Waco Kid's College Football Week 8

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What is Waco Kid's Weekly College Football Review? It is an ongoing weekly review of all things College Football!!

Each week upcoming games can be discussed and predictions made, name-calling after victories and general all-around college football discussion! Each week will be closed out by the next Monday and a new thread opened for the current college football schedule for each week.

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Actually we do.

WKWCFR rule 1

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Polls
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this week's games.
  • Friday, Oct 21

11 W Virginia


Syracuse
8:00pm ET

Saturday, Oct 22
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this week's games.
  • Friday, Oct 21

11 W Virginia


Syracuse
8:00pm ET

Winner: W Va
W Va still the best of the Big East, Syracuse is 4-2 somewhat surprising so be careful of road upset, Holgerson.

Saturday, Oct 22Winner: Clemson
You roll, Dabo. Prove you're not Bowden, keep winning.

Winner: Illinois
Going all in with the Zooker on the road. Purdue could get a upset.
Winner: Kansas St
Snyder has built up K St. Twice. Gill and jayhawks outclassed.
Winner: Oklahoma St
Going all in with Youtube Gundy.

Winner: Arkansas
Bosshog could get upset on the road, Ol Miss is disappointing yes, but Hogs can't give up turnovers.
Winner: VA Tech
Going all in with Beamer Ball, this team looks like a typical 9-10 win Hokies team. that means 1- 5 BC team has little chance to win.

Winner: Nebraska
Bo finds life in the Big Ten pretty easy this week. He better, Gophers stink.
Winner: GA Tech
Tech offense needs to step up early after loss last week.
Winner: Oregon
Gut check week two, Duckies. Too much talent, even with backup QB, ducks win on talent.
Winner: Texas A&M
Just make sure to remember it's a 60 minute game Aggheads. You own this on talent no excuses.

Winner: Boise St
Beware upset Smurfs, don't let Air Force run the ball and control the pace.
Winner: LSU
Going all in with Lester.
Winner: Houston
Nice to see Keenum having a good redshirt senior year after last year's knee injury. Now healthy again, Keenum is a good mid round NFL pick.

Winner: Alabama
You can't beat Bama unless you can stop the run game and Tennessee doesn't have the defense to pull it off.

Winner: Wisconsin
Going all in with da Badgers. Sparty will be a good road test. Wisconsin has played sharp so far, Sparty has a chance if they don't.
Winner: Oklahoma
Bobbo wins in his house. Bowl games not so much.

Winner: Stanford
Huskies playing better this year under Sark, but Cardinal at home will be too much just yet for Washington.
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Well it was lurking out there, Upset Saturday was coming sooner or later. ZerOU and Bucky Badger go down.
this week's games.
  • Friday, Oct 21

11 W Virginia


Syracuse
8:00pm ET

Winner: W Va
W Va still the best of the Big East, Syracuse is 4-2 somewhat surprising so be careful of road upset, Holgerson.

11 W Virginia 23

Syracuse 49
Told ya, finally found a team you couldn't outscore eh, W Va? Where's the Defense?

Saturday, Oct 22Winner: Clemson
You roll, Dabo. Prove you're not Bowden, keep winning.


UNC 38
8 Clemson 59
You're not Bowden this week, Dabo. And you wear the Bullseye of an undefeated. Get that flak jacket out the going gets tougher.

Winner: Illinois
Going all in with the Zooker on the road. Purdue could get a upset.


23 Illinois 14

Purdue 21
Yep. Upset. Hardest thing about figuring out Zooker isn't if he'll lose, it's when. Here's the part where Zooker's teams tend to tank. And you go to JoePa's house next. Ouch.

Winner: Kansas St
Snyder has built up K St. Twice. Gill and jayhawks outclassed.


12 Kansas St 59

Kansas 21
Outclassed. Some luster knocked off next week's showdown with ZerOU but not on Snyder's side. Wildcats control own destiny in Big 12 now.

Winner: Oklahoma St
Going all in with Youtube Gundy.


6 Okla St 45

Missouri 24
Only 45 points? just kidding, Pokes also hold destiny in their own hands in Big 12 race.

Winner: Arkansas
Bosshog could get upset on the road, Ol Miss is disappointing yes, but Hogs can't give up turnovers.


10 Arkansas 29

Mississippi 24
Close call Hogs. Houston Yer Nutts woulda loved to hang one on his old team. I'm enjoying watching Nutt implode. A lot.

Winner: VA Tech
Going all in with Beamer Ball, this team looks like a typical 9-10 win Hokies team. that means 1 - 5 BC team has little chance to win.



