Kelso, Saturday, 11.07.09
KELSO STURGEON NEWSLETTER
PITTSBURGH by 28 over Syracuse—Pittsburgh (7-1) comes into this game of a much-needed bye week and will come out firing, despite the fact in must play Notre Dame next week. There is no look-ahead in this Panther squad and when in high gear is going to crush weak teams such as Syracuse (3-5). There is no reason to think this one will be close.
WEST VIRGINIA by 17 over Louisville—West Virginia (6-2) has a tremendous edge in talent and comes into this in a bounce-back mode having lost 30-19 last week at South Florida. WVU has almost every single edge one can have against Louisville (3-5), a team that has shown no ability to hold its own against the very good teams on its schedule.
ARKANSAS by 14 over South Carolina—Arkansas (4-4) would appear to have South Carolina (6-3) right where it wants the Gamecocks. The Razorbacks have a high octane offense that can score in rapid-fire fashion and South Carolina has shown no signs it can keep up with a team such as this. The Gamecocks play outstanding defense but have no offense. The have scored a total of 29 points in their last three games. Arkansas has the ability to make this a shootout and that puts South Carolina in a big hole.
Texas-El Paso by 13 over TULANE—Texas-El Paso (3-5) remains a team of mystery. On one Saturday, the Miners play as if they could beat anybody—as they did in handing Houston its only loss of the season—and then come back and get knocked off by really bad football teams, including UAB last week. However, with that said, UTEP should have little trouble taking care of a Tulane team that has absolutely no offense.
SMU by 35 over Rice—SMU (4-4) is back on the map and should have little trouble taking care of a Rice team that stands 0-8 and is getting blown out by everybody. The Mustangs played their best game of the season last week in winning 27-13 at Tulsa and one sensed the best is yet to come. It’s been a long time since SMU played a decent brand of football and I look for the Ponies to put it altogether for this homecoming crowd.
TEXAS by 45 over Central Florida—Texas (8-0) is set to run the table and stay alive for a chance to play for the national championship it thought it should have played for last season. Rest assured the Longhorns won’t take Central Florida lightly. Texas went to Central Florida two seasons ago to help the Knights dedicate their new stadium and was life-and-death to get out of town with a 38-35 win. It is also of note Central Florida is coming off a short work week, having played Sunday night. A blowout will be the order of the day.
AIR FORCE by 35 over Army—When the service academies get together, they fire their best shots against one another. The problem with the Air Force (5-4) against Army (3-5) matchup is that the former is firing heavy artillery and Army a pea-shooter. There is no doubt the Falcons have superior talent in this one, have competed well against very good teams and should have little trouble getting the better of an improved but by no means good Army team.
KANSAS STATE by 13 over Kansas-When this season began, there is little doubt Kansas (5-3) had the brighter future. Kansas State (5-4) was coming off a bad season, was operating with a new coach, who had inherited a real mess, and appeared to be lucky if it won a game or two. But the new coach—Bill Snyder—had been at Kansas State before and had built the team into a national power. It is obvious he is on his way again. The Wildcats started slowly, were terrible early in the season, but stand 4-2 in their last six games and come into this off a 42-30 loss at Oklahoma. This is the one Kansas State wants to win and there is no reason to think the Wildcats won’t pull it off.
UTAH by 45 over New Mexico—By Utah (7-1) standards, this is a subpar Utes team but it still is a very good squad that has lost only at Oregon, 31-24, and has the talent to destroy the worst New Mexico (0-8) team this handicapper has seen in the last 15 years. Utah is looking for a major bowl bid and knows it needs to win games such as this, with games at TCU and BYU still on the schedule. The figures say bettors can look for total domination from start to finish.
Best Of The Rest
MICHIGAN STATE by 28 over Western Michigan
IOWA by 21 over Northwestern
MINNESOTA by 10 over Illinois
Maryland by 4 over N.C. STATE
Wisconsin by 17 over INDIANA
Oklahoma State by 14 over IOWA STATE
MISSOURI by 21 over Baylor
FLORIDA by 31 over Vanderbilt
NOTRE DAME by 10 over Navy
Kent State by 8 over AKRON
Fresno State by 21 over IDAHO
ARIZONA by 35 over Washington State
Oregon State by 3 over CALIFORNIA
Washington by 7 over UCLA
OREGON by 28 over Stanford
Texas A&M by 14 over COLORADO
TENNESSEE by 45 over Memphis
Florida State by 4 over CLEMSON
Houston by 17 over TULSA
Arizona State by 6 over USC
MICHIGAN by 7 over Purdue
Colorado State by 7 over UNLV
Utah State by 13 over HAWAII
Florida Atlantic b7 6 over UAB
UL-Monroe by 24 over NORTH TEXAS
Troy by 49 over WESTERN KENTUCKY
Arkansas State by 13 over UL-Lafayette
MIDDLE TENNESSEE by 17 over Florida International
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