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  1. https://247sports.com/player/jalanie-george-46151179/
  2. https://247sports.com/player/rashad-streets-46154888/ I used to live 10 minutes from this kid's high school. We've been doing more work in the Triangle recently.
  3. Halfway through the regular season and the college football world is clear as mud, with even #1 Ohio State remainingly relatively untested. Midweek CUSA action has been ongoing, with some fun (if not terribly high quality) football, including a massive upset - FIU demolished heavily favored conference favorite Western Kentucky and QB Maverick McIvor in Bowling Green. Sam Houston State vs. UTEP was down to the wire, but not quite wholesome viewing. Now let's get into the good stuff. Thursday Tulsa @ East Carolina (-16) (7:30/6:30 ESPN): Poor ECU - a great party school known for its incredible tailgate scene has been stuck with constant school night assignments. Friday Louisville @ #2 Miami (-13) (7/6 ESPN): Mario Cristobal always has a shitshow or two in him, but I'm not sure Louisville is in position to take advantage if it happens. #25 Nebraska (-4) @ Minnesota (8/7 Fox): Ranked Nebraska heading to a hostile Twin Cities should be a fun game. North Carolina @ California (-14) (10:30/9:30 ESPN): Heading to Berkeley late on a weeknight as a two touchdown underdog cannot have been how Bill Belichick saw this season going, but the #Calgorithm comes for us all. Saturday Early Games #10 LSU @ #17 Vanderbilt (pick 'em) (11/12 ABC): LSU looks like a paper tiger and starting to look up how many children's hospitals they'll need to close to afford Brian Kelly's buyout. Vandy is riding high, and still mad about all their missed chances in the Bama loss. This could be historic. Washington @ Michigan (-4) (11/12 Fox): Washington fans are furious they aren't ranked. Michigan is somehow still getting more votes than them despite Bryce Underwood looking like a freshman and Sherrone Moore looking like a clown. A statement win for UDub at the Big House could solve some problems all around. #12 Georgia Tech @ Duke (-1) (11/12 ESPN): Ranked road underdog ahoy. If Georgia Tech is pitchforked in a nooner at Wallace Wade, and no fans are there to hear it, will it make a sound? #14 Oklahoma (-4) @ South Carolina (11:45/12:45 SECN): Remember top ten South Carolina? Still, the wounded Sooners OL has to face Dylan Stewart. Hopefully John Mateer's heroball antics look more and more villainous to OU fans. Midafternoon #5 Ole Miss @ #9 Georgia (-6) (3:30/2:30 ABC): Why is this an afternoon game? A top ten clash of SEC giants, with Heisman contender Trinidad Chambliss (don't watch the Wazzu tape) up against the Terminators of the the UGA defense. Let's see if Lane can conjure up some more of the magic that comprehensively wiped out LSU. #4 Texas A&M (-8) @ Arkansas (3:30/2:30 ESPN): Pig has been coach-firingly awful this season, but hopefully Petrino 2.0 and a resumption of home-and-home hostilities with the Aggies brings out the best in them. #7 Texas Tech (-10) @ Arizona State (4/3 Fox): Sam Leavitt is trending toward playing this game, which makes this matchup a whole lot more fun. Primetime #21 Texas (-12) @ Kentucky (7/6 ESPN): Leading off the primetime slate by virtue of an earlier kickoff, we head down to the bluegrass to pummel a Stoops brother. In the absense of this game being particularly interesting (unless last year's obnoxiously effective version of Cutter Boley shows up), enjoy Steinbeck on Texas football on the road: "Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners." #11 Tennessee @ #6 Alabama (-8) (7:30/6:30 ABC): Does Tennessee belong in the Playoff conversation? Here's where we find out. It's the Third Saturday in October! #20 USC @ #13 Notre Dame (-9) (7:30/6:30 NBC): Another rivalry game, and one that has rarely involved two ranked teams in recent times. Do you like coastal rich kids and fanbases full of people that got outright rejected from the colleges involved? You're in the right place. #23 Utah (-2) @ #13 BYU (8/7 Fox): HOLY WAR! Bar none the rivalry I have felt the most actual hatred from both fanbases involved. Which Utah school will take the driver's seat in the race to play Texas Tech for the Big XII's Playoff spot? We've already got one arrest from Saturday's game. RIP Pac-12 After Dark Florida State (-16) @ Stanford (10:30/9:30 ESPN): Oh no, Noles. What a collapse (again). Happy watching everyone!
  4. https://247sports.com/player/krew-jones-46143771/
  5. https://247sports.com/player/aden-starling-46136707/
  6. And yet, that is the way that extremely commonly used stat is determined. It's like ERA in baseball, inherently flawed yet frequently cited.
  7. It's almost like they all do it to a degree and Texas is the team you pay the most attention to
  8. Oh yeah, he's in mid-season form everyone
  9. His kid is still nepo babying it up on their Board of Trustees. They refuse to let themselves just acknowledge that whole thing was fucked up.