Boston Coll 14
16 VA Tech 30
Va Tech passes test here, avoids a loss to weaker team and keeps division lead. Re-match with Clemson in ACC title game on track.
Winner: Nebraska
Bo finds life in the Big Ten pretty easy this week. He better, Gophers stink.


13 Nebraska 41

Minnesota 14
I'm impressed Bo. You do know offense. Now do that against someone who doesn't stink like Gophers do.

Winner: GA Tech
Tech offense needs to step up early after loss last week.


20 GA Tech 7

Miami (FL) 24
Well there's a Golden life in South Beach after all. Where's Luther Campbell when ya really need him?

Winner: Oregon
Gut check week two, Duckies. Too much talent, even with backup QB, ducks win on talent.

Told ya, Duck roll. With a backup QB and RB. Upset Saturday helps Oregon, they now are the best "1 loss" team given LSU has been a monster. So far.

Winner: Texas A&M
Just make sure to remember it's a 60 minute game Aggheads. You own this on talent no excuses.


17 Texas A&M 33

Iowa St 17
Well done Aggheads, you actually played up to your talent. What were ya waiting for? The SEC?


Winner: Boise St
Beware upset Smurfs, don't let Air Force run the ball and control the pace.


Air Force 26
5 Boise St 37
Told ya Air Force could control game with rush offense, nice job Smurfs you pass a big test and get the biggest boost of all on Upset Saturday.

Now that at least one Upset Saturday is down, Boise St now has a legit darkhorse chance to get in the BCS title game. Just win, Smurfs.

Winner: LSU
Going all in with Lester.


19 Auburn 10
1 LSU 45
Well at least i can count on good 'ol Lester. For now, half of my mid-season BCS title game picks is still looking strong. Roar Mikey.

Winner: Houston
Nice to see Keenum having a good redshirt senior year after last year's knee injury. Now healthy again, Keenum is a good mid round NFL pick.

Houston's doing what Houston does. Roll. Where's Andre Ware? haha.

Winner: Alabama
You can't beat Bama unless you can stop the run game and Tennessee doesn't have the defense to pull it off.



Tennessee 6
2 Alabama 37
I bet Darth Saban's mad they allowed 2 field goals. He'll make a "teaching" moment outta that in practice next week.

Winner: Wisconsin
Going all in with da Badgers. Sparty will be a good road test. Wisconsin has played sharp so far, Sparty has a chance if they don't.

4 Wisconsin 31
15 Michigan St 37
Did i say chance? Sparty gets it done with a big UPSET. I still don't think Sparty runs the table, so i'll pick 'em now to lose to Nebraska next week in Lincoln.

Winner: Oklahoma
Bobbo wins in his house. Bowl games not so much.


Texas Tech 41
3 Oklahoma 38
Bobbo, dude you lost at home. What were you thinking? This was Bowl Game? LOL.



Winner: Stanford
Huskies playing better this year under Sark, but Cardinal at home will be too much just yet for Washington.

The Cardinal again looks sharp. Stanford also benefits heavily on Upset Saturday, in PAC 12 only Ducks can match up with the Cardinal, beat Oregon and an undefeated year begins to look real for Stanford.
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What we learned week 8

Olin Buchanan
Stanford can run it, too. Andrew Luck doesn't need to pass for 300 yards for the Cardinal to post a big victory. Luck threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns, but the Cardinal's running game more than compensated for Luck's modest passing output. Stepfan Taylor rushed for 138 yards, Tyler Gaffney for 117 and Anthony Wilkerson 93 as Stanford rolled up 446 rushing yards in a 65-21 romp over Washington.
[So long, Sooners: Oklahoma's title hopes come crashing down]
Concerns about Oklahoma's defense are justified. Although Oklahoma was ranked No. 1 to start the season, there were some questions about the Sooners' defense. Those doubts proved legitimate. The Sooners gave up 572 yards of total offense and Seth Doege threw four touchdown passes as Texas Tech upset OU 41-38 to deal the Sooners only their third loss in Norman in the Bob Stoops era. More important, the loss may have ended OU's national championship hopes.

Mike Huguenin
Wisconsin finds defense matters. Wisconsin's offense is a good one, with QB Russell Wilson, two good tailbacks, a big line and solid receivers. But there were questions about the Badgers' defense, questions that hadn't been answered this season because that unit hadn't been tested. Well, it had a test Saturday, and its failing grade means the Badgers are an extreme long shot to play for the national title. Michigan State's offense hadn't done much of anything against good defenses this season. The Spartans' only games with more than 400 yards came against Central Michigan and Florida Atlantic. They didn't get 400 against Wisconsin, either -- but they got 399 and the last 44 cost the Badgers big-time.
[Wetzel: Michigan State's Hail Mary grab stops Wisconsin cold]
USC has some pride. The Trojans are ineligible for the Pac-12 title and for the postseason, but they wrecked host Notre Dame's BCS hopes with a 31-17 victory. Next weekend, they will try to wreck Stanford's national title hopes. Coach Lane Kiffin mentioned last week that despite being 5-1, his team wasn't ranked -- and he also mentioned that it was the first time since the AP poll started in 1936 that a 5-1 Trojans team was unranked. The victory over the Irish will garner some attention; an upset of Stanford would garner even more.

