- Miami @ Ohio State - 3:30 ESPN - Game of the Week IMO... Jacory Harris and Miami go up to the Horseshoe as an underdog but fully capable of winning the game outright... Pryor looked electric (albeit against Marshall) last week, and I trust that Ohio State talent... Harris has a history of being extremely good or pretty shaky in big games, and I don't think Columbus is the atmosphere where you shake that... Randy Shannon vs. Jim Tressel too? Advantage Buckeyes...
- Penn State @ Alabama - 7:00 ESPN - This one is getting top billing... but I honestly don't know why... Penn State isn't a top-10 version of the Nittany Lions, and they are led by a true Frosh quarterback charged with going to Tuscaloosa and winning... good luck with that... Ingram is out, but Richardson is more than capable and that Alabama offense is multi-dimensional... I don't see how Alabama loses...
- Florida State @ Oklahoma - 3:30 ABC - This is a more intriguing game than the above for me... Florida State's offense looks to be crazily dangerous, and Oklahoma didn't show a whole lot on defense in being challenged by Utah State... FSU has the best quarterback on the field, and that can't be discounted... it'll come down to whether Oklahoma can put up 35+ on Florida State... and I think they can... but it'll be close... thinking 34-31 Oklahoma
- Oregon @ Tennessee - 7:00 ESPN2 - Longggg road trip for the Ducks... after putting up 72 in Week 1 (good gracious), they draw the Vols and new coach Derek Dooley... another game that looks great on paper but will likely disappoint... I think Tennessee is a .500 team, and even with the 3000 mile trip for Oregon, they can score in bunches... and they will...
- Georgia @ South Carolina - 12:00 ESPN2 - Two ranked teams here... and Georgia always has issues playing in Columbia... throw in AJ Green's absence and a redshirt freshman making his first real start on the road? I'm taking Spurrier and Garcia... I'm sure I'll regret that about 8 minutes in..
- Michigan @ Notre Dame - 3:30 NBC - This will be buried (mostly) by the other 2 games at 3:30... and I'm okay with that... Denard takes the show on the road and faces a more talented unit... I'm confident that he'll get his yards on the ground, but the question is will the accurate passer we saw at the Big House make the trip? I'm skeptical... on defense, JT Floyd and company will need to try and slow down Michael Floyd and Kyle Rudolph... it'll certainly be a bigger test than last week... gun to my head? 31-27 Notre Dame... let the jinx begin...
- Cal - 9 over Colorado.... let's try picking against Dan Hawkins again!
- Iowa State +14 over Iowa... they won't win outright, but that's always a gauntlet of a game
Stay tuned!
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