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Kansas St -3.5 @ Louisville: Unless this is a VASTLY different Louisville team than the one I saw no-show to in-state rival UK the other day this game is going to be a bloodbath. KSU has a rebuilt team frankensteined from some JuCo transfers. They appear to be working out very nicely. KSU has pounded every inferior team they've met. Louisville is surely another inferior team.
WVA -3 @ COL: While WVA isn't a bad team they're no super team. They were pretty lame against ECU. While they might be better prepared for this one I seriously doubt the altitude will help them any. Wha't more, anyone who thinks the lost of the start RB-Slayton hasn't hurt them hasn't been paying attention. Devine is fast but he's a waif between the tackles. If he doesn't get outside he gets nothing done. Will COL be able to slow WVA? Maybe. They're not all that coordinated defensively but they've got an edge @ QB and the WVA defense should be GASSED and bordering on useless by the 2h.
Baylor @ UConn -14: "We won a game against a Pac-10 opponent!!! We are the champions..." Yeah, that's right, Waco wackos. Now let's try against a team that can run the ball and play defense. Good luck with that.
Ohio @ Northwestern: Ohio has put up valiant struggles in their new spread offense...no wins, just valiant spread covering struggles. NU has NOT. They've won a couple of games but their defensive prowess has been subpar to say the least. Despite the new Defensive Coordinator they've continued to BLOW. The question is whether they will be able to run the football and get the GASSED defense some rest here and there. I think the easy win against Cuse got the coaches heads stuck in their asses. It's not always going to be that easy. Ohio also plays the spread offense (as of this year) and they've been making plays. I think putting a gassed defense against a reasonably successful offense is a recipe for another scrape it out and hope to get lucky win by a single score. I'll be shocked if this game is much different from the Duke sloth fest.
FAU @ Minnesota -6.5: Gophers have greatly improved and should win this game. That said, all their games have been close (the BGSU game was close until the Falcons quit in the 4Q). FAU is again being touted as the cream of their sad little crop and they may be but there's no reason to think they'll win here. This is a bit of a grudge match for the Gophers and don't think they'll be letting off the gas. They've got some momentum and FAU is going to be battered after their dance with MSU last week. I got tired and sore just from watching that one. That said, U of M doesn't have nearly the O-line nor D-line that the Spartans have. FAU should put some points on the board against this highly suspect Gopher D. Enought to cover? There's a pretty fair chance of that.
....more to come.
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