Week 5- College Football Predictions

Sept 29th #16 South Florida at Pttsburgh (traitors) 8 ESPN.
I see this game as being pretty simple USF beat Notre Dame to start the season and Pitt lost to Notre Dame last week and are traitors to the Big East therefore I say USF 24 Pitt 17.   Go Bulls.


Sept 30th Utah State at BYU (Future Big 12 member?) 8 ESPN
In the Mormon bowl part 2 I see BYU taking out Utah State since I don't have a clue about Utah State and BYU just beat UCF last Friday night so they have be good right?  Sarcasm of course.  I think it ends up being BYU 30 Utah State 20.

Oct 1st #14 Texas A&M vs #18 Arkansas (future conference game) 12 ESPN
Lets see since this is a future SEC conference match up and both teams are coming off tough losses this past week this is hard to predict. Texas A&M giving up a big lead to Oklahoma State and Arkansas getting blasted by Bama I will pick Texas A&M here.  I think Texas A&M realizes you have to play a full 60 minutes and Arkansas didn't look like much to me.  I will say A&M 21 and Arkansas 20.

Oct 1st Minnesota at #19 Michigan 12 Big Ten Network
Lets see Minnesota lost to like North Dakota State last week and Michigan is playing their 20th straight home game so I will say Michigan 35 Minnesota 17.

Oct 1st Northwestern at #24 Illinois 12 ESPN 2
Northwestern I always forget they have a football team until one of their games finally shows up on ESPN.  Then again I could say that about Illinois.  So since the fighting Zookers are ranked I will go with Illinois 21 Northwestern 10.  The TV viewership for this game will be off the charts for sure.

Oct 1st Kentucky at #1 LSU 12:21  ESPN Gameplan
Wonder if Calipari could teach the dribble drive to UK's football team?  Doubt it.  So I think LSU will crush the Blue Bellies for Lexington 45 to 10 LSU.

Oct 1st Auburn at #10 South Carolina 3:30 CBS
Auburn was good last year when they paid Cam Newton $100k to play for them.  This year not so much.  Although South Carolina has a QB in Stephen Garcia that is known to heavily drink the night before a game so I'm going on the notion he wont and South Carolina wins 28 21.

Oct 1st  #15 Baylor at Kansas State 3:30 ESPN or ABC
Baylor has a ranked football team?  Wow.  The reason why is Robert Griffin the third this guy is a beast can run, throw and is a straight up athlete.  Kansas State beat Miami last week and is riding with some confidence after getting that win on the road.  Im going with the upset of Kansas State 27 Baylor 21.

Oct 1st SMU at #20 TCU. 3:30
We haven't heard much about TCU since they lost the first game of the season to Baylor but then again we haven't hear much about SMU since Eric Dickerson and Craig James were there.  TCU 30 SMU 13.

Oct 1st #21 Georgia Tech at NC State 3:30 ESPN/ABC Regional
Georgia Tech with Paul Johnson's offense is putting up around 600 yards of offense per game.  NC state got blasted by Cincy last week and NC State's defense didn't look like it could stop Bolles High School in Jacksonville.  Georgia Tech 40 NC State 21.

Oct 1st Bowling Green at #22 West Virginia 3:30 ESPN Gameplan
West Virginia could hang with the number 1 team in the land and Bowling Green is well......Bowling Green. WVU bounces back 45 17.

Oct 1st #13 Clemson at #11 Virgina Tech 6 ESPN2
Clemson looked good offensively against the Noles last week.  Va Tech usually has a good defense and the game is in Blacksburg at night.  I will go with the Hokies 28 Clemson 24.

Oct 1st #3 Bama at #12 Florida 8 CBS
Ahh the poor Florida Gators think they have a shot against Bama in the Swamp at night.  Think again.  Bama is 7-2 at the Swamp.  Gators will get beat down and realize they are not in Bama's league this year.  Bama 34 UF 17.

Oct 1st #8 Nebraska at #7 Wisconsin 8 ABC
Welcome to the Big Ten Nebraska you know have to play a night game in Madison to open up the conference.  By the way did we mention Wisconsin's home record is like 150-10?  Good luck Wisconsin 28 Nebraska 20.

THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE WEEKEND
Marshall at Louisville 3:30 ESPN Gameplan
Give me a break I'm a Louisville fan as most of you know.  I'm going with the C-A-R-D-S.
UL-45 Marshall 24

Those are my thoughts on some of the games this weekend beginning Thursday Night.  Let me know what you think.