Weekly Picks

I wanted to get my week 1 picks out of the way early since I have a busy week ahead of me. Not too much can happen between now and next weekend, so these are my final picks.

For those of you new to this magnificent site, my picks are in bold and orange. Also, if you think you can do better than me, feel free to e-mail me your picks. If you do better than me, I'll post your results during next week's installment. My e-mail can be found on my profile page.

Here we go...

South Carolina @ North Carolina St.
Troy @ Bowling Green
Villanova @ Temple
Coastal Carolina @ Kent St.
North Texas @ Ball St.
North Dakota St. @ Iowa St.
Eastern Kentucky @ Indiana
Utah St. @ Utah
Oregon @ Boise St.
Tulsa @ Tulane
Central Arkansas @ Hawaii
Navy @ Ohio St.
Akron @ Penn St.
Towson @ Northwestern
Montana St. @ Michigan St.
Appalachian St. @ East Carolina
Minnesota @ Syracuse
Kentucky @ Miami (OH)
Liberty @ West Virginia
Toledo @ Purdue
Northern Iowa @ Iowa
Western Kentucky @ Tennessee
Jacksonville St. @ Georgia Tech
Youngstown St. @ Pittsburgh
Northeastern @ Boston College
Nicholls St. @ Air Force
Portland St. @ Oregon St.
Weber St. @ Wyoming
San Jose St. @ USC
Georgia @ Oklahoma St.
Nevada @ Notre Dame
Western Michigan @ Michigan
Baylor @ Wake Forest
Jackson St. @ Mississippi St.
Missouri vs. Illinois
Rice @ UAB
Southern Illinois @ Marshall
Citadel @ North Carolina
Middle Tennessee St. @ Clemson
William & Mary @ Virginia
Samford @ UCF
Charleston Southern @ Florida
Louisiana-Monroe @ Texas
BYU vs. Oklahoma
Florida Atlantic @ Nebraska
Northern Colorado @ Kansas
Louisiana Tech @ Auburn
Missouri St. @ Arkansas
Wofford @ South Florida
Richmond @ Duke
Connecticut @ Ohio
New Mexico @ Texas A&M
Northwestern St. @ Houston
Northern Illinois @ Wisconsin
Southern @ Louisiana-Lafayette
Army @ Eastern Michigan
Alcorn St. @ Southern Miss
North Dakota @ Texas Tech
Mississippi Valley St. @ Arkansas St.
UMASS @ Kansas St.
San Diego St. @ UCLA
Indiana St. @ Louisville
Western Carolina @ Vanderbilt
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech
Idaho @ New Mexico St.
Stanford @ Washington St.
Stephen F. Austin @ SMU
Central Michigan @ Arizona
Buffalo @ UTEP
Maryland @ California
Idaho St. @ Arizona St.
UC Davis @ Fresno St.
Sacramento St. @ UNLV
LSU @ Washington
Ole Miss @ Memphis
Colorado St. @ Colorado
Cincinnati @ Rutgers
Miami(FL) @ Florida St.

Upset Picks

North Dakota St. over Iowa St.- The Bison are one of the top teams in the FCS. The Cyclones might be the worst BCS team. Recipe for an upset.

Boise St. over Oregon- This isn't really an upset based on the teams. But anytime you can pick a WAC team to beat a PAC-10 team, it's gotta count for at least a mild upset.

Louisiana Tech over Auburn- I've already made this prediction in a previous post. The Bulldogs are a dark horse WAC title contender. I can see them walking off the plains with a W.

UTEP over Buffalo- This is another not so big upset, but it's week 1.

What is this, Arena Football??

College football uniforms are some of the more recognizable unis in all of sports. Lately, there has been a disturbing trend to trot out onto the field in complete ass ugly uniforms.

I have listed the ugliest uniforms in all of college football this season. As always my list is extremely biased, so if you don't like it, you should probably stop watching college football, because you are a moron.

The list is in no particular order, the unis are all equally bad.


Oregon's uniforms actually aren't that bad. I think they get more crap than they deserve from the media. I actually like the all white design in this pic. That being said, their bright yellow jerseys are disgusting and the rivets on the shoulder pads have got to go. Overall, this is a step up from previous Oregon designs.



Arizona St. has a horrible color scheme to deal with, so I can't expect much from them. Put a little devil with an over sized dome piece on the helmet? That's a little too much. I think they should just go for the cursive Devils script, that would be much nicer.


I used to like Wyoming's uniforms because I thought they were nice and simple. This all changed when they decided to outline the Cowboy decal with a neon yellow looking color. Why couldn't they just leave simple and plain alone?


I just really don't like the brown and orange color combo. There were plenty of nominees to make this list from the MAC, but I went with the Falcons because they got rid of the original corny Falcon decal for a simple B/G decal. Lame.



The Minnesota Golden Gophers don't just have a retarded nickname, they have some pretty bad uniforms. I really wanted to put a pick up of their mustard color unis, but it seems they have been banned from the Internet. I don't blame the Internet one bit.


When I first saw Southeastern Louisiana's uniforms on T.V., I thought someone was playing a joke on me. When I realized it was no joke, I then thought that perhaps I was watching JV girls football. To my surprise, I found out I was in fact watching real college football. I immediately doused my eyes with kerosene and lit them on fire.



When Temple recently decided to change their uniforms, it looked like they went to the local after school program for mentally challenged kids for it's design. I swear some of the Temple script decals look like they're crooked.



When was the last time lime green could be substituted for mean green? Perhaps North Texas is just warming us up for their upcoming nickname change. Introducing the North Texas Fighting Kiwis!


I would like to know which genius decided it would be cool to put eyeballs onto the side of a helmet. Apparently someone at Western Carolina thought this would be pretty intimidating, because that's exactly what they did.


If North Dakota St. had a better helmet decal, they probably wouldn't even make this list. If your nickname is the Bison, you could come up with way more kick-ass designs than a cartoonish looking Buffalo. Someone from NDSU must have previously worked in the NFL.