tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40910014262718958352024-03-20T23:46:42.412-07:00Coach Jim Bob Sez....A blog about college football. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-41643205926797895022015-12-06T13:05:00.000-08:002015-12-06T16:53:23.967-08:00The Sunday Afternoon Tailback<br />
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final College Football Playoff rankings are out today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These teams are in, in this order:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Clemson, Bama, Mich. State and OU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On New Year’s Eve,
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over
Award” goes to…Michigan State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sparty prevailed over
Iowa 16-13 in the Big Ten Championship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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22-play, 82-yard brutally grinding running drive that ate up just more than
nine minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bama has its work cut out
for it when it faces Sparty on New Year’s Eve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a never-say-die team as there is in CFB.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Championship game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The junior passed
former Georgia superback Hershel Walker for the SEC single season rushing
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piling up 420 yards of offense, as Clemson upheld its claim to #1 and won the
ACC title by whipping North Carolina 45-37 in Charlotte.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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returning and passing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He scored a
running TD, caught a pass for a TD and threw for a TD in the PAC 12
Championship game as the Cardinal beat USC 41-22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McCaffrey’s performance gave him 3,496 all-purpose
yards for the season and vaulted him past the great Barry Sanders for the all-purpose,
single season record set by the great Barry Sanders in 1988.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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presented to the outstanding college football player of the season by the
Heisman Trophy Trust this coming Saturday night at the Best Buy Theater in New
York City.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the annual Army-Navy game, plus the FCS, Div. II and III continue their
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this link for the schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last week’s record: 7-5; for the season: 74-25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While QBs like Deshaun Watson, Trevone
Boykin, Baker Mayfield, et al have garnered the spotlight this season, Bowling
Green’s Matt Johnson, due to lack of TV/media coverage, has somewhat quietly
gone about the business of being one of the very best QBs in the FBS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Falcons will need Johnson on-point on Friday when they face
the Huskies in the Motor City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>N. Ill. Running
back Joel Bouagnon has rushed for more than 1,200 yards this season and has 18
TDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Huskies have been in the MAC title game six straight
seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They won it last year; B.G. won
the championship in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Either B.G. or N.I. will ultimately heed the words of that great
and wise philosopher, sociologist and political scientist of our time, Eminem, “Success
is my only [12-letter descriptor] option, failure’s not.”—and prevail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peachtree, I got to feel that Georgia sun.”—Little Feat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The SEC Championship:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#2 Alabama vs. #18 Florida in Atlanta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">As if those SEC arteries weren’t already hardened enough from all
the tailgate food this season, Tide and Gator faithful can swing by the world
famous Varsity Drive In, just up the street from the Georgia Dome, and chow
down on some chili dogs and cheeseburgers prior to the game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This is the eighth time the two teams have met in the SEC
Championship, dating back to the first one in 1992.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The record is Gators 4, Tide 3.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Behind a stingy defense, former Bama OC and Florida HBC Jim
McElwain will do his best to derail the Derrick Henry Express.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Derrick is a full-grown adult male who does not tire easily after dozens of
carries because he does not think the ball is very heavy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Back home again, in Indiana.”—Jim Nabors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Big Ten Championship:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iowa vs. Michigan State in Indianapolis.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The #4 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hawkeyes, perhaps
the surprise team of the FBS, roll into Coltsville to face # 5 Sparty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iowa is undefeated; Sparty has one loss by
one point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How close could this be???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Iowa and Michigan State have a combined average 33.5 points per game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hawkeyes and the Spartans are tied 14+ in
turnovers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, the contest will see
two terrific coaches in Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz and State’s Mark Dantonio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It’s so close, that on this one, Coach Jim Bob reaches out to
his great friend Doc who has a coin flip app on his phone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Michigan State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“In my mind I’m goin’ to Carolina.”—James
Taylor.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The ACC Championship:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#1 Clemson vs. # 10 North Carolina in
Charlotte.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Tar Heels have an easy drive to Charlotte to face Clemson’s Heisman
candidate QB Deshaun Watson and the Tigers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Tigers have won 15 in a row, dating back to last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Heels have reeled off 11 wins in a row, a
U.N.C. record.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This game may come down to turnovers—and the Tigers have
committed seven in the last two games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>North
Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Greetings, loved ones, let’s take a
journey.”—Katy Perry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The PAC 12
Championship. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#20 U.S.C. vs. # 7 Stanford
in Santa Clara.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Coming off rivalry wins last week---Stanford over Notre Dame and
the Trojans over UCLA---the Cardinal and the Trojans go at it in the Bay Area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fans will get to see two prolific TD-throwing QBs in Stanford’s
Kevin Hogan (23 TDs) and S.C.’s Cody Kessler (27).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">S.C. may have an emotional boost now that I (interim) BC Clay
Helton, this week, was crowned HBC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">But, to paraphrase Forrest Gump’s momma, cool is as cool does,
and HBC’s don’t get much cooler and smarter than Cardinal HBC David Shaw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stanford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"I’ve seen miles and miles of Texas.”—Bob
Wills/Asleep At The Wheel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The I-35
Bowl: Texas @ #12 Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Longhorn fans will leave Sodom & Gomorrah on the Lower
Colorado for Jerusalem-on-the-Brazos as the Longhorns play the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Until the Big 12 gets its own championship game, this is what we’ll
have to settle for in early December.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In Biblical terms, this really may be a David vs. Goliath duel
in Waco, given the disparity in the two teams: Texas at 4-7; the Bears at 9-2.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Injured QBs play a big part of the plotline in this one: UT lost
its starter last week; the Bears will now go with their third string QB.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In terms of offensive potency, there is a much greater distance
between Baylor and Texas than 102 miles down the middle of the U.S.’ busiest
interstate highway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sources: ncaa.com; A-Z Lyrics.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For your CFB TV watching pleasure, the quintessential,
easy-to-read guide:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></i></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week’s record: 7-5; for the season: 74-25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
College Football Playoff Shakeup (This week):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another week, another
shakeup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who lost over the
Thanksgiving CFB weekend: Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Florida,
Mississippi State and UCLA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over
Award” goes to…Stanford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A final play, 45-yard
field goal following a desperate drive after a go-head TD by Notre Dame gave
the Cardinal the victory and ended the Irish’s chances for a spot in the CFP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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St.-Cal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">94 points scored in each of these games with
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as Bama beat Auburn 29-13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Henry also
broke the Bama single season rushing record and the 45-year-old record for carries
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week’s CFP rankings will be out on Tuesday.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the link: </span><a href="http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/%23home0"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/#home0</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-57005682543895292722015-11-25T21:30:00.000-08:002015-11-26T12:14:30.874-08:00Thanksgiving Holidays' College Football Picks featuring Miranda & Blake, Flo Rida, Skynyrd and more<br />
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season: 67-20.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thursday: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eyes of Texas are upon them.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Texas Tech @ Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gone are the days
when college fans in Texas went to the Texas-Texas A&M game
or watched it on TV on Thanksgiving day/night, Friday or Saturday of the holiday weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, with the Aggies in their fourth SEC
season, fans have to settle for the Longhorns and the Red Raiders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Minus the upset
over OU in the Red River Rivalry, UT fans have not had a lot to cheer about in HBC
Charlie Strong’s second year in Austin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Horns are 4-6 and even with a win Thursday night may finish with a losing
season (they still have to play Baylor) and no bowl game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, Tech HBC---and
reigning champion of the Ryan Gosling lookalike contest---Kliff Kingsbury brings
his Air Raid disciples to DKR-Memorial Stadium for a showdown as most of the
nation settles in after the first two NFL games for a third helping of T-Day cuisine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the Raiders
fire up their very potent offense, Texas fans will likely depart the
game early and head down to Sholz’s Beer Garden or 6<sup>th</sup> Street to
wash away their sadness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas Tech</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Friday:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anchors Away.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#15 Navy
@ Houston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everything was
going just swell for the Cougars until they were upset last weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Midshipmen, behind record-setting TD rushing QB
Keenan Reynolds have one loss, and that, to Notre Dame. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, the Middies are having their best season
in 110 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tom Herman Cougar offense can rack up some points---and they have a FBS top 15
D, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Houston.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Children of the Corn.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#4 Iowa @ Nebraska. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plotline to the
1984 horror movie, from geeksofdoom.com: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">While
driving through Nebraska, Linda Hamilton and the guy from 30 Something have a
run-in with the murderous children who sacrifice adults to the evil corn god.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
breadbasket of the U.S., the undefeated---and currently in the Final Four---Hawkeyes
will circle the Lincoln skies looking for something on which to feast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 5-6 Cornhuskers could prove to be mighty
tasty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, that’s what Sparty,
thought, too, a couple of weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in an upset:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nebraska.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Ward, I’m worried about the Beaver.”—June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oregon St. @ #17 Oregon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Decisions,
decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which one of the gazillion
uni combinations will the Ducks wear at Autzen Stadium against the Beavers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because with the PAC 12’s #1 offense, the
Ducks are pretty likely to outscore the Beavs’ FBS 121<sup>st</sup> ranked
offense and the Ducks uni scheme may be the most interesting aspect of the game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thy Kingdom Come. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#7 Baylor @ # 19 TCU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When these two
Texas</span><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow";"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">church school scoring machines meet in Ft.
