COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Weekend Picks
September 22, 2005
No. 22 Iowa State at Army
Colorado at No. 12 Miami (FL)
Indiana State at No. 19 Texas Tech
Texas State at Texas A&M
No. 21 Iowa at No. 8 Ohio State
No. 14 Michigan at Wisconsin
No. 11 Purdue at Minnesota
No. 10 Tennessee at No. 3 LSU
No. 15 Georgia Tech at No. 4 Virginia Tech
Boston College at Clemson
No. 1 USC at No. 24 Oregon
No. 16 Notre Dame at Washington
Pat Brown, assistant sports editor
Iowa State – Hopefully a better showing than against Illinois State
Miami – Buffaloes fall
Texas Tech – Is this a joke?!
Texas A&M – Aggies run up the score
Ohio State – Too powerful for unknown Hawkeyes
Michigan – Good test since Notre Dame
Minnesota – Overrated Boilermakers fall
LSU – New Orleans magic strikes again
Virginia Tech – Vick is still scrambling from last week
Boston College – Trying to hurdle into the rankings
USC – USC could beat the Packers
Notre Dame – 3-0 on the road!
Grant Wall, sports editor
Iowa State – Big road win
Miami (FL) – Loss begins Buffs’ fall
Texas Tech – I could throw for 400 yards with that offense
Texas A&M – This isn’t fair
Iowa – Seriously, Ohio State isn’t good
Michigan – Too much Michigan offense
Purdue – Overrated, but still good
LSU – Tennessee loses two in a row
Virginia Tech – V.T. is ranked higher
Clemson – A second big Clemson win
USC – USC just clinched an NFL playoff spot
Notre Dame – Unfortunate, but true
Brett McIntyre, sports reporter
Iowa State – Cyclones build a lead and sit on it
Miami – Closer game than expected
Texas Tech – Maybe TT scores 90 this week
Texas A&M – Mean Green no match for Reggie McNeal
Ohio State – Last Hawkeye loss before patented Ferentz run to January?
Wisconsin – Exposing of Wolverine defense continues
Minnesota – Gopher fade historically doesn’t start until October
LSU – Tennessee has yet to figure out quarterback position
Va Tech — Tough for anyone to win in Blacksburg
Clemson – Does anyone actually care?
USC – Oregon looks to avenge last year’s heartbreaker
Notre Dame – Washington won’t go down easy, but Irish too much to handle.
Brent Blum, sports columnist
Iowa State – ISU hasn’t won a Friday game since 1959. I think Yelk kicked in that game
Miami – Not only was she a girl, she was terrible
Texas Tech – Tech may score 300 points in this one. In the first half
Texas A&M – Wasn’t Texas State the name of the team in Necessary Roughness? Good film
Ohio State – Hawk fans demand Ferentz’ firing after 2-2 start
Michigan – Wisky has no D
Minnesota – If it was the Vikings, Purdue wins easily
LSU – JaMarcus Russel is Daunte Culpepper with a brain. I’m bitter
Virginia Tech – But I like G.T. +11 for entertainment purposes only
Clemson – Why are we picking this game? Can I abstain?
USC – First time two ranked teams have met with road team favored by more than 3 TDs
Notre Dame – U-Dub = U can’t win. That was lame