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College Football Week 13 Rivalry Week
That was fast. We're already at the last week of the college season. Next week is championship games. Let's get right to the most important game of the day as usual.
Penn State at 12 Michigan State 3:30 ABC PSU -4 O/U 52
Franklin and Mel Tucker jusrt signed huge deals to stay at their schools. Some have criticized the Franklin deal but look at what MSU is shelling out for the much less proven Tucker. Baylor is expected to keep Dave Aranda with a big deal as well. Aranda was a hot name for USC.
So how is PSU favored on the road? Because MSU RB Philip Walker was injured last week and may not play. Also, the flu that ripped through PSU last week is now at Mich State and they may be without 20 players and up to 8 starters. But the line started with PSU favored by half a point, so PSU was already getting respect.
Penn State's orffense came alive last week vs Rutgers. Part is Rutgers is not great but a bigger part may be the improved OL play with true freshman OT Landon Tengwall getting his first action and he looked doiminant. Clifford was too sick to play and he must have felt even sicker watching his back sit in the pocket with all day to throw.
Can Penn State build on that success or was it just a mirage vs Rutgers?
1 Georgia at Georgia Tech 12:00 ABC UGA -35 O/U 54.5
all Georgia has to do is survive against a bad GA Tech team and their ticket is officially punched to the playoffs. Even if they were to lose vs Alabama next wee, they're still getting in.
2 Ohio State at 5 Michigan 12:00 Fox OSU -7 O/U 64.5
Ohio State has been rolling offensively. Penn State did give CJ Stroud some problems as he made some mistakes, but PSU has a really talented secondary. Michigan is all about pass rush with their great DE combo. Stroud can get rattled. If Mich can pressure him, they have a chance. If they can't then OSU will probably blow them out.
Penn State played both close. The difference is vs OSU, Penn State was just hanging in there and it felt like OSU could blow it open at any moment. OSU is explosive. Michigan is not explosive. Penn State had that game and their struggling OL did an adequate job of pass protection. This makes me think OSU will be able to do the same.
Mich will have to play a perfect game to win this. McNamara is a game manager who is smart and makes safe plays unless he's pushed to have to make bigger plays, then he can make mistakes.
I don't think Michigan has the DBs to stop OSU. OSU has some big DTs to stuff the run and force Michigan to pass. I think OSU wins comfortably.
24 Houston at Uconn 12:00 CBSSN Hou -32.5 O/U 54.5
UConn is horrible. This will be a blowout. The only signifigance is that Cincy needs Houston as highly ranked as possible to set up their AAC Championship meeting next week. Cincy is still not a lock if undefeated.
3 Alabama at Auburn 3:30 CBS Alabama -20.5 O/U 57
Bo Nix is injured and won't play. Auburn does have a talented defense though and Bama has made their share of mistakes. I don't think Auburn has enough offense to pull off the upset. A funny thing with this game is it could actyually be meaningless. Let's say Bama loses. If the beat UGA next week, they will be gifted a playoff berth. UGA will know that they can lose to Bama and still get in. Will they bring their A game?
14 Wisconsin at Minnesota 4:00 FOX Wisc -7 O/U 39
Wisconsin started slow but is now playing really good ball. They win this game and they are in the Big 10 champ game vs the OSU Mich game. Wisc could be just good enough to maybe deal an upset next week is the OSU Mich winner takes them lightly.
10 Oklahoma at 7 Oklahoma State 7:30 ABC OK St -4.5 O/U 49.5
each team still has just 1 loss. An impressive win by either could make them a viable candidate to screw CIncy out of their playoff spot if they remain unbeaten. Could come in handy to the committe if they can't find a way to shoehorn in Alabama.
6 Notre Dame at Stanford 8:00 FOX ND -20.5 O/U 52.5
ND's only loss is to Cincy. Stanford is bad this year so this game should not be a problem for ND. The committee couldn't possibly put ND in the playoff ahead of an unbeaten Cincy who beat them head to head, could they? COULD THEY? I wouldn't be shocked.
