College Gameday headed to Eugene

In a somewhat surprising move, ESPN's College Gameday show announced they will be in Eugene, Oregon this weekend ahead of the big game between #13Stanford and #4Oregon. College Gameday passed up on both #1Alabama @ #7Florida and #16Texas vs. #8Oklahoma  to make  it's 5th trip to Eugene.

NCAAF Game Picks

   Game                                                   My Pick

C. Michigan @ Northwestern            Northwestern

NC State @ Georgia Tech                  Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech @ Boston College       Virginia Tech

UAB @ Tennessee                                 Tennessee

#1Alabama @ #11Arkansas                  Alabama

Uclas @ #4Texas                                      Texas

#16Stanford @ Notre Dame                 Stanford

UNC @ Rutgers                                  North Carolina

#9Oklahoma @ Cincinnati                  Oklahoma

Nevada @ BYU                                          Nevada

Kentucky @ #7Florida                            Florida

Fresno St @ Ole Miss                            Ole Miss

#15South Carolina @ #14Auburn         Auburn

Oregon St @ #3Boise St                        Boise St.

Utah St @ SDSU                                   San Diego St

#21W.Virginia @ #12LSU                       LSU

Cal @ #16Arizona                                   Arizona

#6Oregon @ Arizona St                         Oregon

Detailed Game Prediction

The third installment of Detailed Game Prediction

You can compare with my prediction from last week here with the actual results here.

This weeks game:

#6 Oregon (3-0) @ Arizona State (2-1)

                     1Q        2Q      3Q       4Q       F

Oregon       6          14          7         17      44

ASU             3           3         10         7       23

 Oregon

D.Thomas  17-30, 206 yards, 2TD, 1int (1 rush TD)

L.James 28, carries, 187 yards, 2TD

R.Alston 7 carries, 35 yards

J.Maehl  8 rec, 110 yards, 1TD

L.Tuinei 5 rec, 48 yards

D.Paulson 2 rec, 32 yards, 1TD

 ASU

S.Threet  22-35, 231 yards, 1TD, 1int

C.Marshall 13 carries, 41 yards, 1TD

D. Lewis  8 carries, 62 yards

A.Pflugrad  6 rec, 91 yards, 1TD

K.Taylor  6 rec, 79 yards

M.Willie  4 rec, 36 yards

Picture of the Day

A little late on this one, but it's worth it

Practicing the heisman pose already?

Pac 10 Review

So how did the Pac-10 measure up on "Measuring Stick Saturday"?

Cal clearly did not cut it. Yes, Nevada is no pushover but Cal was blown out and QB Kevin Riley looked like he's looked his enitre career, average. The Golden Bears showed everyone that they probably won't come close to having a golden season.

#8Nebraska came into to Husky Stadium and made Washington look horrible. Heisman hopeful, now probably ex-hopeful, had the worst game of his career and was outplayed by Nebraska freshamn QB Taylor Martinez. 

Washington St were heavy underdogs on the road against SMU and were able to stick with the Mustangs early on but were eventually outplayed. A double digit loss was the outcome of this one. 

Arizona St wasn't expected to compete with #11 Wisconsin but that's certainly what they did. QB Steven Threet and good defense kept the Sun Devils in it the entire game, even helping ASU hold a lead. In the end, a blocked extra point attempt was the difference as Arizona St came up short 20-21. This game went in the loss column for the Pac-10 but was a good showing for the conference.

USC didn't look overly impressive, again, but end up with an 11 point win on the road against Minnesota. It's still tough to figure out exactly how good this Trojans team is.

Oregon St almost blew a big lead at home to Louisville but did what they had to do and came out with a win as expected.

Stanford were double digit favorites and ended the game against Wake Forest with an impressive 44 point win. Andrew Luck looked like the best QB in the conference and helped the conference get another win.

UCLA looked like it was headed to a dreadful season after a 35 point loss at home to Stanford but the Bruins instead went out and easily beat #23 Houston. This was an impresive win for the Bruins and the Pac-10.

The marquee matchup of the day was #10Iowa at #18Arizona. Arizona built up a 20+ point lead in the first half but ended up letting a good Iowa team back in the game. More impressive than building that lead was how the Wildcats responded when Iowa tied it up late in the fourth quarter. All Arizona did next was move the ball down the field for a touchdown in a long scoring drive and then overpower Iowa's touted line to get 3 sacks and put the game away on defense. Beating Iowa was a huge win for Arizona and the Conference and made measuring stick saturday a successful one.

*Not included was Oregon's 69-0 win over FCS opponent Portland St.

Measuring stick saturday record: 5-4

NCAAF Upset Watch Week 3

Upset Watch

#24 Cal @ Nevada

 x factor: Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick

#8Nebraska @ Washington

 x factor: Jake Locker and the Washington Crowd

Baylor @ #4TCU

 x factor: Baylor QB Robert Griffin

#5Texas @ Texas Tech

 x factor: Red Raiders Defense

#10Iowa @ #18Arizona

 x factor: Nick Foles, Nic Grigsby and Arizona Crowd

 

NCAAF Game Picks

Game Picks for Week 3

      

           Game                                 My Pick

Kansas @ Southern Miss                   Kansas

#24Cal @ Nevada                                    Cal

#13Arkansas @ Georgia                   Arkansas

Maryland @ 21W.Virginia             W.Virginia

Georgia Tech @ UNC                  North Carolina

Vanderbilt  @ Ole Miss                    Ole Miss

#8Nebraska @ Washington       Washington

#7Florida @ Tennessee                   Florida

Arizona St @ #11Wisconsin         Wisconsin

Wash St @ SMU                          Washington St

Hawaii @ Colorado                            Hawaii

BYU @ Florida St                             Florida St

Baylor @ #4TCU                                   TCU

Clemson @#15Auburn                     Auburn

#5Texas @ Texas Tech                  Texas Tech

Notre Dame @ Michigan St        Notre Dame

Fresno St @ Utah St                         Utah St.

#10Iowa @ #18Arizona                  Arizona

#23Houston @ UCLA                       UCLA

Wake Forest @ #19Stanford         Stanford