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I sure wish this could have waited a couple of more weeks but ....

Big Ten
• Preseason favorite: Michigan, Michigan State or Wisconsin
• Current favorite: ????. The Big Ten's highest-ranked team, 4-0 Ohio State, is ineligible to win the conference. Its other expected contenders all have dysfunctional offenses. Consider this: Nine of the league's 12 teams are ranked 52nd or lower in total offense. At this point I'm inclined to favor Nebraska, the rare team with a productive quarterback in Taylor Martinez. The Huskers' defense got shredded at UCLA, but they won't face another offense of that caliber for the rest of the year.
• Dark horse: Northwestern. The 4-0 Wildcats defeated three admittedly lightweight BCS-conference foes (Syracuse, Vanderbilt and Boston College) and don't face the three best teams from the Leaders Division: Ohio State, Wisconsin and Purdue. Pat Fitzgerald's team could conceivably sneak its way to Indianapolis.
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Current BCS forecast
Each week, I'll update my projected BCS lineup (as necessary) based on the latest week's games. Here's my current edition:

Title game: Alabama vs. Oregon
Rose: USC vs. Nebraska
Fiesta: Kansas State vs. Notre Dame
Sugar: Georgia vs. Texas
Orange: Florida State vs. Louisville
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...ndel/09/23/conference-breakdown-week-4/1.html
 




Several of the bowl predictions have us playing USC in the Rose Bowl....I would love that....short trip for us...:)
 
Get caught looking ahead: Lose at home to a team you should have beat....

Let's worry our ability to stop the run vs. Wisky.

And yes, I do have a turd in my pocket! :)
 
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Love the guy in the comments section referring to Mandel making a joke out of the BYU vs Boise game..

amusing. boise vs. byu beating he hell out of each other with their defenses is painful. but bama-lsu punt and fg fest was worthy of a national title rematch. #narrative
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SEC have better teams sure, but a boring game is a boring game.


I hope the B1G comes out strong during conference play. It doesn't help that 4 of the "Big Guns" play each other. A 4-1 Nebraska squad going into a 5-0 Ohio State game would probably be nice for the conference though.
 




Interesting that Mandel leaves Stanford out of the BCS bowls. Seems like they currently have a leg up on the rest of the Pac 12. He must be seeing a bit of a collapse by the Cardinal. I don't know about that.
 




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