Well, with week one done, we're on to week 2! Let's take a look at some of the more interesting matchups:

Obviously at the top of the list has to be Ohio State making a visit to Austin to face Texas. This one could determine who is #1 in the nation early in the season. I think Ohio State edges it out, 20-17.

The early game this week is Oregon State going to Boise State for the final game of the four game series between the two. Oregon State looked very impressive week one against Eastern Washington. Boise State also thumped Sacramento State. I think OSU has more depth, and wins going away 28-17.

Auburn Travels to Mississippi State. This one should get ugly fast. I don't even want to predict how ugly it'll get.

Penn State travels to South Bend to face Notre Dame. This could be a great game. I think Penn State hangs close, but loses in the 4th quarter. Notre Dame 24, Penn State 14.

Iowa travels to Syracuse. Iowa is no doubt going to be favored, and will no doubt wint his one. I know nothing about either team.

Clemson travels to BC. On paper they should win, but how good is BC this year?

Arizona travels to LSU. This will be ugly. LSU thumps 'Zona.

Minnisota travels to Cal. This is a very important game for Cal. I think they aren't as good as everyone thinks. The Gophers win this one, and Cal has no chance at not only a BCS game, but the national title like Lee Corso predicted.

A good early season test for Georgia as they travel to South Carolina. Can SC shock Georgia?? I think so. That'll be my pretty big upset call of the week.

And, finally...Oregon travels to Fresno State. I pick Fresno, only because I hate the Ducks, and they are a hard place to play, and win at. They edge it out, though in a tight game.

Quoting S12PPL (Thread starter): A good early season test for Georgia as they travel to South Carolina. Can SC shock Georgia?? I think so.

Bah, I don't. Georgia's gonna thump USC.

And Auburn's gonna murder us. We'll be lucky to cover Vegas' 20.5 point line.

Quoting MD-90 (Reply 1): Bah, I don't. Georgia's gonna thump USC.

You mean the "'Ol ball coach" won't have his team ready to go????

Ohio State 14 Texas 10!

GO BUCKS

-Zaki

Colt Mcoy doesn't stand a chance against Troy Smith, Gonzo, and Ted Ginn Jr. I keep listening to these ESPN idiots think he invented the forward pass with his "masterful" performance against North Texas. IT'S NORTH FRIGGIN TEXAS FOR CRYIN OUTLOUD! A one legged grandma playing for the Hellen Keller all stars could have beaten North Texas. I say OSU rolls Texas this season.

The only game I think I'm qualified to give an opinion on:

OSU @ UT
Although I'm somewhat biased, I think Texas' defense will keep them in the game but they will end up losing by a TD. Colt McCoy tore through North Texas, a team that finished with an abysmal record last season. He looked pretty comfortable out there but this match up might be too much for such a n00b. As long as it's not a Chris Simms style chokefest, I'll swallow a hard fought loss.

Just for kicks...
Georgia @ S. Carolina
Without research, I'm picking S. Carolina. This just smells like upset to me, much like a 3-14 seed game in the NCAA Tournament.

Quoting CO7e7 (Reply 3): Ohio State 14 Texas 10! GO BUCKS

Only in a dream. Texas by 3.

My Buffs will bounce back from last week's humiliating embarrassment, and will trounce archrival CSU 41-17 on neutral site at Invesco Field @ Mile High...

CSU SUCKS, GO BUFFS!

Greg

Quoting MD-90 (Reply 1): Georgia's gonna thump USC.

Right. And then you'll wake up.

Quoting Lumberton (Reply 6): nly in a dream. Texas by 3.

There's no Vince Young this year, who was a one-man game-changer. OSU is loaded on offense, and has a young, but very tough defense.

Ohio State 17, Texas 10.

Quoting Falcon84 (Reply 8): There's no Vince Young this year, who was a one-man game-changer. OSU is loaded on offense, and has a young, but very tough defense. Ohio State 17, Texas 10.

Falcon, the apocolypse must be upon us because you and I NEVER agree on ANYTHING  

Quoting Falcon84 (Reply 8): There's no Vince Young this year, who was a one-man game-changer.

