Post by Walter on Oct 10, 2017 15:59:01 GMT -5
“It’s every man’s right to have babies if he wants them.”
“But you can’t have babies.”
“Don’t you oppress me!”
“I’m not oppressing you, Stan. You haven’t got a womb. Where’s the fetus going to gestate? You going to keep it in a box?”
WEEK 7
1. (5-1) #10 AUBURN -6.5 AT (4-2) LSU
AUBURN GAVE UP THEIR MOST POINTS OF THE SEASON LAST WEEK AGAINST OLE MISS, WINNING 44-23, BUT THAT’S A LITTLE DISCEIVING. THE TIGERS LED 35-3 AT THE HALF.
LSU COMES OFF THE WIN AT THE SWAMP AND IS TRYING TO TURN AROUND THEIR SEASON. TOO MUCH AUBURN D TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, HOWEVER.
AUBURN
2. (5-0) #25 NAVY +4 AT (4-1) MEMPHIS
NAVY IS 5-0 AND RANKED BUT NEEDED A GO-AHEAD TD PASS, JUST THE 4TH COMPLETION OF THE GAME FOR THE MIDDIES, WITH 15 SECONDS LEFT TO GET PAST NOW (1-4) AIR FORCE.
MEMPHIS COMES OFF A 70-31 BEATDOWN OF CONNECTICUT.
BOTH ARE GOOD OFFENSIVE TEAMS WITH NEARLY IDENTICAL TOTAL YARDS/GAME OF A LITTLE OVER 500 YARDS PER GAME, BUT BOTH HAVE QUESTIONABLE DEFENSES.
MEMPHIS
3. (4-1) #21 MICHIGAN STATE -4 AT (3-2) MINNESOTA
THE SPARTANS COME OFF A BIG WIN AGAINST RIVAL MICHIGAN WHILE THE GOPHERS ARE WINLESS IN CONFERENCE AND GOING INTO THIS GAME HAVE LOST TWO IN A ROW TO MARYLAND AND PURDUE, GIVING UP 31 POINTS IN BOTH GAMES TO LOSE. NEITHER ARE GREAT OFFENSIVE SCORING MACHINES, BUT MICHIGAN STATE’S D IS BETTER THAN MINNESOTA’S, A LOT BETTER.
MICHIGAN STATE
4. (4-1) UTAH +13 AT (4-1) #13 USC
UTAH LOST TO STANFORD AT HOME IN A GAME THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WON, THROWING TWO LATE PICKS TO KILL OFF DRIVES, WHILE USC BEAT OREGON STATE HANDILY. THE GAME IS A PIVOTAL GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS, AS A SECOND LOSS IN CONFERENCE MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OVERCOME.
BOTH TEAMS ARE A LITTLE BEAT UP AND MINUS SOME DEPTH, AND FOR USC THIS HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF A TRAP GAME FOR THE TROJANS, WHO TRAVEL TO SOUTH BEND NEXT WEEK. 13 POINTS IS WAY TOO MANY PTS. TO LAY FOR A TEAM THAT HAS STRUGGLED AT TIMES ON O.
UTAH
5. (3-2) TEXAS +7.5 VS (4-1) #12 OKLAHOMA
THE RED RIVER SHOOTOUT. OKLAHOMA COMES OFF THE STUNNING LOSS TO IOWA STATE WHILE TEXAS NEEDED TWO OTs AND SOME SLOPPY PLAY BY KANSAS STATE TO PULL OUT A WIN THEY COULD HAVE LOST AS WELL, SO BOTH TEAMS ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS THE LEADERS IN THE CONFERENCE. GIANT GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS AND A TOUGH PICK. THIS IS DO OR DIE FOR THE SOONERS FINAL FOUR HOPES SO THEY WIN, BUT I THINK TEXAS COVERS.
TEXAS
6. (4-2) OREGON +10.5 AT (3-2) STANFORD
BOTH TEAMS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT SO FAR THIS SEASON. OREGON HAS A NEW QB WHO MADE HIS FIRST START LAST WEEK AND STANFORD PLAYED 2 QBS LAST WEEK AGAINST UTAH, AND NEITHER WAS TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE. WAIT….FIRST COLLEGE ROAD START FOR NEW OREGON QB?
