One Sentence Predictions: Week 7
Starting from the ACC and working through all six BCS leagues we took the time to pick winners for the week in every game involving a BCS opponent. Since the previews are already laid out on the website we’ll take a sentence to run through the entirety of the college football weekend; starting with tonight’s Cincinnati @ South Florida game and running through the Washington @ Arizona State late night Pac 10 kickoff.
The ACC
UCF might have a chip on their shoulder but Randy Shannon’s team is too talented and too focused on reaching a BCS bowl to be derailed in Orlando; Miami 30 UCF 16.
BC’s still struggling moving the football against good defenses, luckily NC State doesn’t have one of those; BC 27 NC State 24
Three weeks ago this game looked like a cripple fight, now it looks like another notch in the “Save Al Groh’s Job” belt; Virginia 31 Maryland 14
Wake’s the closest thing to consistency outside of the ACC’s top two teams but Clemson’s had two weeks to stew in the
Two solid offenses with the difference being Virginia Tech’s defense should tackle and force punts unlike the Wreck’s; Virginia Tech 27 Georgia Tech 17
The Big East
The Mountaineers, while turnover prone are too fast for the Thundering Herd;
The ‘Ville just got their first FBS win and with UConn quietly eying a shot at the Big East title it seems Krags will have to wait for win #2; UConn 20 Louisville 16
Another serviceable quarterback with a beast of a running back for Pitt should be enough to beat an identity-less
Cincinnati and Tony Pike are the quietest Top 10 team until tonight when USF stops their silent crawl towards the Top Five; South Florida 30 Cincinnati 28
The Big Ten
If Purdue blinks the Buckeye’s defense and special teams will take this game from 0-0 to 31-0 before halftime;
Two middle of the pack Big 10 teams with bowl aspirations, Michigan State’s talent edge should get them closer to a warm December game; Michigan State 28 Northwestern 17
Two of the three winless Big 10 squads meet in a game where Indiana should have their ire up to beat an Illinois team that lacks fight; Indiana 30 Illinois 20
Tim Brewster’s squad is still looking for their first signature Big 10 win and the Gophers will have to keep looking after Penn State handles them in the Valley; Penn State 31 Minnesota 20
The Hawkeyes will miss Paul Chaney but Stanzi and
The Big Twelve
Two abysmal squads banging their heads against the wall in the “little apple” until Mike Sherman’s team finally squeezes one out; Texas A&M 23 Kansas State 17
Baylor’s coming back to earth while the Cyclone’s offense seems to have just begun to leave the ground after last weeks shoot out with KU; Iowa State 31 Baylor 21
Todd Reesing keeps putting up video game numbers against a team that can’t afford to fire their head coach; Kansas 45 Colorado 24
Texas Tech’s days of being a Big XII contender seem to have passed while the Huskers are slowly clawing their way into national prominence; Nebraska 34 Texas Tech 27
Desperate times call for desperate measures and OU is a team that cannot afford to lose to a Texas team that’s been far from outstanding thus far; Oklahoma 42 Texas 38
The Pac 10
Vontaze Burfict isn’t enough to shut down
Harbaugh and Toby Gerhart get one back in the W column against a Stoops team that has yet to truly meet expectations in
Cal and UCLA both need wins but with Kevin Prince returning to run Neuheisel’s show Cal’s freefall will continue; UCLA 28 California 17
Jimmy Clausen faces his first true secondary and the Trojans make him and the Irish pay; USC 31 Notre Dame 24
The SEC
Jevean Snead needs to get back on track if the Rebs want to at least make the Cotton Bowl, this is a good spot for that; Ole Miss 45 UAB 10
Dan Mullen thanks God the Case Keenum isn’t a Blue Raider and not only realizes that Anthony Dixon is his only weapon but uses the bulldozer relentlessly; Mississippi State 34 Middle Tennessee 21
Willie Martinez gets a bit of a reprieve from Dawg Nation because UGA can out class Vandy athletically, right?
Joker Phillips needs to more than Randall Cobb up his sleeve to with Hartline out because their defense won’t stop Gus Malzahn from putting up forty; Auburn 41 Kentucky 24
Charlie Strong gets his first test and thanks to his new “Joker” package he passes this one with flying colors; Florida 31 Arkansas 17
