One Sentence Predictions: Week 11
Did some moving on up to the East side this weekend even though there were some less than stellar days had in two major conferences. We entered the week with a collective record of 60-35 or a 63.2% overall last week to a healthy 64.7%. How might you ask did I pick up one and a half percentage points? By going 22-12 this weekend and crushing all those who dared to stand in my way.
I knocked the cover off the ball in the ACC and the SEC's "relax we'll play cupcakes" week helped out a lot as well. Here's the conference break down:
ACC (5-1)
Big East (3-0)
Big Ten (2-4)
Big XII (2-4)
Pac 10 (3-2)
SEC (7-1)
Not so hot in the Big Ten and Big XII but there have been some changes made and I'm pretty confident in knowing that I'll never pick Kansas to win another game this season. With the way OU, Iowa and USC are playing I'm tempted not to pick them again either.
PLUS BONUS GAME THANKS TO THE MWC SHOWDOWN!
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The Big XII
Mack Brown's Longhorns are staring down the barrell of their first title shot since 2005 and Baylor will not derail this train; Texas 45 Baylor 10
Folks in CoMo are upset with Gabbert, Pinkel and losing to a physical K-State team is not going to help; Kansas State 23 Mizzou 20
The Buffs are on the verge of being eliminated from the bowl derby and Paul Rhodes' squad uses this win to nudge itself into the post season; Iowa State 20 Colorado 16
The two teams picked to win the Big XII North scrap this one out and Nebraska's defense adds to Kansas' disappointment of a season; Nebraska 27 Kansas 20
Crimson and Cream nation is still shellshocked and Sherman's team brings a scrappy attitude that will push OU but not beat them; Oklahoma 24 Texas A&M 17
Oklahoma State furthers their causes by silencing Leache with an offensive onslaught; Oklahoma State 44 Texas Tech 31
The ACC
Duke's dreams of a bowl are essentially killed this weekend by Paul Johnson's overpowering flexbone attack; Georgia Tech 37 Duke 24
Here's where Dabo Swinney separates himself from Tommy Boy as the Tigers start to peak late and not early; Clemson 45 NC State 13
Jimbo Fisher's prodigy EJ Manuel gets his first starter and Florida State slowly and painfully ends Wake's post season streak at three in a row; Florida State 38 Wake Forest 27
Maryland couldn't beat the league's worst defense so against an embarrassed Hokies team they have absolutely no shot; Virginia Tech 20 Maryland 10
The league's most dynamic offense against the league's most suffocating defense should make for a great slugfest in Kenan; Miami 21 North Carolina 13
Montel Harris builds on his league leading 14 touchdowns by running over the Virginia defense; Boston College 27 Virginia 23
The Big Ten
Minnesota beats the Aztecs in an odd late season out of conference tilt; Minnesota 38 San Diego State 17
Daryll Clark proved that against quality opponents that he is incapable of being a quality quarterback but luckily Indiana is far from "quality"; Penn State 42 Indiana 13
Michigan needs a win bad to stop this late season skid and Camp Randall will gladly acquiese; Michigan 31 Wisconsin 27
With Mike Kafka out the Wildcats won't be able to stop Illinois from winning their third game in a row and remaining in post season contention; Illinois 28 Northwestern 17
Purdue's fighting and clawing to stay alive ends today as Kirk Cousins has another big day for Sparty; Michigan State 28 Purdue 24
The Buckeyes are hitting their stride and with Stanzi out this Buckeye defense should suffocate Iowa right back to the Outback Bowl; Ohioa State 24 Iowa 0
The Pac 10
Southern Cal will not allow Andrew Luck to relive the Tavita Pritchard dreams of winning in the Coliseum; USC 24 Stanford 16
Oregon State is still building momentum for their charge into the Civil War and this game is another notch in their belt; Oregon State 37 Washington 24
If Syracuse and Louisville weren't playing this weekend this would be the ultimate pillow fight as at least someone will get a Pac 10 win; UCLA 27 Washington State 10
The Wildcats are showing their offensive muscle while the Bears just lost their best player to a concussion; Arizona 31 Cal 17
Masoli and the Ducks attempt to rebound is almost shut down by the stingy Sun Devil defense; Oregon 27 Arizona 24
The Big East
No strategy required its as simple New Jersey in November which means that USF cannot win in the cold; Rutgers 27 South Florida 21
Noel Devine is not capable of beating the Bearcats alone and with the new "twin guns" of Collaros and Pike Cincinnati has two quarterbacks better than Jarrett Brown; Cincinnati 38 West Virginia 30
Pillow fight of the season as Paulus mans up and seals Kragthorpe's coffin with a three TD pass effort; Syracuse 28 Louisville 17
The Irish are reeling and with Tenuta's defense unable to stop the run look for freshman sensation Dion Lewis to have another big day; Pittsburgh 34 Notre Dame 27
The SEC
Arkansas continues to prove it can offensively score with just about anyone not named Alabama; Arkansas 45 Troy 21
The Bayou Bengals rebound from "Peterson-Gate" to push their record to 3-0 against fellow Louisiana schools by bloodying LaTech; LSU 38 LaTech 7
Micah Johnson has got 22's on his Cadillac and a recording studio in his house which I learned from the Rich Brooks show; Kentucky 27 Vanderbilt 20
Trap games are for coaches not named Nick Saban aka the most focused man in America; Alabama 24 Mississippi State 3
In the most underappreciated rivalry in the SEC the Dawgs' defense, once again, gets exposed by an uptempo offensive attack; Auburn 31 Georgia 27
The Cocks have clearly packed it in for the third season in a row under Spurrier as Florida rolls to victory easily; Florida 45 Sakerlina 6
The posterchild for preseason hype takes another swift kick to the nether regions as Lane Kiffin's team body slams a punchless Ole Miss squad; Tennessee 21 Ole Miss 13.
BONUS GAME
TCU and Andy Dalton play in front of the first sell out crowd in three years and narrowly squeak by the fiesty Utes; TCU 17 Utah 13