Please remind us Titans Fan's about Mr. Youngs game-changing ability, because we haven't seen it anywhere around Nashville yet!!!!

I think tOSU* pulls it out against Texass. In last year's game, Texas was lucky enough to have Vince Young, this year, not so much. The Bucks win by 7.
Fresno will knock off Oregon at Bulldog Stadium. It will be a nailbiter, but Fresno pulls it out.

Oregon State beats Boise. Boise is overrated, OSU knocks them off on the SmurfTurf.

Penn St. knocks off the vastly overrated Irish 35-20. PSU has too much speed.

Miami kills FAMU, although after last night's debacle, maybe it will be another DI-AA over DI-A upset?? ScapeCoker has to go.

LSU beats Arizona, but it is closer than many think. Tuitama is the goods for UA.

Cal destroys Minnesota.
Clemson beats down BC.

-Copa

Quoting S12PPL (Thread starter): Oregon State going to Boise State

Close game could go either way..Will the Beavers be able to handle a blue field?

Quoting USAFHummer (Reply 7): My Buffs will bounce back from last week's humiliating embarrassment, and will trounce archrival CSU

Bounce back yes, trounce no..another game that can go either way.

Quoting GuitrThree (Reply 10): Please remind us Titans Fan's about Mr. Youngs game-changing ability, because we haven't seen it anywhere around Nashville yet!!!!

Last seen somewhere out west near Los Angeles..

This is the year of the Irish!!

Quoting Boston92 (Reply 13):

They are gonna have to do ALOT better than winning 14-10 over an unranked team if it is gonna be the year of the Irish. I think Brady Quinn's Heisman hopes got flushed down the toilet last weekend.

Quoting Boston92 (Reply 13): This is the year of the Irish!!

We'll talk after PSU.

As for the Ohio St. - Texas game...

Texas wins.

Bottom line: OSU strength (offense) vs. Texas strength (defense) is a wash. If anybody has the edge, its the Texas defense, because OSU was not nearly as impressive against a weak NIU defense as I expected them to be, where Texas held a UNT team (with a good running back, actually as I recall the league leader in rushing yards in 2004, Jamario Thomas) to 95 yards total, and only 8 on the ground.

The OSU defense had more holes in it than swiss cheese. I don't understand how people can really believe that VY was the only player on Texas last year. We return all of our receivers (who had to catch all his passes) and all our running backs (sans one idiot...Ramonce Taylor) who didn't allow teams to totally stack up against Young, as well as a top 5 offensive line. Bottom line, we can still score plenty of points on offense, we just lost most of our explosiveness.

In reality we scored 4 fewer points against a comparable opponent from the first game of last season. Offense is not a problem for us.

Defense is, however, a problem for OSU. To put it simply, if they play like they did against NIU in the Shoe, they won't fare well in Austin against Texas.

From past experiences, Ted Ginn usually goes pretty quiet when he faces a good, fast defense...using Texas and Penn St. last year.

Texas wins 31-24.

Hook'em!

Cheers,
Cameron

Quoting JetJock22 (Reply 14): They are gonna have to do ALOT better than winning 14-10 over an unranked team if it is gonna be the year of the Irish. I think Brady Quinn's Heisman hopes got flushed down the toilet last weekend.

You say unranked, I see a team that is really good that everyone looks past.
GT is a great team. USC almost lost to Fresno St last year.

Quoting Longhornmaniac (Reply 15): From past experiences, Ted Ginn usually goes pretty quiet when he faces a good, fast defense

See last years Fiesta Bowl, Notre Dame vs. Ohio State.

Quoting Longhornmaniac (Reply 15): The OSU defense had more holes in it than swiss cheese

They held them to twelve points. Our boys will do just fine.

And Boston92, GT is a great team. I just thought ND would have come out alot tougher than they did.

Quoting Senorcarnival (Reply 5): Just for kicks... Georgia @ S. Carolina Without research, I'm picking S. Carolina. This just smells like upset to me, much like a 3-14 seed game in the NCAA Tournament.