STANFORD
7. (4-1) TEXAS TECH +6.5 AT (3-2) WEST VIRGINIA
TEXAS TECH COMES OFF A 65-19 WIN OVER KANSAS LAST WEEK AND PUT UP 34 ON OKST THE WEEK BEFORE. THEY CAN SCORE POINTS. DEFENSE? NOT SO MUCH. MEANWHILE THE MOUNTAINEERS PUT UP 56 AGAINST THE SAME KANSAS TEAM AND 24 AGAINST TCU LAST WEEK, SO THEY CAN SCORE TOO. AND DEFENSE? NOT SO MUCH EITHER. VERY SIMILAR TEAMS…WHAT TO DO? TAKE THE POINTS.
TEXAS TECH
8. (5-0) #6 TCU -4.5 AT (3-2) KANSAS STATE
TCU HAS QUIETLY MOVED UP THE RANKINGS AND IS THE ONLY UNDEFEATED B12 TEAM. KSTATE COMES OFF A LOSS TO TEXAS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE WON, BUT WERE SLOPPY LATE AND LET IT SLIP AWAY IN OT. I THINK TCU IS STILL UNDER THE RADAR SO THE POINTS ARE INDICATIVE OF IT.
TCU
9. (3-1) GEORGIA TECH +5.5 AT (4-0) #11 MIAMI
GTECH TRAVELS SOUTH AFTER A BYE WEEK TO PLAY A UNDEFEATED MIAMI THAT JUST BEAT FLORIDA STATE. GTECH BOASTS THE 2ND LEADING RUSHING OFFENSE IN THE NATION, BUT MIAMI HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AGAINST THE RUN YIELDING JUST ONE RUSHING TD ALL SEASON.
MIAMI
10. (3-2) BOISE STATE +7 AT (5-0) #19 SAN DIEGO STATE
BIGGER MW MATCHUP THAN THE RECORDS INDICATE. BOISE, DESPITE THE TWO LOSES, AND IN A YOUTH CYCLE IS STILL A PRETTY GOOD TEAM, GOING TOE TO TOE WITH A WAZZU TEAM THAT HAS PROVEN TO BE A TOP RANKED TEAM AND LOSING BY ONLY 3 POINTS, 47-44. SAN DIEGO STATE MEANWHILE, CRUISES ALONG AT 5-0 WITH A TEAM THAT JUST SEEMS TO FIND A WAY TO WIN, RELYING MOSTLY ON THE D TO DELIVER WHEN NEEDED. I THINK THEY DO THAT AGAIN, BUT BOISE KEEPS IT CLOSER THAN 7.
BOISE STATE
11A. (5-0) #5 WASHINGTON -17.5 AT (2-3) ARIZONA STATE
THIS IS OUR WEEKLY "TOP 5 TEAM PLAYS AND LAYS A LOT OF POINTS" GAME. THE HUSKIES TRAVEL TO ASU TO PLAY A TEAM THAT HASN’T GIVEN UP FEWER THAN 30 POINTS ALL SEASON. THIS ONE HAS BLOWOUT WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
WASHINGTON
11B. ((3-2) UCLA -2 AT (3-2) ARIZONA
HAD TO ADD THIS ONE LATE. ARIZONA STARTS A BACKUP QB WHO RUNS FOR 327 YARDS AND THE UCLA OFFENSE AVERAGES 550 YPG AND HAS THE BEST PASSING QB IN THE NATION. THE TWO TEAMS RANK 6TH AND 16TH IN TOTAL O RESPECTIVELY. WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS GAME? BOTH HAVE AVERAGE TO BELOW AVERAGE DEFENSES. THE OVER/UNDER IS A WHOPPING 79.5 POINTS. THIS LOOKS LIKE A “LAST TEAM WHO HAS THE BALL WINS” TYPE GAME. UCLA COMES OFF A BYE WEEK, AND HAS NOW SEEN THE NEW ZONA QB ON FILM. TOUGH CALL.
ARIZONA
12. (4-1) #17 MICHIGAN -6.5 AT (3-2) INDIANA
MICHIGAN HOPES TO REGROUP AGAINST AN INDIANA TEAM THAT HASN’T SHOWN MUCH OOMPH AGAINST TEAMS WITH AMBULATORY PLAYERS, LOSING BY 31 AND 38 TO PSU AND OSU RESPECTIVELY. BUT WAIT…MICHIGAN IS THE HOMECOMING GAME? SASSY! ALAS, SASS THAT WON’T BE ENOUGH.
