College Football - Week 6 (Oct. 9th)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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(1) Alabama at (19) South Carolina (3:30 pm, CBS)

Indiana at (2) Ohio State (12 pm, ESPN)

(3) Oregon at Washington State (5 pm)

Toledo at (4) Boise State (8 pm, ESPN3)

Wyoming at (5) TCU (3:30 pm, CBS College)

(7) Nebraska at Kansas State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

(8) Auburn at Kentucky (7:30 pm, ESPN2)

Oregon State at (9) Arizona (7 pm, Versus)

(10) Utah at Iowa State (7 pm, FCS Central)

(11) Arkansas vs Texas A&M – in Arlington, TX (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

(12) LSU at (14) Florida (7:30 pm, ESPN)

(23) Florida State at (13) Miami (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

USC at (16) Stanford (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

(17) Michigan State at (18) Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Minnesota at (20) Wisconsin (12 pm, BTN)

San Jose State at (21) Nevada (10:30 pm, ESPNU)

(22) Oklahoma State at UL Lafayette (9 pm Friday, ESPN2)

Colorado at (24) Missouri (7 pm, FSN/CSN)

Colorado State at (25) Air Force (2 pm, The Mountain)

 

Games of interest

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Baylor vs Texas Tech – in Dallas (12 pm, FSN/CSN)

Tennessee at Georgia (12 pm, SEC Network)

Illinois at Penn State (12 pm, ESPN2)

Western Michigan at Ball State (12 pm, ESPN3)

Temple at Northern Illinois (12 pm, ESPN3)

Memphis at Louisville (2 pm, ESPN3)

Pittsburgh at Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC)

UCLA at California (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

Utah State at Louisiana Tech (4 pm, ESPN3)

Florida Atlantic at UL Monroe (7 pm)

Purdue at Northwestern (7:30 pm, BTN)

 

Other nationally available games

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On TV

Troy at Middle Tennessee (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2)

 

UAB at Central Florida (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN)

 

UConn at Rutgers (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN)

 

Central Michigan at Virginia Tech (12 pm, ESPNU)

Boston College at NC State (12 pm, ACC Network)

Clemson at North Carolina (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

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

Eastern Michigan at Vanderbilt (7 pm, ESPNU)

Mississippi State at Houston (8 pm, CBS College)

 

ESPN3 games

Syracuse at South Florida (12 pm)

UNLV at West Virginia (3:30 pm)

Western Kentucky at Florida International (3:30 pm)

Navy at Wake Forest (6:30 pm)

Miami (OH) at Cincinnati (7 pm)

New Mexico at New Mexico State (8 pm)

 

 

I-AA games of interest

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Brown at Holy Cross (1 pm)

Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois (3 pm)

South Dakota at UC Davis (9 pm)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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Prairie View at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU)

Shippensburg at West Chester (8 pm Thursday, CBS College)

Edited October 8, 2010 by Andy

[Derwood]

PSU deservedly out of the Top 25, and may struggle with Illinois.

[shnsajax]

Woohoo. Texas won't lose this week.

[dew1679666265]

Tennessee can beat Georgia. The Bulldogs looked pretty awful losing to Colorado, so this should be a win for the Vols.

 

The key is going to be putting at least 2, if not 3, players on AJ Green at all times. Nobody else on that team can beat anybody.

[TruffleShuffle]

Tennessee can beat Georgia. The Bulldogs looked pretty awful losing to Colorado, so this should be a win for the Vols.

 

georgia is favored by 11 points, so if you think tennessee should win the game, i suggest betting a large amount on it.

[dew1679666265]

Tennessee can beat Georgia. The Bulldogs looked pretty awful losing to Colorado, so this should be a win for the Vols.

 

georgia is favored by 11 points, so if you think tennessee should win the game, i suggest betting a large amount on it.

 

That's crazy. Even in Georgia, I don't see them beating us by nearly two touchdowns. Florida won by 14 points and LSU won by 2 points on luck (and us being dumb). Oregon destroyed us, but there's no comparison between them and Georgia this year.

