Thursday, November 14, 2002
This Week's Picks
This will likely become a major feature as, well, I'm always very sports-oriented. Grad school keeps me from doing too much politicizing.
Last Week: 10-3, straight up. Particularly prescient picks for the Terps, the Titans, and the Rams. I had the gist of the Pitt-Temple and KSU-ISU game, though the scores were way off. Falcons and Steelers kiss their sisters, though both teams could easily have won the game. As for the MNF pick ... let's pretend that one never happened. On to this week!
- NC State at Virginia: NC State is still a house of cards, but the winds in Charlottesville won't topple them. Al Groh's gang is still two years from contending. NC State 24, UVA 13.
- Washington at Oregon: Vastly underrated rivalry, particularly with no love lost between Neuheisel and Belotti. Oregon's ugly-ass uniforms prevail over the purple and gold, though, with Onterrio Smith running for 2 TDs. Oregon 36, Washington 30.
- Nebraska at Kansas State: Any hope the Huskers had of saving their season with a victory here dies quickly. KSU romps. K State 44, Nebraska 17.
- Arizona State at USC: UPSET ALERT Carson Palmer goes head-to-head with Andrew Walter in what promises to be an offensive shootout. Both teams average over 300 yds passing, and ASU's defense has been shaky of late, but a hungry Sun Devils team catches the Trojans on a bad day. ASU 38, USC 35.
- Bowling Green at South Florida: Both teams are good. Not great, but good. Bowling Green avenges its loss to NIU last week by running the ball daonw the Bulls' throats. BGSU 27, USF 21.
- Texas at Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury vs. Chris Simms. TTU holds their fate in their hands in the Big XII South. Texas wrests it from them by giving them an old-fashioned Texas whuppin' in Lubbock. Longhorns 33, Red Raiders 16.
- Georgia at Auburn: Dawgs avoid the letdown against an erratic Auburn squad, capturing the SEC East crown in the process. UGA 24, Auburn 10.
- Ohio State at Illinois: The Illini have gone from bad to worse this season, while the Buckeyes are looking forward to Michigan. It doesn't matter, as Ohio State's D shuts Illinois down early. tOSU 20, Illinois 6.
- Alabama at Louisiana State: Probably the game of the week between two fairly evenly-matched squads. 'Bama has something to prove, while LSU is coming off the incredible Hail Mary play to beat Kentucky. Defense dominates, but the Tide's rushing attack wears down the Tigers for a late score. Alabama 13, LSU 10.
- Temple at Rutgers: Battle for the bottom of the Big East. Temple's D is mighty impressive. Rutgers just sucks. Temple 24, Rutgers 14.
- Syracuse at Boston College: A suddenly resurgent Orangemen squad takes on conference-winless Boston College in the Big East GotW. BC gets that first win easily. BC 19, 'Cuse 10.
- Jaguars at Texans: Texans complete the sweep. Tom Coughlin loses his job at the end of the season. Texans 20, Jags 10.
- Bears at Rams: Bulger continues to look good. It's the system, folks. Rams 28, Da Bears 13.
# posted by Eric @ 12:45 PM 
