College Football running thread -- Week 2 -- Where are you now Tom Clements

I never get to start these.... And rooting for DickRod and Fat Boy Charlie is like choosing between jock itch and an under-the-skin zit that won't come to head.

 

Fat Charlie's troops will beat DickRod's by at least 21.

I'm saying something like 45-21.

And as an aside - in the "there are way too many channels" dept. -- right now on CBS College Sports Channel there is a game between Lou Holtz-era Notre Dame squad and an All Star team from Japan.......

 

Sad part is, I watched most of the first half...

 

notre dame will come down to earth and lose 18-14.

 

How did Ichiro play? [/crossthread]

And something tells me that by the end of this month, I'll be as tired of Sam Bradford's shoulder as I was of Beanie Wells' toe at this time last year ...

 

Who do people like between OSU and USC this week?

 

usc is my team, but i'm going to say ohio state 42-40.

 

I want to believe that Ohio State showed "a little bit less" than they would have otherwise, given that they were playing a tricky Navy team with the triple-option -- and with USC coming to town next.

A big however...the Big Ten did not have many impressive wins on Saturday. Illinois was awful, Minnesota/Wisconsin/Ohio State/Iowa struggled with lesser programs.

I just think that they're slow.

Some say that USC could be in trouble with a true freshman at QB. I still believe Carroll wouldn't start him if he didn't have full confidence.

Big Ten burned me good last week -- you'd think I would learn.

Still, some great "value" out there this early in the week, especially for road teams. I, especially, look for "overreaction lines" -- where the number is an overreaction to what happened last week. (Iowa, Colorado and Minnesota all qualify).

Southern Cal -4.5 at OHIO STATE
Iowa -7 at IOWA STATE
Fresno State +9.5 at WISCONSIN
Notre Dame -3 at MICHIGAN
WAKE FOREST -2.5 vs. Stanford (mostly it's a 9 AM start for Stanford's players)
Colorado -4 at TOLEDO
WASHINGTON -21 vs. Idaho (Okay, UW, I'm sold on you to finally win...and win big)
TEXAS EL-PASO +11 vs. Kansas. Started at 14 - still good value at 11.
MINNESOTA -4 vs. Air Force. New stadium
Vanderbilt +15 at LSU.
H1N1 Special!! Hawaii -2 at WASH STATE. 2,000 Wazzu students have H1N1. Take advantage!

For entertainment purposes only.

Went 4-5 last week. Damn Seminoles. Damn Big Ten (0-3).

 

So the college football threads are going to have silly titles like the baseball threads?

 

Is there a problem with that?

 

As payback for having to sustain years of shit-talking from a specific Bowling Green fan and SportsJournalists.com member, I hope Missouri kicks the shit out of the Falcons this weekend.

 

Haha. Yea I think Mizzou might take out a few years of frustration on BG. Though I think it could end up a good game. BG's defense looked great against Troy.