Kansas City vs. San Diego in AFC West Showdown
October 31, 2011
After a horrible 0-3 start the Kansas City Chiefs have rebounded to win 3 consecutive games and are now back in the hunt in the closely contested AFC West. It looked as though the normally slow starting San Diego Chargers were going to run away with the division after getting out to a 4-1 start, but a loss to the desperate New York Jets last week has tightened up the divisional race. Prior to the start of the season NFL handicappers had selected the Chargers to run away with the AFC East as the competition...
Steelers host Patriots in Battle of AFC Elite
October 30, 2011
The Pittsburgh Steelers have rebounded nicely from a slow first quarter of the season with 3 consecutive wins. It will be up to the Steelers secondary to make it a perfect 4-0 over the second quarter of the 2011 season. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots possess the number 1 passing offense in the NFL as the have averaged over 350 yards per game thus far. Brady is absolutely deadly in the pocket when given enough time to throw the ball, so it will be up to Pittsburgh’s defense to make sure...
USC vs. Stanford in PAC-12 Battle Saturday Night
October 29, 2011
If you take away the games against the “Arizona’s”, the 2011 USC Trojans resume’ would look like that of a top 10 team. Wins over an always tough Utah team, a vastly improved Syracuse squad and their bitter rival Notre Dame would normally be considered a success. However, the Trojans have been shaped and molded into one of the premier teams in all of college football, and nothing short of perfection is acceptable. Like many of the SC teams over the last few years, complacency and a lack of...
Horned Frogs take on Improved BYU Offense
October 28, 2011
The Brigham Young Cougars are finding it tough to be a team without a conference. It will be a few years before we find out if making the move to Independent status was worth it, but the Cougars obviously feel as though it is. As the years go by, BYU will taper away from playing teams in Mountain West Conference and more than likely focus in on getting mid-level to marquis BCS conference schools to play. Playing Mississippi and Texas in the first 2 weeks of this season turned out to be a wash as...
Keenum and Cougars look to gain Respect Thursday
October 27, 2011
There are 8 undefeated teams left in division 1 football. Seven of them have a legitimate chance at getting to the BCS National Championship game and winning the National Championship, but the one that doesn’t could. The Houston Cougars will never get the respect they deserve even if they do finish the year without a loss. Conference USA is separated into two 6-team divisions, yet out of 12 teams only 5 currently hold records over .500. This doesn’t look good in the eyes of the voters, and doesn’t...
Pittsburgh hosts UCONN in Wednesday Big East Battle
October 26, 2011
Two incredibly similar Big East teams will go head to head on Wednesday in what could prove to be a pivotal game. Both the Pittsburgh Panthers and Connecticut Huskies came into the 2011 season with a new head coach and high expectations, but neither has been able to make head way due to tough early season schedules and a lack of production from the quarterback position. College football handicappers have listed the Panthers as 10 point favorites at home, but this match-up couldn’t be more even...
Troy and Florida International in Sun Belt Battle
October 25, 2011
The Florida International Golden Panthers will look to redeem themselves after a 4th quarter meltdown last Tuesday against Arkansas St. College football experts anticipated a loss for the Golden Panthers as they were listed as 3 point underdogs on the road, but it looked as though FIU was destined for an upset win through 3 quarters. Despite a loss last week, FIU is still in the hunt in the wide open Sun Belt conference standings. For most of the last decade the Troy Trojans have been the standard...
Baltimore vs. Jacksonville: Monday Night Football
October 24, 2011
The Pittsburgh Steelers are doing all they can to keep the pressure on the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC East. After a 2-2 start, the Steelers have rattled off 3 convincing wins on their way to reestablishing themselves as the best all-around team in the AFC. Pittsburgh’s stout defense has shown some signs of weakness this season, but they have done enough over the last few weeks to allow this team to win with ease. It looks as though they are back on track offensively with Rashard Mendenhall back...
Lions look to get back on tack against Falcons
October 23, 2011
The Detroit Lions were handed their first loss of the season by a San Francisco 49ers squad that has over-achieved since game 1. The most difficult part of figuring out the NFL is determining which teams are legitimate and which ones aren’t. Through 5 weeks it looked like the Lions were the “real-deal” as NFL handicappers have slowly started giving them favoritism in term of point spreads. A hefty 5 point line was given to them at home against a 4-1 Niners team, but an apparent breakdown offensively...
Big Ten Battle: Wisconsin hosts Michigan St
October 22, 2011
The 2010 Wisconsin Badgers had little if no chance to get to the National Championship game last year as both Oregon and Auburn finished undefeated during the regular season. We will never know if Wisconsin would have moved up the ladder in the AP poll due to the loss they received in their first Big Ten match-up last season to the Michigan St Spartans. That is exactly why Saturday’s match-up will be one to watch! Despite being on the road for last year’s game, Wisky was listed as a slight 2.5...