 

Georgia can win, but an 11-point spread seems really silly.

[NewUserName]

Michigan favored by 4 and a half over MSU....hhmm.

[fromthestretch]

And Purdue loses another offensive player to injury, as Siller (WR) is out for at least a few weeks with a pretty bad foot sprain. Not that I had high hopes for the Boilers this year, but essentially losing a key offensive player each week is going to make this a very rough season.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Everyone's all high on Colorado, but Georgia is really bad. Mizzou by at least 14.

[Jon]

Larry Scott said Pac-10 divisions will be decided by the end of the month.

[Guest]

Everyone's all high on Colorado, but Georgia is really bad. Mizzou by at least 14.

 

Pinkel has beaten Hawkins by an average of like 5 touchdowns in his tenure, at home this should not be a close game.

[sneakypower]

Michigan favored by 4 and a half over MSU....hhmm.

take the points

[Ryno12]

After last weekend, my liver is relieved that Iowa has a bye this week.

[fiver]

Auburn travels to Kentucky this week. I don't believe Kentucky will be able to run the ball as well as they did last year against the AU D-line, but Hartwell could have a good day passing as Auburn's secondary is still abysmal from what I've seen. Even so, I don't see Kentucky being able to stop the Auburn offense (running or passing game), and I think Auburn wins by 10 or more points.

[NewUserName]

Michigan favored by 4 and a half over MSU....hhmm.

take the points

 

this game is very interesting for both teams...I am really shocked that it isnt a push or 1 point either way.

[bukie]

S&P+ Top 25 (after 5 weeks):

1 Alabama (5-0) 300.0 3 +2 173.4 1 113.1 18

2 Ohio State (5-0) 289.9 1 -1 125.2 14 143.5 3

3 Arizona (4-0) 276.8 4 +1 122.2 17 144.9 1

4 Miami (3-1) 276.7 2 -2 126.4 12 144.2 2

5 Florida (4-1) 266.0 6 +1 119.5 22 131.3 4

6 Iowa (4-1) 258.4 9 +3 130.9 4 111.5 24

7 Boise State (4-0) 255.6 15 +8 118.0 27 122.4 7

8 Missouri (4-0) 254.6 10 +2 129.7 5 114.4 17

9 TCU (5-0) 252.3 12 +3 114.8 32 116.8 12

10 Auburn (5-0) 249.9 11 +1 134.5 3 107.7 33

11 South Carolina (3-1) 249.2 18 +7 128.6 8 117.1 11

12 Nebraska (4-0) 247.8 8 -4 103.1 49 116.6 13

13 California (2-2) 247.2 16 +3 129.2 6 118.2 9

14 Stanford (4-1) 244.2 5 -9 135.1 2 107.3 34

15 Oregon (5-0) 242.7 13 -2 121.0 19 104.4 38

16 Illinois (2-2) 242.1 46 +30 123.4 16 123.2 6

17 Virginia Tech (3-2) 239.5 24 +7 113.8 34 111.9 21

18 Clemson (2-2) 238.3 21 +3 118.2 25 110.5 26

19 LSU (5-0) 238.0 17 -2 110.9 37 110.7 25

20 Oklahoma (5-0) 237.9 26 +6 116.6 29 107.0 36

21 UCLA (3-2) 237.1 7 -14 111.8 36 121.3 8

22 Pittsburgh (2-2) 235.7 29 +7 116.6 29 107.0 36

23 Michigan State (5-0) 233.9 27 +4 111.8 36 121.3 8

24 Arkansas (3-1) 233.8 25 +1 108.3 40 116.2 15

25 Notre Dame (2-3) 233.6 28 +3 103.6 48 128.8 5

 

More weird sample-size related craziness, that will eventually sort itself out (unless Missouri really is that good and Oregon/Oklahoma aren't). More funny than anything at this point.

[Butterscup1679666578]

The four games after this week will show how good Missouri is (or isn't).

