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  1. Someone recently was trying to come up with some unified theory about why Texas RBs often fumble. To which I replied that we don't fumble more or less than most teams, he just watches our games more. Case in point: Poor Monarchs and Bears (and lucky Chants and Broncos)
  2. Big games in both the Playoff and Sun Belt races tonight - Sportscenter is on the ground in San Antonio
  3. Smart, sensible, no drama choice for maybe the worst job in FBS
  4. In the last day of Weekday CUSA for the season, we learn about MTSU Batman:
  5. https://247sports.com/player/trey-haralson-46144141/
  6. Continued credit to CBSSN for remembering G5 football is a really fun entertainment product in its own right and doing fun special things for it versus ESPN jumping right into nonstop Playoff talk. Like, guys, I'm watching a Wednesday Middle Tennessee State game, I'm definitely fucking watching the Playoff. You don't need to sell me on it.
  7. Hell of a catch there for FIU
  8. Bahaha that "pick six" to end the half in Murfreesboro was like the special needs version of The Play.
  9. UU has a big population of out-of-staters (particularly Californians) and non-Mormon Utahns who should be able to carry the vibe while the LDS kids squeeze in a midday nap.
  10. https://247sports.com/player/blake-jenkins-46160118/ https://247sports.com/player/aamaury-fountain-46161679/
  11. Speaking of that GA Tech - NC State game, Haynes King seems to be making healthy choices
  12. https://247sports.com/player/gabriel-osborne-jr-46159790/
  13. The video for it is so great, though. Tron works so well as an aesthetic (and so far so badly as a feature length film)
  14. Well I'm already watching JMU - Texas State, so it's time to get this week started. This is a quintessential midseason sleeper week that usually results in a bunch of upsets. Only three ranked-on-ranked battles (you know it's sleepy when Gameday heads to Cincinnati at Utah) means all the more chances for the unranked masses to drag a Playoff hopeful into the mud. Wednesday Jacksonville State (-6) @ Middle Tennessee State (7:30/6:30 ESPN2): MTSU is fucking awful. The junior Gamecocks are leading the conference. I'm surprised the line is this low. (Thank you Weekday CUSA for making me have an opinion on this game). Florida International @ Missouri State (-3) (8/7 CBSSN): A chance to see if Missouri State has a new FBS tradition as compelling as UDel's piss wall down in Springfield. Thursday Tulane (-5) @ UTSA (7:30/6:30 ESPN): The AAC champion looks like a lock for the G5 Playoff slot. Tulane and Navy are the two remaining undefeateds after Memphis back-to-backed shitting their pants in Birmingham with riding high in Tampa (sounds like a pre-rehab Jason Isbell tour). Can UTSA cause some chaos and hand the Tigers and Bulls a lifeline? Marshall (-3) @ Coastal Carolina (7:30/6:30 ESPN2): West Virginians travel to greater Myrtle Beach, usually a recipe for disaster. Which team will emerge as the primary challenger to JMU in the Sun Belt East? Friday Memphis (-14) @ Rice (7/6 ESPN2): Speaking of Memphis, they're heading to Houston for a Friday night battle of world strip club capitals. Not that the Rice students would be Space City's biggest connoisseurs. North Carolina @ Syracuse (-2) (7:30/6:30 ESPN): Spoooooky times at the bottom of the ACC. Sam Houston @ Louisiana Tech (-17) (8/7 CBSSN): Well I guess you could watch this. You absolute sicko. Saturday Early Games #9 Vanderbilt @ #20 Texas (-3) (12/11 ABC): Nice to be a timeslot headliner again! The Fighting Pavias present a great chance to restart the season with a top ten win, after they barely scraped by a pretty mediocre Mizzou team last weekend. I believe in Matthew Caldwell. #10 Miami (-9) @ SMU (12/11 ESPN): A very dangerous spot for Miami, as a sleepy noon slot at Gerald Ford (the other one) Field is an easy place to let Louisville beat them twice via a deflating hangover. Navy @ North Texas (-6) (12/11 ESPN2): Reject B1G mediocrity, embrace G5 excellence. Undefeated Navy against the most exciting offense in college football is the black tar heroin to Ohio State - Penn State's Ambien. Midday Games #5 Georgia (-8) vs Florida @ Jacksonville (3:30/2:30 ABC): The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party returns to Duuuuval, and this looks like a blowout, as is tradition for this rivalry. If Red River is known for chaos and underdog upsets, the Cocktail Party is usually a sedate elimination of a clearly outmatched team. #13 Texas Tech (-7) @ Kansas State (3:30/2:30 Fox): Lose this one, and the kindling under Joey Mcguire's seat starts to smell a little smoky. We all know how much fun it is to play in Manhattan. #15 Virginia (-3) @ California (3:45/2:45 ESPN2): This smells like a potential upset in Berkeley. I don't trust a Tony Elliot coached team in any situation (they almost lost to UNC!) and Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele is real good (ok, Cal almost lost to UNC too). Primetime #18 Oklahoma @ #14 Tennessee (-3) (7:30/6:30 ABC): Neither team is making the Playoff, and the loser on Rocky Top becomes fully irrelevant. Can Mateer finally beat a team with a pulse, or will Joey Aguilar continue providing the equivalent product for a far lower price? Props to UTenn for the best uniform reveal of the year: #23 USC (-6) @ Nebraska (7:30/6:30 NBC): The Trojans keep hanging around the B1G race, with their only conference loss in Champaign. Matt Rhule's campaign to be Penn State's head coach could badly use a high profile win. Two bluebloods and some real interest in this one. #8 Georgia Tech (-6) @ NC State (7:30/6:30 ESPN2): A top ten Ramblin' Wreck is a marvel in and of itself. Dave Doeren needs this win to stay employed in Raleigh. This one could be a trap for the Yellow Jackets or add another horse to the coaching carousel. RIP Pac-12 After Dark #17 Cincinnati @ #24 Utah (-7) (10:15/9:15 ESPN): A ranked game with Playoff implications at 10:15 Eastern? This is real Pac-12 heritage. With Gameday in town, the beer/Swig concoctions will have been flowing since early in the morning and the MUSS should be as rowdy as it gets. Cincy's Brendon Sorsby (a Lake Dallas product) has been incredible this season, but good luck with the Utah defense bud: Hawaii @ San Jose State (-2) (10:30/9:30 CBSSN): A very doable Hawaii Test this week, and another chance to watch Kansei Matsuzawa do his thing for the Rainbow Warriors. Happy viewing everyone!
  15. Steps from the Iowa Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, TEXAS!!!
  16. Thanks for highlighting these. One of the themes of this week is the density of medium-important games - some of them will turn out to be critical at the end, but it's hard to pick out which ones. Makes it fun as a viewer because you can fill your quadbox with teams that are playing for their season's hopes and dreams.
  17. I got my brother a wrestling Pete t shirt a few years ago when I was in Stillwater but now I can't unsee that
  18. This game fucking slaps
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