Week 6 picks

#8 Kentucky vs. #11 South Carolina - Kentucky wins 21-14
#5 Wisconsin at Illinios - Wisconsin wins 28-10
Bowling Green at #7 Boston College - BC wins 35-12
#13 West Virginia at Syracuse - WV wins 21-20
Kansas at #24 Kansas State - KSU wins 34-10
#6 South Florida at Florida Atlantic - SF wins 42-9
#10 Oklahoma at #19 Texas - Oklahoma wins 14-13
#12 Georgia at Tennessee - Georgia wins 21-14
#18 Arizona State at Washington State - Washington State wins 21-20
#15 Virginia Tech at #22 Clemson - Clemson wins 28-13
Stanford at #2 USC - USC wins 34-6
#4 Ohio State at #23 Purdue - Purdue wins 28-24
#20 Cincinnati at #21 Rutgers - Cincinnati wins 17-13
#9 Florida at #1 LSU - LSU wins 31-13
#25 Nebraska at #17 Missouri - Nebraska wins 24-20
Utah State at #16 Hawaii - Hawaii wins 35-7

Week 4 Picks

Last week was rough for me going 15-6, but that is the worst I will do this season. On the year I am 38-8. Here are my week 4 picks.

Nebraska beats Ball State, 28-10
LSU beats South Carolina, 27-24
Penn State beats Michigan, 32-18
Alabama beats Georgia, 35-21
Michigan State beats Notre Dame, 38-3
Florida beats Mississippi, 52-12
USC beats Washington State, 38-10
Texas A&M beats Miami, 24-21
UCLA beats Washington, 21-20
Wisconsin beats Iowa, 35-14
Oklahoma beats Tulsa, 44-6
Oregon beats Stanford, 42-10
Clemson beats NC State, 28-21
Air Force beats BYU, 28-27
Texas Tech beats Oklahoma State, 48-14
Arkansas beats Kentucky, 24-17

The PAC 10 effect

Many will read this and lend no credibility to what I have to say and that is fine. I am not Lee Corso (thank God), I am not Kirk Herbstreit (does anyone even remember when he was OSU's quarterback?) and I am not Chris Fowler (how does he sit at the same table with those two and be able to sleep at night?). But, I can give a consistent outlook on each weeks outcomes and determine whom I believe is truly the best team in the nation.

I will say, however, that if USC does not pull it together (based on their week 1 performance against Idaho) they will not finish as the top team in the nation and my pick is that they WILL NOT FINISH AS THE TOP TEAM IN THE PAC 10. John David Booty gets all the hype as being a Heisman candidate. Jusifyibly so, the last two USC starting quarterbacks have finished their careers with one golden stiff arm on their coffee tables. However, we should not lend to this hype when there are quarterbacks around the country that are better than Booty. Here I rate the top QB's in the nation:

1. Brian Brohm, Louisville
2. Colt Brennan, Hawaii
3. Matt Ryan, Boston College
4. Colt McCoy, Texas
5. Nate Longshore, Cal
6. John David Booty, USC
7. Sam Keller, Nebraska
8. Chase Holbrook, New Mexico State
9. Chase Daniel, Missouri
10. Stephen McGee, Texas A&M

As you can see, Booty is not even listed as my top quarterback in the PAC 10. So, judging by my list, he should not be considered a heisman candidate. If you believe in my predictions (83% winning percentage as of today), Botty is getting way too much hype.

Here is my prediction as to how the PAC 10 will unfold:

1. UCLA
2. Cal
3. USC
4. Washington
5. Arizona State
6. Oregon
7. Washington State
8. Oregon State
9. Arizona
10. Stanford

Let's be careful not to jump to too many conclusions about USC too early in the season. On Colin Cowherds radio program on ESPN Radio, Pete Carrol said that this years team is the "deepest" team that he has had. If you ask me, that is coach-speak for "weakest" team that he has had. Their depth might only be because all of their young players are at the same ability level. Look for USC to flake out this year and be back on the rise next year. Look for Arizona State to surprise some people and for Oregon State to surprise no one.

Week 3 Picks

Not to brag or anything but I went 23-2 last week. I would have predicted the Boise State upset but it was too early to call that upset. Here are my picks for week 3:

#1 USC at #14 Nebraska: Nebraska wins 27-24
Middle Tennessee State at #2 LSU: LSU wins 31-21
Utah State at #3 Oklahoma: Oklahoma wins 52-3
#22 Tennessee at #5 Florida: Tennessee wins 42-39
#6 Texas at UCF: Texas wins 35-7
The Citadel at #7 Wisconsin: Wisconsin wins 42-0
Louisiana Tech at #8 Cal: Cal wins 28-24
#9 Louisville at Kentucky: Louisville wins 31-27
#10 Ohio State at Washington: Washington wins 17-14
#11 UCLA at Utah: UCLA wins 32-17
Buffalo at #12 Penn State: Penn State wins 54-6
Norfolk State at #13 Rutgers: Rutgers wins 36-14
#21 Boston College at #15 Georgia Tech: Boston College wins 27-24
#16 Arkansas at Alabama: Arkansas wins 14-13
South Carolina State at #17 South Carolina: South Carolina wins 42-6
Ohio at #18 Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech wins 23-14
Fresno State at #19 Oregon: Oregon wins 17-14
Furman at #20 Clemson: Clemson wins 48-9
W. Carolina at #23 Georgia: Georgia wins 35-7
#24 Hawaii at UNLV: Hawaii wins 35-32
La-Monroe at #25 Tx. A&M: Tx A&M wins 32-7

Bonus game: Notre Dame and Michigan end in a tie at 0 because apparently neither team wants to win a game this season.