College Football predictions (Top 25) Week 11

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:29 pm

Getting a bit of an early start due to the earlier start times with games this week. After 10 weeks my record stands at 149-41. Here is this week's picks.

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Wednesday:

Northern Illinois @ #17 Ball State - Ball State wins

Thursday:

#12 TCU @ #10 Utah - I really like this TCU team. IMO, they are the best mid-major in football. Look for them to pull the upset on the road.
#23 Maryland @ Virginia Tech - This one screams Va. Tech at home, but Maryland seems to be on to something here and I like them on the road.
#1 Alabama @ #16 LSU - Alabama holds on to #1 for 1 week and loses it due to a admirable rebound by the LSU Tigers.
#9 Oklahoma State @ #2 Texas Tech - Texas Tech wins
#3 Penn State @ Iowa - PSU wins
Baylor @ #4 Texas - Texas wins
#5 Florida @ Vanderbilt - Florida wins
#6 Oklahoma @ Texas A&M - Oklahoma wins
#21 California @ #7 USC - USC wins
Utah State @ #10 Boise State - BSU wins
#11 Ohio State @ #24 Northwestern - OSU wins
#13 Georgia @ Kentucky - Georgia wins
Kansas State @ #14 Missouri - Missouri wins
San Diego State @ #15 BYU - BYU wins
Purdue @ #18 Michigan State - MSU wins
#20 Georgia Tech @ #19 North Carolina - GT wins
Clemson @ #22 Florida State - FSU wins
Cincinnati @ #25 West Virginia - WVU wins

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:13 pm

We need this win at home against Maryland to spark the offense in the next 3 games to win the ACC... if we lose this game all hell will break loss. At least it won't rain like the BC game last year during this time.

horsemen_ · Post by **horsemen_** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:07 pm

Roody wrote:Clemson @ #22 Florida State - FSU wins

this is a hard game to call FSU is banged up and it with that last min fumble to lose in side the 1 last week may have taken alot out of the team.
Playing from behind in every game has to take alot out of the players

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:12 pm

Clemson has more talent imo, but they rarely do anything with it.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:15 pm

horsemen_ wrote:this is a hard game to call FSU is banged up and it with that last min fumble to lose in side the 1 last week may have taken alot out of the team.
Playing from behind in every game has to take alot out of the players

who asked you?

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:21 pm

I cant decide if I want to see 3 undefeated teams or a slew of teams with 1 loss. I would really like to see the BCS system have a melt down.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:19 pm

horsemen_ wrote:this is a hard game to call FSU is banged up and it with that last min fumble to lose in side the 1 last week may have taken alot out of the team.
Playing from behind in every game has to take alot out of the players

I see Clemson winning that game myself..

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:08 pm

Well Gixxer you better hope Penn State loses another game because if they win out they will be Rose Bowl bound and not Ohio State.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:48 pm

Roody wrote:Well Gixxer you better hope Penn State loses another game because if they win out they will be Rose Bowl bound and not Ohio State.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!

One down....

horsemen_ · Post by **horsemen_** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:11 pm

well from my point of view it looks like the gators will back into a nc game with the love fest they have with tebow

i think OK, tx, tx tec . usc and a few others are better then florida but i think they back into the game texas tec has to wear down and will lose a close one then who knows if bama can beat Fl in the sec champ game

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:29 pm

horsemen_ wrote:well from my point of view it looks like the gators will back into a nc game with the love fest they have with tebow

i think ok tx tx tec usc and a few others are better then fu but i think they back into the game texas tec has to wear down and will lose a close one then who knows if bama can beat them in the sec champ game

Holy geez.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:52 pm

horsemen_ wrote:well from my point of view it looks like the gators will back into a nc game with the love fest they have with tebow

i think OK, tx, tx tec . usc and a few others are better then florida but i think they back into the game texas tec has to wear down and will lose a close one then who knows if bama can beat Fl in the sec champ game

I doubt Florida can jump Texas unless Texas loses again. Right now we are on for a Alabama/TT title game, but if one of them loses then Texas will get the chance.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:02 pm

Ha! Look at Roody and his fancy sentence makin' and uppity like punctuation. Pshhhhht.

horsemen_ · Post by **horsemen_** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:30 pm

i think if bama is beat by florida in the sec champ game florida will jump in

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:14 pm

I finished the week 13-6 to take my overall record to 162-47

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:21 pm

Roll Tide, Baby !!!!!!!!!!!!

