MORNING
NC State at Clemson, 12:00 PM, Raycom GamePlan Ch. 789 - NCST is horrible, but Clemson looked bad against Alabama two weeks ago and not much better against The Citadel last week. Clemson needs this win to get their ACC championship hopes back on track, and NCST needs the win just to keep this season from being an absolute disaster.
Cal at Maryland, 12:00 PM, ESPN or ESPN2 - Cal has looked fantastic so far and I expect nothing more than the same offensive output this weekened. Maryland is not a good football team (a trend with ACC teams it seems) and probably won't score more than 7 points in this one.
AFTERNOON
Georgia at South Carolina, 3:30 PM, CBS - The SCAR defense will be fantastic, but the UGA running game will be good enough to put points on the board while Spurrier's offense will sputter and not do anything. Look for this one to be low scoring but ugly...something like 20-3 UGA.
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, 3:30 PM, ABC GamePlan Ch. 789 - Can the Paul Johnson era get off to a 3-0 start for the Jackets? GT was supposed to be the one at 1-1 while Virginia Tech was supposed to be undefeated coming into this game. Instead the Ramblin' Wreck pulled off the upset last weekend against BC while VT is still smarting from their loss to ECU. Look for a game similar to that GT/BC game a week ago where the defenses are stifling and the offense who makes the least amount of mistakes wins by a field goal.
Michigan at Notre Dame, 3:30 PM, NBC - This game feels eeriley like last season's matchup between these two squads. The course of the season for both teams will hinge on this game with the loser likely spiriling down into a 3-4 win season and a nightmare for fans. Michigan hasn't looked great against Utah and Miami (OH), but Notre Dame looked much, much worse against San Diego State. The Rich Rod era at Miiiiiiiichigan gets their first marquee win (if a win over a bad ND team can be considered such) while Notre Dame loses their 3rd straight to the Wolverines for the first time in over a century. Skip Holtz to the Irish?
EVENING
Auburn at Mississippi State, 7:00 PM, ESPN2 - Auburn was "Croomed" a season ago, and this year the game is in Starkville. Mississippi's best bet is to jump on the tigers early and hope to catch them looking ahead to next weekend's massive game with LSU. Auburn fumbled 5 times a week ago, and MSST will need a similar number of mistakes by the Auburn offense to get the job done.
Ohio State at USC, 8:00 PM, ABC - I'll be keeping an eye on the SEC clash in Starkville in addition to Oklahoma traveling up to play Washington and also North Texas at LSU, but the true game of the night will be Ohio State going out to LA to play USC. The way some are talking USC will beat this Ohio State team by 40+. I just can't see USC being so much better than a top 5 team, even at home. Beanie Wells is doubtful for the game, but I feel this young man will find his way onto the field. Look for Tressell to have to use his dynamic freshman QB Pryor both as a running and passing threat. I do think USC wins the game, but much closer than some of the madness being spewed on message boards the past few weeks. Look more for a 21-13 type of game.
EXTRA: North Texas at LSU, 8:00 PM, Gameplan GamePlan Ch. 78 - LSU needs to play this game to give its young QBs some experience before going on the road to play Auburn in a week. North Texas has a pourous defense that will give up gobs of yards to the home Tigers and LSU will do their best to end this one early. It won't be in doubt past the first quarter.
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