College Picks - Week 8

Can you believe that its already Week 8 of the college football season? It seems like it was just yesterday when Appalichan State looked like a cupcake opener.

Its a light weekend of Pac-10 football for us on the left coast. The marquee game would have to be California at UCLA (not very marquee is it). I like the Bears over the Bruins and the Trojans over the Limpin' Irish. Oregon and Washington hate each other which is good for Oregon this year since they are better. The Trojan-slayer Cardinal are in Tuscon on Saturday to play the Wildcats.

What should you be watching on Saturday? College Gameday is in Lexington and the state of Kentucky is gonna be chuggin Jim Beam before 9 a.m. I like Kentucky to hand the defending champs their 3rd SEC loss of the season. LSU could make a strong case to be the new #2 if they beat Auburn handily. Missouri hosts Texas Tech as a matchup of Top 25 teams. Missouri has been a surprise this season and I look for them to continue winning. The state of Michigan is gonna be in a frenzy Saturday night after the Wolverines beat Illinois, Western Michigan beats Ball State, and Michigan State upsets the #1 team in the nation Ohio State. Thats right, the upsets continue.

Some other winners I like are: Minnesota over North Dakota State, New Mexico State over Idaho, Syracuse over Buffalo, Miami, OH over Temple, Arkansas State over Middle Tennessee State, Wyoming over Air Force, Memphis over Rice, Nevada over Utah State, Tulane over Southern Methodist, Troy over North Texas, UCF over Tulsa, Freson State over San Jose State, Louisana-Lafayette over Florida Atlantic, Brigham Young over Eastern Washington, Kent State over Bowling Green, Houston over UAB, Louisana-Monroe over Florida International, UNLV over Colorado State, Boise State over Louisana Tech, Ohio over Toledo, and New Mexico over San Diego State. You can finish your college football weekend by watching Southern Miss beat Marshall on Sunday night.

Some other games of note this weekend involving BCS conference teams. Undefeated Kansas isn't gonna stay that way all season, but they will win this week. The heated rivarly between Miami, FL and Florida State is very even this year. Bowden's gotta stay ahead of Joe Pa so I'll take the Seminoles. Speaking of Joe Pa, Penn State visits Indiana for a blowout victory. Tennessee and Alabama hook up in Tuscaloosa where the Vols escape with a win.

The Big 10 has Wisconsin beating Northern Illinois and Purdue over Iowa. The Big 12 features Oklahoma over Iowa State, Texas A&M beats Nebraska, Oklahoma State over Kansas State, and Texas over Baylor. In the BCS's weakest conference, the ACC, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest, and North Carolina State play juggarnauts Army, Central Michigan, Navy, and East Carolina respectifully. While Virginia and Maryland do battle in College Park. The SEC and Big East hookup with Mississippi State visiting West Virginia. Other games are Arkansas at Mississippi, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, and Vanderbilt at South Carolina.