Early start this week so posted earlier than normal.
Week 10 is here in the blink of an eye. The MAC is giving us Tuesday and Wednesday games, CUSA and the Sun Belt cover Thursday, and the PAC has a big battle scheduled for Friday.
If that wasn’t enough leading into Saturday the B1G has fights in the tunnels, the SEC has a huge coach firing, and we have other coaches who’s seat would be warm if not for all that money insulating them from the heat. And to top it all off Stanford has suspended the tree. There has to be a pun in there somewhere but I’ll leave that at the moment.
Tuesday Buffalo (5-3) is at Ohio (5-3) with the winner reaching bowl eligibility and a good position to win their division.
Wednesday isn’t much but Western Michigan (3-5) is at Bowling Green (4-4.) A win would put the Falcons of BGSU a win away from going to a bowl.
Thursday could give us one of the funner G5 games of the year with Appalachian State (5-3) on the road at Coastal Carolina (7-1) two teams that score a lot of points.
The PAC12 provides Friday night’s big game. Washington (6-2) host (24) Oregon State (6-2.)
Only three games on Saturday matching top 25 teams but it doesn’t get bigger that a #1 vs. #2 meeting. Not that long ago Tennessee was poaching coaching hires using food carts in order to try to become relevant again and now they are. (2) Tennessee is at (1) and defending national champion Georgia in a battle that will almost assure the winner a spot in the playoff.
Also in SEC country and trying to keep in contention (6) Alabama (7-1) goes to (15) LSU (6-2.)
The other top 25 contest has (20) Wake Forest (6-2) at North Carolina State (6-2,) two programs trying to stay in the rankings. Each school is 3-2 in their last five games so this could be a pivotal game in their seasons.
Outside of these three games most of the games involving ranked schools don’t present significant challenges. Most of these would be significant upsets if the ranked school lost such as (2) Ohio State (8-0) favored over Northwestern (1-7) by the slightest of margins (38 at the time of writing this.)
An exception to that might be Texas (5-3) at (13) Kansas State (6-2)
Notre Dame (5-3)pulled off a huge win last week beating ranked Syracuse. We are much more likely to enjoy a Notre Dame loss this week with (5) Clemson (8-0) coming in and pushing for a playoff slot.
Mel Tucker’s team came up short last week against Michigan but they lived by the motto “If we can’t beat you on the field we will beat you in the tunnel.” Now some of those players are suspended but they probably wouldn’t have made much of a difference. Michigan State (3-5) is at (14) Illinois (7-1.) Hopefully nobody touches Mel on the head on his way out but many of the Spartans fans think the AD was touched in the head to give him that contract.
Nebraska (3-5) gets home field advantage over Minnesota (5-3.) It may be the only advantage they have as like most B1G teams Minnesota has been beating the fuskers regularly and that isn’t likely to change.
Baylor (5-3) isn’t likely to stop committing felonies but at Oklahoma (5-3) who knows what will happen as the Sooners are one of the most unpredictable teams in college football in a bad way.
The only PAC 12 game that both matters and appears to be competitive if the earlier mentioned Friday night game.
Washington State (4-4) is at Stanford (3-5) where all 1200 people in attendance might protest the suspension of the tree.
Closer to home you have a reason to get up early. In a 9:30 am MT game Air Force (5-3) is at Army (3-4) and with a win can lock up the Commander in Chiefs Trophy. Air Force on paper is a better team but these service academy games are always hard fought and a win for Army would make their losing season easier to take.
Staying up late to see the CSU Rams is another story. CSU (2-6) is a terrible football team. Host San Jose (5-2) has been better than expected. It would be shocking if this one is close.
Wyoming has the week off after picking up a late night win and bowl eligibility at Hawaii.
Northern Colorado (2-6) is at Portland State (3-5.) Portland State is bad, the Bears are worse. Eddie Mac was recruiting better players when he was at Valor.
The race for the RMAC championship is for all purposes over.
Colorado Mines at 7-0 in conference has a two game lead on the three schools tied for second place CSU Pueblo, South Dakota Mines, and Western State who are 5-2 with two games to go. Mines last conference game is at home against Fort Lewis so it’s over.
Doesn’t mean there aren’t some good games this week though.
South Dakota Mines (5-2,6-3) is at Pueblo (5-2, 6-3) who after a slow start is looking like what we usually expect them to be.
Western (5-2,5-4) gets the free win this week at Fort Lewis (0-7, 0-8)
Colorado Mines (7-0, 7-2) is out to protect their playoff resume at New Mexico Highlands (3-4, 3-5.)
