DFC Week Seven

Can you believe it? We are past the halfway point of the sixth season of the DFC...

...and due to lack of really good NFL Games, we're going with 6 College & 2 Pro this week...

SIX College Games
All times CST, all ranks from AP Poll
#16 Michigan State Spartans (4-1) at #15 Ohio State Buckeyes (3-2), 11am, ABC
Yes, yes, you think "why all the Big 10 games?" Because they are the best in the nation right now... better than Alabama-Ole Miss, I tell ya. Michigan State's only loss is a heartbreaker to Notre Dame (OT) and Ohio State lost to both Texas and Penn State--two very good teams. The road to the Big 10 title ends here for one of these teams.

#23 Wisconsin Badgers (5-1) at #22 Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-1), 11am
The Badgers were shocked by Northwestern on Saturday in a 51-48 slugfest, while Minnesota got drilled by Penn State (who is seemingly doing a lot of drilling lately). Now they take on each other for the 2nd spot in the Big Ten (with Mich State), behind Penn State.

Northwestern Wildcats (3-2) at Purdue Boilermakers (2-3), 12pm
For Purdue, dreams of Pasadena and a Big Ten title have shifted to the reality of perhaps the Alamo Dome and not much else. For NW, its been a while since we picked a 'Cats game--and after thier huge win over Wisconsin, what better time to see if they are riding momentum, or just got lucky one day.

#1 USC Trojans (5-0) at #9 Notre Dame (4-1), 230pm, NBC
They've won 27 in a row. Some of the DFC is predicting a USC loss before season's end. Will it be Touchdown Jesus to do it?

#11 Florida Gators (5-1) at #10 LSU Bengal Tigers (3-1), 230pm, CBS
I can't tell you if these are two good teams who had bad days (LSU struggled early with Vandy, and you saw the Bama game) or they are just overrated. Pick 'em.

#19 Louisville Cardinals (4-1) at West Virginia Mountaineers (5-1), 230pm, ABC
I would love to think Louisville would dominate this game (especially after blowing out national powers Kentucky and Florida Atlantic), and three weeks ago, this game wasn't even a consideration for the DFC... but the Cards got pummeled--and I mean pummeled--by flippin' South Florida 45-14... so now, this game poses as the game for the Big Least lead.


TWO NFL Games
Minnesota Vikings (1-3) at Chicago Bears (1-3), 12pm, Fox
Total and utter crap. Smile, its the Crap O'the Week!

New England Patriots (3-2) at Denver Broncos (4-1), 315pm, CBS
The Broncos have reeled off 4 straight (the Skins botched a 2 point conversion just now) including just beating Washington, while the Patriots keep finding a way to win. They brought Viniteiri to the line for his 6,223rd last-second-FG-for-the-win in the last few years.

TB Game:
Florida/LSU total score.