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:21 pm

That was a heckuva game Russell.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:01 am

Boise St. 49-14. They still got to get their calls under control. They had a lot of offensive calls in the last few games.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:49 am

penn st will win out and so will the bucks.

TP looked simply amazing today. he is maturing at a CRAZY rate. BW looked awesome and had a good game too. they looked like the bucks should look. playing like we did today, i want a rematch with usc in the rose.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:53 am

Gixxer wrote:penn st will win out and so will the bucks.

TP looked simply amazing today. he is maturing at a CRAZY rate. BW looked awesome and had a good game too. they looked like the bucks should look. playing like we did today, i want a rematch with usc in the rose.

Well if Penn State wins out you won't get a rematch. Personally I'd rather play Penn State anyway. It's my bet they would present a better challenge as they are better offensively then Ohio State is. Still I doubt either team presents that much of one. Neither team comes close to having the top level depth or overall team speed that USC has.

jasonb31 · Post by **jasonb31** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:17 am

Go Bama Roll Tide. Hopefully that was Bamas wake up call yesterday and they will start playing smarter. They are going to need smarts to beat Florida and Texas Tech.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:42 am

Lost alot of games this week ROody..still cant' believe you picked Maryland to beat VATech at home

VATech will win out the rest of the season..prob rematch against Florida St for the ACC championship game cause I see Maryland beating UNC next week. In that case it would be like the BC Rematch of last year..with VATech going to the orange bowl and winning this time.

I was disappointed to see Penn st lose yesterday...but IMO Texas Tech is the new #1 as the Bama game over LSU was too close for the #1 team in the country against a weakend LSU defense this year.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:50 am

I agree with you about the #1 Sava. I also think USC wins out the rest of the way. With Stanford (And paybacks coming) next week followed by Notre Dame and UCLA USC should run the table the rest of the regular season. After that in all likelihood it will be Penn State in the Rose Bowl and that will likely get out of hand with USC winning big. I find myself completely amazed at USC's defense. They are allowing a Nation low 6.7 points a game and it's been a long time since I saw a defense this dominant. Probably 1992 with Alabama's defense. They are crazy, crazy good. Still the offense which is very good at a little under 40 points a game has this habit of not quite being what they should be with their talent.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:58 pm

Roody wrote:Well if Penn State wins out you won't get a rematch. Personally I'd rather play Penn State anyway. It's my bet they would present a better challenge as they are better offensively then Ohio State is. Still I doubt either team presents that much of one. Neither team comes close to having the top level depth or overall team speed that USC has.

i think you are mistaken about psu being better. they were for one game. tp who is now budding (already) and a healthy bw. especially with the d playing good (for the last few games). tp had everything yesterday and it was for the most part flawless. he will get better and i think he is gonna be one hell of a player/qb. i think i see heisman in future and hopefully nc.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:52 pm

Gixxer wrote:i think you are mistaken about psu being better. they were for one game. tp who is now budding (already) and a healthy bw. especially with the d playing good (for the last few games). tp had everything yesterday and it was for the most part flawless. he will get better and i think he is gonna be one hell of a player/qb. i think i see heisman in future and hopefully nc.

Right now PSU's numbers show them to be better, but I think Ohio State has a greater upside that's for sure. Still I would rather play PSU because we already handled Ohio State once this year.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:20 pm

If we do make it (somehow, who knows), it'll be fun to see Chris Wells play against USC.

I VOTE NO on turf toe!

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:15 pm

The new polls are out.. I don't agree with nearly half the top 10.. I mean Penn is still better than what they are listed at. Also Utah is better than a few of those teams its behind..being undefeated and still cranking up good numbers on stats. Texas Tech should be #1 and Alabama #2, USC played well yesterday but CAL wasn't a push over like Washington was as they haven't won a game yet so you can't say anything positive about that game as Carroll was trying to argue dominance in the BCS from that game which was rather funny.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:25 pm

In more trouble is No. 6 USC, despite a defense displaying a stinginess that hearkens to an earlier era. The Trojans have allowed 60 points this season, an average of 6.7 points per game, and only one touchdown in their past five games. No team has allowed less than seven points per game since the 1986 Oklahoma Sooners. Yet, in this offense-crazed season, USC is having trouble gaining traction in the BCS standings. The Trojans' last three opponents -- Stanford (5-5), Notre Dame (5-4) and UCLA (3-6) -- won't help.

