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  1. Recruits have been going. I think the posters here have been a bit disengaged this season
  2. Except Vandy last year was actually good. The correct comp is the obvious one: the Kentucky game last year.
  3. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while
  4. 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!
  5. Moore? He flat out preferred Oregon. Sometimes you just lose a recruitment.
  6. I knew one of the heirs. Went to College of Charleston, not UDel
  7. From the banks of the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia... FIGHT!!!
  8. Yeah that's just not true. The country has seen Florida embarrass itself on national TV three times already this season in back-to-back-to-back weeks.
  9. Tech does have a lot more research programs and spend than those schools, right? I feel like I hear about it a lot with ag stuff specifically.
  10. More like studying for a mid-level accounting job in the Boston suburbs
  11. https://247sports.com/player/brayden-allen-46156211/
  12. Awesome we're probably getting some lightning delays. Could take the air out of the crowd at least.
  13. To be fair, CUSA is trash, they're already respectable. App State and JMU fans seem to enjoy being able to watch their team on ESPN.
  14. What a fucking bye week. A pure celebration of college football, and most of the teams that I assume the vast majority of us wanted to win won their games, leaving us looking as content as Puddles in a whiteout: Now it's time for Texas to start our SEC schedule with a trip to the Swamp, along with some other strong games. Thursday Sam Houston State @ New Mexico State (-2) (9/8 CBSSN): This is not one of the strong games. At least Las Cruces is pretty? Friday Charlotte @ South Florida (-25) (7/6 ESPN2): USF is just barely out of the Top 25 and a serious contender for the G5 Playoff slot. Come watch them pummel a bad Charlotte team. Western Kentucky @ Delaware (-2) (7/6 CBSSN): Hey, it's our newest FBS school! The Fightin' Blue Hens already have wins against UConn and FIU and should be a match for perennial CUSA contenders WKU. QB Nick Minicucci (born 2005) can watch fellow UDel alum Joe Flacco (born 1985) play on Sunday - wild! New Mexico @ San Jose State (-2) (10/9 FS1): As a Texas fan who enjoys the comedy stylings of Nico Iamaleava, I've seen both of these teams play. Should be a fun one! West Virginia @ #23 BYU (-19) (10:30/9:30 ESPN): BYU gets another deep late night assignment and stays under the national radar as they plunder Sark's playbook of fun reverses. WVU is plumbing new depths of badness under RichRod 2.0, losing at home 48-14 to an unexceptional Utah squad. Saturday Early Games #14 Iowa State (-2) @ Cincinnati (12/11 ESPN2): Good day to get a slow warmup start into college football - the nooners are bad. This could be a fun trap game, though. Cincy looks revitalized somehow in a make-or-break year for Satterfield, and Nippert is a really fun, loud little stadium. Clemson (-14) @ North Carolina (12/11 ESPN): Appointment viewing for the Sickos among us - watch two heavily hyped disappointment have a slap fight in Chapel Hill. Air Force @ Navy (-7) (12/11 CBS): If the football product is bad this viewing window, you might as well max out the pageantry with a Commander in Chief's Cup faceoff in Annapolis. USAFA's only win is against Bucknell, but undefeated Navy looks like they could be a real threat in the dangerous AAC. Mid Afternoon #9 Texas (-7) @ Florida (3:30/2:30 ESPN): We're back! Will the Gators have any desire to save Billy Napier's job? Will the Texas offense show up? Will Florida score any points on the Texas defense? #16 Vanderbilt @ #10 Alabama (-12) (3:30/2:30 ABC): Bama won't exactly be overlooking Vandy after last year's embarassment and with Gameday coming to town, but this could still be a big emotional letdown. Kalen DeBoer's problem last year in Tuscaloosa was an inability to win the "small" games. Does this quality anymore? And is Diego Pavia a potential Heisman winner? #25 Virginia @ Louisville (-7) (3:30/2:30 ESPN2): Ranked Wahoos! Virginia comes into Louisville as pretty heavy underdogs, but lucked out in that their loss to NC State was "out of conference". The Cardinals are undefeated and ready to show up on the national stage. A surprisingly consequential matchup in the ACC! Primetime #3 Miami (-5) @ #18 Florida State (7:30/6:30 ABC): Hell yeah, a primetime in-state rivalry with the high-flying Canes facing a wounded Noles team. Cristobal and Norvell are high-delta coaches and this is the state of Florida, this could be really chaotic. PS: Squirrel White is ok after this reenactment of World War Z Minnesota @ #1 Ohio State (-22) (7:30/6:30 NBC): Yeah, not a lot of depth in this slot to be honest. Mississippi State @ #6 Texas A&M (-12) (7:45/6:45 SECN): Miss State is much improved from a very low floor, but this feels like another ratchet up the rollercoaster. RIP Pac-12 After Dark Duke (-2) @ California (10:30/9:30 ESPN): An Atlantic Coast battle on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Which team's faint ACC hopes will stay alive on a foggy night in Berkeley? Have fun, y'all. Even the quieter cfp weekends find ways to have some fireworks.
  15. Especially that time Sean Miller hired his dad
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