Worth, you can count on one thing:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
heavens will open and points will rain down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They combined
for 119 last year in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bring your
calculators to the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll need
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just A Little Bit South Of North
Carolina-Dean Martin. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#1 Clemson @ South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There will be no visor throwing in Columbia on Saturday now that the original
HBC is gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Fightin’ Dabos need to preserve their top spot in the CFP—and behind
Heisman contending QB Deshaun Watson, so they shall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner: Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Ya’ll get into the truck, we goin’ up to the big house."</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">—Jeff Foxworthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#8 Ohio State @ #10 Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The spirits of
Woody and Bo will linger over the Big House when the Buckeyes come to Ann Arbor
to face the Wolverines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A chance for Ohio State to get
into the Big 10 championship game (if there’s losing help from Mich. St. and
Iowa) is on the line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This year's stats for both teams indicate that
whoever wins the ground game is likely to prevail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner:
Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Big wheels keep on turnin,’ takin’ me home to see my kin.”-Lynyrd
Skynyrd. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#2 Alabama @ Auburn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Intrastate country cousins
the Tide and Tigers meet at Jordan-Hare Stadium on what is considered New Year’s
Day in Alabama. That’s because whichever team wins, the other team and their
fans have to live with it—HARD--for the next 365 days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh sure, you say, there
are other rivalries as bitter as this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, like the
Israelis and the Palestinians. However, if they fielded FBS teams, Israel-PLO
would probably still come in second to Bama-Auburn in rivalry status .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe third.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Or, fourth. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bama has to win to
stay alive for an SEC championship game berth and preserve its spot in the Final
Four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Auburn…is just playing for pride
after a dismal year when at the start of the season many prognosticators had them
winning the SEC West.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now…when we last
left our heroes Gus and Nick on the Pat Dye Field turf two years ago with :01 to play…….nah,
nothing like that would ever happen again, would it???<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hey, c'mon, it’s the Iron
Bowl.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner…in
possibly a close one: Bama.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rock, sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating
the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for
the Gipper.”—Ronald Reagan in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Knute
Rockne, All American</i>.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#6 Notre Dame @ # 9 Stanford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAT scores and athleticism
meet in Palo Alto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Irish, after a
CFP drop due to the sluggish win in Boston last week, face the two-loss
Cardinal in what very much still has CFP implications for the Leprechauns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If there’s a team
this year that’s been more injury-bitten than the Irish and has still found a way
to win, Coach Jim Bob would like to see it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Cardinal boasts
a Heisman-contending runner in Christian McCaffrey and three-year starter Kevin Hogan behind center.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Irish will need
all the luck they can get to go the distance with Stanford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stanford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You’re the reason God made Oklahoma.”—Shelly West and David Frizzell.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#3 Oklahoma @ #11 Oklahoma State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not since Miranda
and Blake (who, BTW, did a duet of the 1981 hit, as well) split earlier this year has there been a family feud in Oklahoma that’s
drawn as much attention as when the Sooners meet the Cowboys in Stillwater.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And, not since the
great Oklahoma land rush of 1889 has there been the possibility of an offensive
stampede like there might be in Boone Pickens Stadium Saturday night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With OU’s Bob
Stoops and State’s Mike Gundy prowling the sidelines, there could possibly be
some uproariously funny HBC antics based on what the Generation Z/Boomlets do
on the field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CFP possibilities
abound in what could be a track meet with a football thrown in for good measure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hey, they don’t
call it “Bedlam” for nuthin’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, some Quick Headlines…<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Abe said, ‘Where you want this killin’ done?’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God said, ‘Out on highway 61.”-Bob Dylan. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#18 Ole Miss at #21 Miss. State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As sure as U.S. 61,
aka the Blues Highway, winds its way up the west side of the Magnolia State, the
Egg Bowl in Starkville will be a raucously entertaining evening affair
featuring two very good QBs in Ole Miss’ Chad Kelly and State’s Dak Prescott.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But, the ‘Dog D may
prove the difference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miss. State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“We already won, we already won, And ain't no need to play no more games.”—Flo
Rida.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"># 13 Florida State @ #12 Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Gators have a
SEC East slot in the conference championship game sewn up already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two-loss Seminoles are now playing to try
to get a really good bowl bid somewhere south of the CFP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saban acolytes
Jimbo Fisher and Jim McElwain will have their charges keyed up and playing hard
long after the home crowd sings “We Are The Boys,” just before the fourth
quarter begins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Such a strange situation stoppin’ every hundred miles…callin’
Baton Rouge”—Garth Brooks.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas A&M @ LSU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I left out their rankings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Oh. </span>Wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No, I didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In just 28 days,
the Tigers and the Aggies have completely dropped out of the AP Top 25 due to a
brutal November.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, in his 11<sup>th</sup>
season, after a BCS National Championship—but, now facing the possibility of back-to back 4-4 SEC seasons--LSU
HBC and HGE (Head Grass Eater) Les Miles may be out of Baton Rouge in mere
days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WHAAAATTTT!?!?!?!?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gee, I faintly remember
when Bama ran off Gene Stallings, UT ran off Mack Brown and Texas A&M ran
off R.C. Slocum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Dr. Phil would say,
how’s that working out for ya??? </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Careful, now LSU admin. and fans. As Emmylou Harris would say, "the thing they don't tell you about the blues when you got 'em, you keep on fallin' 'cause here ain't no bottom."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now…stay tuned for
the return of the Leonard Fournette Show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LSU<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sources:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ncaa.com; IMBD.com; Associated Press;
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College Football Playoff Shakeup (This week):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another week, another
shakeup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who lost:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ohio State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Houston,
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over
Award” goes to…. Michigan State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Spartans dominated the line of
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</span>State kicker Michael Geiger’s 41-yard field goal that went through the uprights
as time expired ended the Buckeyes 23-game winning streak and, likely, their
chance at a second year in a row shot at a National Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2<sup>nd</sup> place Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to...Oklahoma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TCU trailed the Sooners 30-13 entering the 4<sup>th</sup>
Qtr<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b>and lost after a pass for a
two-point conversion was batted away with 57 seconds to play, ending the game,
OU 30, TCU 29.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Upsets
of the Weekend:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Michigan State beating Ohio State; Baylor over
Oklahoma State; UConn over Houston; Temple defeated Memphis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Warner Wolf Award (FBS) goes to…Charleston Southern</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you had the 9-1 Buccaneers and 41, you lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Alabama 56 Charleston So. 6.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the “Over,” right??? 1<sup>st</sup> Place, FBS:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 101.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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took the “Over,” right? 2nd Place, Div. II:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>120.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Valdosta State 61 Carson-Newman 59.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Farewell,
Frank.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Virginia Tech fans bid adieu to HBC Frank
Beamer on Saturday in the Hokies final home game of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately for the venerable coach, the
Hokies lost 32-27 in OT to North Carolina, that won its 10<sup>th</sup>
consecutive game of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coach
Beamer has 278 wins at Va. Tech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Hokies need a win next week to become bowl eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
only undefeated team in Ohio. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Div. III, Mount Union (OH)
continued its domination by beating St Lawrence (NY) 55-23 in the first round
of the Div. III playoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Raiders
have now won 92 consecutive home games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
call him Mr. Touchdown.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Navy QB Keenan Reynolds ran for a TD in the
Midshipmen’s win over Tulsa on Saturday, giving him 82 rushing TDs in his
career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reynolds is just one rushing TD
shy of tying former Wisconsin running back Monte Ball’s NCAA FBS record of 83. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week’s CFP rankings will be out on Tuesday.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the link: </span><a href="http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/%23home0"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/#home0</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Michigan State hosts Penn State; UCLA @ USC; Ole Miss @ Miss. State; Notre Dame
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best link for college football TV schedule:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In my mind I’m going to Carolina.”—James Taylor.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span># 1 Clemson hosts Wake Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After a depressing
weekend road trip to scenic South Bend last week, the Demon Deacons drive south
across the NC/SC state line to Clemson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, the
Tigers are back home where they can rub Howard’s Rock for good luck as they run
down the hill in Memorial Stadium minutes before kickoff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rub the rock or
not, it’s doubtful the Fightin’ Dabos will need much luck this Saturday. The
Tigers lead the CFP rankings--and after the win over ‘Cuse last weekend--have
secured a school-record fifth consecutive 10-win season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wake is 1-57
all-time against Top 10 opponents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clemson QB Deshaun
Watson will update his Heisman-esque resume passing and running…and, to
paraphrase Barry Corbin’s character in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No
Country For Old Men</i>, that will be that, as they say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner:
Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Muppets take Columbus.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#3 Ohio State
Hosts #9 Michigan State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The spirts of the
late, great Buckeyes HBC Woody Hayes and State’s Duffy Daugherty will watch
over the Horseshoe on Saturday when 9-1 Sparty comes to see 10-0 Brutus the
Buckeye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fifty years ago
this season, Duffy’s Spartans won the national championship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This Saturday’s
game may be decided by who has the better QB.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>State’s Connor Cook is expected to return after an injury last week; for
OS, J.T. Barrett will get his second start in a row after sitting out a game for
impaired driving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Spartans are
5-1 against their last six Top 10 opponents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Buckeyes have won a record 30 consecutive Big 10 games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Buckeyes also
have this fellow named Zeke Elliott whose prowess at running back will surely obtain for
