UCons over Temple (but they'll have to cheat again to do it)
Oklahoma over Cincy (but only cause' it's a roady)
The Ville over TN Tech 4-3. Cards D holds Teck to a FG and the Tech O scores two safties to give UofL the win
Cuse over Akron (but I won't be surprised if the Orange lose based on this season for the BEast.)
ECU over WVU (I called this one early on, but since their big upset of VT, I won't be surprised to see an ECU let down game.)
Pitt over Buffalo (surely there is enough pride in the Steel City to not lose this game.)
USF over UCF (the Bulls roll the Knights like an itty bitty booger and flick them away)

army56mike Wrote:ECU over WVU (I called this one early on, but since their big upset of VT, I won't be surprised to see an ECU let down game.)
Pitt over Buffalo (surely there is enough pride in the Steel City to not lose this game.)

WRONG!!!

WVU will win and cover the spread. I bet Wannstedt blows another one to the MAC too...

UConn 27 Temple 14 - this will shut up the critics who said they "cheated" to win

West Virginia 31 East Carolina 21 - This isn't Virginia Tech, WVU can put up points in a hurry.

Syracuse 15 Akron 13 - I think Syracuse guts out a much needed win. It wouldn't shock me to see Akron pull this out though

Louisville 34 TN Tech 7 - The Cards offense gets back on track

Pittsburgh 41 Buffalo 17 - Pitt got their wake-up call last week

South Florida 28 UCF 17 - To many USF weapons for UCF

Cincinnati 27 Oklahoma 24 - Tough, physical game. Cincinnati's defense can control the game and could put some points on the board. The key is whether or not Cincinnati's offense can protect the ball and move the ball. If they do that, Cincinnati wins.

UConn 24 Temple 17

West Virginia 30 East Carolina 23

Syracuse 14 Akron 19

Louisville 23 TN Tech 10

Pittsburgh 31 Buffalo 17

South Florida 34 UCF 13

Cincinnati 24 Oklahoma 33

Winners:
Uconn
WVA
UofL
Pitt
USF

Losers:
UC
SU


BE: 5-2


Possible upsets:
UC over OU
ECU over WVA

A cincy win here would be about as big for this conference as WVU winning the fiesta bowl. We desperately need a 3rd and 4th team in the top 25. Cincy had a great season last year, but they still need that signature OOC win like we had at Auburn last year to really cement them in peoples minds.

If UC beats Oklahoma then wins the Big 12 we can all say they won their conference and would finish no better than 3rd in ours.

Pitt will win Saturday and probably beat Iowa the week after. Then in typical fashion will crap the bed against Syracuse.

Temple 24 UConn 21

West Virginia 27 East Carolina 17

Akron 24- Syracuse 6

Louisville 28 TN Tech 3

Pittsburgh 45 Buffalo 10

South Florida 35 UCF 21

Cincinnati 44-41 2OT

I got

UConn
Cincy
Akron
Louisville
Buffalo
UCF<--picking the major upset.

After last week, I wasn't sure if my glass was half full or half empty... So I decided to simply refill it. I'll go with the clean sweep. (Thank God I'm not a betting man!)

UConn 24 Temple 10 - The press underrates UConn, their fans overrate them. But they are more than good enough for this game.

West Virginia 35 East Carolina 17 - Sorry ECU, your fairytale lasts one week. WVU has too much offense.

Louisville 24 TN Tech 10 - The offense can't be that bad, can it?

Pittsburgh 31 Buffalo 28 - Not as good as the critics made them out to be, but the talent has to show through sooner or later, right? ... anyone? right? ... Bueller?

South Florida 42 UCF 17 - USF is a legitimate contender. UCF is not.

Cincinnati 21 Oklahoma 10 - Have to go with my heart on this one... Bearcats will clog the passing lanes and repeat the 7 turnover performance that occured against last year's week 2, Oregon St.

Syracuse 14 Akron 10 - I'm just stubborn.

Shafes Wrote:West Virginia 35 East Carolina 17 - Sorry ECU, your fairytale lasts one week. WVU has too much offense.

but do you really think they have that much defense? Our offense put up more than that on a VT who has a top 10 defense every year. Villinova even put up more than that on WV.

I'm not sure about the defense. I do know ECU will face a totally different defensive lineup than Villanova did. Casteel is shuffling folks around to find the best combo. You'd better hope he doesn't find it prior to Saturday...

