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Richard Franklin
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The Franklin Letter
The Franklin Poll
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THE FRANKLIN COMMENTARY
(September 7, 2005) No question that the game of the week is
Texas at
Ohio State.
Since the bettors have called this one a pick em, you can too. However, it
will be tough for
Texas to overcome the home field advantage that
Ohio State will enjoy so look for
Ohio State to move up in the polls, and
Texas to look forward to
Oklahoma later in the
season.
Other key match ups include
Notre Dame at
Michigan , with
Michigan
favored by seven. Give the seven and watch
Michigan move up in
the polls behind
USC and try to stay
focused the rest of the year until big match ups later with
Iowa and the season
closer with
Ohio State.
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USC |
9/17 vs Arkansas |
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Texas |
Ohio State |
Pk |
Go with the home team |
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Michigan |
Notre Dame |
7 |
Michigan shows Notre Dame how to play football (again) |
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LSU |
Arizona State |
Pk |
Will LSU show up? Players have more on there minds then a football game. |
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Virginia Tech |
Duke |
19.5 |
VT likes the ACC, very easy conference (so far) |
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Ohio State |
Texas |
Pk |
Home team wins |
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Tennessee |
9/17 @ Florida |
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Iowa |
Iowa St. |
9 |
Is this Iowa's year? |
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Florida |
Louisiana Tech |
30 |
Florida likes to get the easy games out of the way early |
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Florida State |
Citadel |
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Florida St. needs a good scrimmage to recover. |
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Georgia |
South Carolina |
16 |
Georgia shows SC that it is a tough league after all. |
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Miami (FL) |
9/17 @ Clemson |
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Purdue |
Akron |
35.5 |
Does this game count in the standings? |
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Louisville |
9/17 @ Oregon St. |
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Arizona State |
LSU |
Pk |
Will LSU show up? Players have more on there minds then a football game. |
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California |
Washington |
7.5 |
Will Washington ever win again? |
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Texas Tech |
Fla Int |
34.5 |
(See Purdue comments) |
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Oklahoma |
Tulsa |
30.5 |
Oklahoma shows country yes they can |
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Boston College |
Army |
27.5 |
Boston College needs to prove they belong in the ACC, and this is not the
game. |
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Virginia |
9/17 @ Syracuse |
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Alabama |
Southern Miss |
12.5 |
Roll Tide |
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Notre Dame |
Michigan |
-7 |
Michigan shows Notre Dame how to play football (again) |
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UCLA |
Rice |
25 |
Can UCLA play two solid games? |
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Georgia Tech |
North Carolina |
12.5 |
GT can show last week was the real deal. |
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Wisconsin |
Temple |
34.5 |
Wisconsin wants to show Big 10 they are for real |
It is still early in the season, but you can already look forward to several
other key match ups later in the year. ESPN's mentioned the
possibility of four or five undefeated teams, and a close look at the
schedule shows that four could make it happen (substitute Ohio St. for Michigan,
Tennessee for LSU). More likely the BCS ends up with a mess on it's hands
again with five or six schools with one loss, rewarding the school that lost the
earliest (Oklahoma anyone?)
KEY GAMES -
USC, 10/1 @ Arizona St., 10/15 @ Notre Dame, 11/12 @
California, 12/3 UCLA
Texas, 9/10 @ Ohio St., 10/8
Oklahoma, 10/22 Texas Tech
Michigan, 9/10 Notre Dame, 10/22
Iowa, 11/19 Ohio St.
LSU, 9/10 @ Arizona St., 9/24
Tennessee, 10/15 Florida
- more later
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