Boston College has lost 22 of their last 23 against ranked opposition.  Last win?  Over Georgia in last year's Music City Bowl.  Last win before this ugliness began?  Over a Jim Druckenmiller-led VT squad in the 1995 (Thursday night) season opener.

The defense is slow, the secondary is undersized.  The quarterback is experienced, but he's no better than Byron Leftwhich, and I daresay his receivers are not in the same league either.  Pittsburgh is a team designed to defeat Virginia Tech.  Much like ours, Boston College is a team designed to defeat Miami.  The best thing they've got going for them is a large offensive line, but even then it is like the Miami Dolphins lines of old ... good pass protection but mediocre at best run blocking.

Simply put, the Eagles do not match up well against us.

Keep those mugs full, and lead the bar in rounds of cheers.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy yourselves folks.  I really think this one's going to be fun :O)

For anyone keeping track, NFL Rookie Clinton Portis is now starting for Denver.  NFL rookie Phillip Buchanon has returned INTs for TDs in back to back weeks.  NFL rookie Ed Reed made up for dropping what should have been one game clinching INT by making another a few plays later last weekend.  And that's just what I saw watching fifteen minutes of ESPNews Sunday night.

Blah blah NFL blah blah.  What I'm saying here is that Miami's players are so good that they can step into the NFL and not just play right away, but make a difference right away.  That, my friends, is scary.

And you know what?  As big as this game is, I really don't think it's gong to be all that exciting.  I expect a largely defensive struggle.  Unless Chris Simms falls apart (and what are the odds of that?) this one should be close the whole way.

Five games down, and four to go.  That right, San Jose State plays nine road games this year.  Only four at home.  That's just horrendous.  And they look to be good enough to be bowl eligible after all is said and done.  If you're looking for a sentimental favorite "small" school to root for, you could do a lot worse than SJSU.

I say yes.

Ayyyeeeee ... and Casey "The Pickle" Clausen has a broken collarbone to boot.  Might not be able to play.  Get your bets in fast kids, before this line changes!

Here we go Panthers, here we go!  Here we go Panthers, here we go!

Be that as it may, Wazzou gets a bit of a breather this week against a simply bad Cardinal team.  The mighty tree should score some points this week, but their defense has shown no signs of stopping anyone, at any point, before the season's end.

Meanwhile, we've got a pretty interesting game here.  Texas Tech is a obscene aerial juggernaut.  Iowa State is one of this year's media darlings.  Seneca Wallace is a baaaaaaaaaaaad man ... don't ever count him out.  This one could play out like a classic BYU-SDSU game from the early 90's.  Seriously, watch this game.  It should be fun!

BYU rolled Air Force something fierce last year, and are coming off a HUGE rally last week.  They've got the "mo", but do they have the defense?

Michigan State = one pretty good player

USC-West

At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see Temple pull off the win.  Ok ... maybe just a little.  But the line's been moving in Temple's favor, so I'm not alone.

The sad thing is, barring an upset down the line, West Virginia probably needed to beat Maryland to go bowling...