MICHIGAN
13. (4-2) TEXAS A&M +3 AT (3-2) FLORIDA
aTM GAVE BAMA THEIR TOUGHEST GAME OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK, LOSING BY 8, AND THEIR ONLY OTHER LOSS WAS THE ONE PT LOSS TO UCLA TO START THE SEASON. MEANWHILE THE GATORS LOST SLUGGISHLY TO LSU AT HOME , AND YET, THE AGGIES GET 3. GO FIGURE.
TEXAS A&M
14. (5-1) OHIO STATE -24 AT (3-3) NEBRASKA
OHIO STATE SEEMS TO BE REALLY GETTING THEIR GROOVE ON. THEY’VE SCORED 172 POINTS IN THE PAST THREE GAMES, ALLOWED JUST 5 SCORES IN THOSE GAMES AND GET THIS, TWO OF THE FIVE WEREN’T EVEN ALLOWED BY THE DEFENSE. NEBRASKA COMES OFF A LOSS AT HOME LAST WEEK TO WISCONSIN BY 21. I DON’T THINK 24 IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
OHIO STATE
15. (6-0) #2 CLEMSON -22.5 AT (3-3) SYRACUSE
COUNT THIS ONE AS THE WEEK’S BLOWOUT SPECIAL #2…OR IS IT? THE ORANGE LOST EARLY TO MIDDLE TENN, BUT HAVE WON 2 OF 4 SINCE, AND THE TWO LOSSES WERE TO LSU AND NCSTATE ON THE ROAD, AND IN THOSE GAMES, THEY LOST BY ONLY 9 AND 8 RESPECTIVELY. PROBLEM IS, THE ORANGE D GAVE UP 30 TO MIDTENN, AND 35 AND 33 POINTS TO LSU AND NCST. IN THOSE LOSSES.
ALAS, NOW IF ONLY WE COULD SEE SYRACUSE PLAY ARIZONA STATE, EH?
CLEMSON
“But you can’t have babies.”
“Don’t you oppress me!”
“I’m not oppressing you, Stan. You haven’t got a womb. Where’s the fetus going to gestate? You going to keep it in a box?”
WEEK 7
1. (5-1) #10 AUBURN -6.5 AT (4-2) LSU
AUBURN GAVE UP THEIR MOST POINTS OF THE SEASON LAST WEEK AGAINST OLE MISS, WINNING 44-23, BUT THAT’S A LITTLE DISCEIVING. THE TIGERS LED 35-3 AT THE HALF.
LSU COMES OFF THE WIN AT THE SWAMP AND IS TRYING TO TURN AROUND THEIR SEASON. TOO MUCH AUBURN D TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, HOWEVER.
AUBURN
2. (5-0) #25 NAVY +4 AT (4-1) MEMPHIS
NAVY IS 5-0 AND RANKED BUT NEEDED A GO-AHEAD TD PASS, JUST THE 4TH COMPLETION OF THE GAME FOR THE MIDDIES, WITH 15 SECONDS LEFT TO GET PAST NOW (1-4) AIR FORCE.
MEMPHIS COMES OFF A 70-31 BEATDOWN OF CONNECTICUT.
BOTH ARE GOOD OFFENSIVE TEAMS WITH NEARLY IDENTICAL TOTAL YARDS/GAME OF A LITTLE OVER 500 YARDS PER GAME, BUT BOTH HAVE QUESTIONABLE DEFENSES.
MEMPHIS
3. (4-1) #21 MICHIGAN STATE -4 AT (3-2) MINNESOTA
THE SPARTANS COME OFF A BIG WIN AGAINST RIVAL MICHIGAN WHILE THE GOPHERS ARE WINLESS IN CONFERENCE AND GOING INTO THIS GAME HAVE LOST TWO IN A ROW TO MARYLAND AND PURDUE, GIVING UP 31 POINTS IN BOTH GAMES TO LOSE. NEITHER ARE GREAT OFFENSIVE SCORING MACHINES, BUT MICHIGAN STATE’S D IS BETTER THAN MINNESOTA’S, A LOT BETTER.
