College Football - Week 5 (Oct. 2nd)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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(7) Florida at (1) Alabama (8 pm, CBS)

(2) Ohio State at Illinois (12 pm, BTN)

(3) Boise State at New Mexico State (8 pm, ESPN3)

(9) Stanford at (4) Oregon (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

(5) TCU at Colorado State (2 pm, The Mountain)

(8) Oklahoma vs (21) Texas – in Dallas (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

UL Monroe at (10) Auburn (12 pm, ESPNU)

(11) Wisconsin at (24) Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Tennessee at (12) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS)

(16) Miami at Clemson (12 pm, ESPN2)

(22) Penn State at (17) Iowa (8 pm, ESPN)

Washington at (18) USC (8 pm, ESPN2 - Regional)

(19) Michigan at Indiana (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Virginia Tech at (23) NC State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

(25) Nevada at UNLV (10 pm, The Mountain)

 

Games of interest

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Texas A&M at Oklahoma State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

 

Northwestern at Minnesota (12 pm, ESPN)

Florida State at Virginia (12 pm, ACC Network)

Kentucky at Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network)

Kansas at Baylor (12 pm, FSN/CSN)

Idaho at Western Michigan (2 pm, ESPN3)

Washington State at UCLA (3:30 pm, FSN Pacific/Northwest)

Ball State at Central Michigan (3:30 pm)

Northern Illinois at Akron (6 pm)

Duke at Maryland (6 pm, ESPN3)

Texas Tech at Iowa State (7 pm, FCS Central)

Louisville at Arkansas State (7 pm, ESPN3)

Notre Dame at Boston College (8 pm, ABC – Regional)

UC Davis at San Jose State (8 pm)

Louisiana Tech at Hawaii (11:30 pm)

 

 

Other nationally available games

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On TV

BYU at Utah State (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

 

Temple at Army (12 pm, CBS College)

Navy at Air Force (2:30 pm, Versus)

Georgia at Colorado (7 pm, FSN/CSN)

Georgia Tech at Wake Forest (7 pm, ESPNU)

Marshall at Southern Miss (8 pm, CBS College)

ESPN3 games

Ohio at Eastern Michigan (12 pm)

Alcorn State at Mississippi State (12 pm)

Vanderbilt at UConn (12 pm)

Tulane at Rutgers (2 pm)

East Carolina at North Carolina (3:30 pm)

Florida International at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm)

Florida Atlantic at South Florida (7 pm)

UL Lafayette at North Texas (7:30 pm)

 

I-AA games of interest

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Fordham at Holy Cross (1 pm)

Southern Illinois at Illinois State (2 pm)

South Dakota State at Northern Iowa (5 pm)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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Hampton at Delaware State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU)

West Liberty at Fairmont State (8 pm Thursday, CBS College)

 

SE Missouri State at Eastern Illinois (2:30 pm, ESPN3)

Cornell at Bucknell (3:30 pm, CBS College)

South Carolina State at Florida A&M (6 pm, ESPN3)

Edited October 1, 2010 by Andy

[Derwood]

Iowa by 17

[Butterscup1679666578]

hooray a bye week

[Flames24Rulz]

Going to Illinois-Ohio State. Hoping they can keep it within 3 TD's.

[Andy]

Boston College is benching Dave Shinskie and starting someone else next week. Given our track record with young/unproven/first-time starters, I'm guessing I know what this means.

[UMFan83]

I have this really bad feeling that Michigan might lose to Indiana this week. I hope I'm wrong.

[NCCubFan]

And I hope you're right.

[snoodmonger]

10 pt dogs to Baylor. Bob Griffin is gonna get around 200 yds rushing against us.

