Week 5 Preview.

Thursday Night Football… Tonight?
Yes that is right this Big East clash is tonight. As #5 West Virginia goes to South Florida who is ranked 18th. Last year South Florida beat West Virginia at West Virginia. Shocked them I should say this season they’re expected… they’re a team that could take the Big East if they wanted to. It all comes down to how they play the big home game. They also are getting all the help in the world from Louisville… since they are now 2-2 with a conference loss to Syracuse.
It’s no easy walk in the park though this weekend for South Florida with West Virginia’s explosive offense. Consisting of Pat White at the qb position who can pass and run the ball at any time and then Steve Slaton who is a slippery fast runner. I don’t know if South Florida will be able to stop this national caliber team. But it will be interesting to see how they respond. Now South Florida did have the upset over Auburn a few weeks ago which they won in an impressive fashion. Ultimately though the winner of this game may control the Big East. With Rutgers the only real other outside challenge. Good Thursday football.
WVU 31 South Florida 28

Explosive Pac 10 offenses My favorite kind of game.
Two teams… Both would like nothing more than to win the Pac 10... Or beat USC when they get to play them at home. But this weekend Cal will have to travel to Autzen stadium to play Oregon. Now both teams have averaged over 40 points a game. Both teams are undefeated and threats to number 1 USC. Both of these teams have a chance to prove themselves. This is the big game for both teams to get a win. This is a statement game for one of these teams the other not so much.
So can Nate Longshore lead the powerful Cal offense to a victory over Dennis Dixon the mobile QB of Oregon? Well if he wants to it will be a big challenge and require a lot of help from Deshawn Jackson. The other question will be if Cal will be able to stop the killing spread offense of Oregon. The team is just unstoppable for the most part. They could be down by a lot and still comeback. It’s a scary thought to know that the team you’re playing could comeback at any time if they wanted to. But Cal could to I think. This game will light the weekend up… it will also be the highest scoring game possibly this season.
Oregon 45 Cal 41
Big Ten back for a second straight week.
This time it will be the other Michigan team who gets the attention. As Michigan St. has to travel to Camp Randall to play Wisconsin. Now the winner of this game has a shot at the Big Ten title. With Ohio St. and Michigan being the other two contenders really. But neither of these teams have really proved themselves yet. As Wisconsin has had close game recently. Not just to Iowa either but against UNLV too. Then Michigan St. still has to play someone worth anything with their first games against UAB, Bowling Green, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame. Yea that’s right I said it again Notre Dame isn’t any good… get use to it this season.
So the big question is MSU for real this season or is this just going to end in another disappointment for them? Well this will be Mark Dantonio’s first shot to prove that he has brought this team from the gutter. But Wisconsin looks to get the season of their dreams this year but if they want that they’ll need to get their offense rolling. Since it has been low scoring for them all season. I see a down hill season starting now for one team.
Wisconsin 31 MSU 14


Week 5 review coming Sunday