College Football Weekend Ahead
Well, it was kind of fun seeing Michigan beat Notre Dame handidly last weekend. Most of Happy Valley was feeling the same way from reading the Centre Daily Times -- the local paper in State College, Pennsylvania.
Things don't get any easier for the Nittany Lions though as they'll battle the toughest team in Ohio -- No. 1 Ohio State -- to kickoff the Big Ten campaign after easy wins against Akron and Youngstown State. And the Nittany Lions have drawn ESPN's popular College GameDay program for the third time in their last 10 regular season games.
ESPN announced Monday the program, with host Chris Fowler and analysts Lee Corso (former Indiana coach) and Kirk Herbstreit (former Ohio State signal caller) and contributor Desmond Howard (former Michigan WR) will originate Saturday from Columbus, Ohio, site of Penn State's clash with top-ranked Ohio State.
Penn State will leave Columbus, much unlike 1978 when Penn State shutout (19-0) a Woody Hayes-coached team, 2-2.
The only other game that involved two ranked opponents (other than PSU/OSU) is #22 Arizona State at #21 California. (I personally just can't get excited about Pacific-10 football.)
Here are some ugly games on the scorecard this weekend:
+ Buffalo at #2 Auburn
+ #4 West Virginia at East Carolina
+ Middle Tennessee State at #17 Oklahoma
+ North Carolina A&T at Louisiana-Lafayette
+ North Dakota State at Ball State (this is certainly an odd pairing)
+ Southeastern Louisiana at Texas Tech
+ McNeese State at Toledo (another odd pairing)
+ Tennessee State at Vanderbilt (short road trip, but an odd pairing)
Some other things to look for perhaps:
+ Don't be surprised if Nevada beats Northwestern at home Friday night.
+ I think Army and Baylor could be a great game in Waco.
+ Do the Aggies really think they'll get ready for Texas Tech with their third lightweight opponent of the year in Louisiana Tech? The Ags might walk away 4-0, but the thud to 4-1 by the Red Raiders will be pretty hard.
+ Let's go South Florida over Kansas on the road (after beating Central Florida last week).
+ Has Marshall ever played in front of 100,000 fans before like they will this weekend at Tennessee? I doubt it.
+ Houston Cougar fans think that QB Kevin Kolb can get back in the Heisman race with a big win at home over Oklahoma State. I don't think he was ever in it to begin with.
+ SMU might get another win this week against Arkansas State.
Your thoughts?
Things don't get any easier for the Nittany Lions though as they'll battle the toughest team in Ohio -- No. 1 Ohio State -- to kickoff the Big Ten campaign after easy wins against Akron and Youngstown State. And the Nittany Lions have drawn ESPN's popular College GameDay program for the third time in their last 10 regular season games.
ESPN announced Monday the program, with host Chris Fowler and analysts Lee Corso (former Indiana coach) and Kirk Herbstreit (former Ohio State signal caller) and contributor Desmond Howard (former Michigan WR) will originate Saturday from Columbus, Ohio, site of Penn State's clash with top-ranked Ohio State.
Penn State will leave Columbus, much unlike 1978 when Penn State shutout (19-0) a Woody Hayes-coached team, 2-2.
The only other game that involved two ranked opponents (other than PSU/OSU) is #22 Arizona State at #21 California. (I personally just can't get excited about Pacific-10 football.)
Here are some ugly games on the scorecard this weekend:
+ Buffalo at #2 Auburn
+ #4 West Virginia at East Carolina
+ Middle Tennessee State at #17 Oklahoma
+ North Carolina A&T at Louisiana-Lafayette
+ North Dakota State at Ball State (this is certainly an odd pairing)
+ Southeastern Louisiana at Texas Tech
+ McNeese State at Toledo (another odd pairing)
+ Tennessee State at Vanderbilt (short road trip, but an odd pairing)
Some other things to look for perhaps:
+ Don't be surprised if Nevada beats Northwestern at home Friday night.
+ I think Army and Baylor could be a great game in Waco.
+ Do the Aggies really think they'll get ready for Texas Tech with their third lightweight opponent of the year in Louisiana Tech? The Ags might walk away 4-0, but the thud to 4-1 by the Red Raiders will be pretty hard.
+ Let's go South Florida over Kansas on the road (after beating Central Florida last week).
+ Has Marshall ever played in front of 100,000 fans before like they will this weekend at Tennessee? I doubt it.
+ Houston Cougar fans think that QB Kevin Kolb can get back in the Heisman race with a big win at home over Oklahoma State. I don't think he was ever in it to begin with.
+ SMU might get another win this week against Arkansas State.
Your thoughts?
posted by WalkSports.com | 5:26 PM
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The only thing a PSU, OSU and UM fan can enjoy together is an ND loss!
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