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Saturday, September 15, 2012

College Gameday Predictions - 09/15/2012

Big day today for some of us. Here are my thoughts on what our teams must do to come out victorious this Saturday.

#20 NotreDame (2-0) vs. #10 MSU (2-0)
Notre Dame must find a way to offset the powerful defense of MSU and give Everett Golson plenty of time to do his thing and hopefully establish a running game this week. Cierre Wood will be back this week after a two week suspension.  That will give the Irish three powerful players in the backfilled; Ciere Wood, Theo Riddick and George Atkinson III. Secondly, the Irish defense, led by Manti Te’o, must stop Le’Veon Bell. Not an  easy task. If they can they can pull off the upset.
Mole’s Prediction: MSU 28 - ND 17 (but hoping for the reverse)

#2 USC (2-0) vs. #21 Stanford
SC’s biggest hurdle is to defend against the psychological game. No one on that team, including the Golden Boy, has ever beaten the Cardinals. Also, depending on whether they have a freshman center starting or not, might have some OL issues. Bottom-line, on paper they are a shoe in.
Mole’s Prediction: SC 35 - Stanford 14

Michigan (1-1) vs. UMASS (0-2)
Michigan must, must, must do one thing to win this game. Show up. This won’t be another Appalachian State.
Mole’s Prediction: UMASS 0 - Michigan A Lot!

#5 Oklahoma vs. NOBODY – Bi-week
Another easy win for the “Good ole OK Boys”. This week will be about as tough as the last two weeks were. All Oklahoma needs to do is just stay home and revel in their highly overrated AP ranking. Bask in the glory, the glory of such victories as a 27-7 win over the studs at UTEP. And showdown of the century, yes, the unbelievable 69-13 victory over the amazing powerhouse know as Florida A&M. You are the team to beat this year, oh Sooner Nation. You are the team!
Mole’s Prediction: More inflated egos

And my “Just for good measure” game

SDSU vs. North Dakota
Haven’t really followed either team this year but I would think the boys at SDAU could handle ND (North Dakota, not Notre Dame).
Mole’s Prediction: SDSU 38 – ND 10

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Looks like no one will be referring to you as Nostradamus anytime soon!