College Football Week 5 thread

Sorry this is a day late. Got busy yesterday morning. Apologize if there's already a thread. Didn't see one.

The most interesting games and lines from Week 5 (point spreads from ESPN’s odds page and all times Eastern):

Thursday

Texas Tech (+13.5) at Oklahoma State, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

UCLA (-5.5) at Arizona State, 10 p.m., Fox Sports 1

Saturday

Tennessee (+17) at Georgia, noon, ESPN

Colorado State (+7) at Boston College, 12:30 p.m., FSN

Maryland (+4.5) at Indiana, 1:30 p.m., Big Ten Network

Minnesota (+11) at Michigan, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2

Florida State (-21.5) at N.C. State, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2

Arkansas (+9.5) vs. Texas A&M (at Arlington), 3:30 p.m., CBS

Texas (-14) at Kansas, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1

Stanford (-7.5) at Washington, 4:15 p.m., Fox

Cincinnati (+14.5) at Ohio State, 6 p.m., Big Ten Network

North Carolina (+14) at Clemson, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Missouri (+6) at South Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN

Duke (+4.5) at Miami, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2

Notre Dame (-12) vs. Syracuse (at East Rutherford), 8 p.m., ABC

Washington State (+9.5) at Utah, 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Oregon State (+11) at USC, 10:30 p.m., ESPN

 

Sucked last week.

Thursday
Texas Tech (+13.5) at Oklahoma State, 7:30 p.m., ESPN -- okie state
UCLA (-5.5) at Arizona State, 10 p.m., Fox Sports 1 -- tough game that'll probably end on a FG

Saturday
Tennessee (+17) at Georgia, noon, ESPN -- tennessee
Colorado State (+7) at Boston College, 12:30 p.m., FSN -- all of a sudden BC is touchdown-favorite caliber. BC
Maryland (+4.5) at Indiana, 1:30 p.m., Big Ten Network -- Maryland by 27
Minnesota (+11) at Michigan, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2 -- who knew michigan would be a dreg of the B1G?
Florida State (-21.5) at N.C. State, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2 -- Seminoles in the pussy.
Arkansas (+9.5) vs. Texas A&M (at Arlington), 3:30 p.m., CBS -- over, please.
Texas (-14) at Kansas, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1 -- kansas
Stanford (-7.5) at Washington, 4:15 p.m., Fox -- washington straight
Cincinnati (+14.5) at Ohio State, 6 p.m., Big Ten Network -- Buckeyes 55-51
North Carolina (+14) at Clemson, 7 p.m., ESPNU -- Clemson 88, UNC 86
Missouri (+6) at South Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN -- cocks
Duke (+4.5) at Miami, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 -- Duke straight
Notre Dame (-12) vs. Syracuse (at East Rutherford), 8 p.m., ABC -- notre dame
Washington State (+9.5) at Utah, 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network -- utah by 40
Oregon State (+11) at USC, 10:30 p.m., ESPN -- usc by 30

 

Speaking of Michigan ...

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11572150/michigan-wolverines-pull-plug-coke-tickets-deal

 

Not one game on the card worth staying indoors to watch if it's nice out. Suspect my Saturday sports viewing will be limited to the Ryder Cup in the morning.

 

I'll take Tech and the over Thursday night.

Texas should not be allowed to give anyone any points.....even if it is KU. Take the birds.

 

ODU laying 3 at home against MTSU on Friday night. ODU big.

 

On average, I probably watch two Michigan games a year. Each time I watch the Wolverines, they seem to be worse than the last time I saw them. That was definitely the case last Saturday against Utah. The offense was a hot mess all day. Defense seemed pretty decent, but no help from the offense. Twice in four games the offense hasn't scored a TD. At this point, even with a fairly weak Big 10(ish), I'm not so sure Michigan will have a winning record. I'm thinking Brady Hoke's seat is scorching by now.

 

Probably be two or three ranked teams going down, but hard to call them "upsets" given all the schedule padding and baseless rankings so far this year.

 

Michigan State coach sees where this is going and is trying desperately to get ahead of it.

"My vision is that you should be the champion of your league before you can be the champion of the country. That would be my vision if I was doing it. It might not happen like that."

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11575745/mark-dantonio-michigan-state-spartans-says-only-conference-champions-play-college-football-playoff

 

The best system would be a 16-team tournament with the 10 league champs and six at-large.

 

I hope we get there. Soon.

Failing that, I hope to see two SEC teams get into the Four, for maximum chaos, weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

 

It's going to be fun to watch SEC media fanbois do their best to marginalize at least two of the power five conferences every year so their blessed conference can get two teams in.