Last week we witnessed one of the greatest weekends in college football in years. The USC/Notre Dame game was an all-time classic. I’m not an Irish fan, per se, but my heart broke a little when USC pulled it out on the last play. Heartbreaker. There were a few other heartbreakers last weekend – Ohio State’s comeback against Mich St., Alabama over Ole Miss, UCLA over Wash St., Michigan squeaking by Penn State. Good stuff.

I went 3/5 in semi-pro ball and I’m not looking forward to picking this weekend’s games – primarily because I can’t get a read on the Tennessee/Alabama game. My gut instinct is that Alabama was looking past Ole Miss to us, which explains their lackluster play last weekend and sets us up for a throttling. However, when our back is against the wall, we tend to play well, so I don’t know which way to go. I’ll go out on a limb and take Tennessee 21 -16.

Elsewhere in semi-pro ball:

• Georgia 31 Arkansas 10 – Houston Nutt will pull a Woody Hayes and punch one of his own players during this game.
• LSU 23 Auburn 20 – I could easily see Auburn pulling this one out. LSU has still not beaten anyone – and they lost to Tennessee, so they really haven’t done squat this season.
• Texas 40 Texas Tech 31 – This one should be a shootout. Tech could get close, but this will likely be another win for Texas on their way to the National Championship game.
• UCLA 33 Oregon St. Beavers 20 – Heh. I said beaver.

Last week in the pros, I went 3/5 as well. Apparently the Vikings had been too DRAINED from their boating excursion and didn’t have enough JUICE left to beat the lowly Bears. Also, the Titans learned about putting a rookie in the secondary against a bad-ass like Chad Johnson. Cincinnati went after Ms. Pac Man and ate him alive. By the time Ms. Pac Man is a really good corner, his contract will be up and he’ll be picked up by another team. Meanwhile, teams will continue to throw his way all day long.

This week, the Titans will rebound against the 2nd worst team in the league, the Arizona Cardinals. Titans win 30-21.

Elsewhere…

• Denver 29 NY Giants 17 – Eli, Eli, Wherefore art thou, Eli?
• Seattle 35 Dallas 17 – Shaun Alexander scores all five touchdowns this week for the Seahawks.
• Philly 26 San Diego 20 – I’m only giving this one to Philly because they’re playing at home. Chargers could pull this one off, though.
• Cincinnati 24 Pittsburgh 16 – This weekend, the Bengals cement their domination of the division.

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