NAVY

Can the Gamecocks really be up for this one? They opened with a tough fast break game vs E. Carolina in the opener, then had a huge game vs Georgia last week and then have another SEC foe, Vanderbilt on deck. All that is going on for south Carolina and now they have just 1 week to prepare for the option. This is not a good spot for them. SC is 2-0 on the year, but just how good are they? They beat East Carolina by 19 points, but only outgained them by 6 yards and then last week they allowed Georgia to march up and down the field and despite the win they were still outgained by 41 yards. Last week they were very lucky as the Bulldogs made a ton of mistakes and practically gave the game away. SC scored 28 points off TO's and still only won by 3 points. SC's offense has been spectacular so far, but the defense has been bad as they have allowed 390 ypg and 39.5 ppg so far. Navy is 2-0, but their level of competition hasn't been that strong. Their defense was to be a sore spot, with just 3 starters back, but so far they have allowed just 15.5 ppg and having 2 games under their belt should help them as they have some game experience for this one. The option should also help to shorten the game and keep that strong Carolina offense off the field. The Dog is 7-1 ATS when Navy takes on a BCS school and they are 3-0 ATS the last 3 vs Carolina. The Gamecocks have not played all that well so far and are in a classic sandwich spot and Navy has just the right team with just the right offense to keep this one close

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ARKANSAS ST.

This is another case of a team being falsely ranked, as the Hokies come in #23 in the country after beating Appalachian State and East Carolina. Big deal. They barely got by the Pirates and there are at least 40 teams better than this one-dimensional club from Blacksburg. Va Tech has some more important fish to fry coming up. They play Marshall next week and then they open up ACC play. Virginia Tech could be caught napping and they can't fix their broken passing game in a week. Arkansas State is a senior-laden outfit that sports enough offensive playmakers to dent the scoreboard a few times, and a defensive front seven that won't get completely run over. The Red Wolves racked up over 600 yards last week on Memphis and while things get much tougher here, this game is a lot more interesting to the Red Wolves than it is to the Hokies. The Red Wolves hang around in this one.

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SC pretty much sucked last week, couple nice turnovers got the the victory. Wasn't like they played a huge game or anything.

I like Navy still though. Not sold on SC stopping the run. and we know what Navy can do!

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