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Week 4 Preview

Posted on August 16, 2011 at 12:05 PM.

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Welcome college football fans to the week 4 preview. This week has some pretty big matchups including, #14 Oklahoma State at #4 Texas A&M, #3 Florida State at #24 Clemson, Missouri at #5 Oklahoma, and finally the biggest of them all...#12 Arkansas at #1 Alabama. First lets look at the game of the week.
#12 Arkansas travels to #1 Alabama this Saturday night on ESPN. Last year the Ryan Mallet lead Razorbacks almost knocked off the 'Tide at home but choked in the 2nd half and the the Tide comeback to win. This year both teams are still very talented and this should make for a great game. Both teams have new QB's. Arkansas has Junior Tyler Wilson who has been pretty impresive at times while 'Bama has Sophmore AJ Mccarron who has been fantastic this season. I expect this game to go back and forth, but I give the advantage to 'Bama. They have the #1 defense in the nation right now and their offense is #7. While Arkansas' defense is #32 and their offense is #14. Offense sells the tickets but defenses win championships. My projection 'Bama 31-Arkansas 23.
Now we'll look at #14 Oklahoma State vs #4 Texas A&M. 2 weeks ago OSU fell at home to unranked Arizona and now they'll have to play catchup in the Big 12 from now on due to no confrence championship game. This is a must win for OSU if they still want to be in the hunt for a BCS Bowl. While Texas A&M needs a win to stay in contention for a National Championship. They are sitting at 3-0 and looking good. Their defense has recovered from the loss of Von Miller to the NFL Draft and their offense isnt half bad either. Ill give the advantage to A&M. They are at home in College Station and have a great defense to stop OSU's air raid offense. My projection is OSU 34- A&M 37
My last prediction is #3 FSU at #24 Clemson. Last week Clemson got some national attention by knocking off defending BCS champion Auburn 19-6 at home. But this is a diffirent story.Auburn is a talented team no disrespect to them but FSU is a BCS contender with a much more talented QB. Both teams come into this game with duel-weapon QB's. FSU with EJ Manuel and Clemson withTajh Boyd. Both are off to a good start to the season leading their teams to 3-0 and at the top of the ACC. But I have to go with FSU. Yes their in Death Valley but they just got done knocking off #1(at the time) Oklahoma. They are going to be pumped and ready to go. My projection is #3 FSU 29-#24 Clemson 14.
Now im introducing a new part of the preview. Its called Upset Alert. Each week I'll put one team on Upset Alert and a rating. This week im putting #5 Oklahoma on Upset Alert with a rating of 7.4. They are at home which lowers the rating but they are facing a talanted 2-1 Mizzou team. This rivalry has increased over the years because of the sucsess both teams have had in the past decade. Last year in Columbia, Mizzou knocked off #1 Oklahoma to end OU's BCS hopes. Now they have the oppritunity to do it again in Norman.
It looks like Stephan Garcia has gained the grace of Coach Spurrier and has locked up the starting roll again. He started last week in the 35-10 win over Navy going 14-17 with 3 TD passes and no INTs. He has been scheduled again as the starter for SC's game against Vanderbelt
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