Back For Some Change

Nov 6th, 2008

Midterms for grad school has caused the break in the action here at the game owl. Sports took a back seat to the Presidential Election for me over the past few days as well. Congratulations to President Elect Barack Obama. In case you missed the acceptance speech, here it is. Washington, DC went a little nuts late Tuesday Evening and there were cheers on my street and in my building. I don’t know how many times people across the nation have cheered in the streets for a Presidential Election, but it was pretty awesome to witness anyway.

Overall the last week in the sports world has been very exciting. I especially enjoyed watching the Texas Tech upset against Texas. Below is Michael Crabtree’s touchdown which might be The college play of the year. Also I got to enjoy my Steelers taking it to the Redskins Monday Night. Pittsburgh has been a little Jekyl and Hyde this year, which makes me a little nervous. The offense obviously needs Willie Parker and Santonio Holmes, I am just glad the Defense shows up every week.

So a couple big time games in College Football this week and a few trap games to look out for. Here is my Top 10 for Saturday November 8th, 2008. Here are ABC’s regional coverage maps.

Oklahoma State at Texas Tech - Tech has a rough two weeks ahead.
Alabama at LSU - Alabama gets it’s first real away game at LSU. When they beat Georgia the game was played in Atlanta instead of Athens.
Georgia Tech at North Carolina - Will someone in the ACC please stand up and take charge. The conference is starting to look like the Big East.
California at USC - I think USC will be set in the BCS, even though that loss to Oregon State is pretty bad, when compared to other one loss teams. Especially Texas/Oklahoma.
Ohio State at Northwestern - Big game for Northwestern here and the beginning of my trap games for the Buckeyes, Sooners, and Nittany Lions.
Oklahoma at Texas A&M - The Sooners need some help to sneak into the Big 12 title game, a big win here always helps.
Penn State at Iowa - Hopefully the pink locker room doesn’t affect the Lions.
Clemson at Florida State -
Florida at Vanderbilt - Mini trap game for Florida who can get caught…see Ole Miss.
Notre Dame at Boston College - Tough game here for Notre Dame especially after losing to Pitt in overtime.