Just calling them like I see 'em.... LSU @ Auburn. (set up) LSU is a 3 point pick on the road. No, there is no rule that the home team has to win, or a rule that the winning team can only win by 6 points or less... or that the referees are required to make at least one game-changing call. History may repeat itself, but there are no hardfast rules, as some may think. Auburn's game against the cowbells was no fluke and it will take more than a week for TT to find an offense. You'll be able to hear the mold cracking in the background as LSU has both an offense and defense... and walks in this game, 27-10. Troy @ tOSU.(upset) The Buckeyes are a 21.5 favorite to beat at least one team called the Trojans. Troy plays a very up tempo game, ala Missouri, and is loaded with big school transfers and marginal qualifiers, ala South Florida. The 21.5 points is just way too much, imo, against this very good offense. Not only will tOSU not cover the spread, they run the risk of losing outright. If they haven't recovered from their trip to LA, they could be ripe for the picking.... and be forced to acknowledge that the "t" in tOSU actually stands for trojan. Georgia @ Arizona State.(upset) The Bulldogs are a 7 point favorite on the road, but have yet to show anyone they are a top 5 team. This game will definitely challenge the Georgia travel staff, as the Bulldogs concept of playing a regular season non-conference away game has consisted of either a bus trip to Atlanta or Clemson. The last time Georgia ventured from home on a REAL roadtrip (you know, where you spend the night in a hotel) against a non-conference, regular season foe was a trip to Tulane in 1972, where they lost 24-13. Arizona State has a history of playing well early on and Erickson coaches as well as he drinks. Rudy Carpenter, who, I think, is starting for the 9th straight year for the Sun Devils, will be the best passing qb Georgia may face this year, including Tebow. There's a chance Georgia could step up here and claim their destiny, but as we Hawkeye and Tiger fans know, Arizona state can put up a fight in the desert. Iowa @ Pitt.(mini-upset) The Hawkeyes are a 1 to a 1.5 underdog according to this morning's lines. The rumor that both teams will wear leather helmets and no facemasks, dedicating the game to the teams of the 1930's, is greatly overstated... although the ticket sales to rugby fans have been steadily increasing this past week. Dave Wannstadt has even indicated his coaches have been watching film of the forward pass being used by many schools and he just may have a trick or two up his sleeve. There is some talk he may even put lipstick on his quarterback. But in the end, Iowa will prevail, scoring on two of Pitt's 10 punts. There you have it... and I'm 90% right 50% of the time.
No offense to our Buckeye fans or to the Ohio State University, but I hope Troy really puts it on them. That would take some of the awe out of USC's "accomplishments" and make LSU's eventual victory over Troy look that much better.
i can buy auburn's O not doing anything, but there are many reasons to think LSU will have a very tough time, too not buying the upset. ATS, sure. i dont buy it. beating USC early on the road is a top win never heard of either of these teams
Chicken feed. But if Boekman continues his melt down then sure. Tressel will not let this happen. Middle Tennessee and Alcorn St. are hardly what any one would consider building blocks for tOSU...In the BIG HOUSE??? Serious this is worse even the APP ST handing Michigan a loss, the only thing that game proved was it could happen to an already whipped team. This is a wet dream to occur.
so you're not old enough to know that there are many reasons to think LSU will have a tough time at Auburn? i'll let you be a homer, let me try to be rational.
Dude, really...you have Spurrieritis. THEY SUCK! They lost to Vandy, and should've lost to a BAD NC State. They are 1-2. They just suck. They do not indicate a "top win" for UGA. UGA was exposed in that game. Yet you claim to be rational?:huh: I have watched all 3 of S Car's games. I don't get it.
Spurrier's South Carolina is pretty good, and they've taken down some SEC elites. I haven't watched them this year, and maybe they do look like crap. Before the season started, it was reported that Spurrier decided this would be the first time as a coach that he wouldn't call the offensive plays, giving that duty to his son. Maybe that is why they look like crap. All I know is that I would never be surprised to see Spurrier's South Carolina put up a serious fight against major teams -- they do it every year... and I know when Spurrier was at Florida, he prided himself on owning Georgia, so that is one of those teams he focuses on (I wouldn't be surprised if he pretty much ignores game-planning for teams like NC State and Vandy just to focus all his time on beating Georgia). Point is, I think Georgia's win over South Carolina was never any given thing, and Georgia's performance doesn't hurt my respect for them as an elite powerhouse. As for Arizona State beating Georgia, that would be an astonishing upset. Chances are that Georgia will beat them pretty good. Assuming that Georgia's performance against South Carolina made them look weak, consider that Arizona St just lost at home to UNLV. That is inexcusable. UNLV, in the MWC, was 2-10 last year, 2-10 before that, 2-9 before that, and 2-9 before that.