I'll go with the pick, but this is more of a 9-8 game than a 13-4 seeder
SC is not a bad team, and they are playing at home

UT will win against OSU. I am not convinced that OSU has an offense capable of challenging UT's D.

I call the Penn State upset of ND.

I'll be watching UT kick some Buckeye ass on Saturday with Boeingfever777.

Great seats, I'm taking my camera, will try and post a thread about it.

UT-35
OSU-13

How can anyone say that the 'Horns are going to whip OSU's ass??? It doesn't make any sense. If there was going to be an asswhipping, it would have been last year, with Vince Young. This year, the tOSU* defense is tough, and they have Ted Ginn and Troy Smith, as well as some good RB's in Pittman and Wells. OSU rolls, even if the game is in Austin. The Frosh QB for Texas (whose name escapes me right now) hasn't faced a test like this one. UNT is one thing, the Bucks are something completely different.

-Copa

Quoting JetJock22 (Reply 14): I think Brady Quinn's Heisman hopes got flushed down the toilet last weekend.

Well if he continues to play like that the rest of the season, but he's definitely not out of the race. The performances in the late season games and overall season stats have the biggest impact on the Heisman voting. Based on Brady's performance last year, the GT game was definitely an off-day for him. And if an off-day involves passing for 246 yards, completing over 60% of his passes, and not throwing any interceptions, that doesn't throw him out of the race. We just have to see if Quinn can perform more like we know he can and then improve some.

Overall the GT game was a wake-up call for the Irish. Hopefully that game deflates any kind of overconfidence that was built on pre-season hype. Penn State will be a huge test for them. I say it will stay fairly close, but the Irish will looked much more polished than last weekend and will prevail, 31-24. I'm taking a very quick weekend trip back to South Bend for this game and can't wait to go.

The highlight game of the week is #1 tOSU vs. #2 Texas. I say that Ohio State wins this one. They have a solid team coming back plus they'll be motivated for getting revenge for being beaten in a close one by Texas at home last year. Time to return the favor.

#12 Georgia at South Carolina should be interesting. We'll see what Spurrier has done with the Gamecocks. I think it could be a possible upset here.

Other than that, not too many major match ups. Most of the top 25 is still in early season warm-up mode by beating up on patsies. But the #1/#2 match up is going to be huge!

Notre Dame loses
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go joe pa.


Of course Iowa rolls...and OSU over UT, 24-16

Quoting CasInterest (Reply 18): I'll go with the pick, but this is more of a 9-8 game than a 13-4 seeder

In terms of skill level, yes. But I was referring more to the fact that, for me anyway, whenever I see the tourney brackets, a 3-14 matchup always screams at me as an upset. This one is football's version of the matchup that has upset written all over it.

Quoting Copaair737 (Reply 20): How can anyone say that the 'Horns are going to whip OSU's ass???

Whoever said that is delusional. There will be no asswhippings this Saturday in Austin.

Quote: If there was going to be an asswhipping, it would have been last year, with Vince Young.

Do the names A.J. Hawk and Bobby Carpenter mean anything to you? With those two on defense, it was hard to deliver a asswhipping (read: a win by a large margin) to OSU last year. IIRC Hawk (or Carpenter) managed to sack VY on one occasion. Might wanna ask Brady Quinn about that too. A.J. Hawk even sacked his sister.  

Quote: This year, the tOSU* defense is tough, and they have Ted Ginn and Troy Smith, as well as some good RB's in Pittman and Wells.

Well, Texas' defense is tough too, even if they have two CBs sitting out. Texas has some good receivers and if their running backs can grind it out, they have a shot. It's a good offense going against a good defense, something's gotta give here and it ain't gonna be a asswhipping.

Quoting MD-90 (Reply 1): Bah, I don't. Georgia's gonna thump USC.

