College Football -- Better Than Ever

[DanS]

ND has a veteran quarterback who has Heisman written all over him. The offense is stacked -- but admittedly a bit young -- at the skill positions. The offensive line is veteran and should be able to protect the QB.

The defense is veteran and stacked in the backfield. The linebackers are veteran but young (interesting combo). They should love playing in a Tenuta defense. Tenuta's defenses have a habit of being in the top 20. A shutout against Nevada was entirely unexpected given the last few years' results, so this defense could turn out to be rock solid.

The D-line (run) and the O-line (run) are the areas where ND is expected to be weak. But who knows if these weaknesses were turned around over the offseason.

ND should beat Michigan handily, if solely by the differential in quarterback experience -- this factor is sometimes overlooked by prognosticators. I see visions of Clausen to Tate over top of Michigan's defense all afternoon long. But you know and I know that the underdogs often do better in this series than expected. And Michigan should have a good run game, which tends to keep games within reach. Irish by a touchdown seems to me like as good a guess as any. Maybe Michigan by 3. Turnovers could play a big factor here, as they did last year.

[SlowwHand]

Big 12, still.

[DanS]

Great games this weekend -- a rivalry mixup.

ND - Michigan in the afternoon. USC - OSU at night.

[Guynemer]

ND by a TD, but I wouldn't be totally surprised by any outcome in that game, from a blowout for one side to a blowout for the other.

USC is going to flat out murder OSU. I will be mildly shocked if OSU keeps it within two scores. If they win, I'll probably need to lie down in a cool, dark room.

[DanS]

Yeh, I also expect USC to murder OSU. But I wouldn't mind seeing a competitive game.

I would be very surprised to see a blowout by Michigan of ND. But a Michigan win by a few points wouldn't.

[Donegeal]

Not even the swine flu can stop the Badgers!!!!

(Damn that was close)

[DanS]

Looks like ND can score at will on Michigan. ND was robbed of 4 points on that touchdown that was reviewed.

[DanS]

Very surprised to see Michigan State lose. Thought they would be the 2nd or 3rd toughest opponent for ND this year. Maybe not.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Houston is up on Oklahoma State 24-7 at half and Texas is only up 13-10 against WYOMING at half?!!

[Drake Tungsten]

All ya'll who picked Texas to beat the spread have obviously never been to Laramie. It's high.

Glad to see Michigan State already picked up its one loss for the season.

[SlowwHand]

It can be high. At game's end, Texas will have won.

Tebow on fire as No. 1 UF charges past Troy

What a bunch of crap. Go Florida! Slay mighty Troy!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Oklahoma State wakes up 24-21

[Imran Siddiqui]

What a bunch of crap. Go Florida! Slay mighty Troy!

Who exactly is Texas playing today again?

[SlowwHand]

Is your memory slipping? You just talked about it. At least it isn't in headlines like it's a big deal.

[Imran Siddiqui]

A) Because the game isn't over and there isn't a headline yet, you moron!

B) And because Texas is struggling as well.