him a visit to New York for a shot at the Heisman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See Zeke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See Zeke run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ohio State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“OOOOk-lahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain.”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">-<strong>Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. </strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#6 Oklahoma State hosts #10 Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">As if the Baptists didn’t get
enough from the state of Oklahoma with a loss to the Sooners last Saturday night
in Waco, now they actually have to go to the Sooner State, to face the
undefeated Cowboys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">As is with the top Big 12 teams,
the Bears and the Cowboys can light up the scoreboard. Baylor is the #1 FBS
offensive team; Ok. St. is #18.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The only “D” on Saturday night in
Stillwater may be the one in OSU HBC Mike Gundy’s last name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Cowboys will feel mighty home
on the range at Boone Pickens Stadium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Projected winner: Oklahoma State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“We know we belong to the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
the land we belong to is grand!”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">-<strong>Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>#7 Oklahoma hosts #18 TCU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">After bashing the Baptists in
Jerusalem-On-The-Brazos last Saturday night, the Sooners look to extend their
winning record against church schools by welcoming the Horned Frogs to Norman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">After a fall from grace, the
1-loss Frogs hope to have QB Trevone Boykin back on the field, but he will be
without this ace receiver Josh Doctson who has a season-ending wrist injury.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Meanwhile, for the Crimson &
Cream, QB Baker Mayfield continues his push to get into the Heisman debate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">TCU has the #2 FBS offense; OU’s
is ranked #6.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">But, the Sooner D is #21.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">As Richard and Oscar wrote, “You’re
doing fine, Oklahoma! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oklahoma—OK!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Projected winner: OU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Uncle Verne Bowl:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As I Lay Dying</i>-William Faulkner.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#15
LSU @ #22 Ole Miss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">A big contingent of Cajuns will
drive north on US 61 to Oxford where between the LSU and Ole Miss fans
(The traditional game day shindig in The Grove)---SHOCK---there may be a party atmosphere!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Even with the mouthwatering deep
fried whatever and the white cloth tables and crystal, following season-setback
losses for both teams, the clash between the Tigers and the Rebs just won’t
have that same feeling as it would have if it’d been played pre-smack downs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">LSU hopes to shake the doldrums
of back-to-back losses to Bama and Arkansas—and get running back Leonard Fournette
back into the Heisman race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ole
Miss will try to return to its pre-three loss glory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Tigers’ Fournette will have
to have a terrific game, as will his compatriots, to stave off a victory by Ole
Miss that’s averaging a SEC-leading 40.7 points per game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Tigers are 61-0 when they
rush for 100 and hold an opponent to under 100.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Les Miles has never lost three in
a row at LSU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Projected winner: LSU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, some Quick Headlines…<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#2 Alabama hosts
Charleston Southern.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two 9 and 1 teams will battle on the
Bryant-Denny Stadium turf on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With a week to go before the Iron Bowl, look for Bama to dispatch its
FCS opponent fairly early, rest the starters and then head down to Jerusalem Heights or across
the river to Northport for some Q.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alabama.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m shipping up
to Boston…”-The Dropkick Murphys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#4 Notre Dame vs. Boston College at Fenway Park in Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday will mark just 11 days shy of 60 years since a college
football game has been played at Fenway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Irish have a Final Four slot on the line as they play 3-7 B.C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two Catholic schools will play on the hallowed field and gaze at the
Green Monster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Irish will set the
tone early and allow the fans plenty of time to contemplate the complex
sociological meaning of the Murphys’ tune and its intensely personal and
politically relevant lyrics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong>“Hey!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this heaven?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, it’s Iowa.”-</strong></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong>From <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Field of Dreams</i>.</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#5 Iowa hosts Purdue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A band of engineers will depart Indiana for the Hawkeye state to see if
they can have any success at the real-life version of the game <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Angry Birds</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not since the 1963 Hitchcock thriller, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Birds</i>, when thousands of highly agitated foul visited Bodega Bay,
has there been a horror like the one that will beset Purdue on Saturday when the Boilermakers visit
Iowa City to play the undefeated Hawkeyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Have a great CFB weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch
for the weekly Sunday Afternoon Tailback, with nuggets from Saturday’s games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For your CFB TV watching pleasure, the
quintessential, easy-to-read guide:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></i></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sources:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ncaa.com; collegefootballplayoff.com;
the Associated Press; ok.gov; biography.com; IMDB.com. Columbus.gov.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u>Nuggets from Saturday's college football games....</u></strong><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday’s
record: 7-1; for the season: 61-17</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
College Football Playoff Shakeup (This week):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another week, another
shakeup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who lost:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor, Stanford, LSU, Utah, Miss. St. UCLA
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over
Award” goes to….Arizona.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Wildcats outlasted
Utah on 2 OTs, 37-30.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
2<sup>nd</sup> place Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to…Oregon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Ducks knocked away a Kevin Hogan pass for a 2-point
conversion with :08 to play in the 4<sup>th</sup> Qtr. to upset the Cardinal 38-36
in Eugene.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the Weekend:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oklahoma over Baylor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Sooners outscored the previously unbeaten Bears 44-34 on a
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of the Weekend, 2<sup>nd</sup> Place:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Arkansas over LSU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Hogs beat LSU 31-14 in Baton Rouge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They held Tigers running back Leonard
Fournette to one TD and 91 yards rushing, while Hog runners rushed for 299
against LSU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alabama running back
Derrick Henry carried 22 times for 204 and 2 TDs, of 74 and 65 yards
respectively, as the Tide swamped Miss. St. in Starkville.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Watson passed for 360 yds. and 2 TDs, and ran for 105 and a TD, as the Tigers
beat Syracuse on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was 5 for 8 passing and no TDs before leaving the game with an ankle injury as
the Horned Frogs struggled to beat winless Kansas 23-17 in Fort Worth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fournette had his second game in a row of fewer than 100 yards as he ran 19
times for 91 yards and one TD as the Tigers lost at home to Arkansas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back Dalvin Cook ran 22 times for 138 and 2 TDs and surpassed Warrick Dunn to
become the ‘Noles single season rushing leader as Fla. St. beat NC State 34-17.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back Ezekiel Elliott ran 27 times for 181 and 2 TDs as the Buckeyes beat the
Illini.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zeke now has 20 games with at
least100 rushing yards and has tied Eddie George for 2nd most 100 yard games in
Buckeye history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warner Wolf Award (FBS) goes to…Rice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you had the Owls and 54, you lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final:
Sou. Miss. 65, Rice 10.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warner Wolf Award (FCS) goes to…Texas Southern…</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that lost by 52.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final: Alcorn St. 65, Texas Southern 13. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warner Wolf Award (Div. II) goes to…Cheney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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62, you lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indiana (PA) 62, Cheney 0.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warner Wolf Award (Div. III) goes to…Maranatha Baptist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you had M.B. and 63, you lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MacMurray 71, Maranatha Baptist 7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the “Over,” right??? 1<sup>st</sup> Place:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>103.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Texas Tech 59, K. State 44.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the “Over,” right? 2nd Place:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In Div. III…106.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bridgewater State 64, Mass. Maritime 42.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the “Under,” right? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3. </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cornell 3, Columbia 0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rankings for this week’s CFP will be out on Tuesday.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s
the link: </span><a href="http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/%23home0"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/#home0</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ahead to next weekend; Key games for ranked teams:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clemson
hosts Wake Forest;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alabama will desperately
try to fend off upset-minded Charleston Southern in Tuscaloosa; Ohio State
hosts Michigan State; Oklahoma State hosts Baylor; Oklahoma hosts TCU; Notre
Dame vs. Boston College (at Fenway [que the Dropkick Murphys]) Michigan @ Penn
State and Harvard @ Yale. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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best link for college football TV schedule:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-44881144501076204342015-11-12T18:58:00.001-08:002015-11-13T06:01:30.070-08:00Thank you Netflix, Elvis and Steely Dan<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Orange is the new orange</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span># 1 Clemson @
Syracuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Fightin’ Dabos
travel to upstate New York to battle Syracuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Tigers are looking for their 13<sup>th</sup> consecutive win, dating
back to last season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, The
Orange has dropped six in a row after starting the season with three wins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tigers QB and
Heisman contender Deshaun Watson has thrown 21 TDs so far this season, 6 more
than any other ACC QB. The Tigers also have the best 1<sup>st</sup> down and 3<sup>rd</sup>
down D in the FBS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Orange is 1-9,
all-time, against #1 ranked opponents with their last win against such an
opponent going back just more than 31 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look for a long
afternoon in The Dome for ‘Cuse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Uncle Verne Bowl:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Viva
Stark-Vegas! Viva Stark-Vegas! Viva, Viva Stark-Vegaaaassssss!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#2 Alabama @ #17 Miss. State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bright light city
gonna set their souls, gonna set their souls on fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a whole lotta football waitin’ to be
played so get those stakes up higher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ooops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I channeled too much Elvis, there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A very high Crimson
Tide will wash into Starkville/StarkVegas on Saturday afternoon where it will
find a nasty, stubborn pack of Bulldogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The two teams have
something in common: They’ve both played LSU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Tide won, brutally, over the Tigers last week; The Bulldogs lost by
2 to LSU earlier this season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Starkville-ians
have the one thing Bama doesn’t play well against:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A running, throwing QB, in senior Dak
Prescott. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That type of QB---like Ole
Miss’s Chad Kelly and Tennessee’s Josh Dobbs---has given the Tide fits already
this season, and don’t think for a minute that was lost on State HBC Dan Mullen.
