Friday, October 01, 2004
The Sports Toad College Football Preview for Saturday October 2nd
Part 1
Texas Tech at (2) Oklahoma
Jason White and Adrian Peterson led Oklahoma (3-0) against Texas Tech (3-1) in a key Big 12 match-up. Oklahoma has had 14 days off since their victory over the Oregon Ducks, so they should be well rested for the game. Adrian Peterson is coming off of a 183 rushing yards and two touchdowns in his third career game. He has started his career with three 100-yard games.
Texas Tech is coming off a thrilling 31-30 victory over Kansas last weekend. Texas Tech is a team that is led by their potent offense and susceptible defense, which OU should have no problem scoring on. The real question in this game will be whether or not the defense of OU can stop Texas Tech. I believe they can so The Sports Toad believes that Oklahoma beats Texas Tech by a score of 45-17.
(6) West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia (4-0) is heading into Virginia Tech (2-2) in this battle of former Big East foes.
“``We'll have to play better than we have in the last four games to win it,'' West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said. ``That part, I guarantee.'' against this Virginia Tech team who hung in their against a very good USC and a solid NC State team. All-American candidate Kay-Jay Harris who has been battling injuries the last few weeks leads West Virginia. Kay-Jay only had 63 yards rushing on 22 carries against the Dukes of James Madison last week.
Virginia Tech comes into this game with a 2-2 record and facing their worst start since the 1995 season. The Virginia Tech offense this season has been non-existent with last week’s dreadful performance against NC State. Virginia Tech rushed for 36 yards and only gained 192 yards in the entire game. VA Tech fans expect those type numbers in a half not a whole game. The Sports Toad believes that VA Tech beats West Virginia in a squeaker 21-17.
(4) Miami FL at Georgia Tech
Miami (3-0) comes into this game after a solid victory 38-13 over the Houston Cougars last week. Georgia Tech(2-1) on the other hand comes into the game after a week off after their loss to UNC by a score of 34-13. This was after beating then number 20 in the nation Clemson by a score of 28-24 on a last second touchdown.
There is some controversy in Miami with the quarterback position. Brock Berlin is not getting the job done in Larry Coker’s mind, thus Derrick Crudup and Kyle Wright better be ready to play. Brock Berlin has the following stats for the season 43 of 73 passes for 476 yards and two touchdowns. In his career, he has 14 touchdown passes and 19 interceptions since coming to Miami from University of Florida.
Reggie Ball who rushed for 80 yards and threw for 164 yards against University of North Carolina leads Georgia Tech. P.J. Daniels; the starting running back for Georgia Tech is questionable to play. The good news for Georgia Tech is that Eric Henderson returns to the defensive line after missing the first three games with an injury. The Sports Toad believes that Miami will pull out a 28-10 victory over Georgia Tech with very little help from Brock Berlin who tends to make bad decisions at the wrong time.
(13) LSU at (3) Georgia
LSU (3-1) heads to Athens to play the University of Georgia (3-0) in a rematch of the SEC championship game last year. LSU is coming off a victory over a very weak Mississippi State team 51-0 and Georgia is coming in off a bye week after a victory over Marshall 13-3.
The question at LSU is “Who is going to be the QB?” Did Marcus Randle set himself up for the starting job in the victory over Mississippi State with a seven completion in seven attempts with 103 yards in a little over a half of football? I don’t think so. The running game at LSU is not in trouble at all with Alley Broussard having a break out season. In the game against MSU, he had 13 rushes for 75 yards and three touchdowns with about a half of work also. The star of the MSU game was the defense by creating 5 turnovers and scoring a defensive touchdown.
Georgia is coming into this game off of a bye week after a squeaker against a very good Marshall team. Their All-American candidate in David Greene leads Georgia. He has been lackluster this season with 194.3 yards a game and only completing 54.9% of his passes. It seems to be a down year for the senior quarterback or the defenses are figuring out how to defend him and the bulldogs. I just don’t know about this Georgia team there was high expectations for this team and I just have not seen them get it done on the field this season. The Sports Toad predicts Georgia to lose to LSU by a score of 31-28.
