It’s the most anticipated college football weekend of the century. The game of the millennium! Folks have been anticipating the kickoff of this game since the beginning of October. It’s time for Houston and UAB to strap it on and get after one another…PSYCHE!
Is there any other game on the schedule besides the LSU/Alabama clash in T-town, aka Tuscaloosa, Alabama? Well not including the USC/Arkansas game, I don’t think so! Here are nine other games you might want to watch until eight o’clock tonight.
Just remember before you turn off the television Saturday night, turn your clock back one hour for Daylight Savings Time. Just a friendly reminder!
LSU @ Alabama: What can be written more about this game that ESPN hasn’t broadcasted since last Saturday? This game is primetime on CBS with Verne & Gary! It is a de facto national-semifinal contest for the BCS National Championship game. LSU is 30-1 under Les Miles when playing on the road at night. Miles is undefeated (2-0) against Alabama when coming off a bye week.
Prediction: In the game of the century, LSU turns back the Tide 24-19.
South Carolina @ Arkansas: Read yesterday’s Five Keys to a USC victory.
Prediction: Road Warriors survive; USC makes Razorbacks squeal 24-23.
Kansas State @ Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State is third in the BCS standings and possibly sniffing a conference title for the first time in a quarter century. Kansas State was the talk of college football until Oklahoma throttled the Wildcats in a 41-point home loss. The Fightin’ T. Boone Pickens continue their march to a showdown with instate rival Oklahoma next month.
Prediction: The scoreboard in Stillwater will be anything but quiet; OSU in a shootout beats KSU 49-38.
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma: Texas A&M has not had a whole lot of success in Norman, OK over the last several years, losing six straight to OU when traveling north to the Sooner State. The Aggies dropped an overtime loss at home last week to Missouri, and I doubt Oklahoma will drop back-to-back home games (OU lost to Texas Tech back on October 22nd).
Prediction: Boomer Sooner rolls, OU 45-31.
Texas Tech @ Texas: Texas Tech is like an elevator: up & down. Two weeks ago the Red Raiders shocked unbeaten Oklahoma in Norman and then turned around last week and laid an egg at home in Lubbock to Iowa State (41-7). Texas, meanwhile, has handled every team on its schedule not from the state of Oklahoma.
Prediction: Bevo gets another instate victory, Texas 34-30.
Michigan @ Iowa: Noting like a mid-season Big Ten Legends battle at high noon. Iowa lost to lowly Minnesota last week and cannot afford another loss to a divisional foe. Iowa has won two straight against Michigan but has never won three straight over the Wolverines. I’ll take Denard Robinson and Michigan!
Prediction: Maize & Blue outlasts Maize & Black; Michigan wins 31-20.
Arizona State @ UCLA: The fightin’ Neuheisels are still mathematically a viable option to represent the South Division in the Pac-12 championship if the Bruins can knock off ASU. The Sun Devils are 1-2 on the road this year and have lost four out of the last five trips to Pasadena.
Prediction: Neuheisel’s seat is getting hotter; ASU wins 34-24.
Oregon @ Washington: Another Pac-12 tilt, this game takes place in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The Quack Attack hopes to make a smooth landing in U-Dub on its trek to the Pac-12 Championship. The Huskies can score with anybody, but the problem is, Oregon usually scores more points than its opponents not in the SEC. OU has too many weapons on offense.
Prediction: Oregon doesn’t mind a shootout, quack, quack, Ducks win 53-41.
Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh: Remember this epic 45-44 Bearcats win two years ago in the blizzard in Pittsburgh, when the winner of this game would represent the Big East in a BCS bowl game? Well, how times have changed. The Big East still gets an automatic bid to a BCS game, but I am afraid there might not be a Big East conference left by season’s end.
Prediction: Cincinnati remains unbeaten in the Big East, UC 33-24.
Notre Dame @ Wake Forest: This could potentially be a conference game in 2016 or sooner? Wake Forest is beginning to fade, while Notre Dame’s season is turning out to be a typical Fighting Irish season – underachieving! WFU travels to Death Valley next Saturday for a key Atlantic Division battle with Clemson.
Prediction: The Fighting Irish get an early, early A-She-She conference win, Irish 42-24.
My next blog will be posted on Monday, as I review the South Carolina/Arkansas game.
Go Gamecocks!
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