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Oops! I forgot the Ap will rank USC even though they aren't eligible for bowls.

And here are the ten games to consider nfor next week. PLease note that there is a Thursday night game so make sure to get your picks in before it starts!

Florida State @ NC State - THURSDAY
Syracuse @ Cincinnati
Missouri @ Nebraska
Michigan State @ Iowa
Georgia @ Florida
Arizona @ UCLA
Kentucky @ Mississippi State
Baylor @ Texas
Utah @ Air Force
Oregon @ USC

By the way, Vee, feel free to call me Lance. Or possibly, the King of Football Prognosticators. Well, OK, Lance will do. (I'll likely lose the other title shortly.)

Vee, you were pretty close on the SC ranking. You had them at 18, they made 17.

Fun Fact for last weeks games: Home teams were 8-2!

*Right to shift before gametime reserved. Several teams I picked I can swing to either side due to injuries, etc...


Florida State (16) @ NC State - THURSDAY ... Upset, NC State
Syracuse @ Cincinnati ... Cincinnati
Missouri @ Nebraska ...Nebraska
Michigan State @ Iowa...MS
Georgia @ Florida... Florida
Arizona @ UCLA ...UCLA
Kentucky @ Mississippi State... MState
Baylor @ Texas ... Texas
Utah @ Air Force... Utah
Oregon @ USC... Oregon

Hunh. I must've gotten my wires crossed. Don't know why I said LSU won.

Folks, unless something happens...Auburn is gonna be this years champ. I've seen Newton twice now and no one has a real idea on how to shut him down long term. Well, other than the Kerrigan Solution, lol.

I dunno...I've been a doubter of Auburn all year, and yet they just keep winning! Thing is, I can't remember the last time a college football team depended so much on just one dude. Even Reggie Bush, Tim Tebow and Vince Young had solid teams around them, but Auburn has a pretty terrible defense and an offense that wouldn't score 10 points without Newton under center. It just seems like someone will be able to exploit that fundamental weakness at some point. Plus, if Newton takes a particularly bad hit, they can kiss it goodbye, for sure.

In any case they still have Alabama looming on their schedule. I'd have trouble picking against Nick Saben and the Tide in that game, which by the way, is at Alabama. They've had all of their toughest opponents at home so far this season and have only eked out 3 point victories at Kentucky and Mississippi State. If they can run the table thru 'Bama and the SEC Championship game, they'll definitely be in, but I'm skeptical.

Then again, they've done nothing but prove me wrong so far...

Yup. Sometimes, fate turns on a dime. Sometimes, she just blasts on through.

OK, let's see if I can match last week's percentage. Or - dare I say it? - even do better? Nahhh....

Florida State @ NC State --------- Florida State
Syracuse @ Cincinnati ------------ Cincinnati
Missouri @ Nebraska -------------- Nebraska
Michigan State @ Iowa ------------ Michigan State
Georgia @ Florida ---------------- Florida
Arizona @ UCLA ------------------- Arizona
Kentucky @ Mississippi State ----- Mississippi State
Baylor @ Texas ------------------- Texas
Utah @ Air Force ----------------- Utah
Oregon @ USC --------------------- Oregon

Aside from beng busy still, I've been putting off determining my picks because I'm having a hard time with a couple of the match ups. One of those is the very first one. But here goes...

Florida State @ NC State ~ FSU has really been playing well the past few weeks after a very slow start and many people think they may be back to the former selves. I suspect that the Seminole players have heard all that hype and are starting to believe it. The Wolfpack is a solid team that has handled a number of good teams this year and this is at home for them. I think this is one of the upsets of the week. Vee's pick ~ NC State

Syracuse @ Cincinnati ~ It seems like no one in the Big East really wants to assert themselves. Cincy was one of the top teams in the conference last year but have really been struggling with the new coach and system. Syracuse has been at the bottom of the Big East for years but has had a few surprising wins this year. Vee's pick ~ Cincy finally gets their act together

Missouri @ Nebraska ~ Logic says that a resurgent Cornhuskers team at home won't be beaten by Mizzou, especially with a freshman phenom QB named Taylor Martinez under center. If the Tigers were to beat Nebraska it would be the first time since the Great Flood that they would have beaten Nebraska AND Oklahoma AND Texas in the same year. As good as Mizzou is, I think this is asking too much of them and yet my gut tells me they can pull off the upset. Vee's pick ~ Mizzou

Michigan State @ Iowa ~ God lord! Another quandary. The Spartans remain undefeated and have a legitimate shot at the national championship game if the can win out. Iowa really is the ony tough game left on their schedule. The Hawkeyes lost to Wisconsin in a heart breaker last week and can't afford another lose if they have any hopes of a championship. I've been on the Spartan bandwagon from the start but the game is in Iowa. Vee's pick ~ Michigan State

Georgia @ Florida ~ How they mighty have fallen. I speak not only of the Gators but the Dawgs as well. This game usually has tremendous implications not only for the SEC but the National Championship as well. But not this year. The real question is which team has fallen the farthest. Vee's pick ~ It galls me to make this pick but I think Florida pulls out the win.

