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Saturday College Football Open Thread

By Big Tent Democrat

Not a great slate of games this college football weekend, but college football has a way of making every slate of games interesting. For the season, my record is 9-6 (.600, I count the record aainst the spread). Here are my 5 for this week.

In Happy Valley, Iowa visits Penn State (-10). I have been going back and forth on this game. If Stanzi was playing better, I would take a flyer on Iowa winning the game outright (Iowa has beaten PSU 6 of the last 8), but he's not. I'm taking the Nittany Lions (-10).

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Everyone thinks highly of the Cincinnati BearCats this year, and with good reason. Their win in Corvalis last week was impressive. They are 17 point favorites over Fresno today. I expect a letdown. Fresno keeps it closer than that.

Speaking of Ohio, the Buckeyes (-14) host the Illini today. Ron Zook is a disaster as a coach (great recruiter though.) But the Buckeyes have not shown much juice at home. I like the Illini to keep within the 14 point spread.

The Miami Hurricanes have been rechristened as a top team based on a close win over FSU on the road and a blowout win over Ga Tech at home. I think it is too soon. Va Tech's offense is weak, but Beamer finds a way at home. I'll take Va Tech (+3) over Miami.

Notre Dame (-6.5) travels to Purdue tonight. Purudue is awful this year. But I detest Notre Dame and in fact, this is just the type of game they lose. I like the Boilermakers (+6.5) to cover and maybe even win.

In a non-selection game, my Gators travel to Kentucky. While Kentucky is not great, they are a decent squad. This will tell us a little more about the Gators, who are 21.5 point favorites. If they play well, maybe they can become the team some thought they might be at the start of the season. A struggle, or Gawd forbid, a loss, will indicate they just are not all that this year.

Finally, Cal visits Oregon this afternoon. Autzen provides a famous home field advantage. But I think the disparity between the teams is too great. Cal is the real deal imo. When they meet SC, it will be the game of the week.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 26, 2009 (boomark / email).