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Tide will need
to come out of the post-LSU bashing euphoria to leave Starkville still in
control of the SEC West and preserve its standing in the Final Four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bama will need to successfully rotate D
linemen against a hurry-up/tempo pace by the Dogs’ offense—and, Derrick Henry needs
to deliver a punishing running game similar to last week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner…in what could be a very close one, going down to the wire:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alabama.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Champaign:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much to do,
so much to love:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#3 Ohio State @
Illinois.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Buckeyes cruise
into Champaign on Saturday with the nation’s longest current winning streak at
22 games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They get QB J.T. Barrett back
in the lineup following a one-game suspension for a problem with alcohol-impaired
driving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Buckeyes have
won 29 straight Big 10 games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Illini haven’t
beaten OSU in the last six attempts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They’ve also lost 20 of the last 21 against ranked opponents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s no need to
think that will change this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ohio State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deacon Blues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#4 Notre Dame hosts Wake Forest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s the final home
game of the season for the Irish on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Demon Deacons arrive in South Bend having lost five of their last
six games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve also failed to score
more than 20 points in five consecutive games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Possibly minus running
back C.J. Prosise, who suffered a head injury in last week’s tussle with Pitt, Notre
Dame will be looking to dispatch the Deacons quickly in order to take it easy
before <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>their stretch run over the next
two weeks against Boston College and Stanford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wake’s original
name was Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That title didn’t last very long---and neither will the Deacons on Saturday
under the watchful stare of the Touchdown Jesus mosaic on the N.D. library (the
U.S.’ largest college library, BTW) just north of Notre Dame Stadium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner: Notre Dame.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jerusalem-on-the Brazos:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#6 Baylor hosts #12
Oklahoma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Sooner Schooner
rolls into Central Texas on Saturday for a Big 12 shoot ‘em up with CFP
implications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After a loss to
Texas, the Crimson & Cream have been on an offensive tear, scoring an
average 58 points per game, the third best offense in the land.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Bears are now
on their second QB of the year following a season-ending injury to Seth Russell
two weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, that hasn’t slowed
down the Waconians #1 FBS offensive juggernaut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>HBC Art Briles’ team leads the USA in scoring and total offense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, the
Sooners are easily the toughest D (#21 in the FBS) the bears will have faced
this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In an upset…Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oklahoma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, some Quick Headlines…</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Floyd of Rosedale Trophy. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#5 Iowa hosts Minnesota.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the 80<sup>th</sup> meeting for the traveling trophy, the Hawkeyes have
somewhat quietly managed to go undefeated, while the Gophers have dropped three
straight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Iowa also has the Big 10’s second best rushing attack and leads the
conference in interceptions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: </b>Iowa</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A clash of karma in Palo Alto. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span># 7 Stanford hosts Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In past seasons,
this would be a game that, in all actuality, really might decide the eventual PAC
12 winner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, the Ducks are 6-3 and
face an increasingly strong Cardinal that only has one loss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happened in the past when these two have met,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but probably not on Saturday.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Iowa State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After whacking TCU
last week in Stillwater, the Cowboys bring their 9-0 cattle drive into Ames on
Saturday looking to withstand the wilting force of the Cyclones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Iowa State has six
losses this season and has dropped 15 in a row to ranked opponents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Cowboys have
scored an average 59 points in their last three games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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saloon in Ames is safe from ths rowdy bunch of Cowboys this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oklahoma State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for the weekly Sunday Afternoon Tailback, with nuggets from Saturday’s games,
early Sunday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sources:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ncaa.com; collegefootballplayoff.com; the
Associated Press; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>City of Champaign</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For your CFB TV watching pleasure, the
quintessential, easy-to-read guide:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><i><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></i></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday’s
record: 8-2; for the season: 54-16</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
College Football Playoff Shakeup (This week):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another week, another
shakeup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who lost:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LSU, TCU, Michigan State, Florida State,
Memphis, Texas A & M and Ole Miss. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over
Award” (also <i>THIS</i> week’s “Play of the Year” award)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>goes to…. Arkansas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a year of weekly “plays of the
year,” the Hogs’ OT pass/catch/WILD lateral/bobble/bounce/catch and run (on 4<sup>th</sup>
and 25!) for a first down helped set up the Razorbacks' final TD to win 53-52
over Ole Miss in Oxford.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THIS</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> week’s “Play of the Year” award</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> goes to…(see above):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Arkansas.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/arkansas-stuns-ole-miss-in-overtime-after-crazy-4th-down-lateral--video-010051028.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc6611;">http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/arkansas-stuns-ole-miss-in-overtime-after-crazy-4th-down-lateral--video-010051028.html</span></span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
2<sup>nd</sup> place Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to…Nebraska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Huskers scored on a TD pass with :17 to go to knock off
unbeaten Michigan State 39-38 in Lincoln.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Coming into the game, Nebraska had only
one Big 10 win this season, had lost four of their last five and hadn’t
defeated an unbeaten team in November in sixteen years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Upset
of the Weekend:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#14<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Oklahoma
State beating #8 TCU 49-29 in Stillwater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Runners up:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nebraska over
Michigan State; Arkansas over Ole Miss; Navy over Memphis and Auburn over Texas
A&M.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Heisman Watch:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a game featuring what was touted as a
showdown between the two best running backs in the SEC and NCAA, Bama’s Derrick
Henry ran 38 times for 210 and 3 TDs, while The Tide offense throttled the
Tigers’ previously impressive running game, holding Heisman favorite Leonard
Fournette to 31 yards on 19 carries and one TD, as Bama won 30-16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">BTW--after LSU scored with 9:18 remaining in the 4th Qtr. to narrow the score to 30-16, Bama--after receiving the kickoff, then getting a penalty to place the ball at the Tide 8--mercilessly drove the ball to the LSU 16, running out the clock, with Derrick Henry carrying 12 times on the drive. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clemson QB Deshaun Watson led the Tigers to an
impressive win over Fla. St., completing 28 of 42 passes for 297 and a TD, and he
ran 16 times for 107.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florida State
running back Dalvin Cook ran 21 times for 194 and a TD in the Noles’ loss to
Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Okla. St., threw for 445, ran for 73 and had three TDs [2, running; 1 passing],
but threw four INTs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warner Wolf Award (FBS) goes to…Kansas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you had the Jayhawks and 38, you lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Texas 59, Kansas 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warner Wolf Award (FCS) goes to…Western Illinois.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you had W. Ill. and 51, you lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final: North Dakota State 59, W. Ill. 7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warner Wolf Award (Div. III) goes to…Carleton. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you had Carleton and 76, you lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final: St. Thomas (MN) 80, Carleton 3.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the “Over,” right??? 1<sup>st</sup> Place:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In the FCS, Temple and SMU combined for 100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final: Owls 60, Mustangs 40. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the “Over,” right? 2nd Place:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Div. II, 110.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final: Wayne State 56, Lake Erie 54.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the “Over,” right? 3rd Place:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Div. III, 126.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final: Cornel (Iowa) 64, Illinois College 62.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rankings for this week’s CFP will be out on Tuesday.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s
the link: </span><a href="http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/%23home0"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/#home0</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ahead to next weekend; Key games for ranked teams:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The premier matchup will be in the Big 12 as Oklahoma visits
Baylor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other key games worth watching:
Bama hosts Miss. St.; Georgia @ Auburn (The SEC’s oldest rivalry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BTW, they are tied at 55 apiece); Florida (which
has clinched the SEC East) at South Carolina; Ohio State @ Illinois; Clemson @
Syracuse; Michigan @ Indiana; Notre Dame hosts Wake Forest; Arkansas @ LSU;
Oregon @ Stanford; Wash. St. @ UCLA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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best link for college football TV schedule:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-62689567093738028502015-11-04T19:15:00.004-08:002015-11-05T15:44:35.012-08:00This week's picks in college football.<br />
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summer, the cold start of winter.”</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">—From <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Halloween Tree</i>, by Ray
Bradbury, as posted to her Twitter feed by Holly Anderson, formerly of Grantland.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thursday night: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A big night in the Little Apple.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#6 Baylor (now using the first week of CFP
rankings) @ Kansas State</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Undefeated Baylor travels to Manhattan, KS for a showdown with the
Wildcats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up 146 points in its last three games at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Football Stadium it’s that the Bears will be without QB Seth Russell who’s now
out for the season with a neck injury from almost two weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frosh QB Jarrett Stidham will start for
Baylor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s 24 for 28 passing with six TDs and
no picks in mop up duty this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week wisely to prepare Stidham to do what needs to be done to get the win. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dah--dah-dah-dah-dah. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dah-dah-dah—dah-dah. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#16 Florida State @ #1 Clemson. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Seminole raiding party will visit South Carolina on Saturday hoping to
bag some Tigers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once they arrive at
Memorial Stadium, they’ll find a pride of very hungry felines licking their razor sharp chops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the intoxicating championship ether to preserve their chances for an ACC
championship, as well as an opportunity for the final four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Golson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, Tigers QB Deshaun
Watson is having a Heisman Trophy-contending season, having thrown 20 TDs and
for just shy of 2,000 yards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Uncle Verne Bowl:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F=ma
vs. R = V/I. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span># 2 LSU @ # 4 Alabama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dozens of LSU and
UA student-athletes will converge on the turf at Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday
night for a physics experiment in what has become, over the last 8 years,
must-see November football.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span lang="EN"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The question: Which formula will prevail:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Force or Resistance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heisman-
hopeful running backs and fully grown men--the Tigers’ Leonard Fournette and
Bama’s Derrick Henry--will test the very formidable strengths of the opposing
defenses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While the main attraction will be the runners, the game will likely boil
down to who has the better QB.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And,
which offensive line can better protect their signal caller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Oh yeah, look for a few trick plays from Les and Lane, too. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner: Alabama.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jerry: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Whatcha’ watchin’,
there, Wade?” Wade:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gophers!”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minnesota @ #3 Ohio State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just when you
thought that whole week-by-week QB switcheroo thing in Columbus was over and done…naaah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After an off-the-field
incident last weekend involving J.T. Barrett, The Urbz will go with last season's playoff game and Nat. Champ. commander Cardale Jones
at QB. He'll lead the undefeated Buckeyes at the Horseshoe against Minnesota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, to compliment Jones, there's star running back Zeke Ellliot who’s having
another great year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Gophers are 0-3
against ranked foes this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Buckeyes have a 21-game FBS win streak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And Meyer is 12-0 in November at Ohio State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ohio State.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pittsburgh:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mighty.
