#1 Alabama- 38, #11 Miss. St.- 7
What was supposed to be the biggest test for the 'Tide so far this season, ended up looking like every other game the 'Tide have played to this point. They were dominant, in every aspect of the game. Alabama rolled up 414 yards and limited Miss. St. to 256 total and only 47 on the ground, as well as forcing three turnovers. Alabama faces rival LSU this weekend at Death Valley- a game that will have major national title ramifications.
-Nick-Roll Tide, 34-20
-Jeremy- 'Bama- 31-17
#2 Florida- 9, #10 Georgia- 17
This game stumped both of us this week. Georiga's defense showed why it is one of the best in the country. The Bulldogs forced six turnovers from a Florida offense that has sputtered along most of this season and exposed some weeknesses. Neither team's offense looked that great, but this was two amazing SEC defenses going at it. Both teams had less than 300 yards of total offense (UGA 273, UF 266) and both had three or more turnovers. The six for Florida is what won Georiga this game. Todd Gurley's performance for the Bulldogs put them over the top rushing for 118 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries. The Bulldogs control thier own destiny in the SEC East now and look like they will meet the Tide in the SEC title game.
Jeremy- Florida- 28-23
Nick-Florida, 24-21
#3 Kansas State- 55, #14 Texas Tech- 24
I'm going to take this one and keep Nick from totally raking me over the coals for this pick. You'd think, after picking against K-State last week against West Virginia, I would have learned my lesson. Like beating the 14th ranked UWV, 55-14 wasnt' enough of an indicator of how good this K-State team was. I know I saw them take apart Oklahoma on the road earlier in the season... Lesson learned. I'm taking K-State in every game they play from here on out.
-Jeremy
Don't think you are getting away that easy on this one broha. I understand Tech is playing good football right now, but I am not sure if anyone is playing better than K-State and Collin Kline. Kline is by far the Heisman front runner and if this team runs the table I think they will meet Bama in the National Title game. Still have to say how do you pick agianst a team playing so well especially at home? Just had to start a little back-and-fourth on this one!
-Nick
-Nick-Kansas State, 42-31
Jeremy- Texas Tech- 31-30
#4 Oregon vs. Colorado, 3pm ET
Do I really even need to talk about this game? One of the worst teams in major college football playing the fastest offense in major college football. I looked at the score at one point during this and saw it was 42-0 in the middle of the second quarter and all I could do was laugh. The Ducks put up my predictied final score of 56 points before the end of the first half. That is about all I am going to say about this game. One final shot at Oregon there is a reason you keep getting jumped in the rankings. You continually play dogs.
Jeremy- Oregon 61-10
Nick-Oregon, 56-17
#5 Notre Dame- 30, #8 Oklahoma- 13
If defense wins championships then pencil Notre Dame in for a national championship birth. Despite being undefeated, the Irish were 10+ point underdogs going to Norman on Saturday where the Stoops lead Sooners were 79-4. In the end, the Irish were too much for the one-dimensional Sooners. The Irish defense forced the Sooners to run play after play, not allowing any big plays and in the end, Notre Dame was able to capitolize on the mistakes that were bound to happen. A late interception by all world linebacker Manti T'eo sealed the fate of the Sooners and kept the Irish in the title hunt. Missing the call on K-State was bad, but missing the call on the Irish, Nick? Come on. They went to Oklahoma and dismantled an offense that was 'hitting its stride.' And by the way, Notre Dame's non-existant offenst only put of 400 yards and 30 points.
-Nick-Oklahoma, 38-31
-Jeremy- Notre Dame, 23-20
#7 Oregon St.- 17, Washington- 20
I think both Jeremy and I thought that having Sean Mannion back for Ore. St. would help keep them rolling but the signal caller threw four picks in the loss to Washington. Interesting stat of this game is total yardage the Beavers rolled up 427 total yards to just 293 for the Huskies, but four turnovers really took the wind out of Oregon State's sails. Washington is not a great team but it has shown glempses of being a Pac-12 contender in years to come. After this season the Huskies are probably going to want to start playing all their home games in CentryLink field after having knoked off two top-10 teams there. Big win for the Huskies this team is moving in the right direction.
Jeremy- Oregon State, 31-24
Nick-Oregon State, 37-24
#9 USC- 36, Arizona- 39
BooYah, brosef! Calling this one will hopefully redeem me just a little bit for taking TTech over Kansas State. USC's struggles on the road continue dropping this one to Arizona, dispite a record setting performance by Marquise Lee who had 16 catches for 345 yards and two touchdowns. With the loss, the Trojans road to the Rose Bowl gets a little less certain as they are now tied with UCLA with two losses in conference. They'll have to rebound quickly with the Ducks rolling in.