Pretty accurate quote from ESPN. This defense is as nasty as they come.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook? ... d=tab2pos1

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:55 pm

Roody wrote:Pretty accurate quote from ESPN. This defense is as nasty as they come.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook? ... d=tab2pos1

LOL look who they are playing.. hell that quote even showed 3 teams with hardly no strength to do anything. If Stanford wins against USC it won't be cause they are better it will be cause they got lucky again so I'll give them that. But USC hasn't played anyone of any real stance even OSU. Pete complaining about the BCS sucking and needing a playoff system is true..but his reason cause USC dominated and shut out a Washington team whom hasn't won a game yet and stats suck worse than most high school teams doesn't hold much water and won't even with the next 3 games they play. Their loss to Oregon st put the nail in the coffin for their chances at a title game..at the very most if they can avoid a lucky win by either of those 3 teams is to play in the Rose bowl but most likely depending on the opponent they will have a very hard fight there.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:41 am

Sava700 wrote:LOL look who they are playing.. hell that quote even showed 3 teams with hardly no strength to do anything. If Stanford wins against USC it won't be cause they are better it will be cause they got lucky again so I'll give them that. But USC hasn't played anyone of any real stance even OSU. Pete complaining about the BCS sucking and needing a playoff system is true..but his reason cause USC dominated and shut out a Washington team whom hasn't won a game yet and stats suck worse than most high school teams doesn't hold much water and won't even with the next 3 games they play. Their loss to Oregon st put the nail in the coffin for their chances at a title game..at the very most if they can avoid a lucky win by either of those 3 teams is to play in the Rose bowl but most likely depending on the opponent they will have a very hard fight there.

Yeah look who they are playing Sava. They are playing some very good offensive teams this year. The Pac-10 is noted for their offense even in their down years. California, Oregon, Arizona, Oregon State are all Top 30 offenses just to name a few.

You crack me up though Sava. You couldn't give respect when it was due if it hit you in the face. Instead of acknowledging one good thing about a team not named Va. Tech you act as if it's no big deal. If it was as easy as your flippant remark suggested the stat itself wouldn't go back 22 years.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:21 am

Roody wrote:Right now PSU's numbers show them to be better, but I think Ohio State has a greater upside that's for sure. Still I would rather play PSU because we already handled Ohio State once this year.

you handled osu without the D clicking, no TP let alone an apparent maturing one and no BW.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:34 am

Gixxer wrote:you handled osu without the D clicking, no TP let alone an apparent maturing one and no BW.

Not even worried about either of those 2 players. Again it comes down to depth and those 2 aren't enough to handle what is on the other side. Your defense may not have been clicking, but neither were we on all cylinders at that time. Ohio State has a good team, but they aren't USC this year.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:09 am

Roody wrote:Yeah look who they are playing Sava. They are playing some very good offensive teams this year. The Pac-10 is noted for their offense even in their down years. California, Oregon, Arizona, Oregon State are all Top 30 offenses just to name a few.

You crack me up though Sava. You couldn't give respect when it was due if it hit you in the face. Instead of acknowledging one good thing about a team not named Va. Tech you act as if it's no big deal. If it was as easy as your flippant remark suggested the stat itself wouldn't go back 22 years.

LMAO!! Are you serious???? Good offensive teams?? I mean comeon.. Washington hasn't won a damn game yet and that was the team they shut out right before Carrol starting going off on the BCS for his teams own gain. You crack me up that you don't see that and to me thats not respect thats greed.

I've not really talked about VATech here lately cause I know they are having troubles yet holding their own. USC has 3 more teams to play and again unless one of them gets lucky which gives some respect to USC's Defense then they will win out but since the teams are not exactly something to get excited playing it won't matter much and they will end up maybe playing in the Rose Bowl.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:12 am

Sava700 wrote:LMAO!! Are you serious???? Good offensive teams?? I mean comeon.. Washington hasn't won a damn game yet and that was the team they shut out right before Carrol starting going off on the BCS for his teams on gain. You crack me up that you don't see that and to me thats not respect thats greed.

Dear God man did you even read what I wrote? I never said Washington or WSU were good offensive teams. I told you the 4 teams who were ranked in the Top 30. Only the Big 12 has better offenses in their conference out of the BCS conferences this year.

Way to completely ignore what I said about those other 4 teams I mentioned.

I've not really talked about VATech here lately cause I know they are having troubles yet holding their own. USC has 3 more teams to play and again unless one of them gets lucky which gives some respect to USC's Defense then they will win out but since the teams are not exactly something to get excited playing it won't matter much and they will end up maybe playing in the Rose Bowl.

Whatever you say Sava.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:14 am

Roody wrote:Dear God man did you even read what I wrote? I never said Washington or WSU were good offensive teams. I told you the 4 teams who were ranked in the Top 30. Only the Big 12 has better offenses in their conference out of the BCS conferences this year.

