Week 2
Friday 9/9
Louisville at UCF - mid-majors matchup with a future Big 12 team
Boise St at New Mexico
Saturday 9/10
We're the headliner game vs Alabama, but there's not so many other good games out there, like there was last week. It's a fairly "blah" week except for our game and Baylor, and a few others.
#9 Baylor at #21 BYU - another holy war. Baylor has the horses, but I don't like playing in Provo, especially early in the season.
Tarteton at TCU - two purple teams about 50 miles from each other. Very different school cultures. C'mon TCU--what chicken poop scheduling.
Arizona State at Okla State - the Pokes are good, but they come dangerously close to finding ways to blow a game.
Kent State at OU - more scheduling cowardice.
Kansas at WV - WV's nasty D-front will likely crush the Jayhawks
#25 Houston at Texas Tech - UH has a playmaker at QB. Don't know what to make of Tech yet.
App State at aTm
Missouri at KSU - KSU
Ark State at #3 aOSU - slaughter in the Horseshoe
Southern Miss at #15 Miami - not a gimme game for Manny
South Carolina at #16 Arkansas - pork over chicken
#23 Wake Forest at Vanderbilt - This Wake Forest program has been solid over the past several seasons with good QB play and good coaching.
Ohio at Penn State
UNC at Ga State
UTSA at Army - nice matchup
Charleston So at #18 NC State
#24 Tennessee at #17 Pittsburgh - this could be a good one. Pitt came back for an exciting win vs. WV in the backyard brawl last week. Pitt has another good QB (but not as good as Pickett), and everybody's favorite coach.
Samford at Georgia - please
Akron at Mich St
UVA at U of I
#20 Kentucky at #12 Florida - this could be a good one. Contrasting styles. Florida with a nice win over Utah last week. Keep an eye on this one.
Central Ark at Ole Miss - C'mon Lane
Hawaii at #4 Michigan - no chance for 'Da Bows at Michigan, not even in early September. Not even if Michigan fumbles multiple times.
#10 USC at Stanford - another one to keep an eye on
Miss St at Arizona - Miss State all the way here