MICHIGAN STATE
4. (4-1) UTAH +13 AT (4-1) #13 USC
UTAH LOST TO STANFORD AT HOME IN A GAME THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WON, THROWING TWO LATE PICKS TO KILL OFF DRIVES, WHILE USC BEAT OREGON STATE HANDILY. THE GAME IS A PIVOTAL GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS, AS A SECOND LOSS IN CONFERENCE MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OVERCOME.
BOTH TEAMS ARE A LITTLE BEAT UP AND MINUS SOME DEPTH, AND FOR USC THIS HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF A TRAP GAME FOR THE TROJANS, WHO TRAVEL TO SOUTH BEND NEXT WEEK. 13 POINTS IS WAY TOO MANY PTS. TO LAY FOR A TEAM THAT HAS STRUGGLED AT TIMES ON O.
UTAH
5. (3-2) TEXAS +7.5 VS (4-1) #12 OKLAHOMA
THE RED RIVER SHOOTOUT. OKLAHOMA COMES OFF THE STUNNING LOSS TO IOWA STATE WHILE TEXAS NEEDED TWO OTs AND SOME SLOPPY PLAY BY KANSAS STATE TO PULL OUT A WIN THEY COULD HAVE LOST AS WELL, SO BOTH TEAMS ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS THE LEADERS IN THE CONFERENCE. GIANT GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS AND A TOUGH PICK. THIS IS DO OR DIE FOR THE SOONERS FINAL FOUR HOPES SO THEY WIN, BUT I THINK TEXAS COVERS.
TEXAS
6. (4-2) OREGON +10.5 AT (3-2) STANFORD
BOTH TEAMS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT SO FAR THIS SEASON. OREGON HAS A NEW QB WHO MADE HIS FIRST START LAST WEEK AND STANFORD PLAYED 2 QBS LAST WEEK AGAINST UTAH, AND NEITHER WAS TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE. WAIT….FIRST COLLEGE ROAD START FOR NEW OREGON QB?
STANFORD
7. (4-1) TEXAS TECH +6.5 AT (3-2) WEST VIRGINIA
TEXAS TECH COMES OFF A 65-19 WIN OVER KANSAS LAST WEEK AND PUT UP 34 ON OKST THE WEEK BEFORE. THEY CAN SCORE POINTS. DEFENSE? NOT SO MUCH. MEANWHILE THE MOUNTAINEERS PUT UP 56 AGAINST THE SAME KANSAS TEAM AND 24 AGAINST TCU LAST WEEK, SO THEY CAN SCORE TOO. AND DEFENSE? NOT SO MUCH EITHER. VERY SIMILAR TEAMS…WHAT TO DO? TAKE THE POINTS.
TEXAS TECH
8. (5-0) #6 TCU -4.5 AT (3-2) KANSAS STATE
TCU HAS QUIETLY MOVED UP THE RANKINGS AND IS THE ONLY UNDEFEATED B12 TEAM. KSTATE COMES OFF A LOSS TO TEXAS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE WON, BUT WERE SLOPPY LATE AND LET IT SLIP AWAY IN OT. I THINK TCU IS STILL UNDER THE RADAR SO THE POINTS ARE INDICATIVE OF IT.
TCU
9. (3-1) GEORGIA TECH +5.5 AT (4-0) #11 MIAMI
GTECH TRAVELS SOUTH AFTER A BYE WEEK TO PLAY A UNDEFEATED MIAMI THAT JUST BEAT FLORIDA STATE. GTECH BOASTS THE 2ND LEADING RUSHING OFFENSE IN THE NATION, BUT MIAMI HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AGAINST THE RUN YIELDING JUST ONE RUSHING TD ALL SEASON.
MIAMI
10. (3-2) BOISE STATE +7 AT (5-0) #19 SAN DIEGO STATE
BIGGER MW MATCHUP THAN THE RECORDS INDICATE. BOISE, DESPITE THE TWO LOSES, AND IN A YOUTH CYCLE IS STILL A PRETTY GOOD TEAM, GOING TOE TO TOE WITH A WAZZU TEAM THAT HAS PROVEN TO BE A TOP RANKED TEAM AND LOSING BY ONLY 3 POINTS, 47-44. SAN DIEGO STATE MEANWHILE, CRUISES ALONG AT 5-0 WITH A TEAM THAT JUST SEEMS TO FIND A WAY TO WIN, RELYING MOSTLY ON THE D TO DELIVER WHEN NEEDED. I THINK THEY DO THAT AGAIN, BUT BOISE KEEPS IT CLOSER THAN 7.
