College Football - Week 2 (Sept. 6)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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The Citadel at (1) Florida State (7:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3)

Florida Atlantic at (2) Alabama (12 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

(7) Michigan State at (3) Oregon (6:30 pm, FOX)

(4) Oklahoma at Tulsa (12 pm, ABC/ESPN2)

San Jose State at (5) Auburn (7 pm, ESPN2)

Virginia Tech at (8) Ohio State (8 pm, ESPN)

Lamar at (9) Texas A&M (7:30 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

Northwestern State at (10) Baylor (7:30 pm, FSN)

Memphis at (11) UCLA (10 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Sam Houston State at (12) LSU (7:30 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

(14) USC at (13) Stanford (3:30 pm, ABC)

(15) Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (4:30 pm, ESPN)

Michigan at (16) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC)

(17) Arizona State at New Mexico (7 pm, CBSSN)

Western Illinois at (18) Wisconsin (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

McNeese State at (19) Nebraska (12 pm, ESPNU)

(20) Kansas State at Iowa State (12 pm, FS1)

East Carolina at (21) South Carolina (7 pm, ESPNU)

San Diego State at (21) North Carolina (8 pm, ESPNEWS)

South Carolina State at (23) Clemson (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3)

(24) Missouri at Toledo (12 pm, ESPN)

Murray State at (25) Louisville (7 pm, ESPN3)

 

Other nationally available games

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Arizona at UTSA (8 pm Thursday, FS1)

 

Pittsburgh at Boston College (7 pm Friday, ESPN)

Washington State at Nevada (10:30 pm Friday, ESPN)

 

Akron at Penn State (12 pm, ABC/ESPN2)

Arkansas State at Tennessee (12 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

Howard at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

Western Kentucky at Illinois (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

Central Michigan at Purdue (12 pm, ESPNEWS)

SMU at North Texas (12 pm, FSN)

Buffalo at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

Stony Brook at UConn (12 pm, ESPN3)

Navy at Temple (1 pm, ESPN3)

New Mexico State at Georgia State (2 pm, ESPN3)

South Alabama at Kent State (2 pm, ESPN3)

UAB at Mississippi State (2 pm, FSN – Regional/Fox Sports Go)

Fresno State at Utah (3 pm, Pac-12 Network – Regional)

Eastern Washington at Washington (3 pm, Pac-12 Network – Regional)

Sacramento State at California (3 pm, Pac-12 Network – Regional)

Colorado at UMass (3 pm, ESPN3)

Ball State at Iowa (3:30 pm, ESPN2)

Ohio at Kentucky (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Maryland at South Florida (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Middle Tennessee at Minnesota (3:30 pm, BTN – Regional)

Northern Illinois at Northwestern (3:30 pm, BTN – Regional)

Eastern Kentucky at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

Richmond at Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

VMI at Bowling Green (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

Eastern Michigan at Florida (4 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

Nicholls State at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

Georgia Tech at Tulane (4 pm, ESPNEWS)

Campbell at Appalachian State (6 pm, ESPN3)

Old Dominion at NC State (6 pm, ESPN3)

Savannah State at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN3)

Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest (6:30 pm, ESPN3)

Duke at Troy (7 pm, ESPN3)

Florida A&M at Miami (7 pm, ESPN3)

Idaho at UL Monroe (7 pm, ESPN3)

Louisiana Tech at UL Lafayette (7 pm, ESPN3)

BYU at Texas (7:30 pm, FS1)

Grambling at Houston (8 pm, ESPN3)

Colorado State at Boise State (10:15 pm, ESPN2)

Air Force at Wyoming (10:15 pm, ESPNU)

Oregon State at Hawaii (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

Texas Tech at UTEP (11 pm, FS1)

[Derwood]

Loving these early season conference games

[CubInOK]

OU blows out a nobody and drops a spot in the rankings. Typical.

[rawaction]

Oregon and Michigan St. is the game of the year. So much NFL talent on the field.

