Big College Football Upset Weekend 10/1/2005
Lets compare the "Carnival of College Football Predictions" against the actual results for 10/1/2005. Here were the predictions from Thursday.
Well I was right about lots of upsets, but it ended up being a Big Upset weekend not a HUGE upset weekend but is was very close to HUGE......................
On my 5 upsets I got 2 of 5 right:
* #15 Alabama destroyed #5 Florida 31-3, it was never close and total domination by Bama. Florida did not score a touchdown, the first time since 1992! The big stat for me was 286 passing yards for Bama with 3 TD's vs. 187 passing yards for Florida and zero TD's. Bama showed the rest of the SEC how to beat a WAC offense which is not good news for Florida. Chris Leak looks like an average QB and is now a liability for the Gators. An old fashion whipping it was, total physical domination by Bama as they did what ever they wanted when every they wanted to. Bama has a tough road to get to the SEC championship game however with remaining games against Tennessee, LSU and Auburn. That said they look like the class of the SEC right now and if they get to the SEC Championship and win, they should be playing for the National Championship. In the weaker Eastern conference of the SEC you still have Georgia, Tennessee and Florida still all very much alive. At this point I think it will be Georgia or Tennessee vs. Bama in the championship. That said if Florida beats Georgia, they are still in the mix and that would be a fun rematch.........................
* Unranked Michigan beat #11 Michigan State in OT by 3 points, after Michigan had a big 21-7 lead early in the second quarter. An unranked Michigan beating the #11 team at Michigan State was an even bigger upset than Bama over Florida. Michigan State was one of my very over-rated Teams going into this weekends games.
* #14 Arizona State lost to #1 USC by 10 points after ASU lead 21-3 at half time. ASU had "FIVE" interceptions and still almost pulled off the HUGE upset and should have won this game. Close but no cigar..............................Those Devils.......................
* Unranked Missouri lost to #2 Texas big after being close in the first half. Missouri had "THREE" turn-overs in the first half which you can't do if you are going to beat the number two team in the land. I really thought Brad Smith was a better QB and Missouri has no defense with Texas rolling up 585 total yards of offense................................
* #22 Purdue got whacked by #13 Notre Dame. Notre Dame is for real with QB Quinn passing for 443 yards and ND is probably the best bet of all teams at this point who have a decent chance against USC in the regular season. It happens in two weeks........................
On my top three upsets that I predicted most probable of happening I went a respectable 2-1: Bama over Florida & Michigan over Michigan State were right, and Purdue over Notre Dame was very wrong........
There were other upsets which made the week a Big Upset Weekend:
* Unranked Penn State beat #18 Minnesota. I was wrong about Penn State and Joe Pa being over-rated, looks like he has a decent team this year. I'm not sold its a really good team but they are decent......................
* Unranked Maryland beat #19 Virginia. The Turtles win at home against the Cav after putting up 21 points in the fourth quarter. Nice close Turtles......
* Trev Albert's Big Red win in overtime over #23 Iowa State. I still say Nebraska is a weak undefeated team. Isn't everyone glad Trev Albert is not still on ESPN with the Big Red going undefeated so far? He would be baying like the ass he is over a weak team...............................
Overall for all picks on the "Carnival of College Football Predictions" my record for the week was: 11-5 even with the prediction of #1 & #2 losing, so it was a very good weekend for the "Carnival of College Football Predictions". We will be back next week with the best predictions you can find on college football anywhere and its all free...............................
(UCLA is losing 10-7 so I could go 11-6 but still a great weekend of predictions given the Bama and Michigan great calls and the insight to see the Big Upset Weekend................)
Well I was right about lots of upsets, but it ended up being a Big Upset weekend not a HUGE upset weekend but is was very close to HUGE......................
On my 5 upsets I got 2 of 5 right:
* #15 Alabama destroyed #5 Florida 31-3, it was never close and total domination by Bama. Florida did not score a touchdown, the first time since 1992! The big stat for me was 286 passing yards for Bama with 3 TD's vs. 187 passing yards for Florida and zero TD's. Bama showed the rest of the SEC how to beat a WAC offense which is not good news for Florida. Chris Leak looks like an average QB and is now a liability for the Gators. An old fashion whipping it was, total physical domination by Bama as they did what ever they wanted when every they wanted to. Bama has a tough road to get to the SEC championship game however with remaining games against Tennessee, LSU and Auburn. That said they look like the class of the SEC right now and if they get to the SEC Championship and win, they should be playing for the National Championship. In the weaker Eastern conference of the SEC you still have Georgia, Tennessee and Florida still all very much alive. At this point I think it will be Georgia or Tennessee vs. Bama in the championship. That said if Florida beats Georgia, they are still in the mix and that would be a fun rematch.........................
* Unranked Michigan beat #11 Michigan State in OT by 3 points, after Michigan had a big 21-7 lead early in the second quarter. An unranked Michigan beating the #11 team at Michigan State was an even bigger upset than Bama over Florida. Michigan State was one of my very over-rated Teams going into this weekends games.
* #14 Arizona State lost to #1 USC by 10 points after ASU lead 21-3 at half time. ASU had "FIVE" interceptions and still almost pulled off the HUGE upset and should have won this game. Close but no cigar..............................Those Devils.......................
* Unranked Missouri lost to #2 Texas big after being close in the first half. Missouri had "THREE" turn-overs in the first half which you can't do if you are going to beat the number two team in the land. I really thought Brad Smith was a better QB and Missouri has no defense with Texas rolling up 585 total yards of offense................................
* #22 Purdue got whacked by #13 Notre Dame. Notre Dame is for real with QB Quinn passing for 443 yards and ND is probably the best bet of all teams at this point who have a decent chance against USC in the regular season. It happens in two weeks........................
On my top three upsets that I predicted most probable of happening I went a respectable 2-1: Bama over Florida & Michigan over Michigan State were right, and Purdue over Notre Dame was very wrong........
There were other upsets which made the week a Big Upset Weekend:
* Unranked Penn State beat #18 Minnesota. I was wrong about Penn State and Joe Pa being over-rated, looks like he has a decent team this year. I'm not sold its a really good team but they are decent......................
* Unranked Maryland beat #19 Virginia. The Turtles win at home against the Cav after putting up 21 points in the fourth quarter. Nice close Turtles......
* Trev Albert's Big Red win in overtime over #23 Iowa State. I still say Nebraska is a weak undefeated team. Isn't everyone glad Trev Albert is not still on ESPN with the Big Red going undefeated so far? He would be baying like the ass he is over a weak team...............................
Overall for all picks on the "Carnival of College Football Predictions" my record for the week was: 11-5 even with the prediction of #1 & #2 losing, so it was a very good weekend for the "Carnival of College Football Predictions". We will be back next week with the best predictions you can find on college football anywhere and its all free...............................
(UCLA is losing 10-7 so I could go 11-6 but still a great weekend of predictions given the Bama and Michigan great calls and the insight to see the Big Upset Weekend................)
posted by Steve at 9:14 PM