[TruffleShuffle]

Top 25 games

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(7) Florida at (1) Alabama -9 (8 pm, CBS)

(2) Ohio State -18 at Illinois (12 pm, BTN)

(3) Boise State -40 at New Mexico State (8 pm, ESPN3)

(9) Stanford at (4) Oregon -6.5 (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

(5) TCU -33.5 at Colorado State (2 pm, The Mountain)

(8) Oklahoma -4 vs (21) Texas – in Dallas (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

UL Monroe at (10) Auburn -34 (12 pm, ESPNU)

(11) Wisconsin -1.5 at (24) Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Tennessee at (12) LSU -14.5 (3:30 pm, CBS)

(22) Penn State at (17) Iowa -6.5 (8 pm, ESPN)

(16) Miami -3.5 at Clemson (12 pm, ESPN2)

Washington at (18) USC -10.5 (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

(20) Michigan -13.5 at Indiana (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Virginia Tech at (23) NC State -3.5 (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

(25) Nevada -19.5 at UNLV (10 pm, The Mountain)

 

Games of interest

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Texas A&M at Oklahoma State -3.5 (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

 

Northwestern -5 at Minnesota (12 pm, ESPN)

Florida State -7 at Virginia (12 pm, ACC Network)

Kentucky at Ole Miss -2 (12 pm, SEC Network)

Kansas at Baylor -9 (12 pm, FSN/CSN)

Idaho -2.5 at Western Michigan (2 pm, ESPN3)

Washington State at UCLA -25.5 (3:30 pm, FSN Pacific/Northwest)

Ball State at Central Michigan -15.5 (3:30 pm)

Northern Illinois -13.5 at Akron (6 pm)

Duke at Maryland -7.5 (6 pm, ESPN3)

Texas Tech -8 at Iowa State (7 pm, FCS Central)

Louisville -5 at Arkansas State (7 pm, ESPN3)

Notre Dame -2.5 at Boston College (8 pm, ABC – Regional)

UC Davis at San Jose State (8 pm)

Louisiana Tech at Hawaii -10 (11:30 pm)

 

 

Other nationally available games

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On TV

BYU -6 at Utah State (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

 

Temple -3.5 at Army (12 pm, CBS College)

Navy at Air Force -9 (2:30 pm, Versus)

Georgia -4 at Colorado (7 pm, FSN/CSN)

Georgia Tech -10 at Wake Forest (7 pm, ESPNU)

Marshall at Southern Miss -10.5 (8 pm, CBS College)

ESPN3 games

Ohio -8 at Eastern Michigan (12 pm)

Alcorn State at Mississippi State (12 pm)

Vanderbilt at UConn -7 (12 pm)

Tulane at Rutgers -14.5 (2 pm)

East Carolina at North Carolina -10.5 (3:30 pm)

Florida International at Pittsburgh -19 (3:30 pm)

Florida Atlantic at South Florida -21 (7 pm)

UL Lafayette at North Texas -4 (7:30 pm)

 

threw in some point spreads in case anyone was interested.

[Banedon]

So...Nevada makes the rankings. If they can hold onto it, that means Boise State gets to play a 3rd ranked opponent.

[shnsajax]

OU 99 Texas -21

[fiver]

I'd like to see Auburn get Barrett Trotter some playing time at QB this week against UL Monroe...As much as Cam Newton gets hit, Trotter could use some more experience.

[dew1679666265]

There are two reasons I don't think Saturday will be a blowout – 1: LSU hasn't been very impressive this year; 2: It's not a night game at Death Valley, it's a day game.

 

Actually, before Saturday I would have said Tennessee had a chance at an upset over LSU. Now, though, I find it very hard to predict Tennessee to beat any SEC team (except Vandy). So, hopefully we don't get blown out and hopefully Matt Simms survives another game.

[Jon]

Woo, Big Ten conference play. Now there's no reason to root against certain teams and I can just focus on bowl positioning. Michigan is probably the main target of that right now.

[Tracer Bullet]

BC changing QBs. Rumor has it Shinskie was found laying on his dorm room floor mumbling "not Manti Te'o...please...anything but Te'o"

 

just beat these guys.

