Friday, October 5, 2007

Undefeated #8 Kentucky Falls to #11 South Carolina in SEC Match

I didn't watch this game to do a proper report on it, but this game is good for the ranking of our beloved Eagles. Had the undefeated #8 Kentucky team defeated the #11 South Carolina team, they might have leapfrogged our Eagles in ranking regardless of a win or a loss against Bowling Green, who most consider to be a bad team. Here's a listing of the top 6 teams and their matchups, with some possible upset predictions.

#1 LSU vs. #9 Florida - Despite Florida's loss last week taking some steam off this game, it still is possible for LSU to lose this game given that they've shown some cracks in the armor as most teams have by this point.
#2 USC vs. Stanford - Should be an easy game for USC; Stanford is one of the few terrible teams in a good PAC-10 conference.
#3 California - Has the week off; next week vs. Oregon St.
#4 Ohio State vs. #23 Purdue - Both of these teams are unbeaten, so it's hard to call this one. An upset would be good for our Eagles, though I don't see that happening despite Purdue's wins thus far.
#5 Wisconsin vs. Illinois - Illinois is hot off beating #21 Penn St. last weekend and could easily upset Wisconsin given how they played last weekend vs. Michigan State. I think this is the most likely upset of the week as far as top 6 teams are concerned.
#6 South Florida vs. Florida Atlantic - A possible trap game for USF; if they lose or come close to losing this game they could drop in ranking.

In other news, I'm going home this weekend so I won't even be able to watch the game on TV, so my description of the game will be from the online radio account. If the Eagles do go 6-0, this would be their best start since the 1942, when BC finished #1 in the national polls despite losing to Alabama in the Orange Bowl 38-21.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well said.