College Football Recap and NFL Week 9 Preview

By Kalen Patrick

COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECAP
Well what a day in College Football! One of the all time great defensive battles between LSU and Alabama, while Kansas State and Oklahoma State were involved in a shootout. Not only this but we had some big upsets with Northwestern topping Nebraska, Iowa beating Michigan and also UCLA taking it to ASU.

While LSU were victorious over Alabama, the Crimson Tide squandered many opportunities to walk away with the W. Missing 4 FG's including 1 in OT killed any chance of winning a game like this. Defensive struggles tend to be a rarity in College Football, but this one I feel may go down as one of the all time classic SEC games. This is one game I'm sure Les Miles will never forget. Now we go from that game to KSU and OSU where there were 11 Offensive TD's in this game. Wide Receiver Justin Blackmon ruled the day with 13 catches, over 200 yards and 2 TD's. OSU's QB had a monster day with Brandon Weeden throwing 4 TD's and for over 500 yards.

LSU EMERGED VICTORIOUS OVER ALABAMA IN A  BATTLE OF DEFENSES

The biggest shocker of the day was definitely Northwestern beating the #10 ranked Cornhuskers IN Nebraska. Not an easy task for any team. Northwestern did it through the air and on the ground and came away with what will no doubt be their biggest win of the season. Denard Robinson could not do enough to lift Michigan over Iowa as the Wolverines are headed towards another somewhat disappointing for such a prestigious program.

NFL WEEK 9 PREVIEW
We have some very good divsional match-ups coming tomorrow. First off we have the Baltimore Ravens traveling to Pittsburgh, with the Steelers looking to take revenge for that embarrassing week 1 humiliation in Baltimore, when the Ravens won 35-7. Another interesting match-up will be the New York Jets vs the Buffalo Bills. Believe it or not, but the Bills are actually leading the AFC East. The Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson has claimed this game to be the do or die game of the season for the Jets. While I don't know if that's true, it will make it very difficult to get to the playoffs should the Jets fall to the Bills.

STEELERS-RAVENS WILL CLASH ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 

Some other big games include; the Giants vs the Patriots, 2007 SuperBowl Revenge game perhaps? Anyone remember when the Patriots have lost back to back games? But don't count out the Giants either, Eli Manning is quietly having an amazing season (102.1 QB rating, with only Brady and Rodgers higher than him). There will also be a big game in the NFC South with the Bucs going up against the Saints in New Orleans. Can the Saints rebound after a huge upset against the Rams last week?

Other games that are sure to be good are Bengals at Tennessee, San Francisco at Washington, and on Monday Night Football, Chicago takes on Philly.

OK so I'm obviously late to start this BUT I am gonna start doing a Pick 'Em every week now. I figure I will give it a shot now and get it going fully next season. The team I pick to win will be in bold

Miami @ Kansas City
Atlanta @ Indianapolis
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans
NY Jets @ Buffalo
Seattle @ Dallas
Cleveland @ Houston
San Francisco @ Washington
Cincinnati @ Tennessee
Denver @ Oakland
NY Giants @ New England
St. Louis @ Arizona
Green Bay @ San Diego
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh

Are You Watching College Football?

By Kalen Patrick

Not that in this day in age we Sports Fans are ever at a loss for entertainment, but for any NFL fan out there, I certainly hope you're watching College Football too. Today is gonna be a good one.

For you fans like me out on the West Coast, the fun will kick off at 12:30 with Andrew Luck and the Stanford Cardinals taking on Oregon State. There are 2 big reasons to watch this game, first you will get to see Andrew Luck in action, a guy who is maybe the most sought after and coveted College QB since who? Peyton Manning? Elway? Not only that, but while the matchup may not seem too intriguing, the 2nd reason to watch this game is that Oregon State being a Pac-12 team now, knows this Stanford team pretty darn well. I'm not necessarily predicting an upset, but don't be shocked if the score is closer than you think.

PRIME TIME MATCH-UP, LES MILES AND LSU TAKE ON NICK SABAN AND ALABAMA 

The Prime Time College Football will start at 4:15, when you have #9 South Carolina traveling to #7 Arkansas. This is soon followed by #14 Kansas State taking on #3 Oklahoma State at 5:00. Also at this time will be the premier game, the game that everyone is waiting for, when #1 LSU will be matched up against #2 Alabama. This one is sure to be a Titanic clash, think of this game as, the unstoppable force meets the immovable object and this game will reveal what will happen.

The other 2 games offer up some interesting match ups, between some very well recognized College Football Coaches (Steve Spurrier at South Carolina and Bobby Petrino at Arkansas). Flicking back and forth between these 3 games, while having a main focus on the LSU-Alabama game is the best way to go. For any NFL Fan who questions whether College Football is for them. Today could be the day you find out.