BOISE STATE
11A. (5-0) #5 WASHINGTON -17.5 AT (2-3) ARIZONA STATE
THIS IS OUR WEEKLY "TOP 5 TEAM PLAYS AND LAYS A LOT OF POINTS" GAME. THE HUSKIES TRAVEL TO ASU TO PLAY A TEAM THAT HASN’T GIVEN UP FEWER THAN 30 POINTS ALL SEASON. THIS ONE HAS BLOWOUT WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
WASHINGTON
11B. ((3-2) UCLA -2 AT (3-2) ARIZONA
HAD TO ADD THIS ONE LATE. ARIZONA STARTS A BACKUP QB WHO RUNS FOR 327 YARDS AND THE UCLA OFFENSE AVERAGES 550 YPG AND HAS THE BEST PASSING QB IN THE NATION. THE TWO TEAMS RANK 6TH AND 16TH IN TOTAL O RESPECTIVELY. WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS GAME? BOTH HAVE AVERAGE TO BELOW AVERAGE DEFENSES. THE OVER/UNDER IS A WHOPPING 79.5 POINTS. THIS LOOKS LIKE A “LAST TEAM WHO HAS THE BALL WINS” TYPE GAME. UCLA COMES OFF A BYE WEEK, AND HAS NOW SEEN THE NEW ZONA QB ON FILM. TOUGH CALL.
ARIZONA
12. (4-1) #17 MICHIGAN -6.5 AT (3-2) INDIANA
MICHIGAN HOPES TO REGROUP AGAINST AN INDIANA TEAM THAT HASN’T SHOWN MUCH OOMPH AGAINST TEAMS WITH AMBULATORY PLAYERS, LOSING BY 31 AND 38 TO PSU AND OSU RESPECTIVELY. BUT WAIT…MICHIGAN IS THE HOMECOMING GAME? SASSY! ALAS, SASS THAT WON’T BE ENOUGH.
MICHIGAN
13. (4-2) TEXAS A&M +3 AT (3-2) FLORIDA
aTM GAVE BAMA THEIR TOUGHEST GAME OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK, LOSING BY 8, AND THEIR ONLY OTHER LOSS WAS THE ONE PT LOSS TO UCLA TO START THE SEASON. MEANWHILE THE GATORS LOST SLUGGISHLY TO LSU AT HOME , AND YET, THE AGGIES GET 3. GO FIGURE.
TEXAS A&M
14. (5-1) OHIO STATE -24 AT (3-3) NEBRASKA
OHIO STATE SEEMS TO BE REALLY GETTING THEIR GROOVE ON. THEY’VE SCORED 172 POINTS IN THE PAST THREE GAMES, ALLOWED JUST 5 SCORES IN THOSE GAMES AND GET THIS, TWO OF THE FIVE WEREN’T EVEN ALLOWED BY THE DEFENSE. NEBRASKA COMES OFF A LOSS AT HOME LAST WEEK TO WISCONSIN BY 21. I DON’T THINK 24 IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
OHIO STATE
15. (6-0) #2 CLEMSON -22.5 AT (3-3) SYRACUSE
COUNT THIS ONE AS THE WEEK’S BLOWOUT SPECIAL #2…OR IS IT? THE ORANGE LOST EARLY TO MIDDLE TENN, BUT HAVE WON 2 OF 4 SINCE, AND THE TWO LOSSES WERE TO LSU AND NCSTATE ON THE ROAD, AND IN THOSE GAMES, THEY LOST BY ONLY 9 AND 8 RESPECTIVELY. PROBLEM IS, THE ORANGE D GAVE UP 30 TO MIDTENN, AND 35 AND 33 POINTS TO LSU AND NCST. IN THOSE LOSSES.
ALAS, NOW IF ONLY WE COULD SEE SYRACUSE PLAY ARIZONA STATE, EH?
CLEMSON