 

For MSU: DE-Calhoun, QB- Cook, CB- Wayns, FS- Drummond, RB- Langford are all potential top 50 picks.

 

For Oregon: QB- Mariota, CB- Ekpre-Olomu, C-Grasu, DL- Armstead are all going to be picked the first 2 days.

[Guest]

Oregon and Michigan St. is the game of the year. So much NFL talent on the field.

 

For MSU: DE-Calhoun, QB- Cook, CB- Wayns, FS- Drummond, RB- Langford are all potential top 50 picks.

 

For Oregon: QB- Mariota, CB- Ekpre-Olomu, C-Grasu, DL- Armstead are all going to be picked the first 2 days.

 

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu and Trae Waynes are probably the best two CBs in next year's draft - they're tons of fun to watch. Definitely can't wait for this game.

[shnsajax]

Guessing David Ash's career is over due to concussions now. Sucks for him, seems like a good kid. And now Mack Brown gets to haunt UT for a little bit longer with his taking of Tyrone Swoopes.

[Guest]

I'm so glad Hatin' Ass Spurrier has become a recurring segment. http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2014/9/2/6097983/hatin-ass-spurrier-reviews-week-one

 

"Only team that handled Temple worse than Vanderbilt was the moneychangers."

 

"The triple-option is basically a multiple choice test. Surprised that Ohio State football players had a problem with it."

 

"Not surprised FSU had trouble running. That's the sort of behavior that raises suspicion at Publix."

[Smack]

Purdue has already tied their win total from last year and has their first win against an FBS team since 2012! Things are awesome!

[Ryne Ween]

I think Oregon is gonna blast MSU and I'm not sure that there aren't a couple other games this weekend with a similar number of pro prospects playing. Oregon will smoke MSU. I'm looking forward to USC-Stanford at the farm. Teams are back to evenly matched. I don't root for USC but it's more fun when they are good so I was glad to see Sark looks to have a solid team.

 

ND-Mich should be good. Golston looks incredible Saturday. I'm thinking this could be a very good ND team.

 

Horrible loss for the gamecocks last week need to rip up ECU and get some mojo going to try to save the season against Georgia.

[rawaction]

Oregon and Michigan St. is the game of the year. So much NFL talent on the field.

 

For MSU: DE-Calhoun, QB- Cook, CB- Wayns, FS- Drummond, RB- Langford are all potential top 50 picks.

 

For Oregon: QB- Mariota, CB- Ekpre-Olomu, C-Grasu, DL- Armstead are all going to be picked the first 2 days.

 

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu and Trae Waynes are probably the best two CBs in next year's draft - they're tons of fun to watch. Definitely can't wait for this game.

 

Ekpre-Olomu is one of my top 10 overall players. Mariota is #1. Calhoun is top 15. Drummond #2 S.

[NewUserName]

I think Oregon is gonna blast MSU and I'm not sure that there aren't a couple other games this weekend with a similar number of pro prospects playing. Oregon will smoke MSU. I'm looking forward to USC-Stanford at the farm. Teams are back to evenly matched. I don't root for USC but it's more fun when they are good so I was glad to see Sark looks to have a solid team.

 

ND-Mich should be good. Golston looks incredible Saturday. I'm thinking this could be a very good ND team.

 

Horrible loss for the gamecocks last week need to rip up ECU and get some mojo going to try to save the season against Georgia.

If Mariota can make good downfield passes I think Oregon will win. MSU is very good at stopping the spread, very similar to Stanford in how they attack the spread. I have a very hard time seeing this game being a blowout. But hey, MSU seems to be overlooked a lot, especially by other B1G fans

[snoodmonger]

Finally get my first chance to see if there's any hope this season for KU.

[Andy]

I think Oregon will probably squeak it out but I'd be surprised if it was a blowout (and if these teams played last year, I think MSU wins). MSU really impressed me late last season.

