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Early Analysis: Texas Tech vs. Kansas State

  No. 15 Texas Tech at No. 4 Kansas State Saturday, 3:30 PM, Fox Line: Kansas State -7 In the preseason, one could make the case for Kansas State being a top team in the new look Big 12 conference. If you tried to make the same claim about Texas Tech, though, you might have […]

Early Analysis: Florida vs. Georgia

No. 2 Florida vs. No. 10 Georgia (in Jacksonville, Fla.) Saturday, 3:30 PM, CBS Line: Florida -6.5 Both Florida and Georgia enter the game formerly known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” ranked in the top 10. The stakes seem to be high almost every year, but the winner of this game would clearly […]

Early Analysis: Michigan State vs. Michigan

  Michigan State at No. 23 Michigan Saturday, 3:30 PM Big Ten Network Line: Michigan -9 The Paul Bunyan Trophy is one of the largest trophies in college football, standing over nine feet tall from its base to the top. The current class of Michigan seniors has never seen the trophy, as Michigan State has […]

Early Analysis: BYU vs. Notre Dame

  BYU at No. 5 Notre Dame Saturday, 3:30 PM, NBC Line: Notre Dame -14 The Notre Dame machine looks to continue its march towards a January BCS bowl game and a (given the right circumstances) a shot at the BCS title against a BYU squad that is looking to advance to five wins on […]

Meeting of the Minds: Gene Chizik

In 2010 Gene Chizik's Tigers captured Auburn's first national championship in something like 62 years. (Had Auburn ever won a national championship before? I don't even know.) A mere two years later, the heat on Chizik's seat is starting to rise in inverse proportion to his team's winning percentage – the Tigers' record fell to […]

Early Analysis: USC vs. Washington

No. 11 USC at Washington Saturday, 7:00 PM, FOX Line: USC -12 USC comes in as a contender to win the Pac-12 South Division. Washington is just trying to stay above .500 on the season. But the Huskies are also seeking to move to 4-0 in their temporary digs at CenturyLink Field. Funnily enough, the […]

Oregon 52 Washington 21: Ducks Make a Statement at Home

  For the high flying Oregon Ducks offense, the last two weeks have featured sluggish first halfs. In their first two conference games against Arizona and Washington State, the Ducks scored a combined 36 points in the first half of the games. On Saturday night, they scored 35 in the first half. Slow starts? What […]

Early Analysis: Washington vs. Oregon

  No. 23 Washington at No. 2 Oregon Saturday, 10:30 PM, ESPN Line: Oregon -24.5 Both of these teams currently give up 19.8 points per game. The major difference, and the reason for the over three touchdown line, is that Washington is scoring 23.3 points per game. Oregon is scoring 52.4 points per game. The […]

Dirty Dozen: Week 3 Staff Picks

The third week of college football is here, so here are the staff picks (all times are Eastern Daylight Time): Cal at No. 12 Ohio State: Saturday, Noon, ABC                Andy Coppen's Take: Ohio State may not be able to play for the Big Ten title, but thanks to Tim Brando we all know they can […]

Notre Dame moves to the ACC: Winners and Losers

It was announced on Wednesday that Notre Dame would be moving all of their sports to the ACC except for football, which would remain independent but establish a scheduling partnership of five games a year with the football schools in the league. Hockey won't be moving to the ACC, either. So who are the winners […]

BCS Championship Pick: Move Over SEC, There’s a New Sherrif in Town

In this, the Bowl Championship Series era of college football, the Southeastern Conference has been king. It has been well documented, especially by the folks who work for the network in Bristol, Connecticut, that the SEC has only lost one BCS title game since 1998, and that loss came last year…at the hands of another […]

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