WEEK TWO: FOOTBALL PREVIEW

By Adam Kiefaber

Akron at #12 Ohio State
-Akron, like Ohio State, has to replace a great quarterback. Luke Getsy was no Troy Smith, but he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers.

-Look for Ohio State transfer running back junior Dennis Kennedy to want to have a big game. Kennedy rushed for 914 yards and nine touchdowns last season while missing some time with a shoulder injury.

-Akron senior wide receiver Jabari Arthur looked impressive last week in Akron’s 22-14 win over Army. The 25-year-old from Montreal caught 11 passes for 125 yards and had a touchdown.

-The Buckeyes should be able to shut down the Zips’ (Zippy - right) offensive attack easily.

-Ohio State has to pick up where they left off last week. Quarterback Todd Boeckman was impressive. However, the running game needs to get better.

I will breakdown this game more tomorrow

WEEK TWO
SEPTEMBER 8th

1) #9 Virginia Tech at #2 LSU (9:15 p.m. ESPN)
one of the bigger games of the year
2) Oregon at Michigan (3:30 p.m. ABC)
all eyes will be on Michigan after last week
3) South Carolina at #11 Georgia (ESPN2 ESPN2)
first big SEC game
4) Miami (FL) at #5 Oklahoma (noon ABC)
we will find out if OU is really a top-5 team
5) Notre Dame at #14 Penn State (6:00 p.m. ESPN)
Jimmy Clausen will get the start for ND.
6) #16 Nebraska at Wake Forest (noon ESPN)
not exactly a warm-up game for Nebraska, who plays USC next week
7) #19 TCU at #7 Texas (7:00 p.m.)
one of the more under-rated rivalries in college football
8) #3 West Virginia at Marshall (11:10 a.m. ESPN)
Marshall finally got WVU to come to Huntington
9) South Florida at #17 Auburn (9:00 p.m. ESPN2)
Auburn just got by Kansas State- USF isn’t any easier
10) Oregon State at Cincinnati (7:30 p.m. ESPN- Thur.)
two darkhorses in their conferences

BIG TEN PICKS

BUCKEYE LANE’S 2007 RECORD IS: 9-2

Ohio State over Akron (Akron @ OSU- BTN- noon)
Northwestern over Nevada (Nev. @ North.- BTN- noon)
Michigan State over Bowling Green (BGSU @ MSU- BTN- noon)
Miami (OH) over Minnesota (Miami @ Minn.- BTN- noon)
Purdue over Eastern Illinois (EI @ Purdue- BTN- noon)
Oregon over Michigan (Oregon @ Michigan- ABC- 3:30)
Penn State over Notre Dame (ND @ PSU- ESPN- 6:00)
Illinois over Western Illinois (W.Ill. @ Ill.- BTN- 7:00)
Western Michigan over Indiana (Ind. @ WM- ESPNU- 8:00)
Iowa over Syracuse (SU @ Iowa- BTN- 8:05)
Wisconsin over UNLV (Wis. @ UNLV- 10:00pm)

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