[Ryne Ween]

I think the ND line is pretty off. It's a -4. I think they paste michigan. ND is a team I really think is gonna have a nice year.

[Guest]

Here's a good read on MSU's defense by Chris B. Brown: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/michigan-state-oregon-pat-narduzzi-defense-breakdown/

[OleMissCub]

Watch out UCLA, Tiger High is a football juggernaut these days.

[Guest]

Watch out UCLA, Tiger High is a football juggernaut these days.

 

Well, I can't imagine UCLA will be looking past anyone after last Saturday.

[Guest]

I think Oregon is gonna blast MSU and I'm not sure that there aren't a couple other games this weekend with a similar number of pro prospects playing. Oregon will smoke MSU. I'm looking forward to USC-Stanford at the farm. Teams are back to evenly matched. I don't root for USC but it's more fun when they are good so I was glad to see Sark looks to have a solid team.

 

Ok, I'll play. USC-Stanford is another matchup of ranked teams.

 

USC - DL Leonard Williams (potential #1 pick), WR Nelson Agholar (potential first rounder), CB Josh Shaw (lol)

Stanford - OT Andrus Peat (potential top 10 pick), CB Alex Carter (top 50 pick), WR Ty Montgomery (top 100 pick), QB Kevin Hogan (top 100 pick), DT Henry Anderson (top 100 pick)

 

I'll take the MSU-Oregon game - more top 100 prospects and more high end prospects (I could see everyone besides Langford being a first rounder in the Oregon-MSU game):

 

Oregon and Michigan St. is the game of the year. So much NFL talent on the field.

 

For MSU: DE-Calhoun, QB- Cook, CB- Wayns, FS- Drummond, RB- Langford are all potential top 50 picks.

 

For Oregon: QB- Mariota, CB- Ekpre-Olomu, C-Grasu, DL- Armstead are all going to be picked the first 2 days.

[OleMissCub]

Ranked 15th and yet we are still 5th in the SEC West. :-(

[UK1679666180]

My ATS games of the week are Iowa St covering against Kansas State, K State is overrated at this point and the Cyclones aren't as bad as what we saw. Kansas State will still win but closer to one touchdown instead of two.

 

My other one is Vanderbilt against Ole miss. 20 points for an away team is way too steep. Ole miss will still win but much closer than that.

 

In the pros, Kansas City will do much better than the 3 they're getting against Tennessee.

[Guest]

I feel like a lot of people are underselling MSU's chances. Oregon has had problems in the past against elite defenses with a lot of future pros (Stanford, Ohio State, Auburn).

[Smack]

I feel like a lot of people are underselling MSU's chances. Oregon has had problems in the past against elite defenses with a lot of future pros (Stanford, Ohio State, Auburn).

 

According to Covers most people (60%) are putting their money on MSU. Granted that's with a large spread...

[snoodmonger]

My ATS games of the week are Iowa St covering against Kansas State, K State is overrated at this point and the Cyclones aren't as bad as what we saw. Kansas State will still win but closer to one touchdown instead of two.

 

My other one is Vanderbilt against Ole miss. 20 points for an away team is way too steep. Ole miss will still win but much closer than that.

 

In the pros, Kansas City will do much better than the 3 they're getting against Tennessee.

 

Iowa St. did lose its star WR for the year. Their starting C is also banged up. And their starting RT just quit the team. I think they might be in trouble this year. KSU does usually take a game or two to heat up, though, so it's tough to call.

 

Also, I saw Charlie Strong suspended both his OTs for this week's game.

[sneakypower]

I feel like a lot of people are underselling MSU's chances. Oregon has had problems in the past against elite defenses with a lot of future pros (Stanford, Ohio State, Auburn).

MSU is +12.5, wow

 

ND line has moved from -6 to -3.5 in the past couple days

[Andy]

ND line has moved from -6 to -3.5 in the past couple days

Not surprising as this game has all the looks of a shootout and you always want the points in one of those.