Week 2 Predictions and Thoughts

I like Southern Cal in a close one. This has shaped up to be a USC blowout by all accounts. USC rolled at home while Ohio St. let Navy walk all over them before winning by four. That being said I think Pryor makes enough plays to keep it close. Ohio State has the night game in the Shoe, never an easy place to play, with a freshman QB who is bound to make a mistake or two at some point. This allows Ohio State to play the classic “can’t quite” match them game in route to a 27-20 USC win.

People are too hyped up over Michigan’s 31-7 win over WMU. Amazing what passes for a raging success in Ann Arbor these days. ND has experience where it counts and Floyd is a top 5 WR. They also have experience along the lines and Clausen is bound to start winning some legit road games. I like Notre Dame 30-17.

The ACC needs a big week. The schedule for week #2 is filled with a giant pile of bullshit. They need to win all of these OOC games in order not to be disbanded Saturday night.

We’ll get a better understanding of what UCLA is made of. If they can beat Tennessee in Knoxville, it might be the big spark UCLA needs to be the program they think they are. I still like Tennessee by a couple touchdowns.

Interesting game nobody is talking about. Oregon State @ UNLV. Pac-10 vs. MWC. Both won easy openers but if UNLV can pull off the win at home, it gives BYU yet another boost, although BYU will lose at least two games.

Oklahoma lost both Bradford for a few weeks and Gresham for the season. How will they react? They play Idaho State who lost to ASU 50-3 last week. Idaho State is one of the very worst D-1AA schools. OU could score 140 points if they wanted to but I suspect 77 will do this week.

UNC must drub UCONN. If not, the ACC takes yet another black eye. The media love affair with Butch Davis rolls on but a loss here would be a big stumble.

Al Groh – Virginia. As if a loss at home to William & Mary wasn’t enough, UVA gets TCU in the 2nd game of the year. I can’t believe UVA doesn’t have the coin to buy Groh out.


Game of the Week: USC @ Ohio State (of course).
Coach who could be fired after week 2: Al Groh
Teams on upset alert: BYU, UNC & Iowa
Worst game of the week: Morgan St. @ Akron