Week 3 Preview - broncoman15's Dynasty

broncoman15's Dynasty Blog

Week 3 Preview

Posted on August 15, 2011 at 04:49 PM.

(0)

This is another big week in college football. Lets get to the biggest game of the week. ESPN College Gameday is in Tallahassee Florida for one of the biggest games of the year and is expected to be a good one. Its a make or break game you might say. Its #1 Oklahoma at #7 Florida State. We've been looking forward to this game since the 2011 schedule came out. Both teams have their eyes on a BCS National Championship but a loss today could shatter those dreams. Oklahoma is lead by QB Landry Jones who has thrown for 222yds and 5 touchdown passes. Then there's Florida State. Led by junoir QB EJ Manuel, who is a duel-threat QB. Not only has he passed for 323 yds and 4 TD's but he has also rushed for 129yds and 2 TD's. Oklahoma's D will have their hands full trying to stop this young QB. But this Florida State team alos lost one of their biggest playmakers in week 1 to injury. Chris Thompson was injured in the 2nd Q in a 28-7 win over UL Monroe. He is set to return in week 6 but is unable to play in his team's biggest game of the year. After looking at both teams, I give the edge to Oklahoma. Their defense is more experienced and I know Coach Stoops will have his D ready for EJ Manuel. Plus they have a good QB in Landry Jones who I believe will lead Oklahoma over FSU 27-17.
Another big game this weekend is #4 Stanford at #24 Arizona. Last week Nick Foles lead the Wildcats over #6(at the time) Oklahoma St. This week they face another BCS hopefull and this time they get thim at home. But the problem is Brandon Weeb isnt Andrew Luck. No disrespect to Mr.Weeb but the two are on completly diffrent levels. Luck,as long as he dosnt get hurt, is a sure #1 draft pick in this upcomming NFL Draft. He is the best QB in all of college football. Thats why I give the advantage to Stanford. He will give Arizona's D headaches all day and Nick Foles cant throw 3 INTs against Stanford. Thats why my projection is Stanford 42- Arizona 20.
My last preview is #12 Michigan St at #19 Notre Dame. Its been a long time since Notre Dame was considered as a BCS contender. A dark horse but still a contender. This another make or break game. Notre Dame has to win this game if they want to crack the BCS. No way around it. Michigan State needs a win to stay undefeated. It will give them a big boost in the Big 10 if they can go in undefeated. This is more of a bigger game for Notre Dame. They havnt won a BCS game since 2005 and that is enternaty to Notre Dame fans. They just want to forget the Charlie Weis years and move on. If they can go undefeated, they will be highly considered for a Suger Bowl apperance. My projection is Michigan St 14-Notre Dame 23
Thanks for reading this weeks college football preview. Be sure to read the week 3 recapto hear about your favorite team!