Big 12 Schedule
C'mon KU. Your coach is literally paying students to watch you play. Don't waste it.
OSU looks better and better each week while Tech is well into their annual midseason meltdown. The longer Tuberville is in Lubbock, the more he resembles Ron Prince. Try to keep your hands to yourself in Stillwater, Tommy. All eyes are on you for the rest of the season. Prediction: 45-27, OSU.
6:00 p.m. Fox: OU at West Virginia
Ready for some real talk? West Virginia is going to win this game. OU is back to sleepwalking, now that they're safely out of the national championship race and generally ignored by the rest of America. West Virginia, on the other hand, is a team in desperate need of a big win and a tiny moment of November relevance. Lock up your couches, Morgantown. Holgo and Geno finally have something to smile about again. Prediction: 38-35, West Virginia.
6:00 p.m. FSN: Iowa State at KU
James Sims has 6 consecutive games of 100+ yards rushing? Snyder would've turned a team like that with a player like Sims into a .500 team easily. I love the K-State of Iowa, but without Jake Knott, on the road, in the creepy, quiet stillness of Memorial Stadium... I think the Jayhawks finally snap that 19 game conference losing streak. Prediction: 21-17, KU.
7:00 p.m. ESPN: K-State at Baylor (extended preview available)
Ok guys, help me out here. Is this hype video the funniest thing you've ever seen, or is my sleep deprivation officially a problem? Levity is an undervalued quality in fandom. Prediction: 45-24, K-State.
Best of the Rest
If anyone can give us a blueprint for slowing down Oregon, it's Stanford.
11:00 a.m. ESPNU: Florida State at Maryland
Have you heard about what's happening at Maryland? If that happened to a Mike Leach team, every man, woman and child would swear that he personally forced those boys to tear their ACLs. Leach is an eccentric coach whose love for the game of football might be forever tainted by recruiting the wrong kid. It makes me sick to see him broken by the evil ESPN empire. Florida State has also been screwed over this year, but that's the ACC's fault. Should've jumped to the Big 12 when you had the chance, 'Noles. Prediction: 30-13, Florida State.
2:05 p.m. Fox: USC at UCLA
UCLA only has 2 losses this year, but one of them was by 30 points to Cal. Cal, as you may recall, is not very good at football. USC was picked by many professional people in the know to be a national championship contender. Since then, they've lost sloppy games to Stanford, Arizona and Oregon and stirred up a boatload of negative publicity. Not much to cheer for here, unless you think it matters who Oregon faces in the Pac-12 championship. For what it's worth, I'd like to see a USC rematch. Prediction: 47-20, USC.
2:30 p.m. NBC: Wake Forest at Notre Dame
We are living in a world where Notre Dame could win out and not make it into the national championship, all because of a 3 overtime victory and a slate of victories over a historically good but currently awful Big 10 conference. Football is a cruel mistress, and no one escapes her wrath this year. Prediction: "The world forgetting by the world forgot."
2:30 p.m. ABC: NC State at Clemson
Hey, remember when we all made such a big deal about Clemson last year? And now they're ranked #11 and no one says anything about them because they're in the ACC and we've all decided to ignore the ACC completely? Tough luck, Dabo. Lose, and you might get some highlights on Sportscenter. What else have you got to play for? Prediction: 21-20, NC State.
7:00 p.m. ABC: Oregon at Stanford
I'd love for Oregon to beat Stanford in triple overtime so that everyone can go berserk debating the eye test qualities of Oregon vs. Notre Dame and the quality of their triple overtime games. All that squabbling would divert some of the heat from our little Manhattan family so that we can get down to the business of owning Texas. Let the chaos commence! Prediction: 48-45, Oregon.
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