Guaranteed Picks for College Football Week Five (Week of 10-3-09)

     There’s just something about college football this time of year.  No other major sport in the United States has the kind of finality associated with collegiate gridiron.  National championship dreams shattered in September, Heisman dreams born.

     It was business as usual for the three teams on the polls, as Florida, Texas and Alabama dismantled lesser opponents, but after that, it got interesting… this year is almost starting to feel like the 07 season; remember that one?  Every week, a couple of top teams were picked off, and we ended up with a pair of two loss teams playing for the title.  

     Number 4 Old Miss was the highest perched victim, falling to Steve Spurrier (remember him?) and his South Carolina Gamecocks on Thursday.  The Golden Bears laid an egg of epic proportions, Happy Valley wasn’t happy at all, half of the top 25 skated by… gridiron life is good.

     Before we get into the picks for week 5, let’s take a look back at this week….

Business as Usual

#1 Florida 41  Kentucky 7

Business as usual for the Gators.

#2Texas 64  Utep 7

Should we just give McCoy the Heisman now?

#3 Alabama 35  Arkansas 7

Did anyone actually believe the ‘Game of the week’ commercials?

South Carolina 16  #4 Ole Miss 10

And we had almost forgotten the ole ball coach was down there…

Iowa 21 #5  Penn St 10

Will Coach F finally get some respect now?

Oregon 42  #6 California 3

Where were these Ducks a few weeks ago?

#7 LSU 30  Mississippi St 26

Who says Goal line stands are overrated?

#8 Boise St. 49  Bowling Green 14

Will someone please tell the freaks with the blue field that they’re making a mess of things?

#11 Virginia Tech 31  #9 Miami 7

Ok, so the Canes were overrated…

#12 USC  Washington St.  (LATE)

#13 Ohio St.  30  Illinois 0

Wow.  Another shutout. An Amazing D in Columbus… again.

#14 Cincinnati 28  Fresno St 20

Did anyone even know the Bearcats were in the top 15?

#15 TCU 14  Clemson 10

Or the Frogs?

#16 Oklahoma St 56  Grambling St 6

Everybody loves creampuffs.

#17 Houston  Texas Tech   (LATE)

South Florida 17 #18 Florida St 7

Maybe all of the Florida teams are overrated…

#19 BYU 42  Colorado St 23

Thank God these guys lost and we don’t have to argue weather they belong in the BCS?

#20 Kansas 35  Southern Miss 28

To think these guys could win the Big 12.  Ugh.

#21 Georgia 20  Arizona St 17

Drama in the Desert.

Georgia Tech 24  #22 North Carolina 7

Remember when the ACC was a power conference?

#23 Michigan 36  Indiana 33

We really have no idea how good the Wolverines are. (or aren’t)

#24 Washington  Stanford   (LATE)

#25 Nebraska  55 Louisiana Lafayette 0

This is a D1 school?

Weekly Ramble: This year looks to be confusing.  All of the top teams (except for ‘Bama, and we’ll know with them soon enough) have looked vulnerable.  As unrealistic as it sounds now, chew on this for a National title game…. Ohio State/ Boise State.  Bear with me… Boise State will, in all likelyhood, be undefeated;  odds are, they won’t even be tested again.  In a soft Big Ten, and with what may be the best Defense in the country right now, the Buckeyes may very well run the table.  The SEC teams may take each other out,  Viginia Tech could easily stumble… missteps by Texas (or a Colt McCoy injury) and it could actually happen.  God help us all.

And now, your guaranteed picks for week 5…. not just a few hand picked games, but a of the division 1 action…

            Hawaii 35 Louisiana Tech 13

            West Virginia 41 Colorado 14

                    Pitt 31 Louisville 10

                    BYU 52 Utah State 7

             Oklahoma 37 Miami (Fla) 14

         Boston College 28 Florida State 20

               Virginia Tech 56 Duke 10

            North Carolina 35 Virginia 14

             Michigan St. 27 Michigan 24

               Clemson 31 Maryland 20

               Wisconsin 31 Minnesota 28

           South Florida 45 Syracuse 13

              Marshall 27 East Carolina 23

                       Army 20 Tulane 17

                   Ball St.  35 Toledo 31

               Purdue 28 Northwestern 23

                Iowa 56 Arkansas St. 17

                Alabama 31 Kentucky 20

              Cincinnati 45 Miami (OH) 7

             Temple 21 Eastern Michigan 17

            Iowa State 27 Kansas State 20

                 Penn St.  42 Illinois 10

                       Georgia 28 LSU 27

              Notre Dame 31 Washington 17

                 Stanford 23 UCLA 21

       Wake Forest 20 North Carolina St. 10

           Buffalo 27 Central Michigan 21

            Central Florida 35 Memphis 10

                 Air Force 38 Army 14

     Northern Illinois 35 Western Michigan 14

  Louisiana Monroe 28 Florida International 24

               Bowling Green 27 Ohio 17

          Florida Atlantic 31 Wyoming 14

                  Nevada 23 UNLV 20

                Colorado St. 42 Idaho 14

               Mississippi 38 Vanderbilt 14

                   Ohio St. 35 Indiana 3

                   Baylor 31 Kent St. 13

      South Carolina 52 South Carolina St. 7

            Texas Tech 63 New Mexico 14

          Oregon State 31 Arizona St. 20

              Arkansas 24 Texas A&M 17

                       Tulsa 45 Rice 6

          Georgia Tech 35 Mississippi St. 13

               Auburn 31 Tennessee 27

                  USC 27 California 24

              Boise State 56 UC Davis 10

                         TCU 45 SMU 17

            Southern Mississippi 28 UAB 3

        San Diego St. 24 New Mexico St. 17

                  Houston 49 UTEP 24

            Oregon 45 Washington St. 10