Go ring your cowbell. There's no "thumping" in store, just as there hasn't been a "thumping" in the series since Georgia beat us in 2003. Four of the last six USC-UGA games have been decided by 6 points or less and a USC wracked with personnel problems came within a few plays of snuffing out UGA last year, ultimately losing 17-15. Let's see what history teaches about how the 'Cocks have done against the Dawgs since we began rebuilding in earnest in 2000:

2000: (At Columbia) W 21-10
2001: (At Athens) W 14-9
2002: (At Columbia) L 21-34
2003: (At Athens) L 7-31
2004: (At Columbia) L 16-20
2005: (At Athens) L 15-17

Now beyond that, consider that the weakest part of USC's game was supposed to be its defense. I think the game against MSU showed our D isn't as weak as some would believe it. Also, consider UGA's QB is making his first road start. We almost always play closely against UGA and we're due. I'm calling the upset. Of course if I didn't, what sort of USC fan would I be?

First I will start out with my favorite team, Fresno State:

Fresno State 27 vs Oregon 24

Others:

Air Force vs Tennessee: Tennessee
Akron vs N.C. State: Akron
Alabama vs Vanderbilt: Alabama
Arizona vs Louisiana State: LSU
Arizona State vs Nevada: Nevada
Arkansas vs Utah State: Arkasas
Arkansas State vs Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State
Army vs Kent State: Kent State
Auburn vs Mississippi St.: Miss St.
BYU vs Tulsa: Tulsa
Ball State vs Indiana: Ball State
Baylor vs Northwestern St.: NW St.
Boise State vs Oregon State: Oregon St.
BC vs Clemson: BC
Bowling Green vs Buffalo: Bowling Green
Cal vs Minnesota: Cal
Central Michigan vs Michigan: Michigan
Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh: Cinncinnati
Colorado vs Colorado St.: Colorado St.
Duke vs Wake Forest: Duke
Eastern Michigan vs Michigan State: Michigan St.
East Carolina vs Ala-Birmingham: Ala-Birmingham
Florida International vs South Florida: South Florida
Florida vs Central Florida: Florida
Florida Atlantic vs Kansas State: Kansas St.
Florida State vs Troy: Florida State
Georgia vs South Carolina: Georgia
Georgia Tech vs Samford: Georgia Tech
Houston vs Tulane: Tulane
Idaho vs Washington St.: Washington St.
Illinois vs Rutgers: Illinois
Iowa vs Syracuse: Iowa
Iowa State vs UNLV: Iowa St.
Kansas vs Louisiana-Monroe: Kansas
Kentucky vs Texas State: Texas State
Louisiana Tech vs Nicholls State: Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Layfayette vs Texas A&M: Texas A&M
Louisville vs Temple: Louisville
Marshall vs Hofstra: Marshall
Maryland vs Middle Tennesee: Middle Tennessee
Memphis vs Chattanooga: Memphis
Miami vs Florida A&M: Miami
Miami (OH) vs Purdue: Purdue
Mississippi vs Missouri: Mississippi
Northern Illinois vs Ohio: Ohio
Navy vs Massachusetts: Navy
Nebraska vs Nicholls State: Nebraska
New Mexico vs New Mexico St.: New Mexico
North Carolina vs Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech
North Texas vs S. Methodist: S. Methodist
Northwestern vs New Hapshire: Northwestern
Notre Dame vs Penn State: Penn State
Ohio State vs Texas: Ohio State
Oklahoma vs Washington: Oklahoma
Rice vs UCLA: UCLA
San Diego State vs Wisconsin: Wisconsin
San Jose State vs Stanford: Stanford
TCU vs UC Davis: TCU
Texas Tech vs Texas El-Paso: Texas Tech

Quoting QXatFAT (Reply 26): Northern Illinois vs Ohio: Ohio

You are aware that this isn't Ohio State and that Ohio University has been one of the doormats of the MAC, while NIU been in the top half of the MAC the last few years with wins over Maryland, Alabama etc.

Quoting QXatFAT (Reply 26):

You have waaaaaaaaay too much time on your hands  

I don't see the Oregon @ Fresno St. game....

