PICKS
Week 2 (Sep 3-7)
Week record = 71-15 (.825)

FBS Match-ups (30-10) Result
Ball State 31, North Texas 10 (Thursday) NTU, 21-10
Oregon 33, Boise State 31 (Thursday)
Boise's annual Quixotic quest for a BCS bowl is dealt a fatal blow
Boise, 19-8
Troy 27, Bowling Green 14 (Thursday) BG, 31-14
South Carolina 13, North Carolina State 10 (Thursday) USC, 7-3
Utah 41, Utah State 7 (Thursday) Utah, 35-17
Tulsa 37, Tulane 21 (Friday) Tulsa, 37-13
Alabama 24, Virginia Tech 21
Tide rebounds from embarassing bowl loss to Utah
Alabama, 34-24
Arizona 27, Central Michigan 21 Arizona, 19-6
Rice 23, Alabama Birmingham 17 UAB, 44-24
Auburn 17, Louisiana Tech 10 Auburn, 37-13
California 35, Maryland 16 Cal, 52-13
Clemson 24, Middle Tennessee 0 Clemson, 37-14
Army 17, Eastern Michigan 13 Army, 27-13
Kentucky 40, Miami (OH) 13 Kentucky, 42-0
Michigan 37, Western Michigan 10
Can the Wolverines rebound and save Rich Rodriguez?
Michigan, 31-7
Missouri 38, Illinois 10 Missouri, 37-9
Nebraska 49, Florida Atlantic 27 Nebraska, 49-3
New Mexico State 23, Idaho 21 Idaho, 26-6
Notre Dame 34, Nevada 28
Beano Cook picked the Irish for the BCS Championship game. What's he smoking?
ND, 35-0
Ohio State 27, Navy 14 OSU, 31-27
Connecticut 27, Ohio 6 UConn, 23-16
Oklahoma 47, Brigham Young 13 BYU, 14-13
Oklahoma State 27, Georgia 24
Game of the week! Too bad other FBS teams can't put together intersectional like this instead of bullying FCS teams (see below) . I hope I'm wrong on this one, but the Dawgs often seem to start slowly and this one's in Stillwater
Okla State, 24-10
Penn State 26, Akron 7 Penn State, 31-7
Purdue 27, Toledo 7 Purdue, 52-31
Southern Cal 44, San Jose State 0 USC, 56-3
Minnesota 24, Syracuse 14 Minn, 23-20 OT
Tennessee 30, Western Kentucky 9
Yes, Western Kentucky's an FBS team
Tennessee, 63-7
Texas 54, Louisiana Monroe 3 Texas, 59-20
Texas A&M 10, New Mexico 6 Texas A&M, 41-6
UCLA 23, San Diego State 7 UCLA, 33-14
Texas El Paso 41, Buffalo 40 Buffalo, 23-17
Baylor 27, Wake Forest 24
Bears' hopes for first bowl since 1994 could depend on early season
Baylor, 24-21
Louisiana State 34, Washington 7
Can Steve Sarkisian bring his USC offense to Seattle? Maybe, but it'll take a while!
LSU, 31-22
Stanford 23, Washington State 21 Stanford, 33-13
Wisconsin 31, Northern Illinois 13 Wisconsin, 28-20
Colorado 24, Colorado State 20 (Sunday)
CSU routinely ambushes the Buffs, but not this year
CSU, 23-17
Mississippi 25, Memphis 10 (Sunday) Ole Miss, 45-14
Florida State 21, Miami (FL) 20 (Monday)
Bobby Bowden looks for his 28th consecutive bowl this season, longest streak in the nation
Miami, 38-34
Rutgers 13, Cincinnati 10 (Monday) Cincy, 47-15
FBS-FCS Match-up (shame on the bullies!) (35-2)
But, hey, at least these are chances to pad my W-L record early
Result
Villanova 23, Temple 21 (Thursday)
Villanova, 27-24
Indiana 24, Eastern Kentucky 13 (Thursday) Indiana, 19-13
North Dakota State 27, Iowa State 24 (Thursday) ISU, 34-17
Kent State 23, Coastal Carolina 20 (Thursday) Kent, 18-0
Hawaii 31, Central Arkansas 10
You have to wonder who's paying for the Bears to make this trip!
