess people can see what a mess that Bill Callahan has made of the Huskers. Texas 38, Nebraska 21.
Baylor @ Kansas State
Line: Puddytats by 25
Husker Mike: Baylor Beary Beary Bad. KSU 42 Da Bearsh 7
corn blight: The Wildcats go boom. Wildcats 35, Bears 10
Colorado @ Texas Tech
Line: Tech by 13.5
Husker Mike: Tech 35, Puffs 13
corn blight: At home, in Lubbock, Tech is good. On the road, Tech is bad. Tech 38, CU 21
Iowa State @ Missouri
Line: Missouri by 28.5
Husker Mike: They remember last year.... Salt... Wound..... Tiggers 56, Little Breeze 3
corn blight: hahahahaahahahahahahaha. Oh, what the hell am I laughing at. Pinkel-boy 60, ISU 10
Gary Pinkel is going to use all his karma this season.
Kansas @ Texas A&M
Line: KU by 2.5
Husker Mike: Fighting Manginos 24, Fran's Boys 17
corn blight: Kyle Field is a tough place to play. KU has been on a great run. I'm going to go with the Aggies, thus dooming them to lose.
Aggies 23, Cupcake-eaters 20
<big>Games of the Week</big>
Ohio State @ Penn State
Line: Buckeyes by 4
Husker Mike: OSU 28, PSU 17
corn blight:Buckeyes 24, Nittany Lions 20
Florida @ Georgia- World's Largest Soda Pop Party
Line: Gators by 9
Husker Mike: Florida 38, Georgia 27
corn blight: Florida 31, Georgia 21
USC @ Oregon
Line: Oregon by 3
Husker Mike: If Sanchez starts... USC 31, Oregon 17, If Booty starts... Oregon 24, USC 17
corn blight: Oregon 27, USC 23
California @ Arizona State
Line: Sun Devils by 3
Husker Mike: ASU 35, Cal 24
corn blight: Cal is too good to lose three in a row. Cal 34, ASU 31
South Florida @ Connecticut
Line: Bulls by 5
Husker Mike: USF 28, UConn 20
corn blight: Let's see. LSU loses a game, they drop a little. USF loses a game and the bottom falls out.
USF 27, UConn 13
West Virginia @ Rutgers
Line: West Virginia by 6.5
Husker Mike: This sounded like a great game a month ago. WVa 31, Rutgers 24
corn blight: I like that whole chopping wood thing that brought down the Bulls. Rutgers 27, Mountaineers 24

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Do I care?....

.....not really, but maybe the most interesting drama this weekend is whether or not Pinkel Factoid will show it's ugly head and Mizzou's 'Grand Season for the Ages'(as Tig Fan at large seems to view it) will crumble back into the sand that makes up it's foundation.

On paper, Tigs look to be favored in their remaining conference games--woohooo--marks a historical first.

I don't know, Pinkey's meds seem to be working pretty good this season and his QB/duel TE trio are making him look like a fairly decent coach: oh, yeah, the OC and DC make him look o.k. too.

But is it all a mirage?

It's true that virtually the whole nation couldn't give a rat's a$$ about Mizzou, actually being vastly more concerned about the return of Big Red's normal winning ways than Tig's flash in the pan stuff. Funny how the NE story is all over the media whereas Tig 'success' is more or less a footnote.

Are the Tig's this year's Rutgers or Smurfs? I think so. They'll show they can compete with teams in the 11-25 range, but not with teams 1-10.

USF went down--one loss pushing them from a false #2 all the way outta the top 10; S. Car. gone; Cinci gone; Cal gone; UConn gone; who else, oh yeah, BC game within a cat's whisker of being outta there, but certainly proved to all the world that they are severely overrated in their near death experince vs VT(they really shoulda lost that one, but credit Ryan). KU will be gone.

(BTW,OSU is a top 5 team IMO, but not #1).

Anyway, will it happen to the 'Mighty Mizzou' this week. I so hope it does, in a way, 'cause then maybe they'll stay off our coveted boards. We won't have to listen anymore about their 'great' win over Illinois--oh, that one isn't so great anymore.

