Pac-10 picks
Well, it’s that time of the week again: Time for me to show why it’s really hard to make money in Vegas.
Cal 56, Portland St. 6: I keep hearing about how tough Portland is and that it isn’t the cakewalk everyone thinks it is. I’m glad that Tedford has that much control over the media to keep his players focused, but I’m not buying. Cal is going to crush this team, tough defensive line and all.
Oregon 21, Oklahoma 17: I had a wider margin in this game, but the injury report coming out of Oregon is as ugly as the 2nd quarter of last year’s Sac. St. game. I still think Oklahoma is a fundmentally unsound team and Oregon’s front seven will be strong enough to slow down Adrian Peterson enough to put another hash mark in the ‘W’ column.
WaZoo 42, Baylor 31: This game has shootout written all over it. Thankfully, that’s where WaZoo is at it’s best and they’ll help the Pac-10 to regain some of it’s pride after so many conference losses to the BCS conferences
Washington 20, Fresno 35: Poor Washington. They just can’t seem to catch a break. They’re going to play a Fresno team that is just aching for revenge after a tough loss to Oregon. Washington is just not going to have what it takes to beat this team.
USC 38, Nebraska 24: I want so badly for a good team to come in a beat USC on their home turf. Sadly, Nebraska is NOT that team. They’re going to be very soft after two powder-puff games at home and are not going to be able to cover the speed and raw talent of USC. Looks like we’re going to have to wait a while for that USC upset because they don’t play another ranked team until 10/14 (and even then it is the under-achieving ASU at home) and don’t hit their tough stretch until 11/11 when they start their series against Oregon, Cal, Notre Dame and UCLA in order.
Stanford 10, Navy 24: This is a team that can’t figure out how to move the ball nor how to stop others from moving the ball. They’re facing a very consistent team that isn’t going to blow anyone away, but will put up 20+ points every week. Stanford doesn’t have a chance and their new stadium will be spoiled right out the gate.
Arizona 31, SFA 6: Thank goodness for Arizona that the scheduled whoever the heck SFA is. They need a repreive after the LSU debacle.
ASU 42, Colorado 17: Colorado is 0-2 versus teams that suck… somehow I don’t think they’ll be able to win this one. ASU is consistently putting points on the board but their defense is a little pourous. They’ll win easily, but Colorado will put some points on the board.
OK, that’s it for this week. Tune in on Monday for a Bears game review and updated metrics.