Quoting AirCop (Reply 27): You are aware that this isn't Ohio State and that Ohio University has been one of the doormats of the MAC, while NIU been in the top half of the MAC the last few years with wins over Maryland, Alabama etc.

Yes I am aware. As you see the Ohio State game I give a pick there. If you always pick the teams with better records then there is no fun in it or room for upsets. Sure NIU has the upper hand but Ohio can pull something threw.

Quoting S12PPL (Reply 28): You have waaaaaaaaay too much time on your hands

Haha, I just love college football thats all. I have the lists of all the games in my bedroom on the wall for D-1. I will probably do the same for the other games this year as well.

I'm going out on a limb:

UCLA over Rice.

Quoting S12PPL (Thread starter): A good early season test for Georgia as they travel to South Carolina. Can SC shock Georgia?? I think so. That'll be my pretty big upset call of the week.

The Dogs haven't played too well @ Williams-Brice, having won 8 of the 13 played there since 1977. An interesting story is the the possibility of Joe Tereshinski being upstaged by freshman backup Matthew Stafford, who pretty much put himself in the #2 QB spot with his performance last week (Passing: 3-5, 40 yds. 1 TD; Rushing: 1-1, 19 yds.) Richt has said that he will use 2 QBs this week against the Gamecocks, but hasn't said who the #2 QB for the game will be (currently Stafford and Joe Cox are penciled in as co-#2 QB on the depth chart), but the thought is that Stafford will be the #2 this week.

Quoting S12PPL (Thread starter): The early game this week is Oregon State going to Boise State for the final game of the four game series between the two. Oregon State looked very impressive week one against Eastern Washington. Boise State also thumped Sacramento State. I think OSU has more depth, and wins going away 28-17.

Quoting AirCop (Reply 12): Close game could go either way..Will the Beavers be able to handle a blue field?

Boy we both look silly on this one, with 9 minutes left Boise 42 Oregon St 14.

Quoting Travelin man (Reply 30): UCLA over Rice.

Nah, that's an easy one.

Hey, check out what I just ran across in the news:



Fortunately, OS had the sense to cut his a$$. My money is on Ohio State by a TD.

Oh yeah... UCLA is going to tromp Rice.

Call the fire department, call the cops, call the EMT's, because Boise is killing Oregon State! I picked OSU, because I hate BSU and their Blue Turf, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought OSU-BSU '04 was going to happen again. Sure looks that way now.

-Copa

Boise just smothered Oregon State Matt!!! HAHAHAHA 

Final
Oregon 14
Boise St 42

KPDX  

Quoting KPDX (Reply 35):

Did Oregon change their colors to black, white and orange overnight?  

Quoting JetJock22 (Reply 17): See last years Fiesta Bowl, Notre Dame vs. Ohio State.

Like I said. Against good defenses, he goes quiet. ND was not a good defense.

Cheers,
Cameron

Quoting Senorcarnival (Reply 36): Did Oregon change their colors to black, white and orange overnight?

Oh would you be quiet! Go Ducks!  

KPDX  

Irish-27, Penn State-13

Quoting QXatFAT (Reply 26): Notre Dame vs Penn State: Penn State Ohio State vs Texas: Ohio State

I wish you were right about Penn State.   I don't think it'll happen.

Quoting Longhornmaniac (Reply 37): ND was not a good defense.

That was last year. They looked pretty good against G.T. Defense kept ND in the game.

Games I care about, mostly upsets:

Penn State over ND 23-17
Fresno State over Oregon 31-20
South Carolina over Georgia 27-24
Texas over Ohio State 26-19

Texan

Hook 'em!

I think it will be an easy win for the Cornhuskers. I never heard of the other team. Too bad they aren't the powerhouse they used to be.

Anyone see that Akron - NCSU game? So did the Wolfpack just give up on the last drive? Their defense looked completely lackluster in that final drive.

Quoting S12PPL (Thread starter): Penn State travels to South Bend to face Notre Dame. This could be a great game. I think Penn State hangs close, but loses in the 4th quarter. Notre Dame 24, Penn State 14.

Close, but no cigar.