Im here to tell u that WVU is about to see a different ECU defensive unit. That unit they have over at ECU is tough as hell and play some hard nose football. Not to mention their offensive line is BIG and very TOUGH... I think this could be and upset for ECU that'll put them into the Top 25 in next weeks polls

GrayBeard Wrote:I got

UConn
Cincy
Akron
Louisville
Buffalo
UCF<--picking the major upset.

Arrggghhh!!!! Now this is going to end up on some bulletin board in the USF locker room.

StillJonesing Wrote:but do you really think they have that much defense? Our offense put up more than that on a VT who has a top 10 defense every year. Villinova even put up more than that on WV.

The WVU game wasn't televised in my area, so I don't know exactly how things occured. But I always take 4th quarter points in a blow out with a grain of salt (one was with 1 second left!). So those 14 points they scored don't mean too much to me.

If you manage to wear down the WVU defense with the same 62%-38% time of possession advantage as Villanova, you need to be worried because it means WVU is probably opening up the big plays on you. Which means your defense is not doing enough.

And now for the ECU/VTU game... Let me start by saying that you beat VTU hands down. I'm not going to try to take that away from you. But I'm not going to praise your offense just yet. It was a strong complete team effort. Here's why.

One of your four touchdowns was not against their defense, and one was a thrilling one yard drive, set up by your defense. So please don't act like your offense ran up the score. If you take away the one yard touchdown gimmie, then you had two touchdowns on 368 yards of offense. That's working really hard for those two touchdowns. And that's not how to consistantly win games. In my opinion, your defense and special teams beat VTU just as much as your offense did. Yards of offense mean very littlle without scoring results. Several teams have defenses that flex, but rarely break.

MadEagle Wrote:Im here to tell u that WVU is about to see a different ECU defensive unit. That unit they have over at ECU is tough as hell and play some hard nose football. Not to mention their offensive line is BIG and very TOUGH... I think this could be and upset for ECU that'll put them into the Top 25 in next weeks polls

With no disrespect to the ECU defense, I don't think adjustments will slow them down that much. It's gonna take a few WVU unforced, offensive errors. Or a total ECU offensive explosion. The only times WVU doesn't score a lot is when Pat White and crew get a case of the butterfingers (see UC, UL, USF, and Pitt from '07).

I won't argue whether or not ECU is a good team. They are. Are they top 25? Heck, I don't know. It's only week 2! That's the advantage to being recent powers like VTU and WVU. They will get the benefit of the doubt early on.

ECU beat a good team in week one, but almost everyone views it more as VTU being overrated, and not ECU being underrated. It sucks, I know. I'm a Cincy fan. It takes a lot of consecutive wins to get properly recognized.

Just my perspective... sorry for rambling.

All I'll say about WVU's offense going up against the ECU defense is this... WVU's first team offense scored every time they touched the ball against Villanova after the first possession. Let me repeat that... after WVU's first team offense punted on the first possession, they scored every time they touched the ball.

You heard right. If you give WVU the ball, they'll score every time. Can ECU say that?

StillJonesing Wrote:

Shafes Wrote:West Virginia 35 East Carolina 17 - Sorry ECU, your fairytale lasts one week. WVU has too much offense.

but do you really think they have that much defense? Our offense put up more than that on a VT who has a top 10 defense every year. Villinova even put up more than that on WV.

Don't fall into that trap. There are to many examples of a national power struggling against a clearly inferior team and the someone saying "oh, well they're not that good". Probably because WVU wasn't completely motivated to play them. I mean, really, if WVU took Villanova as seriously as they took Oklahoma or Georgia or anyone else that game may be been 72-0.

Kirk Herbstriet & Phil Steele have picked the Pirates to win among others.

StillJonesing Wrote:Kirk Herbstriet & Phil Steele have picked the Pirates to win among others.

Good for them. I'm pretty sure they predicted UC to lose to Oregon State and for South Florida to get hammered by Auburn. They also expected West Virginia to get their @sses handed to them by Oklahoma and Georgia. Their opinion is about as valid as ours at this point.

CatsClaw Wrote:

StillJonesing Wrote:Kirk Herbstriet & Phil Steele have picked the Pirates to win among others.

Good for them. I'm pretty sure they predicted UC to lose to Oregon State and for South Florida to get hammered by Auburn. They also expected West Virginia to get their @sses handed to them by Oklahoma and Georgia.

That's right. They both picked Georgia and Oklahoma. They also picked WVU to beat Pitt by a landslide last year. They have a history of being wrong about the Mountaineers. That guarantees a victory for West Virginia.