  10. Fake news (for now). Smith is still there.
  11. An open near-blueblood
  12. Recruits have been going. I think the posters here have been a bit disengaged this season
  13. Except Vandy last year was actually good. The correct comp is the obvious one: the Kentucky game last year.
  14. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while
  15. Well, I'm watching the first game of the week, so I'm late on this preview! I haven't been on the boards since Saturday's Swamp abortion but I'm sure they've been level headed with absolutely no recency bias involved. Let's get to it. Wednesday Missouri State (-3) @ Middle Tennessee State (7:30/6:30 ESPN2): After Delaware last week, the other FBS newbie gets a national TV slot - the Missouri State Bears! Formerly home to Bobby Petrino, who was asked to leave then ended up back at Arkansas, where he has once again Machiavellied his way to the top job. As I type this, MTSU just committed a butt fumble - what a touching tribute to Mark Sanchez. Liberty (-2) @ UTEP (8/7 CBSSN): It's football! Remember that UTEP has a real Bhutanese temple on campus? https://www.utep.edu/centennial-museum/lhakhang/ Thursday Louisiana Tech (-6) @ Kennesaw State (7/6 ESPNU): Dude, I don't know. Sonny Cumbie is still LaTech's coach, which I find suprising. East Carolina @ Tulane (-8) (7/6 ESPN): A major AAC battle in New Orleans! Tulane's only loss is to a very good-looking Ole Miss team, and ECU's only losses are to P5 teams as well. Two fanbases that could drink many a state flagship under the table. Enjoy a marvelous uniform matchup, especially the Tulane powder blues. Jacksonville State (-9) @ Sam Houston State (8/7 CBSSN): We all know how bad SHSU is, but at least this one has a Texas team involved compared to Southern Miss and Georgia Southern at the same time. Friday #24 South Florida @ North Texas (Pick 'em) (7:30/6:30 ESPNU): A MASSIVE G5 matchup in Denton! South Florida has two top 25 (at the time) skins on the wall. UNT's offense has been one of the electifying watches in college football. This should be a great game, enjoy (especially if you're in the DFW area and want a great amuse bouche to Red River). Rutgers @ Washington (-9) (9/8 FS1): This should definitely be a conference game. This totally makes sense and is good for the teams and fans. Saturday Early Games #1 Ohio State (-16) @ #17 Illinois (12/11 Fox): Bielema's first try at a massively hyped home game this season went extraordinarily poorly. The second one went much better. Time for round three, this time against the nation's number one team. Can the Illini cause some chaos? #8 Alabama (-14) @ #14 Missouri (12/11 ABC): This is the exact kind of game Kalen DeBoer loves losing. Mizzou will do their best to create a real home atmosphere and shock the Tide. Pittsburgh @ #25 Florida State (-10) (12/11 ESPN): Pat Narduzzi makes football grinding and ugly. Florida State might be in danger of letting Miami beat them twice. Keep an eye on Tallahassee to see if the Noles will remain relevant in the ACC. Midafternoon #6 Oklahoma vs Texas (-3) @ Dallas (3:30/2:30 ABC): Can Mateer play? Can Texas look functional? Will Arch make it through the whole game against the OU defense? Do any of us want to watch more of 2025 Texas Football? #7 Indiana @ #3 Oregon (-10) (3:30/2:30 CBS): Curt Cignetti has done a brilliant job at Indiana, but he has run into a ceiling against teams that can overwhelmingly out-talent his Hoosiers. Enter the Ducks. Good luck, Coach Cig. Nebraska (-4) @ Maryland (3:30/2:30 BTN): October Maryland struck down the undefeated Terps, as they blew a 20 point lead in the fourth quarter to Washington in College Park. We all know about Nebraska's decades-long allergy to success. Could be a fun slapfight in the Old Line State. Primetime Florida @ #5 Texas A&M (-8) (7/6 ESPN): Can Florida please do it again? A&M's offense might be as anemic as Texas'. #10 Georgia (-4) @ Auburn (7/6 ESPN): I get that Auburn has a good defense, but why on earth is this line this close? #15 Michigan @ USC (-2) (7:30/6:30 NBC): It's a helmet matchup, but these are bad, tough to watch teams. Justice Haynes and Makai Lemon should add a sprinkle of electric talent, so that's fun. #18 BYU @ Arizona (Pick 'em) (8/7 ESPN2): Undefeated BYU heads to the desert for a pick 'em among the saguaros. UofA's only loss was an away spanking to Iowa State, but they're back home against a freshman QB in this matchup. RIP Pac-12 After Dark #21 Arizona State @ Utah (-5) (10:15/9:15 ESPN): A ranked underdog is always a good Pac-12 After Dark selection. Can AZ State continue to battle back from the embarrassment in Starkville? San Diego State (-4) @ Nevada (10:30/9:30 CBSSN): It's never a good idea to stay up into the early morning in Reno. Have fun and stay safe, y'all!
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