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College Football – Georgia Bulldogs vs South Carolina Gamecocks Predictions
Recent history shows that Georgia hardly do well when playing on the road against South Carolina, but it feels like this time it’s different. Not just because of Todd Gurley, who might be on his way to win the Heisman trophy, but also because the Gamecocks truly look like a team that’s not up to the usual standard expected of an elite SEC team.
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BYU Over Houston – Making the Playoffs is a Realistic Option
Beating on a team from Texas for a second straight week, this time with a 33-25 over Houston and another big game for quarterback Taysom Hill, BYU find themselves looking more and more like a team that could go through this season undefeated, which would make things very interesting for the College Football Playoffs committee considering they’re not a power conference member.
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College Football – Teams With Reason to Panic
Patience is usually the smart way to go about things in College Football, especially when the end game isn’t always about winning right now and this season. However, two games into the 2014 campaign, programs like Texas, Michigan, Ohio State and even the 2-0 UCLA should be concerned about how this season is shaping up to be very different from their expectations.
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College Football – 2014 Week 2 Rankings
The number one team in the nation remains Florida State according to the rankings, but Oregon leap over Alabama to the number two spot thanks to their win over Michigan State as the Big Ten took some major hits from the voters and on the field. BYU, destroying Texas, and Virginia Tech, stunning Ohio State, are newcomers to the top 25 this season.
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BYU Over Texas – It’ll Get Worse Before it Gets any Better
There are no magic tricks to fix an ailing program as Charlie Strong learned, losing for the first time as the head coach of Texas with a humiliating home defeat against BYU which did introduce a new Longhorns quarterback, Tyrone Swoops, but that was too little and obviously not enough against the Cougars, running all over the defense that stood in front of them.
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Virginia Tech Over Ohio State – Not That Big of an Upset
With Ohio State heading into the game ranked #8 in the nation and Virginia Tech not being ranked at all, some might call the 35-21 win for the Hokies a surprise, but considering it was J.T. Barrett at quarterback for the Buckeyes and not Braxton Miller, it shouldn’t be that shocking to see the end result.
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Notre Dame Over Michigan – Ending the Rivalry With a Humiliation
One of the more storied rivalries in College Football is going on hiatus, but the pain of being shutout for the first time (31-0) in 30 years again anyone will be remembered for a long time by anyone involved with the Michigan football program, putting immense pressure on Brady Hoke to turn things around. For Notre Dame, it’s a big boost of optimism carrying on with what should be a very tough season, enjoying the new and improved Everett Golson.
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USC Over Stanford: The Pac-12 Getting a Familiar Powerhouse Back
Some games mean more than just a win, and USC beating Stanford 13-10 to show the Trojans should be taken seriously while the Cardinal might be heading into something of a down year compared to their very successful recent past, is a deceleration to the whole Pac-12 and maybe College Football in general that someone’s back.
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Oregon Over Michigan State – Toughness No Longer a Problem
The game was closer than the 46-27 score, but Oregon proved that toughness and playing against a physical, smash-mouth team like Michigan State might no longer be a problem for them thanks to a great second half from Marcus Mariota and Royce Freeman, which was yet another low-point for the Big Ten as its teams keep getting hammered in non-conference play.
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College Football – Big Ten Takes Huge Rankings & Playoffs Hit
It’s not wise to make assumptions about what happens at the end of the season based on week 2 results, but it’s safe to say the Big Ten won’t be having a team in the College Football playoffs after a terrible run of results in one day, with Michigan State (losing to Oregon), Ohio State (defeated by Virginia Tech) and Michigan (crushed by Notre Dame) getting beaten quite harshly to show how far their conference seems to be right now from the rest.