Week 1 teams to cheer for:
Thursday Night:
U of Oregon @ The University of Arizona (+13)
U of A needs 2 wins to become bowl eligible and possibly save Mike Stoop's job. Last game beat UCLA at home by 7 making it back to back wins for the Cats. Lost to USC 20-13 earlier. QB Willie Tuitama has thrown for 3,145 yards so far (1st PAC 10, 8th NCAA). Our good friend Louis "Big Foot" Holmes on D.
Saturday:
West Virgina @ U of Cincinnati (+6 1/2)
UC comes in at 8-2 off of back to back wins vs South Florida and UConn. They still have a chance to win the Big East and head to a BCS game. A good run defense will present Slaton and Devine a challange.
Oklahoma @ Texas Tech (+9)
Here is a team that has dropped off the radar just about harder than anyone else. They have lost 3 out of their last 4. They're 4-1 at home, 7-4 overall and averaging well over 40 ppg. QB Graham Harrell is a tad outside of 5,000 yards passing this year. Expect a shoot out in Lubbock.
Iowa State (+25 1/2) @ U of Kansas
If you just take a look at their last 4 games you'll see a completly different team than their 3-8 record shows. They put Oklahoma's back to the wall losing 17-7, then played at Missouri tough losing 42-28...last week they beat Kansas State 31-20... then this past weekend down 21-0 at half, they storm back to win 31-28 vs. Colorado.
L.SU. @ Ole Mississippi (+18)
Even though they are 3-8, they ...ok there's not much great to say about them. I think I'll bet big on LSU this weekend. I don't think even if Eli came back they'd have a shot. (please jinx please jinx)
Missouri @ Kansas State (+8)
At 5-5 they'e one game off from being bowl eligible. A very wishy washy team. Who will show up? The team that went into Austin and beat Texas by 20. Or the one that lost to Nebraska last week 73-31, They have the ability to put points on the board. At home they are 4-1 this year, the loss 30-24 to Kansas. Jordy Nelson leads them with 1,347 yards recieving ant 9 td's.