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Part 1
Texas Tech at (2) Oklahoma
Jason White and Adrian Peterson led Oklahoma (3-0) against Texas Tech (3-1) in a key Big 12 match-up. Oklahoma has had 14 days off since their victory over the Oregon Ducks, so they should be well rested for the game. Adrian Peterson is coming off of a 183 rushing yards and two touchdowns in his third career game. He has started his career with three 100-yard games.
Texas Tech is coming off a thrilling 31-30 victory over Kansas last weekend. Texas Tech is a team that is led by their potent offense and susceptible defense, which OU should have no problem scoring on. The real question in this game will be whether or not the defense of OU can stop Texas Tech. I believe they can so The Sports Toad believes that Oklahoma beats Texas Tech by a score of 45-17.
(6) West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia (4-0) is heading into Virginia Tech (2-2) in this battle of former Big East foes.
“``We'll have to play better than we have in the last four games to win it,'' West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said. ``That part, I guarantee.'' against this Virginia Tech team who hung in their against a very good USC and a solid NC State team. All-American candidate Kay-Jay Harris who has been battling injuries the last few weeks leads West Virginia. Kay-Jay only had 63 yards rushing on 22 carries against the Dukes of James Madison last week.
Virginia Tech comes into this game with a 2-2 record and facing their worst start since the 1995 season. The Virginia Tech offense this season has been non-existent with last week’s dreadful performance against NC State. Virginia Tech rushed for 36 yards and only gained 192 yards in the entire game. VA Tech fans expect those type numbers in a half not a whole game. The Sports Toad believes that VA Tech beats West Virginia in a squeaker 21-17.
(4) Miami FL at Georgia Tech
Miami (3-0) comes into this game after a solid victory 38-13 over the Houston Cougars last week. Georgia Tech(2-1) on the other hand comes into the game after a week off after their loss to UNC by a score of 34-13. This was after beating then number 20 in the nation Clemson by a score of 28-24 on a last second touchdown.
There is some controversy in Miami with the quarterback position. Brock Berlin is not getting the job done in Larry Coker’s mind, thus Derrick Crudup and Kyle Wright better be ready to play. Brock Berlin has the following stats for the season 43 of 73 passes for 476 yards and two touchdowns. In his career, he has 14 touchdown passes and 19 interceptions since coming to Miami from University of Florida.
Reggie Ball who rushed for 80 yards and threw for 164 yards against University of North Carolina leads Georgia Tech. P.J. Daniels; the starting running back for Georgia Tech is questionable to play. The good news for Georgia Tech is that Eric Henderson returns to the defensive line after missing the first three games with an injury. The Sports Toad believes that Miami will pull out a 28-10 victory over Georgia Tech with very little help from Brock Berlin who tends to make bad decisions at the wrong time.
(13) LSU at (3) Georgia
LSU (3-1) heads to Athens to play the University of Georgia (3-0) in a rematch of the SEC championship game last year. LSU is coming off a victory over a very weak Mississippi State team 51-0 and Georgia is coming in off a bye week after a victory over Marshall 13-3.
The question at LSU is “Who is going to be the QB?” Did Marcus Randle set himself up for the starting job in the victory over Mississippi State with a seven completion in seven attempts with 103 yards in a little over a half of football? I don’t think so. The running game at LSU is not in trouble at all with Alley Broussard having a break out season. In the game against MSU, he had 13 rushes for 75 yards and three touchdowns with about a half of work also. The star of the MSU game was the defense by creating 5 turnovers and scoring a defensive touchdown.
Georgia is coming into this game off of a bye week after a squeaker against a very good Marshall team. Their All-American candidate in David Greene leads Georgia. He has been lackluster this season with 194.3 yards a game and only completing 54.9% of his passes. It seems to be a down year for the senior quarterback or the defenses are figuring out how to defend him and the bulldogs. I just don’t know about this Georgia team there was high expectations for this team and I just have not seen them get it done on the field this season. The Sports Toad predicts Georgia to lose to LSU by a score of 31-28.
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