DFC VII Week Two

As of 511am, Saturday 9/9, here's who I NEED picks from (as in, you aren't on the list, you're okay):
Jason Barnette, Jason Duren, Jason Demastus

Used tiebreak drop: Jonathan Osborne, Mark Gainey, Ryan Sherman

DFC Week Two Games
All times CST, all rankings from the USAToday/DEUCESPN Poll

19. Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0) at 19. Notre Dame Fightin' Irish (1-0), 230pm NBC
Joe Pa, coaching in his 143 season at Penn State, is taking on the Fightin' Irish, who came thisclose to getting beaten by the Ramblin' Wreck of Ga Tech. Read a little bit, you'll see that that game "exposed" some weaknesses in the Irish... I'll let you figure that out.

Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-0) at 22. California Bears (0-1), 6pm, TBS
This game intrigues me because we know that the Cal Bears laid a big egg on the field against the Vols. Does this mean they stink? Or did they just have a bad week?
Here's what ESPN's Bruce Feldman had to say about Cal: Cal is like that girl you convinced yourself was so perfect, but then something happened, and suddenly it all became clear. You broke up. It stung, but you realized all her faults, all the ones that you can't believe you didn't notice before. Fact is, Cal hasn't beaten anyone in the last three years. The Bears' big statement game was its close loss to USC in 2004. They griped about being left out of the BCS mix that season and then were lit up by Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. Last season, they weren't much better than a middle-of-the-road Mountain West squad.
Course, they're playing Minnesota. Pick 'em.

11. Georgia Bulldogs (1-0) at South Carolina Gamecocks (1-0), 645pm ESPN
We know Georgia is pretty good. The question is, is So Car any good? I mean, they beat up on Mississippi State, but they didn't look at that great doing it, and... well, they beat up on Mississippi State.

1. Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0) at 2. Texas Longhorns (1-0), 7pm ABC
Goodness gracious sakes alive... this is why we play The DFC. That, and the Texas QB's name is Colt McCoy. Yes, Colt McCoy. Personally? Hook 'em Horns! (also the tiebreak game)

And finally... let's begin some NFL games:

Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers, 12pm Fox
Vick is back, but so are the Panthers (how did they get good all of a sudden?)

Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 12pm CBS
Just for David Mark Osborne... a Tampa Bay game. His favorite. Steve Air McNair is now tossing the pigskin for the Ravens, so they now have something more to rely on than their defense.

San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals, 315pm Fox
This is an interesting game because the 49ers have sucked wind in the last few years, while the Cardinals have pretty much done that their entire existance... but now, the Cards have Edgerrin James running for them, and Matt Leinart throwing for them. Will this change anything? Pick 'em.

Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants, 715pm NBC
Really, the only thing to know about this game is that Vegas is putting the over/under on the number of times you'll hear the word "Manning" at 34,544.

Tiebreak Game:
Ohio State visiting Texas. It might be 120. It might be 12. Your call.