Sunday, September 30, 2012

Recap of Saturday's Games

I, of course, had a good week of picking games since I neglected to post them.  And so the 7-3 record does not count.  It is all making sense however.
Once again LSU had a so-so effort and their spot as the second best team in the SEC remains in doubt. Georgia and South Carolina can, at times, look as good as anyone but need more consistent play.  A mini tournament between those three and Florida this upcoming Saturday should go a long way in determining these positions with LSU traveling to Gainesville and South Carolina hosting Georgia.
West Virginia won the barn-burner with Baylor as the Big 12 remained a gunslinger's conference.  If Texas can play good enough defense they may be able to hold on there but their team as a whole needs to play a little better than it did Saturday versus Okie State.  The upcoming West Virginia versus Texas match-up will tell us a lot about the conference as a whole with the winner claiming a spot as a national championship contender.
The Big Ten needs a legitimate team to hold off Ohio State as best in show.  Nebraska travels to Columbus this weekend.  Will they play as well as they did in the second half against Wisconsin or as poorly as they did in the first half?  The Leaders Division rep in the conference title game is going to be hard-pressed to whiff the rankings.  Hopefully it will be a club with a winning record.  Purdue?
Meanwhile the Big East, with Cincinnati beating Va Tech on last-second heroics, and the Sun Belt, with Middle Tennessee running all over Georgia Tech, claimed more pelts Saturday--both from the reeling ACC.    Sure Florida State has a shot at a national title, and it was good to see Duke go 4-1, but the conference as a whole is playing a lot of mediocre ball.  Can Miami upset Notre Dame in Chicago?

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