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Week Four CFB Preview: The Eyes of the World Turn to Illinois @ Indiana


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Arch Manning is only the second worst SEC QB, so that's something!

Thursday

Rice (-4.5) @ Charlotte (7:30/6:30 ESPN): The Owls are favored away from home, and a Rice win is always fun. Hoot hoot!

Friday

Tulsa @ Oklahoma State (-12.5) (7:30/6:30 ESPN): Putting this on national television is a Sickos move and Disney knows it. How low can Gundy go?

Iowa (-3.5) @ Rutgers (8/7 FOX): Ferentz vs. Schiano! Guys who have definitely coached a long time! Piscataway, New Jersey! Feel the B1G-citement.

Saturday

Early Games

#17 Texas Tech @ #16 Utah (-4) (12/11 FOX): An excellent Big Noon Saturday warmup! The Red Raiders have obliterated the Little Sisters of the Poor (sorry Maalik). Utah's marquee destruction of UCLA already looks less impressive than their win over Wyoming. Which team will handle real competition better?

SMU @ TCU (-4.5) (12/11 ESPN2): It's the last Battle for the Iron Skillet for the foreseeable future (booooo). TCU has had a fun season, starting with the razing of Chapel Bill. SMU meanwhile lost to Baylor and messed around with Missouri State. Rivalries are funny things though!

Syracuse @ Clemson (-19) (12/11 ESPN): We've had Dabo's annual press conference blowup before he grimly marches through a bad ACC and makes the Playoff. It's an annual tradition.

Oregon State @ #6 Oregon (-32) (3/2 BTN): Before the mid-afternoon slate begins, check out the pageantry around Civil War. Shame about what's happened to Oregon State - beautiful campus, big stadium, good fans.

Mid-Afternoon

#22 Auburn @ #11 Oklahoma (-6) (3:30/2:30 ABC): It's the Jackson Arnold Bowl as Hugh Freeze takes on the Sooners. Barf. Will Auburn learn from Michigan's many, many mistakes?

#21 Michigan (-1.5) @ Nebraska (3:30/2:30 CBS): Speaking of Michigan, which underperforming blueblood led by a much-hyped QB will prevail in Lincoln? I trust Nebraska's coaching staff much more, but UMich has talent.

Tulane @ #13 Ole Miss (-10.5) (3:30/2:30 ESPN): Tulane whipped the Duke team that stole their QB and the Wave head into Oxford on a high. How good is Ole Miss this year? We don't exactly know yet.

North Carolina @ UCF (-3) (3:30/2:30 FOX): Fox grabbed the chance to air Bill Belichick losing to Scott Frost. Which coach is more over the hill?

Primetime

#9 Illinois @ #19 Indiana (-5.5) (7:30/6:30 NBC): The most relevant Playoff rivalry of the day is Illinois versus Indiana, just like we all expected! Bielema versus Cignetti is an excellent coaching matchup, and Bloomington, one of America's best college towns, is going to be rocking.

Florida @ #4 Miami (-8.5) (7:30/6:30 ABC): Remember when we all thought DJ Lagway was good?

Arizona State @ Baylor (-3) (7:30/6:30 FOX): A huge game in the Conference of Parity. ASU got punished for forgetting to show up in the first half in Starkville, and Baylor is coming off a nice win at SMU and a relaxing walk against Samford. Will the Sun Devils recover to relevancy?

BYU (-6) @ East Carolina (7:30/6:30 ESPN2): What a fanbase matchup! The Mormons head to a rocking Rowdy Dowdy at night in a popular G5 upset pick.

Washington (-19) @ Washington State (7:30/6:30 CBS): Another fantastic Pac-10 rivalry sadly devalued by realignment. This Apple Cup should be a light workout in Pullman for the Huskies.

Sam Houston State @ #8 Texas (-42) (8/7 SECN+): Yeah, sure. At least the defense is fun to watch.

RIP Pac-12 After Dark

California (-13.5) @ San Diego State (10:30/9:30 CBSSN): 3-0 Cal might be actually decent this year. But first, they have to travel to a historically solid in-state G5.

Michigan State @ #25 USC (11/10 FOX): Pure Sickos timeslot. Can USC and Illinois set up a monster matchup in Champaign?

 

 

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1 minute ago, DFW Horn said:

Lagway threw what, 5 picks last week against USF? Woof

Holy shit, USC has a 9am PST kick next week? The B1G just bent them over.

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He threw 5 picks against LSU. Against USF he just looked regular shitty.

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24 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Friday

Tulsa @ Oklahoma State (-12.5) (7:30/6:30 ESPN): Putting this on national television is a Sickos move and Disney knows it. How low can Gundy go?

Iowa (-3.5) @ Rutgers (8/7 FOX): Ferentz vs. Schiano! Guys who have definitely coached a long time! Piscataway, New Jersey! Feel the B1G-citement.

The kind of night where you don’t mind having plans or your spouse dragging you to dinner and a movie 

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14 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Holy shit, USC has a 9am PST kick next week? The B1G just bent them over.

And Michigan state has an 11pm eastern time kick off lol

The B1G and ACC are stupid 

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Far more interested in Tech-Utah than Illinois-Indiana. 
 

I don’t trust Bielema and Indiana just can’t stack up against Oregon and PSU. In a league with Big XII parity coaching carries the day and I really like those two staffs. 

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