Steve Megargee
Turnovers and mistakes plagued Brian Kelly and Notre Dame in a home loss to USC. Notre Dame hasn't lost its appetite for self-destruction. After committing 15 turnovers in its first four games of the season, Notre Dame didn't cough the ball up once in its next two games. But just when we thought the Irish had learned how to play mistake-free football, they regressed at the worst possible time. Notre Dame had rallied from a 17-0 deficit and was a yard away from tying USC late in the third quarter when backup QB Dayne Crist -- in the game after an injury to Tommy Rees -- fumbled a snap on third-and-goal. USC's Jawanza Starling picked up the loose ball behind the line of scrimmage and raced 80 yards for a touchdown. The Irish still had a shot to rally in the fourth quarter after cutting the lead to 24-17, but two more turnovers sealed their fate. After Cierre Wood fumbled a backward pass from Rees, USC recovered at Notre Dame's 18 to set up the game's final touchdown. Notre Dame's final hopes vanished when Nickell Robey picked off a Rees pass.
[IrishIllustrated: ND not ready for prime time]
Michigan State can win with offense as well as defense. Michigan State headed into the weekend ranked second nationally in total defense, first in pass efficiency defense and third in run defense. But the Spartans showed Saturday that they also can win shootouts. They have a star receiver in B.J. Cunningham, an experienced quarterback in Kirk Cousins and a couple of quality running backs in Le'Veon Bell and Edwin Baker. Cousins threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns without an interception to outplay Heisman contender Russell Wilson in Michigan State's 37-31 victory over previously unbeaten Wisconsin. And after Wilson led two fourth-quarter touchdown drives as the Badgers erased a 14-point deficit against that highly regarded Spartans defense, Cousins responded by driving Michigan State beyond midfield, then hitting Keith Nichol on a Hail Mary as time expired. The final play certainly resulted from luck as much as execution, but the performance of Michigan State's offense the rest of the night was no fluke.


Mike Huguenin's Week 8 awards
COACHES
Wish I were him: LSU's Les Miles
Glad I'm not him: Ole Miss' Houston Nutt
Lucky guy: Michigan State's Mark Dantonio
Poor guy: Navy's Ken Niumatalolo
Desperately seeking a clue: UCLA's Rick Neuheisel
Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Kansas State's Bill Snyder
Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: Illinois' Ron Zook
Desperately seeking ... anything: Colorado's Jon Embree


TEAMS
Thought you'd kick butt, you did: TCU
Thought you'd kick butt, you didn't: Arkansas
Thought you'd get your butt kicked, you did: Auburn
Thought you'd get your butt kicked, you didn't: Syracuse
Dang, they're good: Stanford
Dang, they're bad: Tulane
Did the season start? Indiana
Can the season end? Tennessee
Can the season never end? Michigan State


GAMES
Play this again: Michigan State 37, Wisconsin 31
Never play this again: BYU 56, Idaho State 3
What? East Carolina 38, Navy 35
Huh? Purdue 21, Illinois 14
Are you kidding me? Syracuse 49, West Virginia 23
Oh ? my ? God: Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma 38

NEXT WEEK
Ticket to die for: Stanford at USC
Best non-Big Six vs. Big Six matchup: Navy at Notre Dame
Best non-Big Six matchup: BYU vs. TCU in Arlington, Texas
Upset alert: Louisville over Syracuse in Louisville
Must win: Georgia vs. Florida in Jacksonville
Offensive explosion: Baylor at Oklahoma State
Defensive struggle: South Carolina at Tennessee
Intriguing coaching matchup: Michigan State's Mark Dantonio vs. Nebraska's Bo Pelini
Who's bringing the body bags? Washington State at Oregon
Plenty of good seats remaining: Virginia at Miami (Thursday)
They shoot horses, don't they? Colorado at Arizona State
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well Texas Tech came to play and zerou did not wake up until it was to late

I think I read 3 additional defensive starters were out plus you add the loss of Box and one other and that is a big drop off from last year

but now my now ranked #3 Cowboys are now #1 in take a ways, that is how we play defense

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/f...rent/team/1059

early odds have zerou a 14 point fav in Mahanttan, I think I will take that bet