-Nick-USC, 45-42
-Jeremy- Arizona, 51-48
#12 Florida State-48, Duke- 7
Duke has been a great story this season, but they had no chance against this Seminoles team at Doak Campbell Stadium. With the win, and NC State losing, the Seminoles now control their own destiny in the ACC, leading the Atlantic division. Quaterback EJ Manuel went to their air for big play after big play, taking advantage of Duke's 81st ranked pass defense. Manuel went for 282 and two touchdowns, while running backs Devonte Freeman and James Wilder Jr. combined for 174 and three touchdowns. Defensively, the 'Noles shutdown what had been a dangerous passing offense led by Conner Vernon who was basically a non-factor with only 12 yards on three catches. FSU welcomes a much needed week off before a big ACC showdown at Virginia Tech next Thrusday.
-Jeremy- Florida State, 41-13
-Nick-FSU, 38-24
#13 South Carolina- 38, Tennessee- 35
Jeremy did a great job of picking this one to be close. I thought the Gamecocks would come out and roll in this game looking to get back on track after losing two in a row. The difference was losing running back Marcus Lattimore to a dislocated knee. That was one of the most gruesome injuries I have seen in a while. I hope he has a speedy recovery. Lattimore is a talanted back that can play on Sunday's. Back to the game- this was a true quarterback duel that you don't see as much in the SEC. Tennessee's Tyler Bray was tossing the ball all over with 368 yards and four touchdowns on 27-of-43 passing. South Carolina's Connar Shaw threw for 356 yards and three TDs on 22-of-32 passing. Shaw also ran 18 times for 33 yards and a touchdown. Shaw had some help through the air with both Justice Cunningham (6-108) and Bruce Ellington (6-101 1 TD) each going over 100 yards receiving. The Vols gave the Gamecocks a scare, but USC kept its BCS bowl hopes alive with a hard fought win at home.
-Jeremy- S. Carolina, 34-31
-Nick-South Carolina, 38-27
#15 Rutgers- 23, Kent St.- 35
Credit Kent State for beating Rutgers at its own game. Kent State controlled the clock 37:05-22:55, outran Rutgers 224 to 96 and forced seven Rutgers turnovers, including six interceptions of quaterback Gary Nova in handing the Scarlet Knights their first loss of the season and giving the MAC another good non-conference win. Rutgers is still undefeated in Big East play and takes on Army next week. Kent State gets some top 25 votes as they improve to 7-1 and take on conference foe, Akron next week.
-Jeremy- Rutgers- 24-20
-Nick-Rutgers, 35-31
#16 Louisville-34, Cincinnati- 31
This game was crazy last Friday night. It showed that trying to ice the kicker is not always the best choice. Ask Butch Jones about that. The snap of the first field goal (in overtime) went about four feet above the holders head, but Jones called a timeout to ice the kicker right before the snap. The next snap was perfect and the kick was good and the Cardinals survived in overtime. I have to give it to Louisville, it keeps winning close games and continues to find ways to win when it is not playing well. Teddy Bridgwater continues to lead this team to victory and I will continue to say is one of the best young quarterbacks in the country. He threw for 416 yards and two touchdowns on 24-of-41 passing with one interception. I also have to give it up to Cincy in this game it also battled tell the scoring the game-tying touchdown with 1:03 left in the fourth. The Bearcats just could not put anything together in overtime to pull the shocker off agianst the Cardinals.
-Jeremy- Cincinnati, 30-28
-Nick-Louisville, 31-27
#17 Stanford- 24, Washington St.- 17
Yikes. Stanford almost handed Washington State their first conference win of the season. If not for a steller defensive performance, this one might very well have gotten away from the Cardinal. Stanford has struggled on offense all season long and had, perhaps their worst performance of the season against the Cougers managing only 256 total yards against the 91st ranked defense in the nation. The Cardinal defense held the Cougs' to -16 yards rushing and forced a pick-six of Jeff Tuel in the fourth quater that ended up being the difference in the game. Stanford will have an opportunity to get right this week as they travel to Colorado before back-to-back games against Oregon State and Oregon.
-Nick-Stanford, 31-17
-Jeremy- Stanford, 28-14
#18 Clemson- 42, Wake Forest- 13
The Tigers steamrolled the Deamon Deacons in Winston-Salem on Thursday night. Tajh Boyd threw for a school-record 428 yards and five touchdowns while completing 27-of-38 passes on the night. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins returned to his oldself cating eight balls for 202 yards and one touchdown. Clemson put Wake out of this game early scoring 28 in the second quarter and led 35-7 at half. The Tigers rolled up 534 yards of total offense in the rout of the Deamon Deacons.
