Pregaming for Big 12

In a bit of a time crunch folks, so we're gonna keep this short. Not a lot of news to cover anyway.
But before we get into football, a Programming note!


Effective immediately, I have accepted the position of Sports Editor at the Breeze. I will be running point for sports for the remainder of my time at JMU, along with a great young guy named Wayne Epps. You can see our work every Monday and Thursdays. Fans of the column, dont worry-- I will continue to write the Fanatic and Proud commentary column every Thursday. You can find it in print, on the Breeze app for Iphone and Android, or over at www.breezejmu.org. All three are wonderful ways to regularly read the ramblings of yours truly.

Onto football.



Baylor at West Virginia

This will be the only game I preview this week, as I'm very short on time. Frankly, theres not a lot of good football on this weekend anyway. (Case in point: College Game Day is in the Big 10. That's the Lee Corso equivalent of announcing to the world that you have better ways to spend your time.)

Throw out the bias and listen to this nonsense. I subscribe to Bleacher Reports West Virginia feed, and get emails every couple of days with a nice compilation of WV football news. It encompasses The Charleston Daily Mail, the Charleston Gazette, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ESPN, and BR's own stuff. One of the things they do during football season is simulate some of the weekend's biggest games on the latest NCAA football video game to get an idea of which teams might be on upset alert. This week's sim? Well, it predicted a Baylor Bears win in Morgantown by a score of 34-14. Credit to BR and their great staff of writers, specifically Adam Kramer, for the following:

"The stout West Virginia offense is held to only 210 yards against the Baylor defense (you’ve been drinking, haven’t you, NCAA?), and Baylor cruises in Morgantown...

The couch inferno following this game can be seen from Indiana. This is rather surprising because normally these Saturday flames are barely visible from Kentucky."


Even Bleacher Report seems to know how preposterous it is to suggest that Baylor's hand-me-down defense is going to limit West Virginia to 14 points. Your honor, the defense rests.

If you like defense, wait for Alabama to play LSU on November 3. If you like offense, show up here.



Other games you might wanna peek at while you're locked in your room: Tennessee at Georgia, Texas at Oklahoma, FSU at USF, Oregon State at Arizona, Cincinatti vs Virginia Tech.


Pick Against the Breeze

My picks will imminently be appearing in the paper alongside the other editors, but in the meantime, I will continue to put my Breeze-best 12-6 Pick 'Em record to the test on here.

Baylor at West Virginia
Texas at Oklahoma State
Ohio State at Michigan State
Saints at Packers
Giants at Eagles
Bears at Cowboys

Last Week's Record: 5-1
Season Record: 12-6


Top 25 Forecast

Ole Miss at 1 Alabama
2 Oregon at Washington State
Towson at 3 LSU
4 Florida State at South Florida
Tennessee at 5 Georgia
6 South Carolina at Kentucky
25 Baylor at 9 West Virginia
12 Texas at Oklahoma State
14 Ohio State at 20 Michigan State
15 TCU at Southern Methodist
17 Clemson at Boston College
18 Oregon State at Arizona
19 Louisville at Southern Mississippi
Wisconsin at 22 Nebraska
24 Boise State at New Mexico