Saturday, August 30, 2008

At the sports desk: today's college football picks

Just picking winners of some key games today. We'll see how I do:

Illinois to upset Missouri--Mizzou to be burdened by high expectations; Juice Williams to run wild for the Illini.

USC over Virginia--so much talent on Southern Cal; Mark Sanchez will play.

Clemson over Alabama--Tigers to be strong at home; Nick Saban still rebuilding.

Washington to upset Oregon--watch out for Jake Locker of UW.

Tennessee over UCLA--the Vols always have lots of talent; I think it will take the Bruins a while to get settled under new coach Rick Neuheisel.

Michigan over Utah--Michigan's defense, the one part of the team that has a lot of returning starters, will get it done today for the Maize and Blue and new coach Rich Rodriguez; look for a low scoring game.