Quoting Boston92 (Reply 13): This is the year of the Irish!!

Yeah! (quoting myself!)

Quoting JetJock22 (Reply 14): They are gonna have to do ALOT better than winning 14-10 over an unranked team if it is gonna be the year of the Irish. I think Brady Quinn's Heisman hopes got flushed down the toilet last weekend.

Brady allways starts off a little shaky, he'll get back like right now vs PSU.

Quoting Longhornmaniac (Reply 15): We'll talk after PSU.

All Right

Quoting Boston92 (Reply 16): You say unranked, I see a team that is really good that everyone looks past. GT is a great team. USC almost lost to Fresno St last year.

Quoting JetJock22 (Reply 17): And Boston92, GT is a great team. I just thought ND would have come out alot tougher than they did.

Hey, a win is a win.

Quoting NDSchu777 (Reply 21): Well if he continues to play like that the rest of the season, but he's definitely not out of the race. The performances in the late season games and overall season stats have the biggest impact on the Heisman voting. Based on Brady's performance last year, the GT game was definitely an off-day for him. And if an off-day involves passing for 246 yards, completing over 60% of his passes, and not throwing any interceptions, that doesn't throw him out of the race. We just have to see if Quinn can perform more like we know he can and then improve some.

Play like what, winning every game?

Quoting Planespotting (Reply 22): Notre Dame loses

NO

Quoting QXatFAT (Reply 26): Notre Dame vs Penn State: Penn State

NO

Quoting Ordryan28 (Reply 39): Irish-27, Penn State-13

Pretty Warm

Quoting Lumberton (Reply 40): Notre Dame vs Penn State: Penn State Ohio State vs Texas: Ohio State PSU? NO I wish you were right about Penn State. I don't think it'll happen.

It didn't.

Quoting Lumberton (Reply 40): ND was not a good defense. WAS That was last year. They looked pretty good against G.T. Defense kept ND in the game.

Exactly.

Quoting Texan (Reply 41): Penn State over ND 23-17

Are you kidding me. You guys don't know how good ND is.


Sorry about all of that, I just had too!

Quoting MD-90 (Reply 1): Bah, I don't. Georgia's gonna thump USC.

So far so good... 15-0 Dawgs at the half.....

Quoting Srbmod (Reply 31): An interesting story is the the possibility of Joe Tereshinski being upstaged by freshman backup Matthew Stafford,

Damn I'm good. Joe T. is out for the rest of the game, and thankfully the Stafford interception resulted in the Dawgs scoring a safety.

AHHHHHHH my Bulldogs lost to Oregon! But by a touchdown again. Past 6 meetings before tonight were won by an average of 3 points. You can always count on a good game if you play Fresno State. You must admit that.

CSU beat rival CU 14-10 today as a first win since 2003 - Fort Collins is going CRAZY and I'm in the middle of it, yay!!!!!!

F- the Buffs, GO RAMS!

Quoting QXatFAT (Reply 46): AHHHHHHH my Bulldogs lost to Oregon! But by a touchdown again. Past 6 meetings before tonight were won by an average of 3 points. You can always count on a good game if you play Fresno State. You must admit that.

I really enjoyed watching the UO-Fres. State game last night...definitely was one of the more entertaining games yesterday!

Quoting Boston92 (Reply 44): Quoting NDSchu777 (Reply 21): Well if he continues to play like that the rest of the season, but he's definitely not out of the race. The performances in the late season games and overall season stats have the biggest impact on the Heisman voting. Based on Brady's performance last year, the GT game was definitely an off-day for him. And if an off-day involves passing for 246 yards, completing over 60% of his passes, and not throwing any interceptions, that doesn't throw him out of the race. We just have to see if Quinn can perform more like we know he can and then improve some. Play like what, winning every game?

Boston92, I gladly accept your criticism! I think things will look very good for Brady if he has more performances like he did against Penn State!

What a game yesterday. I was just in South Bend to see the Irish play in person. I went in thinking Penn State would keep it a lot closer. Joe Paterno must be rolling in his grave!