Monday, September 29, 2014

NCAA Week Six Picks

I went 7-2 in picking Big Ten Games, and 3-2 in interconference Big Ten Games. I went 2-1 outside the Big Ten this week.
46-13 Big Ten
4-2 Interconference Big Ten
9-6 Outside Big Ten

Observations for the week
1. September ends with 15 remaining undefeated teams in the power five conferences. Its going to be a great upcoming week as at least 4 of those undefeated teams will fall as we have four games with week with undefeated teams facing each other.
2. Seriously, this upcoming week is going to be amazing. Nebraska-Michigan St, Alabama-Ole Miss, Texas A&M-Mississippi St, Auburn-LSU, Oklahoma-TCU, and Stanford-Notre Dame are the highlights. There are some exciting complementary games as well such as Florida-Tennessee, Arizona St-USC and Baylor-Texas.
3. Michigan is a disaster. Getting throttled to lowly Minnesota at home? unthinkable. What a mess for that program.
4. UCLA FINALLY played to their potential in destroying Arizona St on the road. After a string of uninspiring performances, this week they showed signs of hope that they may be as good as expected.
5. South Carolina has all but bowed out of the SEC picture and the National Championship picture. I am not sure how they continue to get the reputation as being a premier football school when they've never even been to a BCS bowl.
6. Florida St is absolutely not going undefeated this season. it is not going to happen. No way-no how.

Week Six Picks
Purdue @ Illinois: Pick: Illinois
Ohio St @ Maryland: Pick: Ohio St
North Texas @ Indiana: Pick: Indiana
Wisconsin @ Northwestern: Pick: Wisconsin
Michigan @ Rutgers: Pick: Rutgers
Nebraska @ Michigan St: Pick: Michigan St

Outside the Big Ten
Alabama @ Ole Miss: Pick: Alabama
LSU @ Auburn: Pick: Auburn
Stanford @ Notre Dame: Pick: Notre Dame

Its time for the first look at the Big Ten Standings, though there's not really a whole lot to see as of yet.

East Division
1. Maryland: 1-0
2. Penn St: 1-1
3. Michigan St: 0-0
4. Ohio St: 0-0
5. Indiana: 0-1
6. Michigan: 0-1
7. Rutgers: 0-1

West Division
1. Nebraska: 1-0
2. Iowa: 1-0
3. Northwestern: 1-0
4. Minnesota: 1-0
5. Wisconsin: 0-0
6. Illinois: 0-1
7. Purdue: 0-1

All the "experts" criticized the divisions for being unequal, as everybody said the east division was far better than the west division, but so far the west division has a 2-0 record against the east. Something to keep an eye on. 

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