Getting to be that time

by niko on Nov 5, 2007 1:14 PM PST

Time to scoreboard watch. Some of the intriguing games which teams ranked right around us have to play this week:

Louisville @ West Virginia
Illinois @ Ohio St.
Kansas @ Oklahoma St.
Texas A&M @ Missouri

WVU, OSU, KU and Mizzou will all be favored but I imagine at least one of those will be a little closer than expected.

Then there are the SOS-related games to watch. LSU didn't played Georgia, Tennessee or Vandy this year so we have:
Auburn @ Georgia
Fla. State @ Va Tech
Arkansas @ Tennessee
Kentucky @ Vanderbilt

And for our SOS, we have:
Michigan @ Wisconsin
Fresno St. @ Hawaii
USC @ Cal

I imagine that Cal beating USC is better for us because it makes our loss look a little better but it also likely drops one of our big wins out of the BCS top-25. Or, it could almost drop USC out and re-introduce Cal, which would give us wins against 4 top-25 teams.

Is anyone concerned about the Big XII winner leapfrogging us? Is anyone concerned about us not jumping Ohio State if Michigan beats them? Any other concerns? I don't want to be blindsided with a Colorado-Nebraska scenario again. I like to prepare myself for disappointment, ya know?

Either way, I'm thankful that we've finally reached the point in the season where I can focus on a handful of games rather than try to follow every single one of them.

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I'm not.

"Is anyone concerned about us not jumping Ohio State if Michigan beats them?"

Nah. Michigan is a two-loss team. If they beat Ohio State and they don't lose anything else, it will really smack OSU down in the polls, praying for a spot in the Fiesta Bowl.

In my opinion, if Ohio State can't finish this season undefeated, they don't belong anywhere on the top 10.

However, I think it's smart to be prepared for disappointment - Tom Hansen still hasn't been fired or resigned.

Go Duckies!

by JShufelt on Nov 5, 2007 1:43 PM PST reply actions

Big XII

Kansas will definitely jump us if they finish undefeated. Oklahoma or Missouri also could, if they have strong finishes and we have a weak finish.

by pualo on Nov 5, 2007 2:43 PM PST reply actions

I think

KU is going to have a very tough time at OSU. This would be my longshot upset of the week.

FSU & Hawaii could also be a very entertaining game.

by BLAZER PROPHET on Nov 5, 2007 6:48 PM PST reply actions

I agree

with our prophet that my upset pick of the week is KU @ Oklahoma State (the other OSU).

I think our best case scenario is for LSU to lose in the SEC championship game and Ohio State (another OSU) to lose to Michigan. That would mean it doesn't matter what happens in the Big XII because we would most likely play the winner of that conference. But who really wants to play Oklahoma again?

by bfoken on Nov 5, 2007 10:24 PM PST reply actions