Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Weekend projections: October 30

Texas Tech (-11.5) @ Baylor

Just like their leader, the Branch Hanspardians will skip class on this one in Waco, but the Bears will show up to play. In the words of Blake, those Bears look "fiesty" this year. Just as important, the Red Raiders are totally unproven away from Jones STD stadium.

Baylor is 1-3 in conference play, but gave Nebraska a great game in Waco, and took A&M and OU to OT on the road. This is not the "same old Baylor", and Tech will find out the hard way. Looking ahead to the upcoming Roosterbowl matchup, the Red Raiders will make a game out of this one, but still escape with a win. For the record, I hope I am wrong here. I would much rather Tek get the standard blowout in Waco, so they're feeling very cocksure leading up to the Roosterbowl.

There's still a "W" in Waco this year: Tech 38, Baylor 32


Iowa State (+10) @ Texas A&M

Aggies hit on all cylinders this week against another weak opponent. In spite of what Blake says about Iowa State, they are not "tough". Along with Oklahoma State and Kansas, they are one of the weakest teams in the conference.

A&M will romp in their last home game before Thanksgiving. This is the last good chance for a home win for the Seniors, and they know it. After putting together 3 consectutive solid quarters against KSU, then falling apart for a scare in the fourth, A&M plays a complete game in this one, dominating from beginning to end, in what will end up being a primer for the upset in Lubbock. Look for the power running game to continue to evolve, along with the option as Courtney Lewis continues to get healthy. McNeal, Lane, and Lewis get 100+ each on the ground for a big win:

Fightin' Texas Aggies 55, Iowa State Cyclones 12

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joe,

I too expect both Tech and A&M to win this week. I am not sure why you suddenly expect our defense to step up and hold the Cyclones to 12.

I see us getting out to a decent lead and then letting them back in the game like we always do.

ags 30 cyclones 27.

bake said...

Didn't you learn anything from last week? KSU didn't "define" the mediocre Ags enough for you?