Week 6 Football Picks

Hastert Tells Conservative He’ll Resign If It Helps GOP
Hastert defiant in page scandal
Aide Says He Reported Foley 3 Years Ago
Claim:  Filthy Foley Online Messages Were Page Prank Gone Awry
Bernanke urges U.S. to fix entitlement programs soon
Bush signs the fence bill
Oil rises on OPEC cut
Oil Prices Rise Amid Signs of OPEC Cuts
Retail Sales Strong in September on Lower Gas Prices, Back to School Sales
Military Hones a New Strategy on Insurgency
Pyongyang Warned on Weapon Testing
Mature Ball has new cool attitude


Andres:  Falling gas prices
Will:  What Goeth Before the Fall
WSJ:  Getting Beyond Foley
Novak:  House GOP Urged Foley to Seek Re-Election
Towery:  America headed toward a very kinky election
Hood:  Nancy Pelosi’s Moderate Hope in N.C.
Colson:  Trading votes for pork

Top 25
Bowling Green vs. #1 Ohio State
Washington vs. #3 USC
Michigan State vs. #6 Michigan
#7 Texas vs. #14 Oklahoma
#8 Louisville vs. Middle Tennessee State
#11 Oregon vs. #16 California
Stanford vs. #12 Notre Dame
Purdue vs. #19 Iowa
Louisiana Tech vs. #20 Boise State
#22 Nebraska vs. Iowa State
#23 Missouri vs. Texas Tech

SEC
Arkansas vs. #2 Auburn
#4 West Virginia vs. Mississippi State
#9 LSU vs. #5 Florida
#13 Tennessee vs. #10 Georgia
Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi
South Carolina vs. Kentucky

ACC
#15 Clemson vs. Wake Forest
#17 Florida State vs. NC State
Maryland vs. #18 Georgia Tech
North Carolina vs. Miami
Virginia vs. East Carolina

ACC-SEC
Duke vs. Alabama