College Football is Back

No kidding, Lee. College football has been back for a while. I mean, we're almost in November, where have you been? Aside from not updating my quiz (see my last post in August?!), I've barely looked at my brain farts. And I've had so many. However, each Friday, I will throw back to my days as a college football expert on the widely popular Half Jewish Sports with five can't miss games for the upcoming weekend. Most of these have a bit of humor, a bit of sarcasm, but above all, they're usually pretty good picks. Without further ado, for the games played on 10/29:

SYRACUSE 5 Cincinnatti

Both teams are not good, but Syracuse is just plain bad. If any of you have seen the ESPN reality show with Dick Butkis as a high school football coach, I imagine this game will be fairly close to one of the high school games they show. The 'Cuse has a Sophomore QB "getting his first start" this week, and Cinci is still looking for their first Big East road win. I see Cinci outright beating The Orange this week. For Syracuse fans, Gerry McNamara and basketball can't come soon enough.

NEW MEXICO STATE 5½ Idaho

Wasn't Idaho ranked at one point this season? I swear I'm not making this up. Here's a fun fact, the University of Idaho is located in Moscow, Idaho. Here's another fun fact, the Vandals have had about as much success in Moscow this year as capitalism did in the 70's. Fortunately, Idaho plays in New Mexico this week. Unfortunately, they play a team with a running back named Muammar Ali. As the Russians saw in Afghanistan, guys with names like Muammar Ali, tend to beat the guys from Moscow. NM State wins.

Oklahoma 1½ NEBRASKA

A couple of years ago, this would have been a no-brainer. Now, I'm seriously having a tough time picking a winner. When the highlights of this game are "The Husker Nation Pavilion will salute and celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the 1995 Nebraska football team’s 12-0 season and national championship," and "Oklahoma goes in search of its third consecutive victory this Saturday," you know you're in trouble. I think ABC may blackout the game and show the 1971 matchup between Oklahoma and Nebraska instead. If my buddy Cheeques reads this, he'll probably stop talking to me for the number of digs I've made at the Sooners. Well, here's another one - Rhett Bomar has thrown for two touchdowns on the road this year. Last week Texas Tech's Cody Hodges had 2 in 2 quarters. On the road. Against Texas. Still, I think Bob Stoops just refuses to lose to Nebraska. Oklahoma wins.

Miami Ohio 22½ TEMPLE

As we say at Temple, Oy Vey. The Owls have allowed an average of 46 points per game. The good news is, they only have three games to go. The bad news is, this is their last "winnable" game. Temple could be the first team to get blown out by two Miami teams in three weeks. Even Bill Cosby can't save them. Miami rolls over Temple.

Let's just say its a good thing BC played yesterday, and couldn't be included as my lock of the week/upset special. Oops.

FLORIDA 4 Georgia

Ah, yes, the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Nothing could ruin this game, well except for Nike. As many of you many have noticed during the VA Tech game this week, Nike is promoting their new Under-Armor type jerseys with a horrible alternate shoulder color This alone may force me to pick against the Gators (which my cousin Erin would kill me for, especially on the game before her birthday - Happy Birthday, Erin). However, VA Tech's victory (with the jerseys) over BC and the fact that Georgia is still undefeated leads me to believe that the LOCK OF THE WEEK has the Gators covering the 4 point spread. Let's be honest, any quarterback who could with a name like D.J. Shockley should be working at a nightclub on Long Island. For that reason alone, Florida wins, and stops Georgia's unbeaten streak.

Hope you enjoyed it, and as always, comments are appreciated.