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

I'm not an ACC apologist by any means, but I'm pretty sure Junior Feinstein omitted one of the schools that beat a I-A. (Why I used the plural: I have to presume this was written before Miami-FSU, since clearly both of those teams opened against I-As and we knew going in that one of 'em had to win.)
Clemson did beat Middle Tennessee State -- which, as a Sun Belt member, is in I-A.

 

He did mention Clemson earlier in the column (I saw that omission in the quote, too, and checked it out). I suppose he meant "four other ACC schools..."

 

That happens A LOT in his columns. Earlier this summer, he misspelled the names of THREE Nats starting pitchers in the span of like three or four grafs. Not exactly a bad fact, but still shouldn't happen.

 

Pretty sure that column was published on Sunday or Monday morning (because I read it on Monday), but it would have made sense to acknowledge the yet-to-be-played Miami-FSU game.

 

The FSU-Miami game has nothing to do with my quibble. He said the CAA was 2-0 against the ACC, which is wrong because Boston College beat Northeastern 54-0.

 

Which makes him look even more inept since he actually DID mention the NE-BC game earlier in the column.

That guy is getting harder and harder to read, at least when he writes for the Post.

 

implied?

 

Are you saying he DIDN'T mention UM-FSU?

 

Now that I re-read it, he did mention the UM-FSU game in two graphs, but didn't consider that as part of his argument. I guess one team from a crappy conference beating another team from a crappy conference wouldn't have made any difference in his argument ...

 

Also, Steak, my reading comprehension before my first cup of coffee in the morning is terrible, so disregard my comment on your post.

 

So, I'm studying the lines and here's what I've come up with...

Like a lot
Notre Dame -3.5 at Michigan (my lock of the week)
LSU -14 at home against Vandy (night game)
Florida -36 at home against Troy (just 36? Yes, please.)

Like a little
UNC -4.5 at UConn
Syracuse +28.5 at Penn State (torn on this one)
Boston College 20.5 at home against Kent State
USC -6.5 at Ohio State

Thoughts?

 

With you on both Notre Dame and USC. I wouldn't bank on Syracuse to cover two weeks in a row unless Donnie MacPherson is back taking snaps.

In Week 2 in college, I'd definitely look for the overreaction lines -- the spreads based strictly on what happened four days ago. People who put too much stock in Week 1. I'm guilty of it as well in that I like Vanderbilt +14/+15, Washington -21. I have a feeling some of the disappointing teams from last week (Minnesota, Colorado) will bounce back.

Not Illinois or Wisconsin. Don't trust either coach anymore.