Other Games
As hard as it is to believe not everything about college football was bad last week.
Baylor took a beating and the Sheep lost their border war.
Thursday starts with a couple of MAC games and a chance to see the self-proclaimed National Champions from (9) UCF play a 5-3 Temple team.
Friday night the early game before the Buffs has 4-4 Pitt at (23) Virginia.
Saturday gives us a bunch of games matching top 25 teams.
The big one, maybe biggest this year so far gives us the expected (1) Alabama visiting surprising (4) LSU. If LSU can pull this one off it would be hard to see both of these teams ending up in the playoff. Meaning that Clemson and everyone else would be playing for two spots.
Staying in the SEC (6) Georgia coming off a big win over Florida is on the road at (11) Kentucky who is trying to be more than a basketball school.
In the B12 (12) West Virginia fresh off destroying Baylor gets a much tougher challenge at (15) Texas which is coming off an upset loss to Oklahoma State and trying to get back on track.
In B1G action (or what passes for it in that conference sometimes) coming off a bye week (5) Michigan host (14) Pedo State. Another chance for Harbaugh to prove he can beat ranked teams.
Big PAC12 games have Cal at 5-3 and trying to get back into the rankings at (10) Washington State. Leach’s teams usually blow a game or two a year, is this one it?
Also have (16) Utah on the road at 4-4 Arizona State looking to move further up the rankings now that it looks like again the PAC is completely out of the playoff chase.
Despite our other frustrations we can take pleasure in seeing Baylor get another loss at the hands of suddenly hot Oklahoma State.
Even more pleasure can come from watching (8) Ohio State coming off a huge upset loss to Purdue is going to put the kind of beating on Nebraska that Nebraska players and Ohio State assistant coaches have been known to put on women. Will Scott Frost go find a closet to hide in for this one like he did in the past?
Locally we have some good games to see. AFA at 3-5 goes to West Point to play 6-2 Army in a game were records coming in don’t mean very much. An AFA win and the get the CIC trophy and a successful year.
Wyoming should have a good chance to pick up another win hosting a bad San Jose State team.
CSU has a bye week meaning that a few less people than normal will be in their stadium this Saturday. This season their few remaining fans see Bye on the schedule and figure that will be a loss as well.
In FCS action Northern Colorado has won two in a row but will have a hard time keeping it going with a very good 6-2 Eastern Washington team coming to Greeley.
In local small college ball Colorado School of Mines tries to stay undefeated at Dixie State. CSU Pueblo with their only loss being to Mines is at Black Hills State.
As hard as it is to believe not everything about college football was bad last week.
Baylor took a beating and the Sheep lost their border war.
Thursday starts with a couple of MAC games and a chance to see the self-proclaimed National Champions from (9) UCF play a 5-3 Temple team.
Friday night the early game before the Buffs has 4-4 Pitt at (23) Virginia.
Saturday gives us a bunch of games matching top 25 teams.
The big one, maybe biggest this year so far gives us the expected (1) Alabama visiting surprising (4) LSU. If LSU can pull this one off it would be hard to see both of these teams ending up in the playoff. Meaning that Clemson and everyone else would be playing for two spots.
Staying in the SEC (6) Georgia coming off a big win over Florida is on the road at (11) Kentucky who is trying to be more than a basketball school.
In the B12 (12) West Virginia fresh off destroying Baylor gets a much tougher challenge at (15) Texas which is coming off an upset loss to Oklahoma State and trying to get back on track.
In B1G action (or what passes for it in that conference sometimes) coming off a bye week (5) Michigan host (14) Pedo State. Another chance for Harbaugh to prove he can beat ranked teams.
Big PAC12 games have Cal at 5-3 and trying to get back into the rankings at (10) Washington State. Leach’s teams usually blow a game or two a year, is this one it?
Also have (16) Utah on the road at 4-4 Arizona State looking to move further up the rankings now that it looks like again the PAC is completely out of the playoff chase.
Despite our other frustrations we can take pleasure in seeing Baylor get another loss at the hands of suddenly hot Oklahoma State.
Even more pleasure can come from watching (8) Ohio State coming off a huge upset loss to Purdue is going to put the kind of beating on Nebraska that Nebraska players and Ohio State assistant coaches have been known to put on women. Will Scott Frost go find a closet to hide in for this one like he did in the past?
Locally we have some good games to see. AFA at 3-5 goes to West Point to play 6-2 Army in a game were records coming in don’t mean very much. An AFA win and the get the CIC trophy and a successful year.
Wyoming should have a good chance to pick up another win hosting a bad San Jose State team.
CSU has a bye week meaning that a few less people than normal will be in their stadium this Saturday. This season their few remaining fans see Bye on the schedule and figure that will be a loss as well.
In FCS action Northern Colorado has won two in a row but will have a hard time keeping it going with a very good 6-2 Eastern Washington team coming to Greeley.
In local small college ball Colorado School of Mines tries to stay undefeated at Dixie State. CSU Pueblo with their only loss being to Mines is at Black Hills State.
