The games played out as expected last week. 13-1 was the opening tally on cupcake Saturday. Things tighten up just a little bit this week. This is a good thing. It is a good thing when you look up and see Iowa taking on Iowa State. Colorado taking on Nebraska. NC State tussling with Tennessee. Illinois showing what they have against Kansas. Seeing Mississippi State head to the desert to play Arizona State too is intriguing. I suppose the biggie is Texas making a call to The Big House in Ann Arbor.
This week’s games:
Louisville beats Jacksonville State… The birds from the J-Ville are tough nuts. Rich Rod is still a great coach.
Kentucky beats South Carolina… The Cats want to play a full game.
Penn State beats Bowling Green… A classic Big Ten-MAC matchup. That Tom Allen defense played well against West Virginia last week. Ask Pat McAfee.
Syracuse beats Georgia Tech… The ACC is wild this year. Who stays healthy? Who gets the breaks? Who can beat Miami? That will be the ACC winner.
Texas beats Michigan… At some point in the game, we have to see Arch Manning right? I hope so. This is the one I am most looking forward to this weekend.
Iowa beats Iowa State… In an offensive shootout, the winner may score 30!
Notre Dame beats Northern Illinois… Have you seen the ND schedule? Setting themselves up for another playoff appearance that makes us wonder what they are doing there?
Ole Miss beats Middle Tennessee… How many will the Rebs score this week?
Cincinnati beats Pitt… Now this a great matchup. Nippert Stadium is a great place to take in a game and I will look for this one.
North Carolina beats Charlotte… The Tarheels won a tough one last week.
Illinois beats Kansas… The Illini get this one at home.
Colorado beats Nebraska… This is PRIME TIME.
NC State beats Tennessee… How can this be? It has been since 2015 that the Vols hosted a ranked nonconference opponent at Neyland Stadium. It didn’t go well then against a #19 ranked Oklahoma team and it won’t go well against a #23 NC State team.
USC beats Utah State… An interesting opponent for a Big Ten school (wink, wink).
UCLA is off this week. Yes, my second favorite Big Ten team. They have a week off to prepare for the Indiana Hoosiers. The Hoosiers play a Western Illinois team tonight that gave up 706 yards and 51 points to Northern Illinois last week. The Leathernecks, an FCS team, has not won a game since 2021.
Hey! Enjoy this beautiful weekend!
Speaking the rights…
Danny Johnson