The State of Sports Nov. 4th

-College Football

-Games of the week
Im going to be brave and bold this week. Have you been following the minor conferences. I mean like the real bad ones. The Conference USA, MAC and Mountain West dont count. Im talking about the WAC and the Sun Belt. I really like the WAC this year. They have some really good teams that you can talk about. I like Fresno State who is only one of two teams that is ranked in a minor conference. Their only loss has come to Oregon in a close game. Fresno also has the second best defense by a minor conference in the nation in yards per game. 22nd is what they rank, but its still best in the conference, and thats what wins you games right there.

I like Boise State, who had one of second best offense in the nation last year, but this year are just getting by. They do play on Blue turf, which is an advantage to defenses who cant stand the color blue, but their advantage is they have a good Offensive line with Jared Zabranski calling plays. That man will be a great qb in the NFL someday. They also have a good 1-2 punch with RB's Marks and Johnson.

I like Hawaii, whos got one really sick offense. How about third in the nation in passing yards. They just graduated the leading passer in NCAA history. How about the 2777 passing yards that Nate Ilola has. He was the backup last year and is doing an unbelieveable job with two freshman recievers who have 700 rec. yards and 8 and 9 TD's respectively. Its too bad they are 3-3 in the conference loosing to both Boise State and Fresno.

And then there's Nevada. They are the team that is balanced all the way across. They have no one that stands out and are in the top 4 in total defense and offense in the WAC. They play Hawaii this week and then Fresno State second to last game of their season. If Nevada beats Boise State, then they stand a chance to beat them. Fresno States defense is too good though. But, heres my prediction. If Nevada wins this week, they stand a chance to be bowl eligible (Once beating either New Mexico and Utah State, who are 6-7 at the bottom of the conference). If they play someone really good in a bowl game, they will win. Just my prediction.

-Top 25 games
Miami vs VT is gonna be one really good game vs the best defenses in football. Will it be a good defensive game, or a blow out is the question? I would like to see a blow out, but something tells me that VT will pull out with the victory because Vick is the intagible in that offense.

Penn St. and Wisconsin is another good game. I pick Wisconsin because im not a big Penn State fan. Im sure id love Paterno just as much as I liked Coach Mazzaferro, but still im not a big Nittany Lions fan.

Watch Notre Dame kill Tennesee. Watch BC-NC come down to the wire. Watch Ohio State just grill Illinios in a 30 something point game. Watch Oregon and Cal. go into overtime after a Cal comeback.

-Other games
Northwestern over Iowa (Heated about last weeks prediction), and Vandy over Florida, but that is never going to happen. I just dont think any other games will be to close to call this week.