[NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Week 14

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

No standings until next weekend, but I wanted to get the lineup out early this week with the holiday and travel. Gobble gobble!

PIGSKIN PICKS - WEEK 14
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The Big Ten lineup is over (but not the season - GOOOOOO CATS! BOWL GAME!) but there are still plenty of rivalry games and chances to really screw up this B-C-MESS … sadly, I don’t see any of them happening.

COLLEGE PICKS
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Game  1: Texas A&M @ Texas
My Pick: LONGHORNS … so, not only are the Horns ticked after dropping the past couple to the Aggies, but now they saw Stoops run up the score and leapfrog them in the polls. Pity the Aggies.

Game  2: Fresno State @ Boise State
My Pick: BRONCOS … they probably won’t make the BCS, but Boise won’t lose on the Smurf Turf!

Game  3: LSU @ Arkansas
My Pick: TIGERS … the Piggies saw last week why they shoulda kept Houston Nutt as their coach – he can beat LSU. Petrino can’t.

Game  4: West Virginia @ Pittsburgh
My Pick: MOUNTAINEERS … the Panthers blew their shot at the BCS and West Virginia wants revenge for last year.

Game  5: Colorado @ Nebraska
My Pick: CORNHUSKERS … close call here, as I think the Buffs are the better team, but the Huskers escape in Lincoln.

Game  6: UCLA @ Arizona State
My Pick: SUN DEVILS … Disappointment Bowl here as the winner still needs to beat their arch rival next week to even sniff bowl hopes, but go with Sparky at home.

Game  7: Auburn @ Alabama
My Pick: CRIMSON TIDE … I’d love to see Tuberville wreck things with a huge upset, but not at Bama.

Game  8: Florida @ Florida State
My Pick: GATORS … again, I’d love to see an upset (wait a minute, did I just root for Bobby Bowden? Eeew, I feel dirty!), but it ain’t gonna happen.

Game  9: Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State
My Pick: SOONERS … c’mon Cowboys! Really screw up the BCS by having Ttech go to the Big XII title game and Texas being the #2 ranked team! But again, nope.

Game 10: Notre Dame @ Southern Cal
My Pick: TROJANS … the annual “who do you root for?” bowl between the two evil empires, but when you can pile on the Irish and keep them out of a bowl for a second straight year, how do you NOT cheer as SC piles it on?

Game 11: Georgia Tech @ Georgia
My Pick: BULLDOGS … if it were in Atlanta, I might like an upset, but the Dawgs own the Jackets lately – especially in Athens.

Game 12: Kansas @ Missouri
My Pick: TIGERS … not nearly as exciting as last year’s game, but it could be an upset-alert special with Mizzou already locked into the Big XII title game and the Jayhawks needing a win for a bowl. Nah.

Game 13: Oregon @ Oregon State
My Pick: BEAVERS … the biggest Civil War since 2000 will see Reser Stadium in a frenzy as the Beavers clinch their first trip to Pasadena in 44 years!

Game 14: Maryland @ Boston College
My Pick: EAGLES … I guess ACC logic says that the Terps win here, but you gotta like the Eagles at home to make it back to the ACC title game.

Game 15: Virginia @ Virginia Tech
My Pick: HOKIES … do we have a winner in the ACC Coastal? I guess, but only because the season ended and the Hokies were the last team standing. Something tells me whoever winds up on top will still lose next week and we'll just draw straws for bowl slots.

Remember - picks in by THURSDAY kickoff!
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

GO CATS!!!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!
- SjT