Week 6 was a bit calm, although we did have some epic upsets, a total meltdown in Chapel Hill, and some dude who confirmed he just completely wasted $615k. Mix that with one of the most bizarre streaks in the history of college football, our first snow football of the season, Johnny Football’s return to Tuscaloosa, and quite possibly the most logical way to geographically create 4 college football conferences in the future. We’d say that qualifies as a pretty solid Saturday. Oh yeah, don’t forget the top 2 teams in the preseason AP poll still haven’t recorded a Power 5 win!
Week 7 Pro Tips:
- Like granny and the t-shirt cannon, it’s finally hit us and hit us like a ton of bricks. We’re about halfway through the college football season, which means we’ve made it to the greatest stretch of the year – football everyday. That’s right, this week we kicked off the start of 49 consecutive days of football!
- There are a lot of eyes on college football in Texas this week, but let’s make sure we don’t miss the biggest power move of the week. Yeah, that’s right, they’re tailgating in Denton as you read this for the first ever sellout in the 14 year history of their stadium. The undefeated Mean Green will be looking to take down 4-1 South Florida on ESPN2, should be a great warmup for Saturday!
- This isn’t really a pro tip for the upcoming week, but we had to break down that UCLA victory. So many layers to such an unbelievable outcome. Let’s skip the blue out and just start with the scene at the end. Not only do we get Jerry Neuheisel being carried off like a Lannister that just conquered the next strategic region of Westeros, but we get to couple it with footage of his dad following it from the studio. Then we got the weakest field storming ever recorded, which somehow also included the least athletic security of all time.
TOS GAME OF THE WEEK
Texas vs. #6 Oklahoma (-1.5) 2:30PM CDT, ABC
What we like about this game: It’s the put up or shut up game for Arch Manning. With his reputation hanging in the balance (along with his head coach and entire team), he HAS to win this game. Unfortunately for him, he’s got quite possibly the worst o-line in the country and the way he spreads the ball around the field reminds us of <didn’t see this reference coming> french farmers trying to chase away illegal squatters – just 💩 everywhere.
What we love about this game: Gamesmanship has always been a part of this storied rivalry. While nothing will ever top this story from Mike Leach (RIP), how OU has handled the Mateer recovery is up there close. It was such a mystery the bookmakers in Vegas couldn’t even crack the code and opened up the spread for this game at Texas -3.5. Luckily, they had a riveting interviews from a Chipotle tortilla presser and investigative journalist Eddie Radosevich on the case to keep them updated with the latest news, as the current line is now Oklahoma.-1.5. If Arch can’t pull off some magic (always possible in this game) then the fat steak those oddsmakers will be enjoying on Saturday night might be coming from <yep, this is real> Arby’s.
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