[Flames24Rulz]

S&P+ Top 25 (after 5 weeks):

1 Alabama (5-0) 300.0 3 +2 173.4 1 113.1 18

2 Ohio State (5-0) 289.9 1 -1 125.2 14 143.5 3

3 Arizona (4-0) 276.8 4 +1 122.2 17 144.9 1

4 Miami (3-1) 276.7 2 -2 126.4 12 144.2 2

5 Florida (4-1) 266.0 6 +1 119.5 22 131.3 4

6 Iowa (4-1) 258.4 9 +3 130.9 4 111.5 24

7 Boise State (4-0) 255.6 15 +8 118.0 27 122.4 7

8 Missouri (4-0) 254.6 10 +2 129.7 5 114.4 17

9 TCU (5-0) 252.3 12 +3 114.8 32 116.8 12

10 Auburn (5-0) 249.9 11 +1 134.5 3 107.7 33

11 South Carolina (3-1) 249.2 18 +7 128.6 8 117.1 11

12 Nebraska (4-0) 247.8 8 -4 103.1 49 116.6 13

13 California (2-2) 247.2 16 +3 129.2 6 118.2 9

14 Stanford (4-1) 244.2 5 -9 135.1 2 107.3 34

15 Oregon (5-0) 242.7 13 -2 121.0 19 104.4 38

16 Illinois (2-2) 242.1 46 +30 123.4 16 123.2 6

17 Virginia Tech (3-2) 239.5 24 +7 113.8 34 111.9 21

18 Clemson (2-2) 238.3 21 +3 118.2 25 110.5 26

19 LSU (5-0) 238.0 17 -2 110.9 37 110.7 25

20 Oklahoma (5-0) 237.9 26 +6 116.6 29 107.0 36

21 UCLA (3-2) 237.1 7 -14 111.8 36 121.3 8

22 Pittsburgh (2-2) 235.7 29 +7 116.6 29 107.0 36

23 Michigan State (5-0) 233.9 27 +4 111.8 36 121.3 8

24 Arkansas (3-1) 233.8 25 +1 108.3 40 116.2 15

25 Notre Dame (2-3) 233.6 28 +3 103.6 48 128.8 5

 

More weird sample-size related craziness, that will eventually sort itself out (unless Missouri really is that good and Oregon/Oklahoma aren't). More funny than anything at this point.

 

I-L-L!

[hawkeyecub]

I know some people read these but for anyone with an interest in college football into the NFL and especially the draft, these Wes Bunting pieces on National Football Post are really good. A lot of Big Ten discussion this week. He hates John Clay and really likes Leshoure. He also said "If I have to stake my reputation on a D-linemen I am taking Iowa's Ballard over Powe, Marvin Austin, Drake Nevis, Romeus and Allen Bailey."

 

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Scouts-notebook-offense-7515.html

 

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Scouts-notebook-defense-2088.html

[dew1679666265]

I know some people read these but for anyone with an interest in college football into the NFL and especially the draft, these Wes Bunting pieces on National Football Post are really good. A lot of Big Ten discussion this week. He hates John Clay and really likes Leshoure. He also said "If I have to stake my reputation on a D-linemen I am taking Iowa's Ballard over Powe, Marvin Austin, Drake Nevis, Romeus and Allen Bailey."

 

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Scouts-notebook-offense-7515.html

 

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Scouts-notebook-defense-2088.html

 

I like Bunting a lot. I probably followed his draft analysis more leading up to the draft than anybody else.

[snoodmonger]

Holy crap Martinez at Nebraska is fast.

[Magnetic Curses]

terry hawthorne has been cleared to play against penn state.

 

i predict a very ugly game.

[NewUserName]

Holy crap Martinez at Nebraska is fast.

 

last night was the first time I have watched Nebraska this season and all I have to say is WOW

[Derwood]

terry hawthorne has been cleared to play against penn state.

 

i predict a very ugly game.

 

enjoy the win

[Tracer Bullet]

terry hawthorne has been cleared to play against penn state.

 

i predict a very ugly game.

 

1 major college scholly offer? oops.