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  1. Uh oh (Purdue did blank Ball State last week 31-0, but I need more data points before this isn't a scary game for them)
  2. I asked my Duke fan friend - not sure I buy it, but that's where he's coming from: Duke ended up dominating the second half, stacking up a few late TDs. My take has been we’ve got a top 25 defense and a top 25 QB which is usually enough to be a top 25 team. I feel like Duke just came out flat to a half empty stadium
  3. I'm kind of assuming Oregon blows out Okie Lite by a whole lot but I'd love if that game was competitive. Thoughts @oSuJeff97 or @'stache? I just missed BC @ MSU, I've got some light family ties to both schools. Hoping Sparty can bring back their Dantonio edge and cause a little chaos this year.
  4. After Week One's madness of high stakes ranked-on-ranked action, this is... not that. But it's a full fun couple days of college football with some offbeat rivalry games in an unseasonably cool early fall. Enjoy it! Friday James Madison @ Louisville (-15) - 7/6 ESPN 2: Jeff Brohm's teams are usually a lot of fun to watch - JMU probably won't be able to hang, but they're a solid program (and one that I've never met a bad alumni. Good, social folks). Miller Moss should be able to play loose out from under the psychodrama that is Lincoln Riley USC Football. Northern Illinois @ Maryland (-16) - 7:30/6:30 BTN: We all know what Northern Illinois is capable of after last year. Maryland Football in the Big Ten is a pretty joyless experience, even when Taulia Tagovailoa was slinging it around last year. Freshman QB Malik Washington looked great against FAU. Saturday Early San Jose State @ #7 Texas (-36) - 12/11 ABC: After last weeks defensive heavyweight battle in the Shoe, this is a gentle walk in the park against a lower-level G5 program that lost all of its good players from a good-by-their-standards team last year. Enjoy the demolition. Iowa @ #16 Iowa State (-3) - 12/11 FOX: El Assico returns! Matt Campbell didn't shit the bed in a major televised rivalry game in Week Zero, but the chance comes to do it again against a powerfully mid Hawkeyes squad. #11 Illinois (-2.5) @ Duke - 12/11 ESPN: Bert! Manny Diaz! Durham! This is actually a fun, good matchup of coaches Texas fans have plenty of history with (provided Duke playing with their food against Elon was just a vanilla first game and not a sign of deeper badness). Baylor @ #17 SMU (-4) - 12/11 CW: Will the wheels fully fall of the Aranda train? Is SMU a paper tiger or for real? Could be a fun one at Gerald Ford (not that one) Stadium. Mid-Afternoon Kansas @ Mizzou (-6.5) - 3:30 / 2:30 ESPN2: Border War! A pretty intense rivalry between two often overlooked schools. Neither is ranked, but neither is actually bad either, and Liepold and Drinkwitz are quality coaches. #20 Ole Miss (-9) @ Kentucky (-6.5) - 3:30 / 2:30 ABC: Kentucky annoyingly avoided the upset against Toledo (barely) but now it's definitely time for prime sad Stoops face. West Virginia (-3) @ Ohio - 4/3 ESPNU: Why on earth is this game happening. Ohio nearly upset Rutgers in Piscataway and now they get another bad P5 school, this time in Athens (the Midwestern one). As you can see by the line, The 'eers on are upset alert. South Florida @ #13 Florida (-19) - 4/3 SECN: South Florida's upset of Boise State means this game has a little more life than expected. The Gators should roll, but the USF defense can cause those talented but fragile skill players some problems. Primetime #15 Michigan @ #18 Oklahoma (-5.5) - 7:30 / 6:30 ABC: A matchup of great programs, beautiful jerseys, and mid-to-decent football teams. Here's hoping the Michigan defense pounds Mateer and Ott to dust behind that suspect OL and terrorizes their JUCO caliber WRs. #12 Arizona State (-7) @ Mississippi State - 7:30 / 6:30 ESPN2: Is ASU for real again? Does Miss State have any juice at all this year? Even if it's uncompetitive, watching Sam Leavitt made a bunch of rednecks sad is a joy. Vanderbilt (-4.5) @ Virginia Tech - 7:30 / 6:30 ACCN: A chance to watch Diego Pavia in a cool venue and another measuring stick for the bottom half of the SEC. UCLA (-2) @ UNLV - 8 / 7 CBSSN: Dan Mullen's UNLV is 2-0. Nico Iamaleava looked like butt as UCLA got smoked 43-10 by a revitalized Utah. There's a chance for some fun on Saturday in Vegas. After Dark Stanford @ BYU (-19) - 10:15/9:15 ESPN: You guys want to see a dead tree?
  5. They had one of the top WRs in the whole G5 last year. He's on the Falcons now. https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4570242/nick-nash
  6. From the shores of Lake Champlain in drizzly Burlington, Vermont... TEXAS!!!
  7. You're usually pretty informed - their star DL. Also, Buckeye fans that can afford to travel regularly are pretty cool. I'm friends with plenty of them. The townies are baaaad.
  8. https://247sports.com/player/derwin-fields-46157223/
  9. College football is the best sport.
  10. I love me some Michie but....
  11. Yeah, we'll see how the Florida fans are this year since last year they showed up with their tail between their legs, but they've seemed like the best opposing fanbase so far. No surprise it correlated with the highest-ranking school (Vandy doesn't count).
  12. Y'all know Michigan basically already has this right? The blueprint is there.
  13. They absolutely don't like Texas, and at least for me the feeling is mutual. Nice to have an instant spark of dislike with someone in a new conference. Makes it more fun.
  14. @Longboard Horn - no "it's Friday" posts this year?
  15. I watched that infamous Kennesaw State loss for Liberty last year and Kaidon Salter had some of the worst, most petulant body language I've ever seen from a hyped starting QB out there. I'm very curious what he's going to do without a distinct talent advantage every game.
  16. It's a consistent feature in David Lynch shows/movies. Dude knew how to pick 'em.
  17. I think it's less Dilfer and more the UAB AD being a buffoon who clearly put exactly that much thought into hiring him as a D-I HC.
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