[Old Style]

Finally my Aggies are on TV. Thursday night on the road at Stillwater. This is big for us. It will be our first real test. Hopefully we can take care of business because next week is Arkansas @ Jerryworld. Not looking forward to that one.

[NewUserName]

So...Nevada makes the rankings. If they can hold onto it, that means Boise State gets to play a 3rd ranked opponent.

 

Did they beat ND:)

[Jon]

For the Indiana people here, I just bought my ticket for the Northwestern game in Bloomington on October 30th. Has anyone been to the upgraded stadium? Is parking nearby pretty easy? And what is the foliage like that far south in late October?

[E.J.]

I have this really bad feeling that Michigan might lose to Indiana this week. I hope I'm wrong.

 

Michigan will win by at least 10.

[TheVolCub08]

There are two reasons I don't think Saturday will be a blowout – 1: LSU hasn't been very impressive this year; 2: It's not a night game at Death Valley, it's a day game.

 

Actually, before Saturday I would have said Tennessee had a chance at an upset over LSU. Now, though, I find it very hard to predict Tennessee to beat any SEC team (except Vandy). So, hopefully we don't get blown out and hopefully Matt Simms survives another game.

 

Disagree. Tennessee has a good chance at beating both Vandy and Ole Miss. And they are a pick 'em against Georgia. I also would not be surprised to see them beat Kentucky. Every game is played on its own merits, and I doubt that UAB has any bearing on how we do in any of those games.

 

That said, UT could lose every one of those games, and I would not be shocked. 62 healthy scholarship players. Not enough healthy DB's to run a nickel package. That's unreal.

[Andy]

I have this really bad feeling that Michigan might lose to Indiana this week. I hope I'm wrong.

 

Michigan will win by at least 10.

This. As long as Denard Robinson doesn't get hurt, Michigan isn't going to lose to any teams like Indiana.

[Tracer Bullet]

Damn. Just realized that both ND and Iowa play at night again. I hate waiting all day to see the two teams I want to watch.

[Jon]

I have this really bad feeling that Michigan might lose to Indiana this week. I hope I'm wrong.

 

Michigan will win by at least 10.

This. As long as Denard Robinson doesn't get hurt, Michigan isn't going to lose to any teams like Indiana.

They're mirrors of each other on defense, both have equally capable offenses and it's in Indiana. In fact, Indiana has the edge in the kicking game and a better kick return season so far, though punting is a wash.

[dew1679666265]

Disagree. Tennessee has a good chance at beating both Vandy and Ole Miss. And they are a pick 'em against Georgia. I also would not be surprised to see them beat Kentucky. Every game is played on its own merits, and I doubt that UAB has any bearing on how we do in any of those games.

 

You're right we can beat any of those teams, but not if we play like we did against UAB. The UAB game has no direct bearing on the rest of the games, but this early on, with this young of a team, it can't be dismissed as a fluke. We played very poorly all the way around and if we do that again against any SEC team, we'll lose.

 

I still think this team is better than it showed Saturday, however. The defense likely won't give up that ridiculous amount of yards very often (if at all again) and I don't think our receivers will drop incredibly wide open passes like Zach Rogers did in the third. I still don't like Matt Simms throwing the deep ball, however – not enough of an arm. I'm still holding to my prediction of 6 wins. I think it's likely we'll beat Vandy and Memphis and have a shot at Kentucky, Ole Miss and Georgia as well. I wish we got Georgia while AJ Green was still out, though.

 

That said, UT could lose every one of those games, and I would not be shocked. 62 healthy scholarship players. Not enough healthy DB's to run a nickel package. That's unreal.

 

Yeah, the lack of depth on this team is unbelievable. We'll get significantly better just from this year to next if all Dooley does is recruit 25 players and not lose any from this team.

[Jon]

Wow, Mark Dantonio is back. He'll be coaching from the box this Saturday.