Quick Hits #3 - Saturday Predictions.

What's good everybody? Let's hope this week in college football can live up to the last week's great games. Last night provided the nation with an ACC showdown between an up and coming Miami squad and the triple option attack from Georgia Tech. Miami continues to prove me right - I had them as the second best team in the ACC behind Virginia Tech - beating up on the Yellow Jackets, 33-20. The way Jacory Harris is playing right now, I could easily seeing them beating the Hokies for the chance to play for the ACC title.

Italics indicate my pick.

Boston College at Clemson
(18) Utah at Oregon
Wyoming at Colorado
Michigan State at Notre Dame
Arizona at Iowa
(17) Cincinnati at Oregon State
Florida State at (7) BYU
(23) Georgia at Arkansas
West Virginia at Auburn
Air Force at New Mexico
UTEP at New Mexico State
Hawaii at UNLV

And here's four games to watch this week.

Temple at (5) Penn State

Penn State looked good at times against an improving Syracuse squad last week, but their running game continues to struggle. I'd like them to establish the run early with Royster, and then go to the air with Clark, instead of the other way around. This should be another yawner, seeing the Nittany Lions play a joke of a out-of-conference schedule this year. Are you thinking about picking the upset in this PA showdown? Temple lost to Villanova. 'Nuff said.

Penn State 45, Temple 3

(3) USC at Washington

Honestly, I'm tempted to pick the Huskies. They played well against a good LSU squad two weeks back and look like a better team overall. Aaron Corp - who I believe is not a good quarterback at all - will start for the Trojans, replacing freshman Matt Barkley who injured his shoulder against Ohio State. Jake Locker commands the Washington offense and they are hoping that he doesn't suffer another season-ending injury like he did around this time last year. He'll keep them close, but I see the USC running game taking over late and keeping their national title hopes alive.

USC 21, Washington 17

Texas Tech at (2) Texas

These two teams produced possibly the greatest game of the year last season. The crowd in Lubbock was electric and after a Blake Gideon drop of an interception, Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree connected on the play of the year. Crabtree caught the ball between two Texas defensive backs and after breaking a tackle, the Biletnikoff winner dashed into the endzone with one second left, giving the Red Raiders a 38-33 lead. After the extra point and multiple penalties by the crowd for storming onto the field, Texas couldn't do anything on the kickoff return and Texas Tech won the biggest game in their school's history. This year? No Harrell and Crabtree for the Red Raiders. Colt McCoy and crew are back for the Longhorns. Uh-oh.

Texas 45, Texas Tech 14

(19) Nebraska at (13) VA Tech

Virginia Tech plays another good non-conference foe in Big 12 North favorite Nebraska. The Blackshirt defense is back led by the head coach Bo Pelini and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, who is considered a top 5 pick for next year's NFL draft. The Hokies will have to have a better performance in this game than they did in the last big non-conference matchup, when they lost in the Georgia Dome to SEC power Alabama. Nebraska is getting better, yes. However, I just feel like the Virginia Tech running game is too strong. Redshirt freshman Ryan Williams has a big game in this one.

Virginia Tech 27, Nebraska 17