Arizona @ UCLA ~ I'm still on the Arizona bandwagon as well. What scares me here is that UCLA has made a habit of ruining title runs like this one and this game is in LA. Vee's pick ~ Arizona

Kentucky @ Mississippi State ~ Mississippi still has three big games left on their schedule and may be looking past this one. Vee's pick ~ Mississippi State in a nail biter

Baylor @ Texas ~ Any other year and this would be a Texas slam dunk. Vee's pick ~ Baylor

Utah @ Air Force ~ Air Force has proven itself capable of playing with anyone but Utah needs to win out in order to have any shot at a BCS bowl. Vee's pick ~ Utah

Oregon @ USC ~ Can the Ducks go to LA and beat USC on their own turf? USC has nothing to play for other than spoiler this year. Vee's pick ~ Oregon.

I'm not kidding you--for some reason, this was in my dream last night and I got 1 out of 10 or something. LOL! What the hell! I got to work today thinking I had to get these picks in right away!

Florida State

Syracuse

Nebraska

Michigan State - looks like the best game of the week.

Florida

UCLA

Miss State

Texas

Utah

Oregon

Ha! I don't dream it, Cobie, I consciously wonder if I will do better than 30% each week! Still, there are several games in this set that are gonna be really close, so I certainly understand your dream. Should be a good football weekend.

Ulp! I forgot this weeks picks involved the Thursday night game! Con su permiso, Vee, I'll pick the remaining nine. (I woulda lost tonight's game, btw)

Cincinnati
Nebraska
Iowa
Florida
Arizona
Mississippi State
Texas
Air Force
Oregon

Hm. I think I picked all home teams except for Zona. (FSU woulda made two!) We'll see how it works out....

Your excused this time but next time...

Without looking it up, I think Iowa might have covered the spread. Amazing! This was a game I expected to be down to the wire, and...BLOWOUT! (Which, amazingly, is an understatement.)

Week 9 continued had even more upsets and very close games. At leaast the number 1 team didn't lose for a change! Here are our results....

Lardy 6 of 9 - 67%
Rick 6 of 10 - 60%
Vee 7 of 10 - 70%
Cobie 6 of 10 - 60%
Lance 6 of 10 - 60%

And the overall standings are as follows:

Cobie - 29 of 50 = 58%
Rick - 36 of 60 = 60%
Vee - 36 of 60 = 60%
Lardy - 27 of 49 = 55%
Lance - 24 of 40 = 60%

Results really remained tightened up.

Here's the poll results for Week 9

AP Top 25

* 1.Oregon (49)
* 2.Boise St. (7)
* 3.Auburn (2)
* 4.TCU (2)
* 5.Alabama
* 6.Utah
* 7.Wisconsin
* 8.Ohio St.
* 9.Nebraska
* 10.Stanford
* 11.Oklahoma
* 12.LSU
* 13.Arizona
* 14.Missouri
* 15.Iowa
* 16.Michigan St.
* 17.Arkansas
* 18.South Carolina
* 19.Oklahoma St.
* 20.Virginia Tech
* 21.Mississippi St.
* 22.Baylor
* 23.N.C. State
* 24.Florida St.
* 25.Nevada

And the BCS Rankings for this week...

Bowl Champ. Series



* Oregon
* Auburn
* TCU
* Boise St.
* Utah
* Alabama
* Nebraska
* Oklahoma
* Wisconsin
* LSU
* Ohio St.
* Missouri
* Stanford
* Michigan St.
* Arizona
* Iowa
* Oklahoma St.
* Arkansas
* South Carolina
* Mississippi St.
* Baylor
* Virginia Tech
* Nevada
* Florida St.
* N.C. State


Boise still gets no respect from the computers

And here are the 10 games to consider. All of them are on Saturday so please be sure to post your picks before 12 noon...

Week 10
NC State @ Clemson
North Carolina @ Florida State
Illinois @ Michigan
Louisville @ Syracuse
Baylor @ Oklahoma State
Arizona @ Stanford
TCU @ Utah
Alabama @ LSU
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M
Arkansas @ South Carolina

Boise doesn't get any respect due to toughness of schedule. Let them try having an SEC schedule. They win that out, then they can claim to be the elite.

NC State @ Clemson ..... NC State
North Carolina @ Florida State .... Florida
Illinois @ Michigan.... Michigan
Louisville @ Syracuse..... Syracuse
Baylor @ Oklahoma State....Baylor
Arizona @ Stanford..... Stanford
TCU @ Utah... Tcu
Alabama @ LSU.... Alabama
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M..... Okla
Arkansas @ South Carolina.... Tough call,gimmie SC cause I'm a fan. Ark is tough though.

Am I the only one playing this week?

Yes, Rick, none of the rest of us like you.

OK, fine, just because I don't want Rick to have to fly solo...

NC State @ Clemson --------------- Clemson
North Carolina @ Florida State --- Florida State
Illinois @ Michigan -------------- Illinois
Louisville @ Syracuse ------------ Syracuse
Baylor @ Oklahoma State ---------- Oklahoma State
Arizona @ Stanford --------------- Stanford
TCU @ Utah ----------------------- TCU
Alabama @ LSU -------------------- Alabama
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M ------------- Oklahoma (pretty iffy about this one)
Arkansas @ South Carolina -------- South Carolina (really waffling here too!)