Week 10 College Football Predictions

After spending way too much time celebrating the things not college football, the View From America can now truly say that we’re concentrating on Saturdays from now on in.

As usual, we’re not going to make a call about the Ohio State–Penn State game, safe to say that the Lions better stop out-of-the-pocket quarterback Terrelle Pryor, or it’s going to be a long frickin’ day.

Thursday Night

Virginia Tech vs Eastern Carolina

This game’s turning into one of the funner small rivalries in football. Well, we enjoyed 2007 and 2008. 2007 was the iconic game, when we saw college football for the first time after the shootings at Virginia Tech. Chris Fowler made one of the best speeches ever (see below), and we all had a tear in our eye. The next year, East Carolina beat Virginia Tech and shocked the world.



Prediction: Virginia Tech by 21

Friday Night

Boise State vs Louisiana Tech


Boise State is playing brilliantly, and La. Tech just ain’t that good.

Prediction: Broncos buck another victory. Boise by 28

Saturday

Florida vs Vanderbilt

The PTI guys were spot-on when they said that regardless of what Georgia RB Washaun Ealey says, Brandon Spikes should have been suspended for that eye gouge. It’s not cool, ladies. Spikes did the right thing for suspending himself for the Vanderbilt game. It won’t matter. The Gators will kill the Commodores.

Prediction: Gator Bait. Florida by 35

Oregon vs Stanford

Stanford don’t make many mistakes, and Oregon just beat the crap out of USC. This is a better Cardinal than the start of the season—but then again, so are the Ducks. This could go to the wire.

Prediction: Oregon by 7

UCF vs Texas

Texas is playing the best football out all the BCS Contenders right now. Texas defense is absolutely frightening—and so is the Longhorns’ offense.

Prediction: Texas by 41

Northwestern at Iowa

Iowa may go down early in this game, but they won’t after 60 minutes. We all hope they’ll leave the losing to the prime-time game against the Ohio State Buckeyes. As a PSU fan, I’m hoping they lose both. Unlikely, though.

Prediction: Iowa by 21

USC vs Arizona State

After the Sun Devils lost in heartbreaking fashion to Cal last week, a lot of ASU fans are talking about the improvement in this team instead of the big letdown. It’s funny, because they are saying the opposite about Pete Carroll’s boys, who took it to the woodshed against Oregon, and everyone’s talking about how crappy USC is.

Don’t get us wrong, the Trojans aren’t great this year, but ASU are hardly an offensive powerhouse. But they can stop you.

Prediction: Monster upset in Sun Devil Stadium. ASU by 3

Army vs Air Force

It’s great that College Gameday will be saluting the armed services in Colorado Springs, and it's only sad that we're not seeing the Notre Dame vs Navy game. This is going to be a lot of fun.

Prediction: Air Force by 21

Navy vs Notre Dame

The Midshipmen scared the beejesus out of Ohio State with their triple option threat, and we expect them to do the same to Notre Dame in South Bend. But Notre Dame finds ways to win—but don't expect this one to be a walkover.

Prediction: Notre Dame by 4 on a last-ditch drive. Again.

LSU vs Alabama

If there’s two teams that really, really hate each other, it’s Alabama and LSU. To Alabama fans, Nick Saban’s God. To LSU fans, Nick Saban’s The Devil. LSU fans had better get their running game sorted out if they can stop Alabama’s rather brilliant defensive front, and then stop Heisman candidate Mark Ingram on the other side of the ball. This is going to be a war, ladies and gentlemen.

Prediction: Alabama by 3.

Oh, and did I mention the Penn State-Ohio State game?