Games of the Week

Giants are on a bye and ND is playing Wake Forest this week so not too much for me to be excited for this weekend. But here are the games I will be tuning into.

#13 Stanford vs. #2 Oregon - This will be the Ducks first real test this season aside from USC (who has failed to live up to their hype this season despite being loaded with talent). 'Bama's loss to Texas A&M last weekend has opened up the race for the National Championship. If Oregon, K-State and ND can stay undefeated the rest of the season it will be interesting to see how things play out in the BCS computers. Oregon without doubt has the most explosive and speedy offense in college football, question is can their D stop a pretty good Stanford offense. I take the Ducks in this match but really would not be shocked with a Stanford upset.

#3 Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest - This is ND's Senior Night and last home game of the season. I look for the Senior's (T'eo, Eiffert, Wood, Golic Jr. among others) to play their hearts out Saturday night. As it stands now T'eo aka Heismanti is # 2 in the Heisman race behind Klein of K-State. It would be nice to see a deserving defensive player win for a change, but my guess is barring Klein playing horrible the last few games, the Heisman is his. I take ND in this game, but as always I am cautiously optimistic with ND.

Jets vs. Rams - Remember last year when everyone blamed the Jets woes on OC Schottenheimer, yeah will he is gone this year and they still suck. Schotty is the OC of a steadily improving Rams offense lead by former Heisman winner Sam Bradford. He also has a dependable receiver in Amendola and a great RB in Steven Jackson. Given the discord in the Jets locker room and their atrocious play as of late, especially offensively, I am guessing the Rams will win this game. But who knows, maybe the Jets will surprise us all and actually play well enough to win a game.

Colts vs. Patriots - Great game with 2 of the best QBs this year, Brady one of the best of all time vs. Luck one of the future stars. The Colts have been playing inspired football as of late and have been looking surprisingly well. Patriots have been great but also inconsistent. I personally hope the Colts pull off the upset since I hate the Patriots, but no matter what it will be a great game.

Lots of concussed QB's out this week; Vick, Cutler and probably Smith. Nick Foles the rookie for the Eagles will be making his first start, if he plays well I suspect he may win the starting job soon. Bears fair a bit better in that their backup Jason Campbell actually has a few years of starting experience in Washington and Oakland, but the Bears are playing San Fran this week so it will be a tough game for the Bears to win even if Cutler was starting. Smith has not been ruled out yet, but if he is Kaepernick has played pretty well. Would be interesting to see a MNF game with 2 backup QB's.


That's all for now.

Till next time,

Sassy