Week 12 college football thread

We're already well into postponements this week, with Texas A&M/Ole Miss and some MAC-tion already called off. Anyway, the schedule and lines:

THURSDAY
Tulane at 25 Tulsa (-6), 730 ESPN

SATURDAY
9 Indiana at 3 Ohio State (-20.5), Noon FOX
4 Clemson (-34.5) at Florida State, Noon ABC
6 Florida (-31) at Vanderbilt, Noon ESPN
Appalachian State at 15 Coastal Carolina (-4.5), Noon ESPN2
Charlotte at 15 Marshall (-21.5), 12:30
Central Arkansas at 24 Louisiana (-24.5), 2 ESPN+
North Alabama at 8 BYU (NL), 3 ESPN3
7 Cincinnati (-7.5) at UCF, 3:30 ESPN
Ole Miss at 5 Texas A&M (-13.5), PPD COVID
22 Texas (-29) at Kansas, 3:30 ESPN2
10 Wisconsin (-7) at 19 Northwestern, 3:30 ABC
Kentucky at 1 Alabama (-30), 4 SECN
Kansas State at 17 Iowa State (-11), 4 FOX
Tennessee at 23 Auburn (-10), 7 ESPN
14 Oklahoma State at 18 Oklahoma (-7), 7:30 ABC
Mississippi State at 13 Georgia (-24.5), 7:30 SECN
21 Liberty at N.C. State (-3.5), 7:30 ESPNU
Georgia Tech at 12 Miami (-17.5), 8 ACCN
20 USC (-2.5) at Utah, 10:30 ESPN
UCLA at 11 Oregon (-14), TBD

THOUGHTS: Obviously interested in seeing if Indiana is for real. ... Could Liberty really go 3-0 on the road against ACC teams? That quarterback is a beast ... App State/Coastal should be sneaky fun game.

 

I mentioned on last week's thread that if USC and Utah play, it will be USC's third game against a team playing its first game.

 

You could probably have a pretty fun Confidence Pool, where you assign confidence points to a collection of games simply based on "this game will be played".

 

Interesting note about how college administrators really feel right now:

 

My Pitt people in the know think the game with Virginia Tech may not happen.

 

Wouldn't break my heart. I've had enough of Fuente ball for a season.

 

Conspiracy theory time: If Indiana and Northwestern both win this week, putting them in position to meet in the B1G championship game, the rest of the conference season suddenly might be called off due to "COVID safety concerns."

I'd love to see the first part of that equation happen.

 

Arizona State needs to shut it down.

 

Are you saying this is nothing but a Tempe in a teapot?