Week 10 is here in the blink of an eye. The MAC is giving us Tuesday and Wednesday games, CUSA and the Sun Belt cover Thursday, and the PAC has a big battle scheduled for Friday.
If that wasn’t enough leading into Saturday the B1G has fights in the tunnels, the SEC has a huge coach firing, and we have other coaches who’s seat would be warm if not for all that money insulating them from the heat. And to top it all off Stanford has suspended the tree. There has to be a pun in there somewhere but I’ll leave that at the moment.
Tuesday Buffalo (5-3) is at Ohio (5-3) with the winner reaching bowl eligibility and a good position to win their division.
Wednesday isn’t much but Western Michigan (3-5) is at Bowling Green (4-4.) A win would put the Falcons of BGSU a win away from going to a bowl.
Thursday could give us one of the funner G5 games of the year with Appalachian State (5-3) on the road at Coastal Carolina (7-1) two teams that score a lot of points.
The PAC12 provides Friday night’s big game. Washington (6-2) host (24) Oregon State (6-2.)
Only three games on Saturday matching top 25 teams but it doesn’t get bigger that a #1 vs. #2 meeting. Not that long ago Tennessee was poaching coaching hires using food carts in order to try to become relevant again and now they are. (2) Tennessee is at (1) and defending national champion Georgia in a battle that will almost assure the winner a spot in the playoff.
Also in SEC country and trying to keep in contention (6) Alabama (7-1) goes to (15) LSU (6-2.)
The other top 25 contest has (20) Wake Forest (6-2) at North Carolina State (6-2,) two programs trying to stay in the rankings. Each school is 3-2 in their last five games so this could be a pivotal game in their seasons.
Outside of these three games most of the games involving ranked schools don’t present significant challenges. Most of these would be significant upsets if the ranked school lost such as (2) Ohio State (8-0) favored over Northwestern (1-7) by the slightest of margins (38 at the time of writing this.)
An exception to that might be Texas (5-3) at (13) Kansas State (6-2)
Notre Dame (5-3)pulled off a huge win last week beating ranked Syracuse. We are much more likely to enjoy a Notre Dame loss this week with (5) Clemson (8-0) coming in and pushing for a playoff slot.
Mel Tucker’s team came up short last week against Michigan but they lived by the motto “If we can’t beat you on the field we will beat you in the tunnel.” Now some of those players are suspended but they probably wouldn’t have made much of a difference. Michigan State (3-5) is at (14) Illinois (7-1.) Hopefully nobody touches Mel on the head on his way out but many of the Spartans fans think the AD was touched in the head to give him that contract.
Nebraska (3-5) gets home field advantage over Minnesota (5-3.) It may be the only advantage they have as like most B1G teams Minnesota has been beating the fuskers regularly and that isn’t likely to change.
Baylor (5-3) isn’t likely to stop committing felonies but at Oklahoma (5-3) who knows what will happen as the Sooners are one of the most unpredictable teams in college football in a bad way.
The only PAC 12 game that both matters and appears to be competitive if the earlier mentioned Friday night game.
Washington State (4-4) is at Stanford (3-5) where all 1200 people in attendance might protest the suspension of the tree.
Closer to home you have a reason to get up early. In a 9:30 am MT game Air Force (5-3) is at Army (3-4) and with a win can lock up the Commander in Chiefs Trophy. Air Force on paper is a better team but these service academy games are always hard fought and a win for Army would make their losing season easier to take.
Staying up late to see the CSU Rams is another story. CSU (2-6) is a terrible football team. Host San Jose (5-2) has been better than expected. It would be shocking if this one is close.
Wyoming has the week off after picking up a late night win and bowl eligibility at Hawaii.
Northern Colorado (2-6) is at Portland State (3-5.) Portland State is bad, the Bears are worse. Eddie Mac was recruiting better players when he was at Valor.
The race for the RMAC championship is for all purposes over.
Colorado Mines at 7-0 in conference has a two game lead on the three schools tied for second place CSU Pueblo, South Dakota Mines, and Western State who are 5-2 with two games to go. Mines last conference game is at home against Fort Lewis so it’s over.
Doesn’t mean there aren’t some good games this week though.
South Dakota Mines (5-2,6-3) is at Pueblo (5-2, 6-3) who after a slow start is looking like what we usually expect them to be.
Western (5-2,5-4) gets the free win this week at Fort Lewis (0-7, 0-8)
Colorado Mines (7-0, 7-2) is out to protect their playoff resume at New Mexico Highlands (3-4, 3-5.)
