September 29, 2008
Jason and Rob Thompson

Hello again college football fans! The T'Bro's, Jason and Rob back with our Week 5 NCAA College Football 09 Predictions RECAP. The games were great but unfortunately after going 1- 5 Mike has shut down and refuses to reboot. From 8-1 to 7-2 and now 1-5 Mike is in a serious slump.

Let's figure out what happened.

Don't forget to listen to this past week's podcast!



Prediction:  Texas 41, Arkansas 17
Actual:        Texas 52, Arkansas 10

Texas Coach Mac Brown has quietly put together one of the top offenses in the country. The #5 Longhorns rolled Arkansas with 421 yards of total offense. The Texas offense has 14 passing TD's in four games.



Prediction:  Colorado 29, Florida State 21
Actual:         Colorado 21, Florida State 39

Bobby Bowden ran his Seminoles to an upset in his 500'th game as a head coach. The Seminoles beat previously unbeaten Colorado, scoring three times in the last 2:29 of the first half and never looked back. 



Prediction:  East Carolina 31, Houston 22
Actual:        East Carolina 24, Houston 41

It's been a dozen years since Houston knocked off a ranked team. They did it by going full circle, by passing early and very often. Kevin Sumlin's Cougars wracked up a whopping 621 total yards. ECU's opening wins against Virginia Tech and West Virginia feel like a long time ago.



Prediction:  USC 36, Oregon State 14
Actual:        USC 21, Oregon State 27

Oregon State's Mike Riley pulled a "Stanford" and for the second year in a row USC falls to a team they shouldn't. The Beavers unleashed a surprise rushing attack on the apparently disinterested USC Trojans. Galloping to 189 yards against a Trojan Defense that had only given up an average of 93 yards per game up to Saturday OSU beat the Trojans at home for the second time in a row. 



Prediction:   Wisconsin 31, Michigan 21
Actual:         Wisconsin 25, Michigan 27

Michigan used their week lay off to refocus after getting blitzed by Notre Dame. It took the Wolverines a half to shake the rust off but they came back from 19 down in the second half to hold on to a 2 point win. The Badgers had a chance to tie with 13 seconds to go but missed on a two point conversion.  



Prediction:   Georgia 27, Alabama 24
Actual:         Georgia 30, Alabama 41

At some point the rest of the country will realize just how good Alabama is. They beat Georgia in a classic SEC slugfest. Alabama's defense kept Georgia to just 50 yards on the rushing. It was 31- 0 before the Bulldogs scored. Despite the Tide's youth Nick Saban has a championship ready team.

Don't forget to listen to this past week's podcast!