Friday, October 28, 2011

WEEK NINE-NINE-NINE PLAN

Okay, we're looking at 40 teams this week; winners in all CAPS and losers can "look on with envy" as Henry Spencer says.

SATURDAY'S MATCHUPS

*#11MICHIGAN STATE @ #14 Nebraska
*Missouri @ #16 TEXAS A&M
*Purdue @ #18 MICHIGAN
*North Carolina State @ FLORIDA STATE
*NORTHWESTERN @ Indiana
*SYRACUSE @ Louisville
*UAB @ Marshall
*#10ARKANSAS @ Vanderbilt
*#12 VIRGINIA TECH @ Duke
*AIR FORCE @ New Mexico
*Washington State @ #7 OREGON
*Baylor @ #3 OKLAHOMA STATE
*#9 OKLAHOMA @ #8 Kansas State
*Illinois @ #19 PENN STATE
*#22 Georgia @ FLORIDA
*#25 West Virginia @ RUTGERS
*Navy @ NOTRE DAME
*IOWA @ Minnesota
*Tulane @ EAST CAROLINA
*WAKE FOREST @ North Carolina
*BUFFALO @ Miami (Ohio)
*SMU @ Tulsa
*Memphis @ UCF
*San Jose State @ LOUISIANA TECH
*HAWAI'I @ Idaho
*Colorado State @ UNLV
*Colorado @ #21 ARIZONA STATE
*IOWA STATE @ #20 Texas Tech (explanation follows)
*Mississippi @ #23 AUBURN
*Kansas @ #24 TEXAS
*CAL @ University of California at Los Angeles
*MISSISSIPPI STATE @ Kentucky
*#13 SOUTH CAROLINA @ Tennessee
*#5 CLEMSON @ Georgia Tech
*#6 STANFORD @ University of Southern California
*#15 Wisconsin @ OHIO STATE
*NEVADA @ New Mexico State
*Oregon State @ UTAH
*Wyoming @ SAN DIEGO STATE
*Arizona @ WASHINGTON

GO THE CARDINAL! GO DUCKS!

Now, to explain the Iowa State gambit: While both Iowa State and Texas Tech have lost to Texas A&M, the Red Raiders just had a big win over Oklahoma and have Texas next week followed by Oklahoma State. I think they'll have their heads elsewhere just long enough to give the Cyclones the advantage.

And a word of warning: I changed my mind on a bunch of these picks--mostly from risk-taking to more of a sure thing--so that tells me we might be in for an Upset Saturday tomorrow. (Or I could just be having a crisis of confidence, AKA injection of common sense!) Good luck to your teams!

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