Ok, didn't do so great in week one with my road picks. looking forward to improving on Week 2. Home teams in bold

• New Orleans over Washington
• NY Giants over St Louis
• Indianapolis over Minnesota
• Kansas City over Oakland
• Jacksonville over Buffalo (I do not like this pick however)
• Green Bay over Detroit
• Cincinnati over Tennessee
• Carolina over Chicago
• Tampa Bay over Atlanta
• Seattle over San Francisco
• NY Jets over New England (another uncomfortable pick)
• San Diego over Denver
• Arizona over Miami
• Cleveland over Pittsburgh (homer pick mainly - if they play like last week .... its ugly)
• Philly over Dallas (upset pick of the week)

Only 5 road picks this week .. hopefully I do better.

 

Rational picks, not heartfelt .... (no spreads taken into account) - home teams in bold

• Giants over Redskins
• Jaguars over Titans
• Steelers over Texans
• Eagles over Rams
• Saints over Bucs
• Patriots over Chiefs (in a laugher)
• Jets over Dolphins
• Seahawks over Bills
• Ravens over Bengals
• Lions over Falcons
• Cardinals over Niners
• Cowboys over Browns (barely) and I really hope I am wrong about this one
• Chargers over Panthers
• Colts over Bears
• Vikings over Packers
• Broncos over Raiders (do the raiders always get the 2nd MNF opener?)

Man that is a lot of road picks, 8 ... probably will come back to haunt me.

Big 10: OSU over Ohio U, Illinois over E Illinois, Michigan over Miami OH, Wisconsin over Marshall, Penn St over Ore St, Iowa over FIU, Indiana over Murray St, Mich St over E Michigan, Purdue over N Colorado, Northwesten over Duke - All home games

ACC: BC over GA Tech, Clemson over Citadel, Wake over Ole Miss, Fla St over Western Carolina, Maryland over Mid Tenn St, NC St over William & Mary, VA Tech over Furman, Virginia over Richmond - ACC makes a slight comeback this week, albeit against 5 FCS teams

Big12: Missouri over SE Missouri, Kansas over LA Tech, Colorado over Eastern Wash, Montana St over Kansas St, Nebraska over San Jose St, Oklahoma over Cinncinnati, Texas over UTEP, Tex Tech over Nevada, Tesax A&M over New Mexico, Okla St over Houston, Baylor over Northwestern St

BigEast: West Virginia over East Carolina (barely), UConn over Temple, South Fla over UCF, Louisville over Tenn Tech, Pitt over Buffalo

Pac10: Az St over Stanford, Oregon over Utah St, AZ over Toledo, Cal over Wash St

SEC: Georgia over Central Mich, Florida over Miami (will be closer than you think), Kentucky over Norfolk St, Vandy over South Carolina, LSU - Troy postponed, Auburn over Southern Miss, Arkansas over LA-Monroe, Miss St over SE LA, Alabama over Tulane

Conf USA: Memphis over Rice, SMU over Texas St - gonna be a beatdown weak for the Conf USA

Independents: Army over New Hampshire, Notre Dame over San Diego St, Western Kentucky losing to Eastern Kentucky

MAC: Bowling Green over Minnesota, Kent St over Iowa St, Ball St over Navy, West Mich over Northern Illinois

MWC: BYU over Washington, Air Force over Wyoming, TCU over Stephen F Austin, Utah over UNLV, Col St over Sacramento St

Sun Belt: FAU over UAB, Ark St over Texas Southern, North Texas over Tulsa

WAC: Hawaii over Weber St, Idaho over Idaho St, New Mex St-Nicholls St postponed

Unfortunately not too many upset picks in that group other than Bowling Green, Ball St, Kent St and Vandy. Other bolded games are the ones that "should" be more competetive.

 

One guys crazy full season predictions

AFC East: New England 13-3, Buffalo 8-8, NY Jets 8-8, Miami 3-13

AFC North: Pittsburgh 9-7, Cleveland 9-7, Baltimore 8-8, Cincinnati 5-11

AFC South: Jacksonville 13-3, Indianapolis 12-4, Houston 9-7, Tennessee 4-12

AFC West: San Diego 12-4, Denver 9-7, Oakland 3-13, Kansas City 2-14

 

NFC East: Philadelphia 12-4, Dallas 10-6, NY Giants 8-8, Washington 5-11

NFC North: Minnesota 11-5, Green Bay 9-7, Chicago 5-11, Detroit 4-12

NFC South: Tampa Bay 12-4, New Orleans 12-4, Carolina 8-8, Atlanta 3-13

NFC West: Seattle 11-5, Arizona 10-6, St  Louis 4-12, San Francisco 2-14

Based on those records, it would be 9-7 wild Card at SD and Indianapolis at AFC North winner (with all the 9-7 teams, it comes down to tiebreakers) in first round. I'll take SD and Colts to move on to face New England and Jacksonville

In the NFC, it would be TB/NO at Seattle and AZ/Dallas at Minnesota, with TB/NO and Minnesota moving on to face NO/TB and Philly.

