Rambling's Week 12 CFB Picks Review

Wednesday, October 14th, 2012:

Toledo at Northern Illinois, 8:00 pm ESPN2, With this win Northern Illinois solidified their bid to the MAC Championship on December 1. Winner: 1-0 ATS: 1-0

Saturday, October 17th, 2012:

#10 Florida State at Maryland, 11:00 am ESPNU, Florida State runs Maryland out of the building much like we thought which punches their ticket to the ACC Championship game. They should win that one and punch their ticket to the Orange Bowl. Winner: 2-0 ATS: 2-0

Iowa at #21 Michigan, 11:00 am ESPN, Iowa is really bad and Kirk Ferentz gets paid a ton. Michigan needs some help from Nebraska next weekend to have a shot to be in the Big Ten Championship game. Winner: 3-0 ATS: 2-0

Kent State at Bowling Green, 11:00 am ESPN3, Kent State also punched thier ticket this weekend which means we get extra Dri Archer. And that makes us all winners.Winner: 4-0 ATS: 3-0

UCF at Tulsa, 11:00 am, Tulsa punched their ticket to the C-USA Championship Game where they will play UCF or East Carolina. Tulsa is the best team in the conference and should be an interesting team to watch in bowl season. Winner: 5-0 ATS: 3-1

#22 Rutgers at Cincinnati, 11:00 am Big East Network, Cincinnati drops out of the Big East race with this loss and leaves Rutgers in the drivers seat for the conference crown with an upcoming match-up with Louisville to decide the conference. Rutgers also is believed to approve a move to the Big Ten tomorrow. Winner: 6-0 ATS: 4-1

#25 Washington at Colorado, 12:30 pm FX, It's Colorado. Nothing to glean here. Winner: 7-0 ATS: 5-1

#18 USC at #17 UCLA, 2:05 pm FOX, Good win for UCLA but what happened to USC this year, lack of depth certainly hurt but this defense should have improved and the offensive line has had injuries in the worst places. UCLA needs to win this week to visit the North champ in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Winner: 7-1 ATS: 5-2

Wake Forest at #3 Notre Dame, 2:30 pm NBC, Good for Notre Dame and being the #1 ranked team in the nation. Cool your jets it's Wake F*#$ing Forest. Winner: 8-1 ATS: 5-3

Ole Miss at #7 LSU, 2:30 pm CBS, This one was very close and a wonderful coaching job by Hugh Freeze. This happened from Les Miles and we should all be grateful. Winner: 9-1 ATS: 5-4

Minnesota at #14 Nebraska, 2:30 pm BTN, Nebraska moves one step closer to it's first Big Ten Championship Game in which they should be favored over Wisconsin. This team has progressed nicely over the last two years and you can see the evolution on the field. Minnesota has shown flashes but is still fighting uphill after being abysmal for the past 5 years. Winner: 10-1 ATS: 6-4

NC State at #11 Clemson, 2:30 pm ABC/ESPN2, Clemson controls nothing and will need a big win against South Carolina to have a chance at a BCS game. Winner: 11-1 ATS: 6-5

Ohio State at Wisconsin, 2:30 pm ABC/ESPN2, Hell of a game from both teams but Wisconsin will rue the three red zone trips that they squandered, was nice to see a passing game and this team should challenge the Legends division rep in the Big Ten Championship Game. Ohio State is going to be a beast next year but only if Braxton Miller matures as a decision maker. Winner: 11-2 ATS: 7-5

Utah State at #20 Louisiana Tech, 3:00 pm ESPN3, Color me surprised and kudos to Utah State for being the penultimate WAC champ. Winner: 11-3 ATS: 7-6 P.S. Utah State is that team you have to pick in bowl challange

#12 Oklahoma at West Virginia, 6:00 pm FOX, Oklahoma made this one as close as they could with a team that they are much better than. A classic Big XII shootout that got covered up by the Baylor whooping of Kansas State and a barn burner in Oregon. Winner: 12-3 ATS: 8-6

#1 Kansas State at Baylor, 7:00 pm ESPN, Wow, just, Wow. Congrats to the Baylor Bears on creating chaos in the BCS and a solid Come on Man to the Wildcats for such an offensive letdown. Winner: 12-4 ATS: 8-7

#13 Stanford at #2 Oregon, 7:00 pm ABC, This was a classic and I am happy to admit that I was wrong about the Oregon blowout. Stanford played a masterful defensive game and Oregon's young play-makers finally showed their youth late in the game. This makes the Pac-12 North a lot of fun to watch next week. Winner: 12-5 ATS: 8-8

Cal at #16 Oregon State, 9:30 pm Pac-12 Network, Yeah uhh Jeff Tedford is currently sending out resumes. Winner: 13-5 ATS: 8-8

Amazing week of games and with just two weeks left and rivalry Saturday coming up we have some fervent action left before everything is settled.