Most years the battle for Texas would be between the Longhorns and Aggies, but not this year. Enter the Red Raiders, the team everyone loves to doubt, but they keep on winning. Coming off of an impressive win on the road at Kansas, the Red Raiders welcome the Longhorns to their house. Texas is averaging about 46 points/game and Texas Tech is averaging about 48. This game should be touted the “Yellow House River Shootout.” Here’s a few headlines that will more than likely be in your newspapers sports section on Sunday: 

‘Hogs Spoil Tulsa’s Perfect Season

Tulsa will face it's toughest challenge this week, which isn't much, or so they think.

Arkansas has one of the most dysfunctional athletic departments in the NCAA. They hired their current head coach Bobby Petrino away from the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons only weeks after Petrino said he was going nowhere. The Razorbacks have struggled greatly this year, they started by narrowly edging two 1AA schools by a combined total of five points. Since those two victories the Razorback have lost five of their last six. Their only win in that stretch was against a lowly Auburn team. Tulsa, on the other hand, is having a great season and Arkansas is being labeled as their “toughest game of the year.” If the Golden Hurricanes toughest game is against a team that is 3-5, then it makes it very difficult to make a judgement on how good these kids really are. It will be much easier though when they lose. 

Golden Bears Maul Ducks

I think they call it “Conference Cannibalism.” Well, maybe they don’t, but we do. Conference Cannibalism is what starts happening this time of year when conference play starts and teams thin each other out. This contest with Oregon and Cal will be a perfect example. Another PAC-10 team has snuck into the top 25 again (a couple weeks ago it was Cal), but they will be knocked right out after getting beat by a lesser conference opponent. The only way to correct this problem would be to have designated losers in each conference, Washington and Washington State would be the designated losers in the PAC-10.  

Utes and Horned Frogs Get Scares

Utah WR Bradon Godrey and the Utes have been putting lots of point on the board, can the continue the trend in Albuquerque?

There is a lot of parody in the Mountain West Conference. You don’t see a lot of ridiculously long streaks of wins or losses in conference play. The Utes will be taking their unbeaten record to New Mexico, where they were defeated on their last visit. Although most of the Utes’ wins have been lopsided, their offense has struggled fumbling the ball and not being consistent. The Lobos have a small, but tough defense that will keep the Utes on the ropes. TCU will head to Las Vegas to play a UNLV team that is hitting strides on offense, they outgained offensive powerhouse BYU last week in a loss. The Rebels defense is a little suspect, but the one thing to pay attention to is how UNLV will respond at home to the Horned Frogs’ quick and physical defense. If all the players on the Horned Frog’s defense tied one hand behind their backs, would still be better than the defense the Rebels faced last week. 

Bulls Still Not Seeing Red

A week after falling to the Louisville Cardinals, the South Florida Bulls are going to drop another to the Cincinnati Bearcats. Eerily similar to last week’s game, the Bulls should win this game from a statistical standpoint; however, this game will be in Cincinnati and the Bulls have not performed their best on the road. It’s going to be a nippy 60 degrees on Saturday in Ohio, which is perfect football weather for most, but not for teams from southern Florida. You might see the Bulls pulling out their winter coats and hand warmers while the Bearcats sit in front of cool air fans. South Florida may be surrendering their “Top Dawg” crown in the Big East. 

 

 

JIB Picks

Week 9: 14-6 / Overall: 139-29

Week 10: #1 Texas – #5 Texas Tech / #2 Alabama - Arkansas State / #3 Penn State (Bye) / #4 Oklahoma - Nebraska / #6 USC – Washington / #7 Florida – #8 Georgia / #9 Utah – New Mexico / #10 Oklahoma State – Iowa State / #11 Boise State – New Mexico State / #12 TCU - UNLV / #13 Ohio State (Bye) / #14 Missouri – Baylor / #15 LSU – Tulane / #16 Florida State – Georgia Tech / #17 BYU – Colorado State / #18 Tulsa – Arkansas / #19 Ball State (Bye) / #20 Minnesota (Bye) / #21 Michigan State – Wisconsin / #22 North Carolina (Bye) / #23 South Florida - Cincinnati / #24 Oregon - Cal / #25 Maryland (Bye)

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