Fit to be Tide

This week Alabama finally gets to show the entire country just how devastating they can be on defense. Only problem is...their QB has taken a nosedive production-wise since week 5 when they put 35 on Kentucky. Since then they've scored 22, 20 and 12 points. I don't think that will quite be enough against this LSU team, but who knows? The LSU-Florida game was one of the hardest hitting games I've seen this year, and I expect this one to be no different.

This could be the most exciting 10-7 game you'll ever see. These are basically NFL teams in college uniforms- with all-american talent everywhere you look. If this game was in Baton Rouge I'd pick LSU but as it is I am gonna say Terrence Cody by a cheeseburger over the Tigers 17-16.

Somebody in the Top 10 WILL get upset this week, and I think that dubious honor will go to the hawkeyes- who should beware of Northwestern.

This team can't come from behind every week without faltering at some point, can they? Not to mention how will they react to the growing pressure from week to week? Teenagers can be fickle and sometimes it takes a while to get used to success. Iowa going undefeated is just not in the cards so I'm gonna call Northwestern over Iowa in a major upset 37-31.

Also, watch Stanford put some points on Oregon this week. As crazy good as they looked last week against USC, who knows how this team will react to success?

Stanford is very talented offensively and they love to creep up on big-time opponents who have just heard all week about how great they are. This one will be closer than expected: Oregon 42 Stanford 40

The only other game of interest (yes, I'm aware that Ohio St. plays Penn St.) would be Oklahoma vs. Nebraska. Both teams come limping into this one starting their back-up quarterback. The defenses are the stars of this game but how will Nebraska stop the speed and deal with the size of Oklahoma's receivers? Even without Gresham they are just loaded with offensive NFL talent, even though they are extremely young on that side of the ball. Nebraska must do 2 things to stay in this game: sack Jones and disrupt the passing game and Nebraska must be able to run the ball.

If they can bust a big play or two on offense, this game should stay close, which would be a first in as long as I can remember.