The Wiesguy is a newcomer to the handicapping scene. Hailing from Toronto, Canada he is always sweet on the underdogs and you can often find his thoughts, musings and picks at moneydogs.blogspot.com.
It was a shame that TCU lost their opener at Baylor – it was a hell of a game. Their defense was a mess throughout the contest but with Casey Pachall at the controls they showed amazing determination to get back in the game before losing it late.
The Akron Zips were smoked by Ohio State in the opener but I don’t think that was much of a surprise. The score was 42-0 but when you look behind the numbers it was even uglier.
The Houston Cougars beat UCLA and covered but it wasn’t the most inspiring opening performance. Despite knocking out the Bruins starting QB they didn’t win the yardage battle and didn’t do much in the second half as they held on for a 38-34 victory.
New Orleans is looking to quickly get the taste of last year’s playoff flop against Seattle out of their mouth.
It is a year of new beginnings for the Colorado Buffaloes. New conference – PAC 12 – and a new coach in Jon Embree (a former Buffalo).
By now people should know all about the TCU Horned Frogs – no more sneaking up on teams. Yes, they won the Rose Bowl in January. Yes, they are moving to the Big East…and yes All-Everything QB Andy Dalton has graduated.
South Carolina finally broke through in 2010 capturing the SEC East Division title and a berth in the title game (they lost of course).
If you like high scoring football then you have to be a fan of Conference USA, where teams regularly run up and down the field on each other.
The Sun Belt conference feels like it just joined the FBS party yesterday but it has been around for a little while now.
Where do you start when talking about the WAC. Boise State is gone and the top three contenders this season – Nevada, Hawaii and Fresno State – will all be gone by this time next year.
Well once again an SEC team won the BCS title last season. It may have been a surprise that it was Auburn but they earned it by going undefeated in the toughest conference in America.
I need to start by stating that I think it is a real shame that USC is not permitted to participate in the Championship Game in the inaugural season of the PAC 12.
Of all the conferences I feel like the Mid American Conference (MAC) gets the least respect. On a regular basis they are generally pummeled by teams from the Big East and Big Ten but inside the conference the games are super competitive and gruelling.
Its definitely an interesting year in the reshaped Mountain West Conference. The coup of landing Boise State will be balanced by the loss of BYU and Utah, two programs who have challenged TCU for conference supremacy over the last few seasons.
Lots of really good story lines in the Big Ten this year…I don’t even know where to begin. There is the addition of Nebraska and the demise of Ohio State. Quarterback Russell Wilson might make Wisconsin a BCS hopeful while new Michigan coach Brady Hoke is going to try and do his best to reign in the best rushing QB any of us have ever seen in Dernard Robinson.
This is the last year any of these teams might be favoured to win the conference with TCU joining Big East play next season.