Hawaii, 25-20
Air Force 34, Nicholls State 13 Air Force, 72-0
Arizona State 33, Idaho State 0 ASU, 50-3
Arkansas 38, Missouri State 10 Arkansas, 48-10
Arkansas State 27, Mississippi Valley 17 Ark State, 61-0
Boston College 36, Northeastern 10 BC, 54-0
Central Florida 22, Samford 21 UCF, 28-24
Richmond 17, Duke 14
Defending FCS champion Spiders look like a good bet
Richmond, 24-16
East Carolina 27, Appalachian State 21
Everyone remembers the Mountaineers upset of Michigan a couple of years ago
ECU, 29-24
Florida 56, Charleston Southern 3
Tebow throws four TDs in the first quarter and sits the rest of the game out
Florida, 62-3
Fresno State 33, Cal-Davis 14
So much for Fresno's reputation for scheduling tough opponents
Fresno, 51-0
Georgia Tech 33, Jacksonville State 3 GA Tech, 37-17
Houston 31, Northwestern State 10 Houston, 55-7
Iowa 24, Northern Iowa 7 Iowa, 17-16
Kansas 34, Northern Colorado 7 Kansas, 49-3
Kansas State 40, Massachusetts 14
UMass is a good FCS team, but who thought this game up?
KSU, 21-17
Louisiana Lafayette 44, Southern 21 ULL, 42-19
Louisville 62, Indiana State 28 Louisville, 30-10
Marshall 24, Southern Illinois 23 Marshall, 31-28
Michigan State 33, Montana State 24 Mich State, 44-3
Mississippi State 45, Jackson State 7 Miss State, 45-7
North Carolina 27, Citadel 12 UNC, 40-6
Oregon State 47, Portland State 13 Oregon St, 34-7
Northwestern 34, Towson 10
Another inexplicable match-up!! Why not Northwestern vs. Kansas State?
Northwestern, 47-14
Pittsburgh 41, Youngstown 14 Pitt, 38-3
Southern Methodist 27, Stephen F. Austin 17 SMU, 31-23
South Florida 33, Wofford 14
Bulls have a schedule only Dorothy's Scarecrow could love, opening with Wofford, Western Kentucky, and Charleston Southern!
USF, 40-7
Southern Miss 30, Alcorn State 0 So. Miss, 52-0
Texas Tech 44, North Dakota 24
Again, who thought this up?
Tex Tech, 38-13
UNLV 27, Sacramento State 14 UNLV, 38-3
Virginia 27, William & Mary 10 Wm&Mary, 26-14
West Virginia 42, Liberty 16
Maybe WVU has delusions of grandeur, like its founder
WVU, 33-20
Wyoming 33, Weber State 24 Wyoming, 29-22
D2/D3/NAIA Games (6-3) Result
Abilene Christian 56, Fort Lewis 10 ACU, 58-10
Arkansas Tech 28, Incarnate Word 27
Incarnate Word, a San-Antonio schools, makes its NCAA debut
Ark Tech, 40-10
Carroll (MT) 44, Montana State Northern 7 Carroll, 50-13
Anna Maria 28, Castleton State 24
Two small New England schools playing their first intercollegiate football as members of the new D3 East Coast Football Conference
Castleton, 42-28
Delaware State 24, Florida A&M 17 FL A&M, 21-12
Delaware 31, West Chester 27 UD, 35-0
Lincoln (PA) 48, New Haven 21
New Haven is another new team this year, and Lincoln is in its second year
New Haven, 33-10
Old Dominion 31, Chowan 28
ODU returns to football
ODU, 36-21
Mount Union 38, St. John Fisher 14
Perennial D3 power opens strong
Mt Union, 52-10