Week 7 is in the books and with Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay, Oakland, NY Jets and Tampa Bay on byes in Week 8, it is time to scour the Waiver Wire for replacements for the Studs from those teams. Injuries were a huge part of Week 7 action as well.
The West Virginia Mountaineers will look to bounce back from a tough conference loss this upcoming Saturday afternoon when they take-on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a battle of two teams that still have designs on the Big East title.
The Connecticut Huskies will look to keep their dream alive of a second-straight Big East title when they travel to Heinz Field this Wednesday night for a showdown with the Pittsburgh Panthers. The game is slated to get underway at 8 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The Troy Trojans will try and move up the standings in the Sun Belt Conference when they square-off against the Florida International Golden Panthers this Tuesday night at FIU Stadium. Kick-off is slated for 8 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Week 7 Studs and Duds
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While a handful of projected AFC contenders have started slow out of the gate, the Baltimore Ravens are right where they expected to be at the top of the AFC North after winning four of their first five games.
Preview: NASCAR races at Talladega Superspeedway have become synonymous with the word ‘crapshoot’ – making predicting a race winner rather challenging, particularly with this year’s unconventional two-car tandem-style racing.
Less than two years removed from their Super Bowl XLIV clash, the New Orleans Saints are set to host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday Night Football.
Southern Cal had been dominating this match-up in recent seasons, until the Golden Domers exacted some revenge last season, pulling out a 20-16 victory.
In what is the most important of the CFL Week 17 games the Montreal Alouettes visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with first place in the Eastern Conference on the line. A win for Montreal would lock up the East and give them home field advantage in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Baltimore vs Jacksonville Monday Night Football Handicapping Predictions
The lowly Jacksonville Jaguars survived better than many handicappers expected last week in a trip to Pittsburgh but life gets no easier this week, even at home. On Monday Night Football, the Jags host a Baltimore Ravens team that dominated the same Pittsburgh Steelers that beat them last week.
A 2-0 World Series lead was in the St. Louis Cardinals’ grasp, as they led by a run entering the top of the ninth in Game 2, but the win slipped away.
In a cutthroat conference like the SEC, there just isn’t any room for “getting-there’s” and “nice try, buts…” The Tennessee Volunteers showed a lot of good things earlier in the regular season, but a combination of injuries and a lack of well-roundedness has the Vols staring down the barrel of an 0-4 conference start.
In recent seasons, “The Battle of the Tigers” has been a can’t-miss for SEC fans and college football fans alike. Conventional wisdom would say that some of the pinch has been taken out of the match-up with the departure of all-world Auburn QB Cam Newton, but Auburn is notoriously testy in big games.
As far as SEC West division match-ups go, this one seems to break pretty well for the visiting team. The home side Rebels haven’t looked good at all in 2011, poor play has been highlighted by no steadying presence under center and a slew of injuries and suspensions to important contributors.
The Seattle Seahawks return from their bye this week in search of their third win in four games when they travel East to take on a Cleveland Browns team that is certainly improved but has lost two straight games.