Way to completely ignore what I said about those other 4 teams I mentioned.

Whatever you say Sava.

I didn't have to look at the other teams.. my past conversation has been about Carrol raising hell about the BCS...the reason he game mostly stood out cause USC dominated Washington whom hasn't won a game yet..as I said some High school teams have better stats than them. It doesn't matter what your bringing up about the other teams.. I know what your saying though and I agree some of them have good offensive skills but thats not the conversation..its all about Carroll and his argument towards the BCS right after beating Washington.

Sava700 wrote: but CAL wasn't a push over like Washington was as they haven't won a game yet so you can't say anything positive about that game as Carroll was trying to argue dominance in the BCS from that game which was rather funny.

Where it first started with my conversation

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:18 am

Sava700 wrote:I didn't have to look at the other teams.. my past conversation has been about Carrol raising hell about the BCS...the reason he game mostly stood out cause USC dominated Washington whom hasn't won a game yet..as I said some High school teams have better stats than them. It doesn't matter what your bringing up about the other teams.. I know what your saying though and I agree some of them have good offensive skills but thats not the conversation..its all about Carroll and his argument towards the BCS right after beating Washington.

Where it first started with my conversation

You aren't even discussing what I am talking about Sava. I quoted a remark about USC's highly dominant defense and you laughed it down regardless of the facts that support USC's claim. They go up against very, very good offenses this year included. Instead you are talking about a team I am not even discussing which is Washington/WSU. Again those two are exceptions to the rule. What USC is doing this year defensively is not only dominant it's dominance we haven't seen in over 2 decades and they are doing it against very good offensive teams. Naturally not all the teams are good offensively with UW/WSU being just 2 examples, but to laugh it off as if what they are doing isn't amazing is to show just how flawed your arguments tend to be.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:26 am

Roody wrote:You aren't even discussing what I am talking about Sava. I quoted a remark about USC's highly dominant defense and you laughed it down regardless of the facts that support USC's claim. They go up against very, very good offenses this year included. Instead you are talking about a team I am not even discussing which is Washington/WSU. Again those two are exceptions to the rule. What USC is doing this year defensively is not only dominant it's dominance we haven't seen in over 2 decades and they are doing it against very good offensive teams. Naturally not all the teams are good offensively with UW/WSU being just 2 examples, but to laugh it off as if what they are doing isn't amazing is to show just how flawed your arguments tend to be.

no just stop for a second.. ignore all that..stop going the other direction with what I want to argue. What I'm talking about is Carroll raising hell about the BCS being what it is after shutting out Washington whom again haven't won a game yet this year and stats suck worse than many high school teams. Ignore everything else they have done cause I don't care about that..its all about his argument he was talking about on ESPN which spawned right after that game and was directly quoted from him about dominating Washington and why they shouldn't have lost two spots in the polls last week. Once you accept that is the conversation then we can move on to something else.. but till then everything else is irrelevant.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:28 am

Sava700 wrote:no just stop for a second.. ignore all that..stop going the other direction with what I want to argue. What I'm talking about is Carroll raising hell about the BCS being what it is after shutting out Washington whom again haven't won a game yet this year and stats suck worse than many high school teams. Ignore everything else they have done cause I don't care about that..its all about his argument he was talking about on ESPN which spawned right after that game and was directly quoted from him about dominating Washington and why they shouldn't have lost two spots in the polls last week. Once you accept that is the conversation then we can move on to something else.. but till then everything else is irrelevant.

You were the one who responded to the quote I showed. Next time if you don't want to discuss it then don't reply to it.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:32 am

Roody wrote:You were the one who responded to the quote I showed. Next time if you don't want to discuss it then don't reply to it.

so again your ignoring the discussion I want to have and then give "well folks this is typical sava argument" when you won't accept what I've said which you know is true.

This folks is typical Roody argument twists and ignoring facts when it comes to his favorite team USC.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:35 am

Sava700 wrote:so again your ignoring the discussion I want to have and then give "well folks this is typical sava argument" when you won't accept what I've said which you know is true.

This folks is typical Roody argument twists and ignoring facts when it comes to his favorite team USC.

I created the thread Sava. I also created the post that you replied to. If you don't feel like giving respect where it's due then by all means don't reply to the thread. This particular thread was never about Carroll's BCS remarks. That was something you created in another thread.

You really do reach in an attempt not to give credit where it's due. Way to completely change the topic of the discussion and then accuse me of twisting things around.