Fans from the state of Florida rejoice!
Top: Amarri Jackson breaks one leading South Florida to a decisive victory over #9 Louisville
Bottom: University of Central Florida fans tear down the goal post after winning their first game since the 2003 season

WEEK 4 RESULTS

Ohio State 31, Iowa 6
Straight-up: Win for Chad, Loss for Shane
Spread: Win for Chad, Loss for Shane
Shane: Wow, I didn't think Iowa was this bad. It wasn't even close.

Minnesota 42, Purdue 35 2 OT
Straight-up: Win for both
Spread: Win for both
Shane: The Big 10 is awesome. No other conference has this many nailbiters year-in, year-out. The SEC is close. The Pac 10 might if it weren't for USC. Big 12, nope. And we won't even discuss the ACC/Big Least.

North Carolina 31, North Carolina State 24
Straight-up: Loss for both
Spread: Loss for both
Shane: That one really hurts. Definitely my worst pick of the week. Probably of the season thus far. I was certain on this one.

Boston College 16, Clemson 13 OT
Straight-up: Loss for both
Spread: Loss for both
Shane: Will someone please give these teams respect? Boston College played very valiantly to come out with a victory. Clemson's play calling may have been a bit suspect... they always seem to be conservative in overtime... and overtime is the worst time to be so... you have to strike fast and furious as the style of play dictates. Can't fault Charlie Whitehurst for trying so hard, though. And let's not forget they were one wide open pass from winning in regulation versus Miami. They should STILL be ranked in my mind. Both teams should. Neither team has a bad loss. Both teams look like cream of the ACC crop... right behind VTech, FSU, and Miami (yes, they should be above GTech... we'll let you know on Virginia when they play someone).

Virginia Tech 51, Georgia Tech 7
Straight-up: Win for both
Spread: Win for both
Shane: Was ANYONE suprised by this? Not the two of us, as we both had VTech covering handily. In Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is going to be tough to beat... as most defensively-oriented teams are.

Notre Dame 36, Washington 17
Straight-up: Win for both
Spread: Win for Chad, loss for Shane
Shane: Ok, ok, I won't pick Arizona or Washington one more time this season (though... Cal and UCLA... OK! Don't worry, Ty, you'll always be a winner in my books! ;-)

Wisconsin 23, Michigan 20
Straight-up: Win for both
Spread: Win for both
Shane: Yay! I picked the Badgers correctly for the first time since ... who knows! Shows once more if all else fails, pick the home team!

South Florida ALOT, Louisville Not Nearly So Much (45-14)
Straight-up: Loss for both
Spread: Win for Shane, loss for Chad
LPL: Win for Shane, loss for Chad
Shane: "I have gotta say, this could be the biggest chance Louisville has to lose all season." I talked endlessly about this one to Chad all week. I really had the feeling about this one, and, WHAMMO! USF was just ready to play. You could see this one coming from a mile away if you look at the instability of Louisville (almost losing to UK) and the underappreciated ability of Louisville (three good games). Miami this week? Nah, sorry, USF, time to go back to being the stepped upon!

USC 45, Oregon 13
Straight-up: Win for both
Spread: Win for Shane, loss for Chad
Shane: How in the world did USC cover!?! I bowl on Saturday nights quite often back at home in Orlando. Chad calls me with updates. I was in the middle of a great evening when Chad calls to tell me USF and Oregon are up! WOOHOO! I picked USC to cover... but boy would it have been nice to see Oregon win. USC showed something here. Still, I'm undecided about how to pick this week's ASU game.

Tennessee 30, LSU 27 OT
Straight-up: Win for Shane, loss for Chad
Spread: Win for Shane, loss for Chad
Shane: What a fun weekend this weekend was! Not only did 3 of our 10 games go to OT (2 more decided by 7 or less)... but NFL had a plethora of close ones (only one team led by more than 7 (Cincy) in the early games at one point (about 3:15)). It was sad to see LSU lose with so much to play for... but you can't expect Tennessee to lose two in a row. Perhaps LSU celebrated too early. You can't count out a team that can become so productive. And for once the qb swapping brought the best qb into the game just in time! The SEC will be a battle again this year.

All in all

Chad
Week 3: 5-5 vs. Spread ... 6-4 Outright ...

LPL - You didn't pick a Florida team... I'M SORRY! ERRR!

OVERALL: 19-21 vs. Spread ... 30-10 Outright ... 1-3 LPLs

Shane
Week 2: 6-4 vs. Spread ... 6-4 Outright ...

LPL - Fight, Fight for Old ... South Florida?!? Yippiddy-do-dah!

OVERALL: 18-22 vs. Spread ... 26-14 Outright ... 2-2 LPLs

It's nail-biting time folks. Chad's lead evaporated to one on the spread. Still, both of us need to pick it up, as we have to be above .500 by the time its all said and done! We both took straight-up hits this week with the unforecasted losses by NCSU, Clemson, and Louisville. But I'm .500 again in the locks... and that's where the serious prognosticating comes into play, I believe!

Here's what we'll be talking about in Week 5:

October 1st Games:

#2 Texas @ Missouri, Noon ABC Regional
#3 Virginia Tech @ West Virginia, Noon ABC Regional
Michigan @ #11 Michigan State, Noon ABC Regional
Indiana @ #17 Wisconsin, Noon ESPN2
#19 Virginia @ Maryland, Noon ESPN Gameplan/JP Sports
#1 USC @ #14 Arizona State, 3:30pm ABC Regional
#5 Florida @ #15 Alabama, 3:30pm CBS
Kansas State @ Oklahoma, 7:00pm FSN Central
#13 Notre Dame @ #22 Purdue, 7:45pm ESPN
South Florida @ #9 Miami, 8:00pm ESPNU