College Football - Week of 10/25

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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(7) Oklahoma State at (1) Texas (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

(2) Alabama at Tennessee (7:45 pm, ESPN)

(3) Penn State at (10) Ohio State (8 pm, ABC)

(4) Oklahoma at Kansas State (12:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

Kentucky at (5) Florida (12:30 pm, ESPN360)

(6) USC at Arizona (10:15 pm, FSN/CSN)

(8) Texas Tech at (19) Kansas (12 pm, ESPN)

(9) Georgia at (11) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS)

(13) Boise State at San Jose State (9 pm Friday, ESPN2)

(14) South Florida at Louisville (3:30 pm)

Wyoming at (15) TCU (6 pm, The Mountain)

Colorado at (16) Missouri (6:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

Rutgers at (17) Pittsburgh (3:30 pm)

UNLV at (18) BYU (2 pm, The Mountain)

Eastern Michigan at (20) Ball State (12 pm)

Virginia at (21) Georgia Tech (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Central Florida at (22) Tulsa (8 pm Sunday, ESPN)

(23) Boston College at North Carolina (12 pm, ESPN360)

Virginia Tech at (24) Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

(25) Minnesota at Purdue (12 pm, ESPN Classic)

 

Other games of interest

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Auburn at West Virginia (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

Illinois at Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN2)

Northwestern at Indiana (12 pm, Big Ten)

Baylor at Nebraska (12:30 pm, Versus)

Duke at Vanderbilt (3 pm)

Michigan State at Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

UCLA at California (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Bowling Green at Northern Illinois (4 pm)

Ole Miss at Arkansas (7 pm)

Texas A&M at Iowa State (7 pm)

Notre Dame at Washington (8 pm, ESPN2)

Oregon at Arizona State (10 pm)

 

Lehigh at Holy Cross (1 pm)

Southern Illinois at Missouri State (2:30 pm)

Northern Iowa at Youngstown State (4 pm)

North Dakota at UC Davis (9 pm)

 

Other nationally televised games

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Wake Forest at Miami (12 pm, ESPNU)

Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State (7 pm, ESPNU)

Southern Mississippi at Memphis (8 pm, CSTV)

 

Jacksonville State at UT-Martin (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU)

Dartmouth at Columbia (4 pm, Versus)

Edited October 19, 2008 by Andy

[Butterscup1679666578]

If we lose to Colorado I'm going to go on a rampage.

[Andy]

I found a great site via Google that lists basically any TV station anywhere that any game is on. If your game isn't listed above, it may be on a regional network.

 

http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm

[shnsajax]

Yet another game I am worried about, OSU plays Texas very tough every year.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

16 is a decent enough spot for Mizzou. They have 4 straight "don't screw it up" games before the Kansas game, and if they win that then they'll take the North and have a quasi-home game for the B12 Title and a BCS game, at which point they should be approaching the Top 10 again by attrition.

[Mephistopheles]

78.7% #13 Boise State over San Jose State

80.5% #14 South Florida over Louisville

51.4% #24 Florida State over Virginia Tech

84.2% #17 Pitt over Rutgers

54.0% North Carolina over #23 Boston College

69.1% #2 Alabama over Tennessee

93.8% #5 Florida over Kentucky

90.3% #16 Missouri over Colorado

89.2% #4 Oklahoma over Kansas State

60.2% #9 Georgia over #11 LSU

52.5% #19 Kansas over #8 Texas Tech

97.4% #20 Ball State over Eastern Michigan

81.6% #1 Texas over #7 Oklahoma State

89.3% #6 Southern California over Arizona

89.5% #18 BYU over UNLV

71.9% #3 Penn State over #10 Ohio State

99.4% #15 TCU over Wyoming

74.4% #21 Georgia Tech over Virginia

66.1% #25 Minnesota over Purdue

 

Upset Alert

Game of the Week

[Mephistopheles]

lots of HQ matchups this week.

 

#9 vs #11

#1 vs #7

#3 vs #10

 

but somehow, the best game might just be #8 vs #19.

 

GOTW has always been decided by win probability closest to 50% among games between two top 25 foes.

 

my personal thoughts:

 

there will no defense played in the big xii this week

 

#13 Boise State 42-21 over San Jose State - Nothing to see here.

#14 South Florida 34-31 over Louisville - I think this one will be very close. USFs ranking is very much a hang around ranking.

Virginia Tech 24-21 over #24 Florida State - FSU's schedule has been embarrassingly easy...and they still have one loss.

#17 Pitt 34-17 over Rutgers - Pitt roles

North Carolina 21-17 over #23 Boston College - UNC is the better team here. Sorry Catholics.

