10.31.2009

Hatchline’s Week 9 Pick-em Picks


Georgia @ No. 1 Florida (3:30 PM ET on CBS)
No. 3 Texas @ No. 14 Oklahoma State (8:00 PM ET on ABC)
Indiana @ No. 4 Iowa (12:00 PM ET on ESPN/360)
No. 5 USC @ No. 10 Oregon (8:00 PM ET on ABC)
UNLV @ No. 6 TCU
San Jose State @ No. 7 Boise State (3:00 PM ET on ESPN 360)
No. 8 Cincinnati @ Syracuse (12:00 PM ET on ESPNU)
Tulane @ No. 9 LSU (8:00 PM ET on ESPN 360)
No. 11 Georgia Tech @ Vanderbilt (7:30 PM ET on ESPN 360)
No. 12 Penn State @ Northwestern (4:30 PM ET on ESPN/360)
North Carolina @ No. 13 Virginia Tech (Thursday)
Wyoming @ No. 16 Utah
New Mexico State @ No. 17 Ohio State (12:00 PM ET on Big 10 Network)
Southern Miss @ No. 18 Houston
No. 19 Miami (FL) @ Wake Forest (3:30 PM ET on ABC/ESPN 360)
No. 21 West Virginia @ South Florida (Friday)
No. 22 South Carolia @ Tennessee (7:45 PM ET on ESPN/360)
Washington State @ No. 23 Notre Dame (7:30 PM ET on NBC)
No. 24 California @ Arizona State (3:30 PM ET on ABC/360)
No. 25 Mississippi @ Auburn (12:21 PM ET on ESPN 360)


A couple of big upsets this week. One in particular. As much as I love USC, I don’t think that they can get it done in Eugene. I just don’t think that USC can hold off the Duck’s Flying V of an offense for four quarters. They might be able to do it for three in the first, second, and fourth, but this year the Trojan defense has had abysmal third quarter defense. Things seem to work in the first half, but once the other team makes adjustments in the locker room, it takes them about 12 minutes of clock time to get adjusted themselves. Plus Pete Carrol’s USC has always been troubled in Oregon, whether at Corvallis or Eugene. The last and only loss to Oregon in the last 5 years came in 2007, the last time they were there.

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