Thursday, September 17, 2009

Quick Football Weekend Preview...

Coming to you live from 30,000 feet in the air on a Delta flight with a free wi-fi promo...awesome lol....right in...First? College....
  • USC @ Washington.... An underrated matchup for 2 reasons...1) Washington looked pretty good against LSU and Jake Locker is worth the price of admission at QB....factor that in with Steve Sarkisian having just left USC's offense...I like it...and 2) Matt Barkley may not play....and Taylor Mays (the nation's 2nd best safety) may not play either...I'm not saying the Huskies win it...but they'll compete
  • Utah @ Oregon.... Utah is the ranked team...and Oregon is a 7 point favorite...part of that is disrespect for Utah...part of that is Autzen Stadium..but 7 points? For the team I saw on opening night MINUS their best player (LaGarrette Blount was the real deal btw)...Crazy number...
  • Tulsa @ Oklahoma....This will be entertaining b/c 1) Tulsa can really, really score....and 2) Sam Bradford isn't playing...can Oklahoma put up enough points here without him?
  • Nebraska @ Va Tech...the quietest top 20 matchup of the year so far...Nebraska is making strides toward regaining a bit of their old form under Bo Pelini....VT's offense is extremely one-dimensional, and it's almost better that way b/c when Tyrod Taylor tries to "commit to staying in the pocket" he's rendered virtually ineffective... This should be smashmouth all night....and I like it alot....Watch out for the Huskers here
  • Tennessee @ Florida...You've heard all about it... Lane Kiffin has ticked off Urban Meyer...Tennessee is the biggest underdog they've EVER been (29.5 points at the moment)....this could get ugly and quick...especially with how bad Jonathan Crompton has been recently at QB for the Vols... 52-17....
  • Florida State @ BYU.... BYU is a significant favorite...and that's weird in itself...but Florida State still has team speed that BYU has no concept of....I like the Cougars in the game, but Max Hall better be prepared for an adjustment....
  • Texas Tech @ Texas...the first "test" for Texas and an opportunity for them to actually get some national play...they've been weirdly un-talked about so far for being the #2 team in the land...that ends with the national ABC game this week...and they'll cruise over an overmatched TT unit...
To the pro game...
  • Carolina @ Atlanta....the Jake Delhomme traveling road show comes to Atlanta lol... fortunately for Panther fans, this isn't the same quality defense as Philly...that being said, it's an aggressive, fast unit that should cause some issues for Jake... and I simply can't trust him in a road game against the Falcons knowing that Redbird offense will generate 20+ points....
  • NE @ NYJ... Tom Brady led the league in passing yards in week 1... he's back lol... this is an interesting matchup however as the Jets defense looked dominant in systematically dismantling Houston last week...Sanchez gets to play at home as well...I like the Pats in the game, but not by as much as I would've thought 2 weeks ago...
  • New Orleans @ Philly... Big time matchup here of 2 teams that I really like in the NFC....IF Donovan can't go for Philly, the advantage swings to New Orleans who will put up points regardless (though it won't be fish-in-a-barrel 6 TDs, etc. like last week).... Kevin Kolb isn't ready to beat a playoff-quality team...
  • Houston @ Tennessee.... It's too early for an "elimination" game in the AFC South...but neither one of these squads expected to be 0-2... and one of them will be... I really like Houston in this one.... Tennessee needs to grind out the ground game to control the clock b/c any passing situation is advantage BIG to Houston on that side of the ball... I'm thinking 24-20 Houston...
  • Pittsburgh @ Chicago... Jay Cutler faces a big-time defense...albeit at home...and he'll fail another test... It won't be as ugly on that side of the ball turnover-wise, but Matt Forte needs to be the key to that offense, and he simply can't be against Pittsburgh...Willie Parker gets on track a bit for Pitt too...
  • Baltimore @ SD.... A titan matchup in the AFC... big time defense vs. big time offense...Baltimore is my pick if LDT isn't 100% (and he isn't to my knowledge), Sproles isn't a good combatant to that huge, bulldozing Baltimore defense, and Rivers won't have the time he had against Oakland...Flacco has another field day and the Ravens win
  • NYG @ Dallas... Big game early for these clubs...Eli targeted Steve Smith as his lead guy in week 1...and he proved worthy...if he continues to be that guy (along with reliable TE Kevin Boss), I like the Giants chances...it's looking like Romo will go and that's a relief in Dallas....the fireworks will be out for the Texas Stadium grand opening... and with that fire...will come a flop...Giants by 10
Will talk about Monday Night Football on....Monday? Yes, Monday....

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