Beautiful. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#5 Notre Dame @ Pitt.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After a come-from-behind win last week in Philly, the Irish continue their
tour of Pennsylvania with a trip closer to home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ND is averaging almost 37 points per game;
the Panthers average giving up just over 22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After taking over at QB from the injured Malik Zaire after game one, Deshone
Kizer has shone brightly with 11 TD passes and 5 running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> He was the big reason the Irish survived the Owls last week at Temple.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The web site, visitpittsburgh.com says, “The strength of Pittsburgh lies in
the friendliness of its people and the beauty of its landscape.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Welcome to town, Irish. Enjoy the visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notre Dame.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fridays:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food Trucks
& Tunes.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#8 TCU @ #14 Oklahoma
State</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In this week’s only matchup of undefeated teams, the Horned Frogs travel to
Stillwater to play the Cowboys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But—neither
team has faced a ranked opponent this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Frogs high-velocity offense (# 2 in the Big 12) will meet stubborn
resistance from the OSU defense (#2 in the Big 12), so something has to
give.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TCU has been very impressive on the road in some come-from-behind wins. Heisman candidate QB Trevone
Boykin and ace receiver Josh Doctson should give the Frogs the advantage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Too bad TCU probably won’t partake in the downtown Stillwater fun on
Friday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although, they’ll probably have their
share at T. Boone Pickens Stadium, on Saturday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a close one---and, don't be overly surprised if there' s an upset---Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>TCU.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, some Quick Headlines…</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stephen King’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Children of
the Corn</i>.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#7 Michigan State @
Nebraska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing scarier than the
book or the 1984 horror movie in Lincoln Saturday afternoon will be what happens when Sparty comes for a visit. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michigan State.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back home again in Indiana.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#9 Iowa @
Indiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gee, I miss Jim
Nabors singing that song at the Indy 500 every Memorial Day weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Back to football.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmmm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going out on a limb, here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
goes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A team whose name begins with “I”
will win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not so fast Hoosier
fans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hawkeyes are undefeated and
playing better with each passing week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Projected winner: Iowa.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ahoy, mateys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Might those be giant water lizards over
there???</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Vandy @ #10 Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Commodores, who haven’t beaten a ranked team in 12 years, sail into Gainesville
to go Gator hunting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A word of warning
to the sailors:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DO NOT get out of the
boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Those reptiles will eat you alive if they get half a chance. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">And they will.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Top 25 Shakeup (This week): <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Another
week, another shakeup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Losers this week:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pitt, Temple and Duke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll"><span style="color: blue;">http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><strong>The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until
it’s over Award” </strong><strong>(also <em>THIS</em> week’s “Play of the Year” award)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong> </strong><strong>goes to…Miami (FL). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
‘Canes’ used an eight-lateral, 91-yard kickoff return that took 46 seconds to
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“It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to…Michigan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Wolverines stopped Minnesota QB Mitch Leidner at the half-yard line on the last
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Leonard Fournette and LSU idle, TCU QB Trevone Boykin was 32 of 47 passing for
388 and 3 TDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also ran 11 times for
84 and a TD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas Tech QB Patrick
Mahomes III threw for 480, 4 TDs and ran for one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clemson QB Deshaun Watson threw for 383, 5 TDs
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you had the Jayhawks and 54 you lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oklahoma 62, Kansas 7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Baptist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">H.B. lost to Lamar 55-7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to… Southern Nazarene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Henderson State 76, Sou. Naz. 7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to…Wisconsin-Eau Claire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Wisconsin-La Crosse 63, Wisconsin-Eau
Claire 0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Place:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oklahoma State and Texas Tech combined for
123.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span>Oregon and Arizona combined for 116.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oregon 61, Arizona 55. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Farewell, Grantland.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On Friday, ESPN announced it was shutting down the website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a wonderful run for all who wrote and
produced the content—and for those of us for whom it was a staple of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Best to all the Grantland team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Congrats to Navy QB Keenan Reynolds whose 2 TDs on Saturday gave him 77
in his career, tieing him with former Wisconsin Badger Monte Ball for the
all-time NCAA FBS record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Navy is 5-1, having
lost only to Notre Dame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Texas Baptist University’s Kendall Roberson,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> who on Saturday, October 24<sup>th</sup> ran for 420 and
5 TDs against Belhaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roberson did not
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CFP will be out on Tuesday.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the link: <a href="http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/%23home0"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/#home0</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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games for ranked teams:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dame at Pitt; Vandy @ Florida; Stanford @ Colorado; Arkansas @ Ole Miss;
Florida State @ Clemson; Cincinnati @ Houston; Iowa @ Indiana; TCU @ Oklahoma
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The best link for college football TV schedule:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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navysports.com <a href="http://www.navysports.com/index-main.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.navysports.com/index-main.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-65511334374190613172015-10-29T07:25:00.000-07:002015-10-29T16:38:33.515-07:00This week's picks: Almost Heaven, Elton John, Barney Fife and June Cleaver<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week: 7-1; For the season, 40-12.</span><br />
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night:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#3 TCU hosts West VA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dana Holgorsen brings his Mountaineers to
North Texas on Thursday night for a mid-semester crash course in Etymology,
specifically, some up-close research on<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><em> </em></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">the
Horned Toad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This class will take about
3-4 hours and will not be easy for the Mountaineers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">West VA is 3-3 overall and 0-3 in Big 12
play, losing to #14 OU, #12 OSU and #2 Baylor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gary Patterson’s Frogs will not take scrutiny from the WVA students lightly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TCU’s Heisman Trophy contender, QB Trevone
Boykin, will use main receiver Josh Doctson and others to teach WVA a solid
lesson in the principles of the Air Raid offense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<em>not</em> be “almost heaven, West Virginia.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Projected winner: TCU<em>.</em></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘Cause I live and breathe that Philadelphia Freedom.”-Elton John.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>#21 Temple hosts #9 Notre Dame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Owls are one of those teams that not many
people expected to hear the words “Top 25-ranked” to describe them at this point
in the season, but here we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Irish bring their top ten ranking, one-loss record to Philly for a Saturday
night showdown with big post-season implications for both teams:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Irish want to stay in the hunt for a
possible playoff berth; the undefeated Owls for a major bowl game, or
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ND relies on running back C.J.