This game with ISU has Pinkel Factoid written all over it, but alas I think the player's actually feel they have something to prove this year and will overcome even this potential jinx game.

But one wonders which game will it be? I still think it's in the cards that Tigs will just plain have a bad game and blow their 'dream' season.

I would soooo laugh if it happened this weekend!

'za blang thang

by Ze Robertinho on Oct 26, 2007 2:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Corn Blight too nice!

Get real bro: TX 52, NE 13. The wheels have fallen off the cart for Big Red. Maybe they keep Horns under 40 and 600 ttl yds if they bring in their 3rd stringers midway thru the 1st qtr. as husker mike predicts.

'za blang thang

by Ze Robertinho on Oct 26, 2007 2:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah

that's what I said to Husker Mike when we were doing these, that I was being very optimistic.

I can't help it...... it's a character flaw.

Go Big Red!

by Jon Johnston on Oct 26, 2007 7:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

0.k.,

I'm off to a slow start this week since I picked VT over BC(close one), but here goes:

aTm over Hawks
TX blows out Huskers
Prince prances
Leachification
Pinky dink
Sweater Vest
G@y-ders
Romans
Devils
Bulls
'Neers

'za blang thang

by Ze Robertinho on Oct 26, 2007 3:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

OK...

lets give this a try again. Quit after week 4 for personal reasons and guess I'm ready to come back.

TU vs. NU---Even if TU starts the third string we are not tackling or blocking well enough to win. We have lost all fundementals of football right now and will not win until we get them back. Tex 37 NU 10

Baylor vs. KSU---KSU 42 Baylor 20

CU vs. TT---Hawk has CU playing better this year and TT is up and down. Tech wins a squeaker. TT41 CU 38

ISU vs. Mizzu--Mizzu always loses one they shouldn't but did ISU blow their wod last week against OU? Mizzu gets a first half scare but pulls it out. MU 37 ISU 17

KU vs. aTm---aTm looked good against NU (who hasn't) but I believe this is KUs year. KU 21 aTm 7

OSU vs PSU---Ohio ST is the better team. However they are playing at PSU. OSU 32 PSU 24

FLA. vs GEO---Can the bulldogs win at home in a big game? I think so. Upset special. Geo 33 FLA 23

USC vs. Oregon---The pac 10 is a joke. Who really cares. USC 44 Oregon 41

Cal vs. ASU---Cal can and will lose 3 in a row. ASU 31 Cal 17

So. FLA vs. UCONN--SFLA rebounds and proves this is their cinderella season. SFLA 40 UCONN 17

WVU vs. Rutgers---WVU 33 Rut. 32

by taflorom on Oct 26, 2007 7:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

O.k., now I'm pissed!

Friggin' VT is killing Ryan the whole game 'til 4 minutes left when they decide to go with--you guessed it--the heralded prevent D, with the excrutiatingly predictable outcome: they prevented themselves from winning the game over the grossly overrated Eagles.
Plus, all the guy has to do is catch the goll dang onsides kick and they can all go party down in the dorms with a 'W'. But no, he has to let it bounce like a ping pong ball off his chest!

And so now Ryan's Heisman hype is amplified 'cause VT's dbs couldn't cover for more than the time it took Ryan to read 'War & Peace' before he found the eventual open receivers. How is Ryan's thing better than, say, Zac T bringing BR back vs aTm last year--and stuff like that--is what I want to know?

BC would be about the 6th best team in the SEC, yet here they sit, numero dos!

And this is why I'm pissed.....!

'za blang thang

by Ze Robertinho on Oct 26, 2007 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agree...

with all your predictions except I think aTm will beat KU--the 'other' pretender. Also think G@y-ders will get the 'W' over Jo-ja.

'za blang thang

by Ze Robertinho on Oct 26, 2007 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dont know

something tells me the Dawgs are gonna win. Maybe its that my stepson is a G@y-ders fan. And also I think "Fat Bastard" just has his team ready to play and they are buying into his system. Maybe its the buffet they get after a win?

by taflorom on Oct 27, 2007 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs