COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Weekend Picks

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