College Football: Week 12

It seems like I've been saying this more and more, but we have one heck of a week in college football. There are so many team's who will make their case for their conference championship today or even a BCS bowl. The PAC-12 takes over for the SEC as the big game conference this week as it seems a few of the SEC's best are taking a bye week this week (West Carolina, really?). The Big 12 also has some tasty games today as well, so on to the picks!

Oregon- 50 Stanford-30 This will be Oregon's biggest test of the year. It's bigger than USC because the Cardinal can stop the run and has a solid defense. As much as I want to say that Stanford can pull the upset   because they can stop the run, Marcus Mariota is one of the best Oregon QB's in a while. He will lead his team through the AIR as the Ducks out play Stanford after all four quarters. 

USC- 45 UCLA- 35 - Showed a lot in their game versus Oregon. I think they have a great offense that should be able to score with the best of them. UCLA will cause some problems because they can score too, but ultimately their defense will crumble under the pressure of Matt Barkley's arm. 

Texas Tech- 43 Oklahoma State- 45 - This will be another classic Big 12 shoot out. OK State has proven in the past few weeks that they still have a lot of bite despite losing a lot of key players last year. They have a potent offense that will put up some big numbers on this Red Raiders defense. Tech will also put up some big numbers on the lackluster Cowboys defense. The aspect that will set these two apart is OK State's ability to run the ball. The Cowboys have a running game and Tech doesn't which means Tech is more likely to be a little one dimensional. That will lead to more turnovers and a narrow victory by State. 

Kansas State- 43 Baylor- 20 - Last week showed a lot about Kansas State. It showed me that Collin Klein will not let his team lose a game this year. That being said, the Wildcats will jump out to an early lead because of him and slide into next weeks game against Texas. 

Ohio State- 38 Wisconsin- 20 - Normally this would be a huge game, but the Badgers aren't so good this year and Ohio State can't play in any sort of title game. Plus the Badgers have their Big Ten Championship game spot locked up. I'm sure the Badgers would love to beat Ohio State, but Montee Ball needs to have a big game if they hope to do so. Ohio State will play great defense and Braxton Miller will do just enough on the other side of the ball to get it done and lead the Bucks to a victory. 

QUICK PICKS

Miami (OH) -45 CMU- 30

Miami - 35 USF- 29 

Oklahoma- 40 West Virginia- 17 

Northwestern- 30 MSU- 17 

Western Michigan- 41 Eastern Michigan- 10 

Thanks for reading!