Prosise who’s averaging more than 7 yards per carry, and has 9 TDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Temple has the FBS’ 6<sup>th</sup> stingiest
rushing defense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Owls have also
intercepted 12 passes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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TSOP stood for The Sound Of Philadelphia, as R&B artists from the city
populated U.S. music charts with hit after hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’ll be a lot of hits Saturday night, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner, in an upset:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Temple.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Barney to Andy</span></b>: <strong>“They’ll take
over the whole town… a reign of terror!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong>#3 Clemson @ N.C. State.<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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3 and #4 defenses collide Saturday in Raleigh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their offenses are prolific, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Tigers are averaging 520+ yards per game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve won their last three by at least 17
each. The Wolfpack has scored TDs 22 out of 28 times inside the 20 this
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dabo’s Tigers are looking to stay
undefeated and preserve a Final Four spot for the end of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NC St. has lost 10 of the past 11 times
they’ve played Clemson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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happen, but, Barney would be correct if he was talking about the Tigers coming
to Raleigh on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected
winner: Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Uncle Verne Bowl:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Week 9. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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vs. Georgia in Jacksonville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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and the Dawgs meet on Florida’s NE coast on Saturday for the annual renewal of
“The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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few weeks ago:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Running back Nick Chubb
for Georgia; QB Will Grier for the Gators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The difference in this game will be which tean can rush for the most yards and
whether the Dawgs' pass rushers can get to Florida’s QB.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Georgia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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undefeated OSU Cowboys ride into Lubbock after an emotionally numbing win last
week just a few hours after a woman barreled her car into a crowd watching the
homecoming parade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Four people,
including as four-year-old child, were killed and several dozen were injured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The 25-year-old female driver could face second degree murder charges.</span></span></span></div>
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Raiders have lost three of their last five, with all three losses being to
ranked teams:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TCU, Baylor and Oklahoma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Raiders QB Patrick Mahomes II has had a great
year, throwing 21 TDs and running for another 7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, the Cowboys have the FBS’ 21<sup>st</sup>
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Bronson Cleaver. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></b></span></div>
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night, and their only loss of the season to USC, the Utes return to Salt Lake
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wish they’d stayed home in their lodges in Corvallis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Utah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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last week, the Tigers return to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Loveliest
Village of the Plain</i> (another poetic phrase from Mr. Goldsmith) to welcome
Ole Miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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highest scoring offense, averaging 41 points per game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gus Malzahn is trying to keep his Tigers from
being a .500 team after Saturday--if they lose to Ole Miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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than to leave Jordan-Hare with a win—and a sweep of Alabama teams this
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s very unlikely they’ll
settle only for a glass of ice cold Toomer’s Drugs lemonade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ole Miss. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Cardinal brings its 6-1 record and high SAT scores to Pullman on Saturday to
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offense flying high this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cougars
QB Luke Falk leads the PAC-12 in TD passes (26) and in yards passing (412 per
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QB Kevin Hogan would place him in a tie (with 31 wins) with now-Colt Andrew
Luck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stanford has won its last seven
against Wash. St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stanford HC David Shaw
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guide:</b> </span></span><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em>http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</em></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Saturday’s record: 7-1; for the season: 4</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0-12.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A stillness in Stillwater. </i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a sad Sunday in Stillwater,
Oklahoma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three adults and a
four-year-old child are dead, dozens are hurt, some critically, after a
25-year-old woman plowed her car into a crowd watching the OSU homecoming
parade on Saturday. The driver has been arrested on DUI charges and blood tests
for possible alcohol and drugs are pending.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Ohio) 69-0 on Saturday and won its 100<sup>th</sup> consecutive regular season
game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The streak goes back to 2005.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even more amazing, the Purple Raiders are
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to…</i></b>Ga.
Tech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Kick Six,” the 2015 edition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yellow Jacket soph Lance Austin picked up the
ball after a blocked field goal on the last play of the game and raced 78 yards
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><strong><em>The </em></strong><strong><em>2<sup>nd</sup> place Y</em></strong><strong><em>ogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></em></strong>Arkansas and Duke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hogs and the Blue Devils both went to
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gave his already impressive resume another boost with a 26 for 150 and one TD rushing
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also caught a pass for 2 yards
as the Tigers beat Western Ky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TCU QB
Trevone Boykin and the Frogs were idle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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combined 100, as the Hogs beat the Tigers 54-46 in 4 OTs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Place:</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>In the FCS,
Bethune-Cookman and Norfolk State combined for 108.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Div. II, a combined score
of 110, as Notre Dame (Ohio) beat West Liberty 59-51.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span>Vandy 10, Missouri 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers
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Notre Dame is at #22 Temple. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the season: </i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">33-11.</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You can’t tell the players without a program.</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>#1
Ohio St. @ Rutgers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The QB shuffle in
Columbus may be over for good this season when the Buckeyes roll into
Piscataway, NJ to face the Scarlet Knights on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some back and forth with Cardale Jones and
J.T. Barrett this year, the Urbs may have finally settled on the latter to run
his offense after naming Barrett the starter earlier this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time will tell, as it always does. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year, THE Ohio St. U. smashed the Knights
56-17 in their first-ever meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rutgers is 0-4, all time, against #1 teams.
There’s no reason to believe that streak won’t continue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ohio St.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maybe they’ll stop by the Dr. Pepper Museum while they’re in Waco.</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#2 Baylor hosts Iowa St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cyclones blow into Central Texas on
Saturday to get a close-up view of the nation’s most prolific offense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art Briles’ undefeated Bears are averaging
63.8 points per game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bears QB Seth
Russell leads the FBS with TD passes (27) and in passing efficiency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the third week in a row that I.S. has
faced a high-scoring team from Texas, having been shellacked by Texas Tech and
TCU, respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cycs season won’t
get a reprieve this week either. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Well, they’re out there having fun, in that warm California sun.”</i></b>-The
Rivieras (or The Ramones).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#3 Utah @
USC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Utes head to the 92-year-old <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday to
put their undefeated season and Final Four hopes on the line against the 3-3
Trojans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>USC’s Clay Helton will try to
get his and the Trojans first win after The Sark’s dismissal last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>USC has given up an average of 41 points in
two of its three losses this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Utes have averaged almost 43 their past four games. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surf’s up, gnarly Utah fans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Utah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Uncle Verne Bowl:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s
edition, “Back To The Future.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>#8
Alabama hosts Tennessee.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>Rocky
Top comes to T-Town as the annual “4<sup>th</sup> Saturday In October” rite of
passage for Tide and Vol fans takes place at Bryant-Denny stadium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one certainly has a 30<sup>th</sup>
anniversary Back To The Future ring to it as this will be the first time Bama
O.C. Lane Kiffin has watched a UA-UT game at B.D. since he was the Vols head
coach back in 2009.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a blocked Vols’
field goal at the end of that game to keep that Tide team undefeated and on its
way to Nick’s first Crimson-wrapped national championship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way Bama has played during its last three
SEC wins, don’t look for Rocky Top to be played very much on Saturday
afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bama.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gig ‘em vs. Hoddy Toddy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 12<sup>th</sup> Man against the party in The
Grove.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of tradition in this
Saturday night tussle in Oxford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both
teams hope to get a win after tough losses last week: Ole Miss to Memphis;
A&M to Bama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rebs are ahead of
the Aggies in Scoring Offense and Scoring Defense this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They probably will be against the Ags <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>late Saturday night in north Mississippi,
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ole Miss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rouge,”-Garth Brooks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">#5 LSU hosts Western Kentucky.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>Tigers mascot, Mike IV, will no
longer make the trip from his habitat to Tiger Stadium this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems he hasn’t wanted to be loaded into
his trailer for the journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as Les allows OMG running
back Leonard Fournette to carry the ball a few dozen times, it won’t
matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LSU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"As Nasty As They
Wanna Be"-2 Live Crew.</span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#6 Clemson @ Miami.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers have won nine straight, their
longest streak in 26 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Canes
have won 16 of their last 19 at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
game has gone to OT three of the last four times the teams have played each
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers have won 32 in a row
against unranked opponents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look for #33
on Saturday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Uncle Luke sang on the
Crew’s biggest selling album, I ain’t bulls****in’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner (in a close one):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MSU edges out
the 4-H Children’s Garden on Trip Advisor as the #1 attraction in East Lansing.</span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#7 Michigan State hosts Indiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After <em>last week’s</em> “Play of the Season,”
[with the behind-the-back-of-the DB catch by the Stanford receiver coming in a close 2nd {shades of Bama's Tyrone Prothro's catch against So. Miss. in 2005}] Sparty welcomes the Hoosiers to East Lansing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Four of MSU’s seven wins, including the last three, have been by a TD or
less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hoosiers are 4-0 this season
when a running back gets 100 yards or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, they’ve dropped their last three games, two of them without
