Starting Lineup
vs. Arizona (Dec 6, 2009)
Offense
LTCharles Brown#71
LGButch Lewis#68
CJeff Byers#53
RGButch Lewis#68
RTTyron Smith#70
TEAnthony McCoy#86
SERonald Johnson#8
FLDamian Williams#18
TBJoe McKnight#4
FBStanley Havili#31
QBMatt Barkley#7
Defense
LEArmond Armstead#94
DTJurrell Casey#91
NTChristian Tupou#44
REEverson Griffen#93
SLBDevon Kennard#42
MLBChris Galippo#54
WLBMalcolm Smith#6
CBJosh Pinkard#36
CBKevin Thomas#15
SSWill Harris#26
FSTaylor Mays#2
Special Teams
PRDamian Williams#18
KORRonald Johnson#8
KJordan Congdon#38
PJacob Harfman#48


The Schedule Blitz

2010 Game Schedule
9/2@ Hawaii
9/11vs. Virginia
9/18@ Minnesota
9/25@ Washington State
10/2vs. Washington
10/9@ Stanford
10/16vs. California
10/30vs. Oregon
11/6vs. Arizona State
11/13@ Arizona
11/20@ Oregon State
11/27vs. Notre Dame
12/4@ UCLA



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Week 6 College Football Picks + Gameday Notes
2008-10-04 10:04:42

My instincts were dead on last week in fearing Oregon State:

"And though most experts would dub this as a rollover game for the Trojans, I see a few things that have me worrying about a possible '06 repeat..."

But I couldn't pull the trigger and picked USC:

"All of that can be nullified through penalties, however, which SC has seen a lot of this season. They'll have to be careful this week, it's a hostile environment, and it was our graveyard in '06, when we also had national championship aspirations. One game at a time. I think Pete will have his crew ready Thursday night and come out of there with a win."

Pete didn't have his crew ready, and they came out with a loss. Carroll, himself, shouldered much of the blame, for a supposed lack of leadership. Keeping in mind, this is one of the busiest times for a coach. It's getting into the heart of the Pac-10 schedule and high school recruits are playing games all over the country.

He's also constantly dealing with player issues. This week, it was the concerns of guys like Rey Maualuga, Allen Bradford, Vidal Hazelton, Mitch Mustain, Everson Griffen, Rhett Ellison, Zack Heberer, and Averell Spicer (check their player profile pages, under "game notes", for the details).

Anyways, without further ado, here are my picks for this Saturday (full of more unpulled triggers):

Oklahoma over Baylor
Alabama over Kentucky
Missouri over Nebraska
Texas over Colorado (this is a "don't jinx it by picking them" pick)
Penn State over Purdue
Texas Tech over Kansas State
USC over Oregon
Florida over Arkansas
Auburn over Vandy
Ohio State over Wisconsin (as a USC fan, you better be praying for this result, GO BUCKEYES)
UNC over UConn
Cal over Arizona State (another game SC fans should keep an eye on, a possible 2-4 start from Rudy Carpenter and Co. [the Trojans host the Sun Devils next weekend] could have HUGE recruiting implications [see: Kennard, Devon])
Illinois over Michigan
Miami over Florida State
Ole Miss over South Carolina

Enjoy your college football afternoon!

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DukeB said..."Oh yeah, Ohio St, duh, thanks for the reminder. I would have rooted the other way. In addition to my comments on the Oregon St game on the previous thread....the reason it was easy for them to stop McKnight is that they practice against a scatback every day....just more reason we should have been pounding the middle. I agree there will not be many upsets today. For us, I think at Arizona and Cal are the two most dangerous games left. If we don't get it done today we just aren't that good. But I like us by 38 - 20."

 said..."I think Mizzou will win it all this year.No offense but I cant believe their still talking national title for usc.The pac 10 is weak."


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