I'll say Jacksonville over New Orleans

First off, this isn’t meant to rank conferences by overall strength. This is meant to rank just the quality of this weekends games.

 

First, the BCS conferences

 

1. Pac 10: 4-1 OOC, Wins at Virginia, vs Mich St, vs Idaho, 1 FCS team; loss vs Oklahoma St; plus 2 conference games Stanford W vs Ore St and Oregon W vs Washington; UCLA still to play Tennessee

 

Quality wins by USC and Cal, Okla St loss not all that bad.

 

2. SEC: 10-1, Wins at Clemson, at Louisville, vs NC St, vs Hawaii, at Miami OH, vs Memphis, vs LA-Monroe, 3 FCS teams (including Appy St); Loss at Louisiana Tech; Tennessee still to play at UCLA

 

Quality wins by Bama and Kentucky, Clemson, but the loss by Miss St hurts.

 

3. Big 10

 

7-3, Wins vs Syracuse, vs Akron, vs Northern Illinois, vs Western Kentucky and 3 FCS teams; losses at Missouri, at Cal, vs Utah

 

No real significant wins, but the 3 losses are all of quality,

 

4. Big 12: 10-2 Wins vs Illinois, at Wash St, vs Colorado St, vs Western Michigan, vs FIU, vs North Texas, vs FAU and 3 FCS teams; losses vs Arkansas St and vs Wake Forest

 

Quality win vs Illinois, Loss to Arkansas St stings.

 

5. ACC: 7-4 Wins at Kent State, at Baylor, 5 FCS teams, Losses vs USC, Bama, at South Carolina, and at East Carolina

 

Hurts to say it, but at least the losses are at least of quality, wins are all very weak though.

 

6. Big East: 4-3, Wins vs 4 FCS teams, losses vs Kentucky, vs Bowling Green and at Northwestern; Rutgers still plays Fresno St

 

If Rutgers wins vs Fresno St, they would move up to 5, but 4 wins only vs FCS and losses to Bowling Green and Northwestern were not pretty.

 

Non BCS conferences

 

 

1. MAC: 6-6, Wins at Pitt, UTEP, at Army, 3 FCS teams; Losses at Wisconsin, vs Boston College, at Nebraska, at Wyoming, Vanderbilt, at Minnesota

 

This has to do mainly with the overall strength of the opponents. Losses to Wisc, BC, Nebraska are of quality, and the Bowling Green win was excellent as well.

 

2. Conf USA: 5-2 OOC, Wins vs Virginia Tech, vs LA-Lafayette, 3 FCS teams; Losses at Ole Miss and at Buffalo; plus 2 conference games, Tulsa W at UAB and Rice W vs SMU

 

East Carolina was best non BCS win of the weekend, but loss to Buffalo hurts a bit.

 

3. WAC: 4-3, Wins vs Miss St, 3 FCS teams; Losses at Florida, at Arizona, at UNLV; plus Fresno St still to play at Rutgers. Fresno St win bumps this up to number 2.

 

Louisiana Tech win was nice, and the losses to Florida and Arizona are to be expected, but UNLV, bleah.

 

4. MWC: 4-2 OOC, Wins at Michigan, vs Ohio U, 2 FCS teams; Losses at Colorado and vs Cal Poly (FCS school!!!!!!); plus 1 conference game TCU W at New Mexico

 

The Utah win was very nice, but the loss to Cal Poly really hurts here.

 

5. Sun Belt: 1-5 OOC, Win at Texas A&M; Losses at Texas, at Auburn, at Kansas, at Kansas St, at Southern Miss; 1 conference game Troy W at Mid Tenn St

 

Only thing that saves them from finishing below Army, Navy, and Western Kentucky is the win by Arkansas St.

 

6. Independents: 1-2, 1 Win vs FCS team, losses at Indiana and vs Temple

 

Yuck, double yuck, nothing to see here at all.

One guy's crazy projections for 2008 (I know 75% probably will be wrong) ... but oh well.

