"Let me 'splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. ~ Inigo Montoya . . .
- - I have been persistent since the middle of summer in telling people I expected
Iowa would control their own destiny for the Rose Bowl when they went to Columbus in November, and they should count on Iowa hanging with the Buckeyes till the final gun. IMO, that was pretty much the linear trajectory this team has been on since about October of last year. While I can't claim I saw the exact paths any of the contenders have taken, paths that now seem to give Ohio State such an obvious advantage, the Hawks have been too much of an open book for me to expect anything less than a righteous effort today that some how gives the Buckeyes all they can handle into the 4th quarter.
- - I really wanted to get the weekend off to a 2-0
start in order to smooth out any speed bumps from today, but hitting a big road win in the MAC, while going down to the final seconds with my other play, it is what it is.
- - Without an overload of unfavorable matchups "in space" (and instead getting a suspect opponent that steals a win while giving up 8 sacks to A&M), look for first year
Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads to have his squad deliver a performance worthy of Senior Day in Ames and secure a very meaningful victory.
- - Almost every angle last week suggested it was almost a perfect storm for Stanford to have the right stuff to hang with and possibly/indeed derail the
Oregon juggernaut, and even then it sure looked at the end like Oregon was scoring at will and Stanford didn't have enough left in the tank to hold on for many more minutes . . . Almost every angle this week suggests Arizona State is up against almost a perfect storm when it comes to seriously waging a 60 minute war in Autzen.
- - I think Arkansas registered one of the most misleading scores of the week against
South Carolina last week. Back home I see a live dog with lots of edges in this one.
http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/gato...-figured-out-whats-ailing-the-gators-offense/
- - The only constant I see is that
Notre Dame needs to go in a different direction.
Adding . . .
Michigan State(-3) over Purdue (1*)
- - The Spartans and their disappointing defense have developed into a serious blind spot for yours truly, but I'm counting on the Spartans overcoming the affliction before I'm forced to.
Kansas State(+1) over Missouri (1*)
- - I like to think it's a play on KState, but it's probably slightly more of a fade against Missouri rising up today and ruining Snyder's perfect return to Manhattan.
GL