star running back Jordan Howard who is questionable for this Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michigan State.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and her Twitter feed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><a href="http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-1659301365939293172015-10-18T12:46:00.001-07:002015-10-18T14:33:27.196-07:00The Sunday Afternoon Tailback: Nuggets from Saturday, Oct. 17…Who'd a thunk it???<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Saturday’s record: 7-2; for the season: </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">33-11.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Top 25 Shakeup (This week): </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>The latest AP Top 25 is out:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll/2015/8">http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll/2015/8</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;">Okay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s be honest with ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who among us had Memphis, Toledo, Cal, Houston,
Temple, Duke and Pitt in the Top 25 at the halfway point in the season??? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to…</i>Michigan
State.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just when you thought the Ole
Miss miracle pass-catch-and-run-for a-TD in T-Town couldn’t be topped, the fumble
(by the Michigan punter) picked up and run in for a M. State TD with :10 left
to play against the Wolverines was this week’s shock-and-awe moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was best summed up by Sparty HC Mark
Dantonio, post-game: <em>"It's because things like this happen. Every now and
then, they happen."</em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, that’s why
Mich. St. remains undefeated.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The 2<sup>nd</sup> Place Yogi Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over
Award” goes to…</i></b>Harding (Arkansas) 63, SE OK 60.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Four OTs!.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Upset of the Weekend: </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Memphis
beat Ole Miss 37-24.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last time the
Tigers beat a ranked opponent, LBJ was President and Elvis’ movie “<em>Paradise,
Hawaiian Style</em>,” was in theaters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mad Hatter does it again.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b>In Baton Rouge,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>with<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>10:40 remaining and having given up a
14-point lead, Head Grass-eater Les Miles and Company fake a field goal with the
holder pitching to the kicker who ran it in from the Gator 16 for the winning
score.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers stay undefeated, while
Florida suffered its only loss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Heisman Watch, part 1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s
title, courtesy of Green Day, “That’s my name and don’t wear it out.” </i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LSU’s Leonard Fournette. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>31 rushes for 180 and 2 TDs. He also caught 1 for 15 yards.</span></div>
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Henry has no regard for human life.”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #363636; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">-</span></b><span style="color: #363636; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Kevin Scarbinsky, al.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bama’s “Tractor” ran 32 times for 236 and 2
TDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, Bama’s DBs pretended to
be A&M receivers and intercepted four Aggie passes, three of them run back for TDs, as Bama handed the Ags their first loss.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Warner Wolf Award goes to</i>…</b><u>In the FBS</u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Kansas
State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you had the Wildcats and 54, you
lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OU 55, K. St. 0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>In Div. III</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grinnell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you took Grinnell and 72, you lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Illinois College 83, Grinnell
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You took the “Over,” right???, 1<sup>st</sup> Place:</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harding (Arkansas) 63, SE OK 60.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They combined for 123!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4 OTs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You took the “Over,” right???,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup>
Place:</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Rutgers and Indiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They combined for 107.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scarlet Knights 55, Hoosiers 52.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place:</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor
and West VA. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bears and the
Mountaineers combined for 100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Looking ahead to next weekend; Key games:</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ranked teams’ matchups</i></b>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only ranked-against- ranked matchup is #15
Texas A&M @ #24 Ole Miss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For your CFB TV watching pleasure, the quintessential, easy-to-read
guide:</i></b> </span><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And…the links no fan should be without:</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holly Anderson on Grantland… and her Twitter
feed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-39002715109217455542015-10-15T20:52:00.001-07:002015-10-16T15:05:48.149-07:00Chris Columbus, Mark Twain, Amy Winehouse and Stevie Ray Vaughn<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Last Saturday’s record: 7-1; for
the season: </i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">26-9.</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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</span>#1 Ohio St. hosts Penn St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Nittany Lions finally cross the state line this season and sail into
Columbus on Saturday with a 5-1 record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Lions are 4-11 in their history when playing a #1 team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last time Penn State beat a #1 team,
George Bush (the first one) was President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Despite some shakiness, the Buckeyes have won 19 in a row going back to
last year and are 55-4 as a #1 team against an unranked team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this the weekend that the Buckeyes once again start slowly
and finally can’t win it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Project winner: Ohio State.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</em></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><em> </em></span>#2 Baylor hosts W. Va.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spread/Air Raid disciples Art Briles and Dana
Holgorsen and their teams meet in Waco at high noon on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bears hope to continue their winning—make
that---trouncing ways-- to stay alive for the Final Four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mountaineers hope to reverse two-weeks of
losses to OU and OK St., respectively. And maybe inspire some couch burning in
Morgantown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bears have scored 321
points in their five wins and have given up 111.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as couches being burned Saturday night
in Morgantown …the MFD can relax. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected
winner: Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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County.</em></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><em> </em></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#3 TCU
@ Iowa St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A plague of Horned Frogs will
set upon Ames on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cyclones
are 2-3 and haven’t beaten a ranked opponent since whipping TCU in 2012. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trevone Boykin , Josh Doctson and the rest of
the Frogs are piling up the points (306 total; 51 per game) and miles of
yardage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Frogs have also proved they
can come from behind and win on the road, as they did in two of the last three weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will take much more than Cyclonic winds to
slow down the speeding offensive train that is TCU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: TCU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</em></span>#6 LSU hosts #8 Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Gators visit Baton Rouge this weekend sans QB Will Grier who is suspended for a
calendar year due to a positive test for PEDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile, over on the LSU sideline, Leonard Fournette continues to
become one of those celebs known only by his first name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both teams are undefeated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florida has a stingy defense that has 21
sacks this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But---the Tigers have
only thrown the ball 90 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they
will leave it to Leonard (159 yards+ per game; 12 TDs) to win it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: LSU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</em></span>#7 Michigan St. @ #12 Michigan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sparty
comes to the Big House on Saturday to see for himself what this Harball thing
is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the 17<sup>th</sup>
time the two teams have played when they were both ranked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Wolverines have shutout three straight
opponents, the first Michigan team to have a streak like that in 35 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Spartans have won the last two clashes
with UM and six of the last seven against the Maize and Blue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Wolverines are opportunistic feeders and consume a variety of foods
depending on availability.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will
be plenty of Spartans that the tenacious little critters can munch on this
Saturday in Ann Arbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michigan. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</em></span>#9 Texas A&M hosts #10 Alabama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The one loss Crimson Tide arrives at Kyle Field to face the undefeated
Aggies with a lot at stake in the SEC West for the two teams. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A loss by Bama probably knocks the Tide out of
the Final Four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The common denominator
in this matchup is that both have played Arkansas and while both the Tide and the
Aggies won, they had tough times finally putting away the Hogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keys to the game:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Bama: Protecting QB Jake Coker from the
AGs sack attack (12 this season), running for 150+ and positive 3<sup>rd</sup>
down conversions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the Aggies:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting to Jake Coker when he drops back to
pass (although the Kiff will call a lot of play-action stuff); no interceptions
and some big downfield passing plays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bama
is undefeated in two trips to College Station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Aggies (Yes, I know it’s a new season and last year doesn’t matter.
Buuut….) would no doubt like some payback for last year’s 59-0 beatdown in
T-Town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It's possible t</span>hey could get it on
Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas A&M.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</em></span>#4 Utah hosts AZ. St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sun
Devils have won two in a row and face the only undefeated PAC 12 team Saturday in
Salt Lake City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Utes are +10 in
turnovers this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re also 15-2
in history as a top 10 team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected
winner: Utah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><em>The new Head Ball Coach. </em></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(in South Carolina, anyway.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></em>#5 Clemson hosts Boston College. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a decade since the Eagles joined the
ACC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BC and the Tigers have faced each
other ten times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Six times the game has
been decided by a TD or less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, all
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coach Clay Helton leads the SoCal guys into South Bend following the dismissal
of Steve Sarkisian this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minus the
last seconds loss to Clemson, the Irish are still in contention for a Final Four
spot this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two schools with two
great fight songs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Trojans win in
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-65192073656807064442015-10-11T12:38:00.000-07:002015-10-12T13:54:41.908-07:00The Sunday Afternoon Tailback: Nuggets from Saturday, Oct. 10…<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"></span><br />
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(This week):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>If it were golf,
Saturday would’ve been “moving day.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lots of changes in the Top 25 this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s the link:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Butler "Only The Strong Survive" Award goes to…</b>Who else?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas head coach Charlie Strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was there a more joyous image Saturday
afternoon than when the jubilant Longhorns hoisted their besieged, yet Red
River Rivalry-winning leader above their heads just after UT’s upset of
OU?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there was, I didn’t see it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Country for Old Men" Award goes to...</b>Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder,
who saw his Wildcats jump out to a 35-17 halftime lead in the Little Apple. Then,
TCU’s Trevone Boykin and the Frogs scored 35 in the 2<sup>nd</sup>
half, while the TCU D held the ‘Cats to 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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and 2 TDs, and running 11 times for 124 and 2 TDs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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goes to…</b>Div. III Lindenwood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
had the Lions and 68, you lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NW
Missouri St. 69, Lindenwood 0.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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right???, 1<sup>st</sup> Place:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Div.
