First of the year.
Football is back and the Buffs get to start it by rolling the sheep, (again as usual.)
This is usually the weekend of the big slaughter. Top teams beating up on joke opponents as a warm-up and acting like they did something significant. As a result we get such titanic battles as (3) Georgia against mighty Austin Peay. SEC continues to exceed themselves in scheduling away from anything that looks like competition.
Topping that one we get (2) Clemson playing the Paladins of Furman. They may get more competition from their scout team in the Friday walk through.
Big slate of games on Thursday. Unfortunately none of them look like they give much reason to watch other than Football is back. We do get to see is self-proclaimed national champs (21) Central Florida can defend it against a powerhouse UConn team.
Another bunch of games on Friday. In addition to us there is also (13) Stanford hosting a decent San Diego State squad.
We do get a few solid matches of ranked teams starting Saturday.
Biggest game of the week has (6) Washington playing (9) Auburn at what is supposed to be a neutral site but is deeply set in SEC country in Atlanta. Peterson and company could do the PAC a huge favor by winning this one to give the league some credibility.
We also get (14) Michigan at (12) Notre Dame. Don't usually pull for Michigan but against ND it isn't hard to do. Will this be yet another year when Notre Dame proves themselves to be overrated pre-season?
Fun game to watch should be (20) Virginia Tech at (19) Florida State. Both of these teams have loads of speed and each is hoping to make a statement to move up. Either one could easily end up in the top 10 at the end of the year or completely out of the rankings.
Last game between ranked teams includes one that won't be for long. (25)LSU seems to be on a path to self-destruction this year and (8) Miami is ready to give them a solid shove. Canes are back to recruiting bunches of talented players and my sense is that LSU is only ranked because of their name. Could be a big blowout.
Another potential blowout in P5 teams would be (23) Texas going to Maryland. Maryland was bad last year and now is without their coach after killing one of their own players.
Keep an eye out for early season upsets. A number of FBS teams are playing FCS teams and we have had some wins by the smaller schools in recent years.
Kansas hopes it doesn't happen to them again. In the terrible game of the week they play Nichols State. This might be their best and only chance to win a game this year.
One upset we would love to see would be Abilene Christian beating Christian in name only Baylor.
Fuskers fans are busy worrying about losing to CU next week. They best not forget last year losing to Northern Illinois. Their opening game last year they barely beat Arkansas State and Akron could be a better team than Arky State. How sweet it would be for us to give them their second loss of the season. Hear the greatest fans in college football boo their own team off the field.
Local schools have Air Force hosting Stoney Brook and New Mexico hosting Incarnate Word. Washington State will have a battle on their hands facing a solid Wyoming defense in Laramie, never an easy place to play.
Smaller schools have McNeese in Greeley to play Northern Colorado.
Local small colleges include Colorado Mines hosting Adams State, Colorado Mesa hosting South Dakota Mines, and CSU-Pueblo with Dixie State visiting. These are all conference games and based on the last few years an opening week loss would put them in a bad position for the year.
Football is back and the Buffs get to start it by rolling the sheep, (again as usual.)
This is usually the weekend of the big slaughter. Top teams beating up on joke opponents as a warm-up and acting like they did something significant. As a result we get such titanic battles as (3) Georgia against mighty Austin Peay. SEC continues to exceed themselves in scheduling away from anything that looks like competition.
Topping that one we get (2) Clemson playing the Paladins of Furman. They may get more competition from their scout team in the Friday walk through.
Big slate of games on Thursday. Unfortunately none of them look like they give much reason to watch other than Football is back. We do get to see is self-proclaimed national champs (21) Central Florida can defend it against a powerhouse UConn team.
Another bunch of games on Friday. In addition to us there is also (13) Stanford hosting a decent San Diego State squad.
We do get a few solid matches of ranked teams starting Saturday.
Biggest game of the week has (6) Washington playing (9) Auburn at what is supposed to be a neutral site but is deeply set in SEC country in Atlanta. Peterson and company could do the PAC a huge favor by winning this one to give the league some credibility.
We also get (14) Michigan at (12) Notre Dame. Don't usually pull for Michigan but against ND it isn't hard to do. Will this be yet another year when Notre Dame proves themselves to be overrated pre-season?
Fun game to watch should be (20) Virginia Tech at (19) Florida State. Both of these teams have loads of speed and each is hoping to make a statement to move up. Either one could easily end up in the top 10 at the end of the year or completely out of the rankings.
Last game between ranked teams includes one that won't be for long. (25)LSU seems to be on a path to self-destruction this year and (8) Miami is ready to give them a solid shove. Canes are back to recruiting bunches of talented players and my sense is that LSU is only ranked because of their name. Could be a big blowout.
Another potential blowout in P5 teams would be (23) Texas going to Maryland. Maryland was bad last year and now is without their coach after killing one of their own players.
Keep an eye out for early season upsets. A number of FBS teams are playing FCS teams and we have had some wins by the smaller schools in recent years.
Kansas hopes it doesn't happen to them again. In the terrible game of the week they play Nichols State. This might be their best and only chance to win a game this year.
One upset we would love to see would be Abilene Christian beating Christian in name only Baylor.
Fuskers fans are busy worrying about losing to CU next week. They best not forget last year losing to Northern Illinois. Their opening game last year they barely beat Arkansas State and Akron could be a better team than Arky State. How sweet it would be for us to give them their second loss of the season. Hear the greatest fans in college football boo their own team off the field.
Local schools have Air Force hosting Stoney Brook and New Mexico hosting Incarnate Word. Washington State will have a battle on their hands facing a solid Wyoming defense in Laramie, never an easy place to play.
Smaller schools have McNeese in Greeley to play Northern Colorado.
Local small colleges include Colorado Mines hosting Adams State, Colorado Mesa hosting South Dakota Mines, and CSU-Pueblo with Dixie State visiting. These are all conference games and based on the last few years an opening week loss would put them in a bad position for the year.
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