Saturday, October 06, 2012
- by B.B. Branton
Some excellent conference games this week including LSU at Forida, Georgia at South Carolina, Oklahoma at Texas Tech and Nebraska at Ohio State.
Best Day Games (3:30 p.m.): LSU at Florida and Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Best Night Games (7 p.m.) … Georgia at South Carolina and West Va. at Texas
Predictions:
Northwestern (5-0, 1-0) at Penn State (3-2, 1-0) (Noon, ESPN) … nothing happy about this trip to Happy Valley for unbeaten Northwestern … In the battle of the felines, the host Nittany Lions take care of the Wildcats from the Midwest…
Winner: Penn State
Kansas (1-3, 0-1) at Kansas State (4-0, 1-0) (Noon, FX) … The in-state rivalry goes to the guys from Manhattan .
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Winner: Kansas State
Dartmouth (2-1) at Yale (1-2) (Noon) … Yale has won the last nine games in the series and the last five in the Yale Bowl …
Winner: Dartmouth
Arkansas (1-4, 0-2) at Auburn (1-3, 0-2) (Noon, ESPNU) … W-A-R E-A-G-L-E will be heard down on the Plains all afternoon … both teams in dire need of an SEC win …
Winner: Auburn
Miss. State (4-0, 1-0) at Kentucky (1-4 0-2) ... (12:21 p.m., ESPN Game plan) … Bulldogs can’t afford to look past the lowly ‘Cats in anticipation of Tennessee coming to Starkville next week.
Winner: Miss. State
LSU (5-0, 1-0) at Florida (4-0, 3-0) (3:30 p.m., CBS … Gators should catch the Tigers in The Swamp …
Winner: Florida …
Ga. Tech (2-3, 1-2) at Clemson (4-1, 1-1) (3:30 p.m. ESPN) … Clemson should win handily after Tech lost badly to MTSU at home last week …
Winner: Clemson
La.-Monroe (2-2, 0-0) at Middle Tenn. State (3-1, 1-0) (3:30 p.m., CCS) … can La. Monroe catch MTSU flat after its big win at Ga. Tech …
Winner: La-Monroe
Oklahoma (2-1, 0-1) at Texas Tech (4-0, 1-0) (3:30 p.m., ABC) … coach Tommy Tuberville and unbeaten Texas Tech should prevail …
Winner: Texas Tech
Michigan (2-2, 0-0) at Purdue (3-1, 0-0) (4 p.m., Big Ten Network) … Big 10 Opener for both schools …
Winner: Purdue
Georgia (5-0, 3-0) at South Carolina (5-0, 3-0) (7 p.m., ESPN) … should be great game ... SEC East lead is on the line … Old Ball Coach is tough at home …
Winner: South Carolina
West Va. (4-0, 1-0) at Texas (4-0, 1-0) (7 p.m. FOX) … first road game for unbeaten Mountaineers … Texas’ big win at Okla. State should carry over tonight at home …
Winner: Texas
Vandy (1-3, 0-2) at Missouri (3-2, 0-2) (7 p.m., FOX SportsSouth) … Vandy is good, but Tigers are tough at home … both looking for first SEC win
Winner: Missouri
Texas A&M (3-1, 1-1) at Ole Miss (3-2, 0-1) ( 7 p.m., ESPNU) … Rebs play three Texas schools in Oxford this season … are 1-1 thus far, beating UTEP and losing to Texas …
Winner: Ole Miss
Miami (Fla) (4-1) at Notre Dame (4-0) (7:30 p.m., NBC) … great venue as game is played at Soldier Field …
Winner: Notre Dame
Nebraska (4-1, 1-0) at Ohio State (5-0, 1-0) (8 p.m., ABC) … Huskers have not been to Columbus since 1956 when they lost 34-7 … Buckeyes should win again tonight …
Winner: Ohio State
Season: 66-14 (82.5%) … Last Week: 15-1 (93.3%)
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net