Jeremy- Clemson
Nick-Clemson
#20 Texas A&M- 63, Auburn- 21
Texas A&M was all over Auburn in this game and had a victory all but sealed up by the end of the first half leading 42-7 going into the break. A&M racked up 671 total yards and put up 63 points on the Tigers- the most points Auburn has given up at home since 1917. The Aggies star freshman quarterback, Johnny Manziel threw for 260 and two scores and ran for 90 and three touchdowns as A&M improve to 6-2 on the season, 3-2 in SEC play. They travel to Miss. State this weekend.
-Nick-Texas A&M, 42-17
-Jeremy- Texas A&M, 38-21
#21 Boise State- 45, Wyoming- 14
Like Jeremy said, my heart is always with the Cowboys, but wow this game was bad. Watching it live, Wyoming looked totally out classed by Boise State. The Cowboys kept this one close in the first half down just 17-7 at half. A D.J. Harper touchdown opened the scoring and gave BSU a 7-0, but UW sophomore signal caller Brett Smith made an excellent play on a zone read in the second quarter rushing for four yards and tying the ball game. After that Smith run I thought maybe this team is going to play inspired for interim head coach Pete Kaligas, but from that point Boise pretty much took control. The Broncos scored 10 straight at take a 17-7 lead into half. Harper added his second touchdown before the end of the half. The weakness of the Wyoming defense was exposed in the second half with UW missing too many tackles to count and Harper rushing for 105 yards on 19 carries with two touchdowns. This Cowboy defense has allowed 400 yards plus in five games this season no wonder they are 1-7.
-Jeremy- Boise St., 33-24
-Nick-Boise State, 31-28
#22 Michigan- 9, Nebraska- 23
Nice call brosef- should have gone with the Huskers at home. Nebraska has put itself in a good position on their side of the conference (I just can go with this 'Legends' 'Leaders' nonsense). Michigan quarterback, Denard Robinson went out in the second quarter with an elbow injury and Michigan was unable to do anything offensively with 'Shoelaces' on the sideline. The 'Blackshirts' held Michigan to 188 total yards and intercepted backup quarterback Russell Bellomy three times on their way to the 23-9 victory. Nebraska is 3-1 in the conference and now holds the tie-breaker over Michigan. The Huskers go on the road to East Lancing to take on Michigan State this weekend.
-Nick-Nebraska, 35-24
-Jeremy- Michigan, 38-35
#23 Texas- 21, Kansas- 17
Suprising here but it just shows where Texas is at this season. If it were not for the Longhorn rushing attack Kansas would have won this game. Longhorn quarterbacks David Ash and Case McCoy went a combined 13-of-23 for 131 yards and a touchdown. That is pathetic. The only bright spot was the Texas running game that racked up 211 yards and two touchdowns. It was led by Johnathan Gray with 18 rushes and 111 yards. This would have been a huge win for Charlie Weis and a Kansas team that needs something to look up at but the Longhorns found a way to pull it out.
-Jeremy- Texas, 51-24
-Nick-Texas, 48-20
#24 Ohio- 20, Miami (OH)- 23
Wow did I wiff on this game. Here I am the last two weeks calling Ohio one of the best non-BCS teams in the country and they go and drop one on the road to a pretty bad/average Miami (OH) team. Neither team played any defense with both racking up 400-plus yards of total offense. Miami only had one turnover in this game, but it just seemed like neither team could punch the ball into the endzone on offense. Neither team was very impressive in this game, but give credit to Miami for driving the ball down at the end of the game and kicking the game winning field goal. Ohio can wave goodbye to any chance at a BCS sleeper bearth now.
-Nick-Ohio, 35-10.
-Jeremy- Ohio, 31-27
#25 Wisconsin- 13, Michigan St.- 16
This game could have gone either way. The Badgers are playing better football as of late, but the Spartans escaped with one here. Le'Veon Bell rushed for 77 yards on 21 carries and caught the game-tying touchdown with 1:08 to go. Give credit to Michigan State for batteling and forcing overtime. The Spartan defense made the Badgers go backwards in OT forcing a 43-yard field goal, then came out and scored a touchdown with a nice drive in the second half of the first OT.
-Jeremy- Wisconsin, 24-16
-Nick-Michigan State, 20-17
*Ohio St.- 35, Penn St.- 23
I was a little suprised with the outcome of this game. I really thought with how hot Penn State was playing it would be able to slow down Ohio State. Braxton Miller went off on the ground again rushing for 134 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. Ohio State is a tough team when he is at quarterback, but I think they are going to run into someone that puts eight in the box and forces him to throw. We will see how good he really is then. I still say, if I have to hear one more time that if Ohio State goes undefeated they will win the AP national championship I may freek.
-Jeremy- Penn State, 34-30
-Nick-Penn State, 21-17
Final Kinney vs. Kinney Tally:
Nick- 13-7
Jeremy- 11-9
High-five, Nick. You got me this week with great calls on K-State, Louisville, Nebraska and Mich. St.
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