Football Friday

Another exciting weekend of college and pro football on the docket.

A look at the college games reveals an exciting game today, under the Friday night lights, between West Virginia and Cincinnati. I think this could be one of the most exciting games of the weekend and I will be watching to see how Cincy plays their QBs, but I think this will be a close game. Of the remaining unbeaten teams, Cincinnati certainly has the toughest remaining schedule.

Iowa is visiting the Horseshoe this weekend and I fully expect a blowout. Iowa has struggled to run the football in all their games and without QB Stanzi I expect OSUs defense to force Iowa to tap out early in the game. OSU will wake up Sunday morning smelling Roses....

UPSET ALERT - Bama travels to Mississippi St and while I do not anticipate a loss, the blueprint has been made as to how to stop Bama - load up the box and slow down the running game while their QB McElroy throws INTs. Against Florida, Mississippi Sts inability to score was its problem, maybe they find a way to score and make this an interesting game.

BLOWOUT ALERT - The 1 team Urban hates more than Georgia is South Carolina. He hates Spurrier and his Visor. Florida will be able to find its offense and dominate SC.

SHOCKER SPECIAL - Teams coming off byes this year are 14-10, including several near misses. I like the Cleveland Browns to win on Monday Night for 2 reasons. 1st, they played very well a year ago in all the prime time games, I expect that to continue. And 2nd, the Browns always play the Browns, err Ravens, tough in Cleveland just like they play Pittsburgh tough at Pitt. Browns will keep hope alive and win on Monday.

Pittsburgh plays the Bengals and the first time these 2 teams played was an exciting come from behind win for Cincinnati. I expect the Steelers to be ready for this game and beat Cincinnati as they have looked much better defensively with Polomalu. Big Ben always makes plays and rarely do the Steelers lose to a team 2 times in the same season. The Steelers are positioning themselves for a post season run.

Certainly the game of the day has to be KC @ Oak. I like KC to win the game.

The actual game of the day was going to be my lock of the week but I am backing off it. The Pats play the Colts in what should be a thriller and they are playing on prime time for all the nation to see. Peyton has been brilliant this season, but the offense seems to in the past 2 wins. The Pats, on the other hand, have been building off of a slow start. I like the Pats to win in Indy and end the Colts perfect season.

STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN LEAD PIPE LOCK - The Saints travel to St. Louis on Sunday to play the Rams. The line is a puny -13.5. The Rams have been complete dogs all year and things wont change. The line could be Saints -27.5 and Id still make this my lock of the week.

As always, enjoy the action.