Week 9 picks

The Big 10 will start to take shape now.
The question has been the same all season and is usually the same every season as it is Michigan or Ohio St. Well we’re going to get our answer this weekend as Ohio St. travels to play Penn St. Penn St. already lost to Michigan but Michigan started #5 lost their first two and now is 6-2 while Ohio St. has remained undefeated and climbed up the polls to their current number 1 spot. Yet Penn St. looks to destroy that dream this season. They look to change the shape of the Big Ten right now. This would be the best way for them to do it.
There aren’t any all star offenses in this game but there is a strong defense battle. Although Ohio St. may have the better defense Penn St. was the last team to beat Ohio St. during the regular season and looking to repeat that feat at Happy Valley. But Chris Wells for Ohio St. has a different idea of what should happen as he plans on running all over the Penn St. defense. While Penn St. will be looking to keep him contained but they’ll have to make sure that Ohio St. doesn’t have an air attack even with Troy Smith gone. This game will go down to the last seconds… definitely a watcher.
Ohio St. 24 Penn St. 23
The pac 10 party really gets going this weekend!
This season’s Pac 10 race has been indecisive and unclear so far. But this weekend that all looks to change. Now this game and the next one I’ll be picking will have big impacts on the team who will be on top of the Pac 10 come the end of the season. As 3-1 in conference play USC travels to Autzen stadium to play the Oregon Ducks who are also 3-1 in conference play. Both teams are looking to keep up in the Pac 10 race as 2 teams remain undefeated in Pac 10 play one of those undefeated overall. Then a few teams are sitting there with two conference losses. So this may be an elimination game for the pac 10 and the National Title hopes.
Although the Trojan defense is the 3rd best in the nation, they’ll face a huge challenge against the Ducks 2nd best offense. Especially since no team USC has played is in the top 25. The best team is Nebraska actually and they’re only 4-4. No other victory or game USC has played has been against a team with a winning record. The Oregon offense has been strong and looks like a team with a passion and seems like they’ll just destroy a struggling USC offense. Two words over-rated.
Oregon 31 USC 13
Are they for real? Or is it just a cover?
With all the talk of Cal, Oregon, and USC this season and how good they’re all suppose to be one team not even mentioned, Arizona St., is the team that is undefeated and looking to have a dream season. Yet Cal looks to turn there two game losing streak around and crash the Sun Devil party as they travel to Arizona St. for this big game. This is really the season for Arizona St. if they want to make a move for the Title seeing as all the other teams that were in front are losing and leaving plenty of gaps. They really should be able to walk into the position as they have Oregon, Cal, and USC on their schedule. But it starts now for them.
Arizona St. looks to keep up with Boston College as B.C. started the tougher portion of their schedule. The big question of the game will be if Arizona State’s defense can stop Nate Longshore and the powerful cal offense. It won’t be easy but it will be necessary for them to pull off the win. The other thing they must do rattle the quarterback and score. Which may not be that much of a problem for them seeing as they have the second best Pac 10 offense. So begins the show downs.
Arizona St. 41 Cal 38