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NCAA Football Picks 2010 - Week 2

Wasn't able to put down many of my thoughts on the season, though I did put some things up on Twitter. Ultimately, I expect something looking like this: ACC Atlantic: Florida State Boston College Clemson NC State Wake Forest Maryland ACC Coastal: Miami UNC (if they get the majority of their suspended players back; otherwise GaTech is here and UNC is 3rd) Georgia Tech Virginia Tech (perhaps the most overrated team in the country coming into the year; similar personnel problems to what FSU had last year on defense) Duke Virginia (has a legitimate chance to beat Virginia Tech this year) Championship: FSU over Miami SEC East Georgia  (I now disagree with my pre-season pick) Florida (I still like Brantley a lot, but Florida is now likely to be 3rd in their division) South Carolina (I now think SC will win the SEC East—yes, they break through this year; I had Florida winning it pre-season, but after watching week 1, I think it's the 'Cocks) Kentucky Tennessee Vanderbilt SEC West Alabama Auburn Arkansas LSU (another highly overrated team that was fortunate to play a decimated UNC team in week 1) Mississippi State Mississippi Championship: Alabama over South Carolina First week of picks for the year: ACC: Ohio St. 27, Miami 20 (this is a game that could definitely go either way, and I see Prior really struggling to throw the football here, but OSU comes out on top) Florida State 34, Oklahoma 24 Virginia Tech 49, James Madison 14 Ga Tech 42, Kansas 13 USC 35, Virginia 24 Wake 38, Duke 34 Clemson 70, Presbyterian 10 Maryland 30, Morgan St. 3 NC State 35, UCF 31 SEC: South Carolina 28, Georgia 24 (would pick Georgia with A.J. Green) Alabama 34, Penn St. 13 Oregon 38, Tenn 20 Florida 27, USF 17 Arkansas 52, LMU 17 LSU 31, Vandy 14 Kentucky 41, Western Kentucky 20 Mississippi 66, Tulane 20 Other Top-25 and Notables TCU 56, TTU 6 Texas 60, Wyoming 13 Nebraska 38, Idaho 3 Iowa 41, Iowa State 17 Wisconsin 37, SJSU 21 Utah 38, UNLV 31 Stanford 34, UCLA 28 Notre Dame 38, Michigan 31 (ultimately Michigan's lack of depth in the secondary costs them)

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