#2 Alabama 27-24 over Tennessee - With Mt Cody out, this one will be close. Fullmer is fighting for his life.

#5 Florida 42-14 over Kentucky - The question is how many times will Demps break 30 yard runs? I set the over under at 2.5. Make your call...and Kentucky has an excellent run defense.

#16 Missouri 56-31 over Colorado - Big 12 Defensive Pride!

#4 Oklahoma 49-27 over Kansas State - Big 12 Defensive Pride #2!

#9 Georgia 27-24 over #11 LSU - This should be a great game to watch guys get laid out.

#8 Texas Tech 49-42 over #19 Kansas - Big 12 Defensive Pride #3!

#20 Ball State 34-10 over Eastern Michigan - Who cares?

#1 Texas 42-31 over #7 Oklahoma State - Big 12 Defensive Pride #4!

#6 Southern California 49-17 over Arizona - Arizona will win or this one will get ugly.

#18 BYU 41-10 over UNLV - UNLV might hang in this one for a couple of quarters.

#10 Ohio State 24-21 over #3 Penn State - Forget the rankings. They don't know the development of Pryor. And ole' Sweatervest will figure out the spread sooner than later.

#15 TCU 31-7 over Wyoming - TCU's defense is the best in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and every other state the Big XII resides in.

#21 Georgia Tech 21-17 over Virginia - Will Virginia show up or not?

#25 Minnesota 27-21 over Purdue - Pitty ranking for Minnesota.

[Guest]

Go Ohio State!

[Andy]

Bob Davie will be the color man for the final (I assume) Weis vs Willingham matchup. ESPN does indeed have a sense of humor. Washington has five recruits signed for the class of '09, none above a 3-star rating, and ND is 4-2 with Grimes, Turkovich, Lambert, Bruton and Crum being basically the only seniors contributing. Bite me, Ty.

 

And Ball State's going to destroy Eastern Michigan.

[Derwood]

Go Ohio State!

 

[-X

[imb]

GO OKLAHOMA STATE

 

UGH

[shnsajax]

Barry Switzer talking up Texas, very strange.

[TruffleShuffle]

Go Ohio State!

 

clearly the post of a sad, deranged satan worshiper.

[TruffleShuffle]

by the way, who wants to guess the point spread on the psu-osu game? no peeking.

[Sammys Boombox]

If we lose to Colorado I'm going to go on a rampage.

 

I don't even feel like going. I will, but it will not be near as much fun knowing what we're playing for now.

[B]

by the way, who wants to guess the point spread on the psu-osu game? no peeking.

spreads aren't out for next week until tomorrow.

[ISUCubsFan]

by the way, who wants to guess the point spread on the psu-osu game? no peeking.

 

PSU -1.5 is my guess. Fairly non-scientific.

[TruffleShuffle]

by the way, who wants to guess the point spread on the psu-osu game? no peeking.

spreads aren't out for next week until tomorrow.

 

certain online places have listed odds.

[Vanilla Ice]

ill guess PSU -1

 

EDITED

Edited October 19, 2008 by Vanilla Ice

[TruffleShuffle]

haha i'm a moron, i was looking at last year's spread.

 

anyway, i will guess buckeyes -1.

[B]

haha i'm a moron, i was looking at last year's spread.

 

anyway, i will guess buckeyes -1.

Yeah, I would guess it will be pretty close. Maybe even a PK early in the week.

[Guest]

Go Ohio State!

 

clearly the post of a sad, deranged satan worshiper.

 

Or somebody who doesn't want to see another Big 10 team get demolished by a much better Big XII/SEC or USC team again in the National Championship game. This is Penn State's toughest game left by far and if they lose it, there's almost no way they get to the National Title game.

[TruffleShuffle]

Go Ohio State!

 

clearly the post of a sad, deranged satan worshiper.

 

Or somebody who doesn't want to see another Big 10 team get demolished by a much better Big XII/SEC or USC team again in the National Championship game. This is Penn State's toughest game left by far and if they lose it, there's almost no way they get to the National Title game.

 

oh there definitely is no way that they make it without winning. they have to win out.

 

i do not think we would get demolished, though. that's an ohio state thing.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

LSU with a big test with Georgia.

[Guest]

Go Ohio State!

 

clearly the post of a sad, deranged satan worshiper.

 

Or somebody who doesn't want to see another Big 10 team get demolished by a much better Big XII/SEC or USC team again in the National Championship game. This is Penn State's toughest game left by far and if they lose it, there's almost no way they get to the National Title game.

 

oh there definitely is no way that they make it without winning. they have to win out.

 

i do not think we would get demolished, though. that's an ohio state thing.

 

Demolished may have been too strong of a word, but I don't think Penn State would have much of a chance.