The floor football guru makes the following predictions (and in honor of KA, secondary picks based on location):
| Games | Players | Prediction |
| Illinois v. W. Michigan | KCoo/KW | The last time Western Michigan played a Big Ten opponent (Michigan in week 1), they quit after 3 quarters (due to lightening). They’ll wish the same this week as Illinois maintains momentum after a big upset win last week against Arizona State. Prediction: Illinois by 14 Location Pick: Illinois (Champaign is nice, and the last time I was in Kalamazoo I was forced to run 800 meters in an inch of snow) |
| Indiana @ N. Texas | KA | Although North Texas has one of the coolest names in college football (The Mean Green – coincidentally one of the few team names that do not end with an “s”), Indiana will win. Prediction: Indiana by 7 Location Pick: North Texas (Denton is close to Dallas and is known for its music scene which has produced Nora Jones, Meat Loaf, and the Eli Young Band) |
| Iowa v. Louisiana-Monroe | BD/GB | Iowa decided they only needed to play for one quarter last week, so they should be well rested and ready to beat a Louisiana-Monroe team that has already been beaten by Florida State and TCU. Prediction: Iowa by 7 Location Pick: Iowa (Monroe is too close to Shreveport, where I watched my brother’s Cyclones win the 2004 Independence Bowl. The day after that game, I gave my brother a ride back to Des Moines, which he showed his appreciation for by not showering and drinking all night. Nothing says thanks like a 12 hour car ride with a smelly, drunk offensive lineman) |
| Michigan v. San Diego St. | KCar | Michigan’s coach (Brady Hoke) matches up against his old team, but will show them no mercy. Prediction: Michigan by 21 Location Pick: San Diego St. (Seasons are nice and all, but who could pass up a place where it’s never warmer than 90 and never colder than 70. Outside of being Peyton Manning’s back-up, a weatherman in San Diego is the greatest job in the world) |
| Michigan St. v. Central Michigan | BH/JJ | Michigan State will bounce back against an in-state opponent that has already lost to Western Michigan. Prediction: Michigan State by 24. Location Pick: Michigan State (the schools are a whopping hour apart, going with Lansing since it’s the capital) |
| Minnesota v. N. Dakota St. | SCan | North Dakota State looks to repeat what its neighbor from the South (South Dakota) did last year, and that’s beat Minnesota on their own field. Look for this game to be really close even though NDSU is an FCS team. Prediction: Minnesota by 1 Location Pick: Minnesota (in the fall the outdoor stadium is really nice, but I don’t foresee Minnesota getting to many more location picks once it drops below freezing, beside I’ll never go to Fargo based on the documentary that came out in 1996) |
| Nebraska @ Wyoming | JMSCoo | Why Nebraska agreed to travel to Wyoming to play in a stadium that only seats the size of their student section is crazy to me. Nebraska will roll. Prediction: Nebraska by 35 Location Pick: Wyoming (Laramie is awesome for anyone who is outdoorsy, the only downfall is you have to drive through Nebraska to get there) |
| Northwestern | DS | BYE WEEK |
| Ohio State v. Colorado | SL | Colorado is awful, and will be getting their butts kicked for the foreseeable future. They should have stayed in the Big 12, where teams like Kansas State, Iowa State, and Baylor at least made them look ok. Ohio State won’t play well again, but should still win. Prediction: Ohio State by 10 Location Pick: Colorado (Boulder is beautiful, but you will have to deal with a ton of hippies) |
| Penn State v. Eastern Michigan | CS | Eastern Michigan just got blown out by Michigan; expect much of the same against Penn State keeping Happy Valley happy. Prediction: Penn State by 21 Location Pick: Penn State (I clearly do not appreciate Michigan’s beauty, besides Ypsilanti is really just a suburb of Ann Arbor) |
| Purdue | AM/MO | BYE WEEK |
| Wisconsin v. South Dakota | LF/MR | Wisconsin will be looking ahead to the big match-up against Nebraska next week, but it won’t matter because South Dakota just can’t match their size. Wisconsin by a lot. Prediction: Wisconsin by 28 Location Pick: Wisconsin (Madison is close to a lot of breweries, and Vermillion is close to a lot of homemade moonshine. I prefer the one that isn’t made in a bathtub) |
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