Foss' Football Forecast, October 14-15, 2006

Last week was a tough week in the Pac-10 as I went only 3-2, and my Ducks were humbled by the Cal Bears 45-24 for Oregon's first loss of the season. But at least we aren't as bad as the Oregon State Beavers, who I actually had faith in to beat the Washington State Cougars at home, but the Beavers couldn't even defend their home turf losing in a boring game, 13-6. My overall Pac-10 record dropped to 32-9 for 78.0 percent, still a respectable record though.

I picked more challenging "other" college games last week and still went 5-0 to stay undefeated at 25-0 now. I had another 5-0 NFL week too to up my record to 19-6 and a winning percentage of 76.0.

The Ducks have the game of the week again in the Pac-10 hosting the UCLA Bruins in Autzen Stadium in Eugene. The ruckous crowd and home field advantage should help Oregon prevail by at least 10. It will be a good battle between the Ducks high powered spread offense and the Bruins stingy #1 Pac-10 defense. The Ducks gave the game away last week with too many turnovers, if they can control the turnovers and generate a few from the Bruins and rile up their young QB, the home crowd should go home happy.

Here are this week's Foss' Football Forecast:

College football, Saturday, October 14, 2006:
Pac-10 picks:
OREGON by 10 over ucla
california by 14 over WASHINGTON STATE
arizona by 10 over STANFORD
WASHINGTON by 14 over oregon state
USC by 10 over arizona state

other games:
W. VIRGINIA by 14 over syracuse
N. CAROLINA by 10 over south florida
iowa by 14 over INDIANA
purdue by 10 over NORTHWESTERN
FRESNO STATE by 14 over hawaii

NFL Sunday, Octover 15, 2006:
DALLAS by 10 over houston ("battle of Texas")
WASHINGTON by 14 over tennessee
cincinnati by 7 over TAMPA BAY
DENVER by 14 over oakland
san diego by 10 over SAN FRANCISCO

Should be another fun week, enjoy!