Here it goes:

Big 10

Ohio St 12-0, 8-0

Wisconsin 10-2, 6-2

Michigan St 10-2, 6-2

Penn St 9-3, 5-3

Illinois 8-4, 5-3

Purdue 6-6, 4-4

Michigan 7-5, 3-5

Indiana 6-6, 3-5

Minnesota 6-6, 3-5

Iowa 5-7, 2-6

Northwestern 3-9, 0-8

 

ACC

 

Clemson 10-2, 7-1

Boston College 10-2, 6-2

Wake Forest 10-2, 6-2

Florida St 7-5, 5-3

Maryland 4-8, 1-7

North Carolina St 3-9, 1-7

 

Virginia Tech 10-2, 6-2

Miami Fl 8-4, 6-2

Virginia 5-7, 3-5

Georgia Tech 6-6, 3-5

North Carolina 5-7, 3-5

Duke 2-10, 1-7

 

Big 12

 

Missouri 10-2, 6-2

Nebraska 8-4, 5-3

Kansas 7-5, 4-4

Colorado 7-5, 4-4

Kansas St 4-8, 1-7

Iowa St 3-9, 1-7

 

Oklahoma 11-1, 7-1

Texas 10-2, 6-2

Texas Tech 10-2, 6-2

Texas A&M 10-2, 6-2

Oklahoma St 5-7, 2-6

Baylor 1-11, 0-8

 

Big East

 

West Virginia 11-1, 6-1

UConn 9-3, 5-2

South Florida 9-3, 4-3

Louisville 9-3, 4-3

Rutgers 8-4, 4-3

Cincinnati 6-7, 3-4

Pittsburgh 5-7, 2-5

Syracuse 2-10, 0-7

 

Pac 10

 

USC 10-2, 8-1

Arizona St 10-2, 7-2

Oregon St 9-3, 7-2

Oregon 8-4, 6-3

California 6-6, 4-5

Arizona 6-6, 3-6

UCLA 4-8, 4-5

Stanford 5-7, 3-6

Washington 3-9, 2-7

Washington St 3-10, 1-8

 

SEC

 

Florida 11-1, 7-1

Georgia 9-3, 6-2

Tennessee 9-3, 6-2

Kentucky 6-6, 3-5

Vanderbilt 4-8, 2-6

South Carolina 4-8, 1-7

 

Alabama 10-2, 6-2

Auburn 9-3, 6-2

LSU 9-3, 5-3

Arkansas 6-6, 3-5

Mississippi St 5-7, 2-6

Ole Miss 5-7, 1-7

 

Independents

 

Notre Dame 7-5

Navy 6-6

Army 4-8

Western Kentucky 4-8

 

Conf USA

 

East Carolina 7-5, 7-1

UCF 7-5, 6-2

Southern Mississippi 7-5, 5-3

Memphis 5-7, 3-5

Marshall 5-7, 4-4

UAB 2-10, 1-7

 

Houston 9-3, 7-1

Tulsa 7-5, 6-2

Tulane 7-5, 5-3

UTEP 4-8, 3-5

Rice 1-11, 1-7

SMU 2-10, 0-8

 

MAC

 

Bowling Green 10-2, 7-1

Miami OH 9-3, 7-1

Kent St 7-5, 4-4

Buffalo 6-6, 4-4

Temple 5-7, 4-4

Ohio U 5-7, 3-5

Akron 2-10, 1-7

 

Ball St 10-2, 7-1

Central Michigan 7-5, 6-2

Eastern Michigan 6-6, 5-3

Western Michigan 5-7, 3-5

Northern Illinois 2-10, 1-7

Toledo 1-11, 0-8

 

MWC

 

BYU 11-1, 7-1

Air Force 10-2, 7-1

New Mexico 8-4, 6-2

Utah 6-6, 5-3

San Diego St 6-6, 4-4

Wyoming 4-8, 2-6

Colorado St 4-8, 2-6

UNLV 3-9, 2-6

TCU 2-10, 1-7

 

Sun Belt

 

FAU 7-5, 6-1

Troy 8-4, 5-2

LA-Monroe 5-7, 4-3

LA-Lafayette 4-8, 4-3

Middle Tennessee St 4-8, 3-4

Arkansas St 3-9, 2-5

North Texas 5-7, 3-4

FIU 1-11, 1-6

 

WAC

 

Fresno St 11-1, 8-0

Boise St 10-2, 7-1

Hawaii 9-4, 6-2

Nevada 7-5, 5-3

San Jose St 6-6, 4-4

LA Tech 4-8, 2-6

Utah St 4-8, 2-6

New Mexico St 2-10, 1-7

Idaho 2-10, 1-7

 

Conferences

 

SEC

Big 12

Big 10

Pac 10

ACC

Big East

WAC

MAC

Conf USA

MWC

Sun Belt