Ok, we’ve finally hit the first marquee weeks of the season! By this time, we should know who’s good and who isn’t. Unfortunately most teams have been as stable as Lee Corso’s mind, so we have no idea what to expect and the primary assumption is it won’t make any sense. At least it’s made for some entertaining football games! Here’s our breakdown of this week’s games.
Week 7 Pro Tips:
- If you have any commitments to complete around the house, get them done before 2:30. If you have plans after 2:00, cancel them. All college football fans are going to be locked in from 2:30 through midnight (central time), so sit back, relax, enjoy your favorite beverage, and remind your significant other that if they can’t pull their weight they’ll soon be replaced.
- Big 10 and SEC Athletic Directors held their New Day Co-Op meeting this week in Nashville (what a brutal reminder for Alabama) to discuss the future of the sport. This comes on the heels of private equity money promising BILLIONS if they’re allowed to get their hands on things. Expect a lot of talk on this, but so far it’s all smoke. Everyone seems happy with the product this year, so it doesn’t appear any major changes are imminent…yet…
- So far everyone at the top has faced some turmoil this year. For Oregon and Ohio St, it will naturally occur this week when the Buckeyes travel to Eugene. For Texas, it’s been nothing but rainbows and sunshine so far. With Quinn Ewers expected to return, this week might be the time the fans start to turn on each other. A slow start against their arch rival (no pun intended) and you can expect some calls from the peanut gallery to put in Manning, who has looked electric against crappy competition.
TOS GAME OF THE WEEK
Texas vs. Oklahoma in Dallas 2:30 PM CDT ABC
What we like about this game: For only the second time in 14 years, this game will kickoff at 2:30 instead of its traditional 11:00am time slot. What’s this mean? More rest and/or more state fair patronage for the fans at this game. Odds are they won’t spend that extra time at the wiener dog races. For a game where the fans are split 50/50 along the 50, expect an extra rowdy start to this game that almost always produces a back and for battle!
What we love about this game: Both teams are coming off a bye (first time EVER both teams have had a bye before this game) and 9 of the last 10 meetings have been within 12 points. This has typically been a game where rankings and records are thrown out the window. While neither are at full strength (Texas at RB and OU at WR) and the spread suggests another large Texas victory, history says this should be another knockdown, drag out battle for the ages!
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