Predictions are not my forte, especially when it comes to college football. In the history of the world, God has yet to come up with a bigger crapshoot than well, shooting craps.

The two most popular national upset picks last weekend were Bowling Green over Wisconsin along with Boise State over Georgia. We all know that didn’t exactly pan out.

Bowling Green failed to bring its defense at all, and Wisconsin tailback Brian Calhoun turned his Badger opener into a Homecoming party on the field. Typical behavior. Hey, if any school knows how to throw a party, it’s Madison.

Boise State realized that trying to beat the Bulldogs between the hedges is not exactly the same level as cruising through a road game in the WAC. I think it was when his team was down 38-0 when Broncos head coach Dan Hawkins realized why he didn’t get any offers from BCS schools.

Putting money on how 19-22 year-old athletes will perform once a week is like trying to name the 23 Chicago Bears quarterbacks since 1990. Once you start out it’s interesting, but eventually it becomes sad and depressing.

All this being said, next week it’s going to happen: A single I-AA school will do the perceived impossible and beat a I-A power before its thousands of raving fans. This is not to say I know which team from the perceived middle of nowhere will do it, but after watching the opening week of football, it’s bound to happen.

Four games between I-A and I-AA schools ended within two touchdowns and Maine made Nebraska’s season opener anything but the glorified scrimmage that Cornhuskers head coach Bill Callahan would’ve wanted.

The Huskers turned over the ball five times, twice inside the Maine 5-yard line in the second quarter. When Black Bears quarterback Ron Whitcomb connected on a 52-yard touchdown pass to make it 15-7, Big Red nation instantly became silent. Nebraska held on to win 25-7 but it had to be a perceived wasted trip for SportsCenter’s 50 states in 50 days.

Big 12 power, Oklahoma State, was down 10-8 to Montana State at the half. The Cowboys, who had received three straight bowl trips, could only come up with 134 yards passing against one of the best I-AA defenses.

Eastern Washington went into the locker room up 17-10 on San Jose Sate giving 67-year-old Spartans coach Dick Tomey even greyer hair.

Murray State, otherwise known as the Ohio Valley Conference’s Renegade U, was able to block out the four pre-game suspensions to lead 6-3 on Mississippi State at the end of the opening quarter.

What does all this mean? With a couple breaks, it can happen.

So as we enter the second week of college football, pay attention to the perceived woodshed games. Turn off the television, ignore Notre Dame/Michigan and Texas/Ohio State. Villanova travels to Rutgers, Montana goes to the Autzen Zoo to face the Oregon Ducks, Samford has the Big 12 laughingstock Baylor on the docket and of course, Eastern makes the journey to Mormon country for a contest with BYU.

If nothing else, they’re due and in the wacky world of college football, the opening week proved the talent gap doesn’t exist anymore.