Picks of the Week

[lower14]

Last Week: 4-1
Year to Date: 4-1


Nebraska -6.5 vs. Wake Forest

OK, did anyone ever think that we would see a game in Lincoln where Nebraska would be favored over Wake Forest by less than a touchdown? It's sad that this is what Nebraska football has become, not even considering a sloppy 25-7 win over 1-AA Maine last week. But, Wake's best defender, LB Jon Abbate, has a bum hamstring and will see only limited action, and Wake has a young team, too, it's QB making only his second start in a very, very tough place to play. Also, of the last 7 wins that Wake has, 4 have come against Duke and East Carolina. Nebraska may not be Nebraska anymore, but they ain't Duke and East Carolina.


Stanford -2.5 at Navy

Navy's option works well against teams running a 4-3 or 4-2-5, but not against a 3-4, where the OLBs can get to the corner quickly. Unfortunately for Navy, Stanford runs a 3-4, and they run it well. Moreover, Stanford has a solid passing attack, and Walt Harris' west coast offense has gone over much better than the Fun N Gun that they ran last year. Navy has no pass rush, not much in terms of a secondary, and a one-dimensional offense. Not a good matchup for Navy at all.


Virginia Tech -20 at Duke

If Tech can put up decent numbers against a very tough NC State defense, they should roll over Duke like they weren't even there. Only risk here, as with all high point lines, is that Tech will get out to a 42 point lead and watch the 2nd and 3rd team give enough back, but I don't think that'll happen here.


Clemson +3 at Maryland

I don't get this one. Clemson knocks off a tough, tough Texas A&M team and Maryland squeaks by a one-dimensional Navy team and Maryland is favored. Charlie Whitehurst is going to seriously test a weak Maryland secondary, and I don't see Maryland's young offense being able to do much against an underrated defense. Clemson does have the tendency to give up the big play, but Maryland doesn't have enough weapons to really take advantage of those situations. Ought to be a close one, but I like Clemson and the field goal.


Louisiana State +2 at Arizona State

Hurricane or no hurricane, this is one loaded LSU team. Yes, their minds may be elsewhere, but what a motivation to have than to get a big win to bring a small smile to folks who damn sure need one? ASU is starting an untested sophomore at QB and a true freshman at RB, and they'll be facing one of the 5 best defenses in the country. It's very easy to envision LSU pitching a shutout in this game, or at least holding ASU to a touchdown or less, which makes the points just all the more attractive.

[the doctor]

you da man lower14...I was oping you noticed that Va Tech Line

I am not sure Duke will score at all...ok I'll give 3-10

waiting on the odds makers for the BG line

the doc

[GordonGekko]

LSU and Stanford scare me...but the rest look like locks...just don't know how LSU will play after a week off and then traveling to Az...and I haven't seen Navy play but Paul Johnson coaches the option to a "T"

Now, when was the last time Ga. was favored by 18.5 over an SOS team...that one scares me too, stayin' way far away....

[QUACKERS]

alot of people must be liking the lsu game because my man has the line at Lsu-7???? what does the others have the line at? my lines on these game are lsu-7 clemson+1- v tech - 20 stanford-3 huskers-7 does anyine have better lines???

[QUACKERS]

what about tx vs buckeyes likin tx but what u think

[the doctor]

GG... i agree the line might be prematurely high for the GA game but I wouldn hesitate to say that GA will win by two touchdowns

SC just doesnt have the talent to play like Spurrier thinks they can, plus hes been outta touch with the college scene and I thin it will take hima while to get back in the groove of how the game is played at the college level

look for GA to possibly run away with this one

WTF is up with Pittsburgh??? them assholes suck preseason rank my ass

the doc

[Greenhead22]

That's Dave Wannstedt for ya.

[webbmaster]

5-0 ?

nice

[the doctor]

gotta eat my words about GA...dont really like Spurrier, but appears they played GA a pretty close game

lower14...awesome!

the doc

[GordonGekko]

doc, SOS hates UGA with a passion, he had USC doing all it could yesterday...thank God it still wasn't enough....

He pulled every trick in his playbook (hook and lateral) and still couldn't get it done...I get some satisfaction out of that....

We had 2 costly int's yesterday...DJ had a bad day...but SOS wanted to make us run it to see if we could beat 'em on the ground, thankfully we did...I give the old coach credit, he new if he could make us play conservative, and cover well that DJ could make some mistakes (which he did) and that we wouldn't blow them out which we didn't...all he wanted was to keep his guys in the game and he did....

Now, I'm happy that we won but I think we could have tacked another TD if Richt had quit trying to force the pass plays early and just run it up the middle a few more time's but, that's just my opinion...that may be what USC wanted so we had to keep 'em honest and use the pass to set up the run.... Either way, as Mark Richt said "People were saying we're going to hang 50 on them we're not that good." Yeah, it's a bit of typical coaching poor mouthin', but he's right...they've got some work to do in Athen's....