There are some interesting goings on in College Football this weekend, Football Fiends.  Besides my Press Pass, there are a number of cool match ups.

South Carolina vs Kentucky should be interesting.  Kentucky almost beat Auburn last weekend. Only a field goal as time expired elevated the Tigers above the Wildcats. South Carolina upset the former #1 and defending national champions Alabama in a stunner of a game. South Carolina might have just a bit of swagger and confidence from that historic win. Kentucky might be just angry enough at last week’s near miss to take it out on the Gamecocks. I am going with South Carolina in my picks, but I would not be surprised if Kentucky pulled this one off.

Both Florida and USC are coming off two losses in a row, something neither program is used to. How it will affect their morale is yet to be seen. Florida faces Mississippi State in an SEC battle.  Both teams are 4-2. Florida is the more talented and should prevail.

Cal is coming into the Coliseum off a big win versus UCLA. USC meets Cal coming off two losses. Five seconds and two plays are all that separate these Trojans from being undefeated. Cal QB Kevin Reilly is not the most impressive of passers which is good news for USC’s weak against the pass defense. This will be a GAME, it almost always is when Cal and USC face off. I expect USC to pull the win out here to head into their bye week before facing the dreaded Ducks of Oregon on October 30th.

Oregon State, fresh off an upset of Arizona, heads into its game versus Washington with a curiously small point-spread of -1.5.  James Rodgers is out for the Beavers – he blew his knee out. But Jacquizz is still there, and we all know how devastatingly quick and wily he can be against defenses. This is the Pac-1o and it is a competitive conference, but Oregon State is a team on the verge of greatness while Washington is a decent team that gets lucky.  In my opinion, of course.

Now, onto my picks for week 7:

USC over Cal

Miami over Duke

Pitt over Syracuse

Georgia over Vandy

South Carolina over Kentucky

Florida over Mississippi State

Alabama over Ole Miss

Oklahoma over Iowa State

FSU over BC

Iowa over Michigan

Oregon State over Washington

Arizona over Washington State

Texas A&M over Missouri

Arkansas over Auburn

Nevada over Hawaii

Utah over Wyoming

-Your Gridiron Goddess

Final Stats 13-3

Football Fiends!!

How INSANE was that Boise State-Virginia Tech game?! It exemplified all the reasons I LOVE College Football so much!!!!

Anyway, for week 1 I went 15-1!!!! Who fucked it all up for me? Those damn bRuins from Westwood, of course!!! I should have known!! Damn my Pac-10 loyalty!!!

The Gridiron Goddess Official CFB Week 2 Picks:

USC over UVA

WVU over Marshall

GA Tech Over Kansas

UGA over So Carolina

Wake Forest over Duke

Florida over South Florida

LSU over Vanderbilt

Iowa over Iowa State

Cal over Colorado

Oklahoma over Florida State

Notre Dame over Michigan

Ohio State over Miami (FL)

Oregon over Tennessee

Washington over Syracuse

Alabama over Penn State

Stanford over UCLA

-Your Gridiron Goddess

by Oh No Romo

Michigan 30 – UCONN 10- Saturday’s game seemed to be all about Denard Robinson. The quarterback ran for almost 200 yards and passed for 188 yards. It’s safe to say that Robinson will be taking on the starting quarterback role for the rest of the season.

However, while a window opened for Robinson, the door slammed shut on Tate Forcier. Word out of Ann Arbor is that Forcier is transferring out of Michigan. Forcier reportedly said “all you need to know is I’m out,” as reported by AnnArbor.com. However, latest word from Forcier’s father is that the QB will be staying in Ann Arbor.

If this move were to happen, Forcier wouldn’t be the first quarterback to transfer out of Michigan (see Mallet, Ryan).

Forcier came on strong early last season, guiding the Wolverines to a 4-0 start. Only in the game against Eastern Michigan did Forcier have a QB rating under 100 and threw less than 20 passes.

Despite the losses for Michigan last season, Forcier’s numbers weren’t terrible. His worst game by far was the four interception performance against Ohio State. Is Forcier to blame? Is he to blame when the defense gave up 23 of 39 touchdowns in their last five games, including six against Wisconsin?

Robinson might be the more ideal fit for Rich Rodriguez’s offense, though. Even UCONN coach Randy Edsall thought of Pat White when talking about Robinson.

There’s no telling what will come next in the Forcier drama. I have no idea what to expect from Michigan, but they better get ready for Notre Dame next week.

Notre Dame 23 – Purdue 12- Wow Robert Marve can launch the ball! But he threw two picks! You can’t do that if you’re going to be a Purdue quarterback. Notre Dame though, seemed a bit fresher under their new head coach Brian Kelly. I don’t think they miss Charlie Weis in South Bend.

Ooh and Mike Mayock did great as NBC’s new Notre Dame analyst. He’s done a terrific job with the NFL Network, doing a better job rating prospects than a certain helmut-haired aficionado. He was more enjoyable to listen to than his counterpart on the day, Matt Millen. Keep up the good work, Mike!

Penn State 44 – Youngstown State 14- This was close at halftime, but the Nittany Lions pulled away. Oh and they started a true freshmen quarterback in Robert Bolden, thus proving me wrong in the preview. I can be an idiot sometimes. Next up is Alabama for Penn State!

Iowa 37 – Eastern Illinois 7- Who needs Brandon Wegher! Adam Robinson rushed for three touchdowns in the first half of the Hawkeyes victory. More than anything else, this is a warm-up game as they take on Iowa State in the annual CyHawk game.

Northwestern 23 – Vanderbilt 21- While I’m happy that the Wildcats pulled off the win, there’s no doubt the questionable personal foul call against the Commodores ended in Northwestern’s favor.

It’s an ugly way to win, but still a win nonetheless. So I’ll take the win, but the Wildcats can’t be having this close of games.

Missouri 23 – Illinois 13- And that’s another loss for Illinois over Missouri. That’s six straight for Missouri over the Illini. FIRE RON ZOOK ALREADY!!!! This team is well on their way to a 1-11 season. This is going to be a painful year if I have to watch Ron Zook on the sidelines wearing Illini Blue and Orange this season!

Football Fiends!

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!! College football is back and with it, Gridiron Goddess’ CFB Picks. Straight Picks, no spread (tho I might do both as the season progresses, we’ll see). The first couple of weeks there will appear to be a lot of gimmes, given certain school’s propensities to schedule FCS and/or cupcake teams (Georgia, I’m looking at you).  However, it was just 3 years ago when Michigan opened their season with a stunning loss to Appalacian State. So anything can happen. (That said Louisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State are about as different as Florida and Wazzou, for instance.)

Gridiron Goddess’ Week 1 College Football Picks

USC over Hawaii

Miami over Florida A&M

Nevada-Reno over Eastern Washington

Arizona over Toledo

Penn State over Youngstown State

Iowa over Eastern Illinois

Georgia over Louisiana-Lafayette

Mizzou over Illinois

Oregon over New Mexico

UCLA over Kansas State

Notre Dame over Purdue

Cal over UC Davis

Virginia over Richmond

Stanford over Sacramento State

Wisconsin over UNLV

Boise State over VA Tech

-Your Gridiron Goddess