That was fast. We're already at the last week of the college season. Next week is championship games. Let's get right to the most important game of the day as usual.
Penn State at 12 Michigan State 3:30 ABC PSU -4 O/U 52
Franklin and Mel Tucker jusrt signed huge deals to stay at their schools. Some have criticized the Franklin deal but look at what MSU is shelling out for the much less proven Tucker. Baylor is expected to keep Dave Aranda with a big deal as well. Aranda was a hot name for USC.
So how is PSU favored on the road? Because MSU RB Philip Walker was injured last week and may not play. Also, the flu that ripped through PSU last week is now at Mich State and they may be without 20 players and up to 8 starters. But the line started with PSU favored by half a point, so PSU was already getting respect.
Penn State's orffense came alive last week vs Rutgers. Part is Rutgers is not great but a bigger part may be the improved OL play with true freshman OT Landon Tengwall getting his first action and he looked doiminant. Clifford was too sick to play and he must have felt even sicker watching his back sit in the pocket with all day to throw.
Can Penn State build on that success or was it just a mirage vs Rutgers?
1 Georgia at Georgia Tech 12:00 ABC UGA -35 O/U 54.5
all Georgia has to do is survive against a bad GA Tech team and their ticket is officially punched to the playoffs. Even if they were to lose vs Alabama next wee, they're still getting in.
2 Ohio State at 5 Michigan 12:00 Fox OSU -7 O/U 64.5
Ohio State has been rolling offensively. Penn State did give CJ Stroud some problems as he made some mistakes, but PSU has a really talented secondary. Michigan is all about pass rush with their great DE combo. Stroud can get rattled. If Mich can pressure him, they have a chance. If they can't then OSU will probably blow them out.
Penn State played both close. The difference is vs OSU, Penn State was just hanging in there and it felt like OSU could blow it open at any moment. OSU is explosive. Michigan is not explosive. Penn State had that game and their struggling OL did an adequate job of pass protection. This makes me think OSU will be able to do the same.
Mich will have to play a perfect game to win this. McNamara is a game manager who is smart and makes safe plays unless he's pushed to have to make bigger plays, then he can make mistakes.
I don't think Michigan has the DBs to stop OSU. OSU has some big DTs to stuff the run and force Michigan to pass. I think OSU wins comfortably.
24 Houston at Uconn 12:00 CBSSN Hou -32.5 O/U 54.5
UConn is horrible. This will be a blowout. The only signifigance is that Cincy needs Houston as highly ranked as possible to set up their AAC Championship meeting next week. Cincy is still not a lock if undefeated.
3 Alabama at Auburn 3:30 CBS Alabama -20.5 O/U 57
Bo Nix is injured and won't play. Auburn does have a talented defense though and Bama has made their share of mistakes. I don't think Auburn has enough offense to pull off the upset. A funny thing with this game is it could actyually be meaningless. Let's say Bama loses. If the beat UGA next week, they will be gifted a playoff berth. UGA will know that they can lose to Bama and still get in. Will they bring their A game?
14 Wisconsin at Minnesota 4:00 FOX Wisc -7 O/U 39
Wisconsin started slow but is now playing really good ball. They win this game and they are in the Big 10 champ game vs the OSU Mich game. Wisc could be just good enough to maybe deal an upset next week is the OSU Mich winner takes them lightly.
10 Oklahoma at 7 Oklahoma State 7:30 ABC OK St -4.5 O/U 49.5
each team still has just 1 loss. An impressive win by either could make them a viable candidate to screw CIncy out of their playoff spot if they remain unbeaten. Could come in handy to the committe if they can't find a way to shoehorn in Alabama.
6 Notre Dame at Stanford 8:00 FOX ND -20.5 O/U 52.5
ND's only loss is to Cincy. Stanford is bad this year so this game should not be a problem for ND. The committee couldn't possibly put ND in the playoff ahead of an unbeaten Cincy who beat them head to head, could they? COULD THEY? I wouldn't be shocked.