THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

*WEST VIRGINIA 41 - Colorado 16—Revenge-minded West Virginia owns almost all the “home-run” threats in this matchup, led by mercurial all-Big East RB Devine (1609 YR on more than 6 ypc in last 1+ seasons). And sr. QB J. Brown looking to atone for his five-turnover (4 ints., 1 fumble) stink bomb at Auburn. As long as Mountaineers (10 giveaways last 2 games) stop being so magnanimous, they should easily outdistance visiting Colorado & plodding Buff offense. CABLE TV—ESPN (08-COL. 17-Wv 14 (OT)...C.24-16 W.52/311 C.45/187 C.22/33/1/179 W.10/15/0/43 C.1 W.1) (08-COLORADO +3 17-14 (OT)...SR: Colorado 1-0)

*Southern Miss 42 - UAB 22—Rapidly-maturing Golden Eagle soph QB A. Davis’ surrounding weapons are vastly superior to mediocre arsenal possessed by overburdened UAB sr. signal-caller Webb, who’s accounted for 1053 of Blazers’ 1552 total yards in 2009. So, compelled to shade series history, which
has seen USM win 9 straight meetings while also covering 6 of last 7. (08-S. MISS 70-Uab 14...S.24-14 S.62/463 U.27/96 S.7/8/0/147 U.16/23/4/127 S.0 U.2) (08-USM -8' 70-14 07-Usm -11 37-7 06-USM -14' 25-20...SR: Southern Miss 9-0)