Football Newsletter Week 2

Posted on September 14, 2007 
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Well, it was a slow start in Week 1, as we got off to a boring 1-2 start.  None of these are BEST BET games, but still, you’d rather be right than wrong.  On the Michigan game, we could not have been more wrong.  As soon as the Big E watched 5 minutes of the game, he knew he had the wrong side.  Michigan has absolutely no speed, and instead of running the ball, pounding the Ducks, and controlling the clock, they were throwing the ball every down.  Recipe for disaster, cooked by the master disaster-chef himself, Lloyd Carr.  Anyway, this week we offer you 3 college games.  We looked and looked at the pro’s but nothing really jumps off the page at us.  So…….

WASHINGTON +4 over ohio state

The Big Ten does not play well on the West Coast.  For that matter, they do not play well against teams of superior conferences like the SEC or Pac-10.  Washington has been on the bottom of the Pac-10 in recent years, but reeled off a nice win last week against a good Boise State team, showing they are probably ready to return to a bowl game.  Ohio State meanwhile is struggling against its hand-picked pasties, like Akron.  Ohio State has not settled on a quarterback to replace Troy Smith, so we should struggle all day to move the ball.  That’s right, it’s “we” when we’re talking about the Buckeyes, we’re goin’ down on Saturday.

notre dame +8 over MICHIGAN

We’re going to right the ship this week from that stupid Michigan pick last week.  What is Michigan, who will be playing without starting QB Chad Henne, doing as an eight point favorite over anybody not named Illinois or Indiana??  We watched some of that backup QB against Oregon, he was h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e.  We also watched the Irish against Penn State.  They struggled all night to get anything going, but Penn State has a helluva defense.  Freshman QB Claussen will find the going much easier against slow, slow Michigan.  The road team in this series has dominated, and expect that to continue.  Charlie Weis does not start 2007 0-3, Lloyd Carr does.

southern cal -9.5 NEBRASKA

Well, if we’re going to pick non-BEST BET games, we might as well pick the ones on TV, so you might actually see it.  Saturday night, there’s going to be a party going on in Lincoln, NE as ABC Saturday night football rolls into town.  It’ll be a happening, 80,000 fans screaming, drinking, partying….  And then the game will start, and USC will take the fun out.  Crunch.  From what we’ve heard, this is one of the best USC teams ever, and they’ll prove it on national TV.  USC generally shines out of conference, and we expect them to dominate here.

For those of you who prefer the NFL to NCAA… tough!  At least for this week.  Just wait, the NFL picture will become clearer in a week or two.  Onwards and upwards!

Big E, aka Eric Arnold 

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