III’s Albion and Kalamazoo lit it up for 112.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Final Albion 72, Kalamazoo 40. 1,209 yards of offense. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wait!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
could’ve been more!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teams combined
for 11 punts!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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right???,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup> Place:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Bowling Green and UMass combined for
100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bowling Green 62, UMass 38.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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right???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Final: Wake Forest 3,
Boston College 0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>18 punts in the game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">700 and counting.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paul Morrison, known as “Mr. Drake,” attended
his 700<sup>th</sup> Drake Bulldogs game on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 98-year-old is a Drake alum, a WW II Army
vet and served many years as the Bulldogs’ SID.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Drake beat Valpo 34-7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Baylor hosts W. Va.; #3 TCU @ Iowa St.; #4 Utah hosts Az. St.; #5 Clemson hosts
Boston College; #6 LSU hosts #8 Florida; #7 Michigan St. @ #12 Michigan and #9
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For your CFB TV watching pleasure, the quintessential, easy-to-read
guide:</i></b> </span><a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And…the links no fan should be without:</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holly Anderson on Grantland… and her Twitter
feed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Last week’s record:
6-2; for the season, 19-8.</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Horseshoes, anyone?</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maryland @
#1 Ohio State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A game of horseshoes
might be more competitive this Saturday in Columbus than when the Terrapins
visit the Buckeyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Terps are coming
off a shutout loss to Michigan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve
lost their last two by a score of 73-6. The Buckeyes have won their last 18,
going back to last year and are 25-0 in Big Ten play over the last 25 games, a
Big Ten record. Despite some erratic play so far this season which has caused
some head scratching among Buckeye fans, there’s no reason to believe an upset
is in the works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Ohio
St.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Emmylou Harris Theorem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">#3 Baylor @ Kansas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her song <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Dirt Girl</i>, the great Emmylou Harris
sings, “What they don’t tell you about the blues when you got ‘em---you keep on
fallin’ ‘cause there ain’t no bottom.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Jayhawks are 0-4, Baylor is 4-0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Bears are #1 in scoring offense, averaging 63.8 points per game; the Jayhawks
are #120 in D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Metaphorically speaking,
this day might be worse than when Quantrill and his boys rode into Lawrence
back in the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bring on your wrecking ball</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (first Springsteen reference of the year,
for those of you keeping score). #4 Michigan St. @ Rutgers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sparty takes his 5-0 record to Piscataway to
face the 2-2 Scarlet Knights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mark Dantonio’s
team is coming off a squeaker win last week against the Boilermakers. Rutgers
made headlines this week when it hired a law firm with NCAA expertise to look
into what it called, “any potential rules violations.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MSU and RU have the BIG Ten’s two most
statistically efficient QBs, respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Last year’s 45-3 Spartans win was the Knights worst loss of the
season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doubtful it’ll be much different
this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Michigan
State.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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get to get to you.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> #23
Cal @ #5 Utah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Golden Bears bring
their Berkeley karma to Salt Lake City on Saturday night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the battle to see which of the PAC 12s
last two undefeated teams will wake up undefeated on Sunday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bears have the nation’s 3<sup>rd</sup> best
rated QB. On defense they lead the nation in takeaways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Utes offense is 16-17 in the red zone and
has outscored opponents 49-7 in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Qtr. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Utah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Coming to a theater near you, <em>The Swarm</em>. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ga
Tech @ # 6 Clemson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Yellow Jackets
buzz cross the state line and into Clemson to face the undefeated, fightin’
Dabos Saturday afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two teams
have something in common:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve both played
Notre Dame. Tech lost; the Tigers held on to win over the Irish at the end of
the 4<sup>th</sup> Qtr. last Saturday night. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Jackets’ run-run-run offense is off a bit
this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers D is ranked #12 in
the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a lot on the line for
the Tigers in the ACC--and for the Final Four—and it’s unlikely that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tech will unleash any threat like the killer
bees did in the 1978 Irwin Allen film.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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LSU @ South Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Head Ball
Coach will get to see for himself why the Tigers' incredibly talented running back Leonard Fournette
is fast-becoming a one-name legend. Projected winner: LSU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Welcome to Dreamland.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arkansas @ #8 Alabama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No trip to Tuscaloosa would be complete
without a stop at Dreamland BBQ (unless you prefer the equally impressive
Archibald’s) in the Jerusalem Heights neighborhood south of Bryant-Denny
Stadium. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, wait!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why on Earth would a Hog from the hills of Arkansas go
to a BBQ joint???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exactly! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Bama.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Saturday morning at the Cotton Bowl surrounded by the State Fair of Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just a Hail Mary from the Cotton Bowl gates
is the 55-foot tall Big Tex who looks down on fairgoers and offers info and suggestions
on what to see, do and eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coach Jim
Bob and the Mrs. attended the fair Wednesday afternoon and munched on Fletcher’s
Corny Dogs and a Funnelcake ---before attending an evening shindig/premier/preview of an international pop art exhibit at the
Dallas Museum of Art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not making
this up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, back to the game, Texas
mascot, Longhorn steer Bevo, will miss the game due to a serious, life-threatening illness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Doctor's orders</span> to Bevo:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DO NOT turn on the TV and watch the game from
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Saturday, Oct. 3…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p></b><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Top 10 Shakeup
(This week):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Losers: Ole Miss, Notre
Dame, Georgia and UCLA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p></b><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Yogi Berra “It
ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to….</b> Notre Dame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Irish trailed 21-3 at the end of the 3<sup>rd</sup>
Qtr. They scored three TDs in the 4<sup>th</sup> but failed to tie the game on
a 2-point conversion with :10 left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Clemson coach Dabo Swinney told ABC’s Heather Cox, post-game, that he
told his team to “bring you own guts” to this game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers did and they remain undefeated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Warner Wolf Award
goes to…</b> Div. III Lewis & Clark (Portland, OR).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you had the Pioneers and 72, you lost! Final:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Linfield 73, Lewis & Clark 0. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND---<u>I swear</u>…this is the headline to
the game story on the L&C football website: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Defense starts
strong before Lewis & Clark falls in conference opener. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN;">That’s because they only gave up 10 in the first
Qtr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wait!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets even better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the L&C website, the
Pioneers won the time of possession by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">6:04!---</i>while
amassing only 135 yards of offense!</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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right???, 1<sup>st</sup> Place:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Div. III Hendrix 51, Centre 48.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You took the “Over,”
right???, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2<sup>nd</sup> Place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LV
had the Baylor-Texas Tech game at 87.5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Bears and the Red Raiders combined for 98. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also combined for 1,316 of offense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Div. II Fairmont 6 [2 FGs], Urbana
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">They covered, they
covered again and they almost covered a<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gain</i>.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LV had Texas as a 14.5 point underdog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TCU outscored them 50-7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by with a little help from my friends” Award goes to:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…Arizona State running back Kalen Ballage who
ran--and was pushed and pulled by his teammates [with some UCLAns hanging on
trying to bring him down]--most of his 23-yard TD run in the 4<sup>th</sup>
Qtr. as the Sun Devils upset the former #7 Bruins in Pasadena. </span><a href="http://www.thesundevils.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&DB_OEM_ID=30300&DB_OEM_ID=30300"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://www.thesundevils.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&DB_OEM_ID=30300&DB_OEM_ID=30300</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Courage Award goes to…</i></b>Tulane long-snapper Aaron Golub who
played his first down for the Green Wave on Saturday afternoon. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aaron snapped the ball for the extra point
following Tulane’s last TD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Golub has no
vision in his right eye, limited vision in his left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s an Econ major.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tulane beat UCF 45-31.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2015-10-03/tulane-long-snapper-becomes-first-legally-blind-player-fbs-game"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2015-10-03/tulane-long-snapper-becomes-first-legally-blind-player-fbs-game</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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matchups: Maryland @ #1 Ohio St.; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#2 TCU
@ K. St.; #3 Baylor at Kansas; #4 Mich. St. @ Rutgers;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#23 Cal @ #5 Utah; Ga Tech @ #6 Clemson; #7
LSU at S. Carolina; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arkansas @ #8
Alabama; #10 OU plays Texas in Dallas;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>#11 Florida @ Mizzou; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#13
Northwestern @ #18 Michigan; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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7-3; for the season, 13-6.</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">F=m x a.</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"># 13 Alabama @ #8 Georgia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
the formula for Force. Sir Isaac Newton’s Second Law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s also a suitable equation for this week’s
Bulldogs-Tide game at Sanford Stadium in Athens which feature’s the SEC’s
three, next-best running backs, behind LSU’s Leonard Fournette.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the Tide, Mass X Acceleration=Derrick
Henry and Kenyan Drake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the Dawgs,
it’s Nick Chubb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the prediction on
this one, we turn to the stats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will
likely boil down to third down efficiency and turnovers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Georgia.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Malcolm Gladwell can explain
almost anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Or, so it seems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span># 6 Notre Dame @ # 12 Clemson. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>In his book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Outliers</i>, Gladwell writes about how no one makes it alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He writes about the distinct advantages
middle class kids have over poor ones. The same holds true for this game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you seen Notre Dame on TV this season?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s difficult for a CFB fan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not </i>to have seen them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of the Irish games has been on a major
network. Seen Clemson?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably not,
because, even though the Tigers are 3 and 0, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it’s been against Wofford, App. St. and
Louisville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Notre
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repeat it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#1 Ohio State @
Indiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hoosiers boast the leading
running back in the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jordan
Howard has carried the ball 111 times for 675 yards and 4 TDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a quarter of a century since
Indiana started a season 4 and 0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, OSU is 70-17 against Indiana. The Hoosiers are 0-15 against #1
teams and 0-5 against #1 OSU teams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is history
an accurate predictor?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this game???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Ohio State.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, hundreds of people participated in the Guinness
Book of World Records record-breaking/setting largest game of Twister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s game between the Red Raiders and
Baylor could possibly break some records, too, for offense. However, is there
any gas in the Raiders’ tank after last week’s emotional back-and-forth loss to
TCU?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doubtful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, Baylor is the #1 offensive team in
the FBS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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west on I-20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Texas at #4 TCU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of whether there’s any gas remaining
in the physical/mental/emotional tank after last week, the Horned Frogs (see
above) host Texas in Ft. Worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Frogs have the #2 offense in the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>QB Trevone Boykin has thrown 14 TDs this season---and has a 19-game streak,
going back to last year, of a TD per game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Texas has…desperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will
not be enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TCU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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white will win.</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#21
Mississippi St. @ #14 Texas A&M.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay,
granted the teams have only played eight times in their history and the series
is tied 4-4, but the last time the Bulldogs took two consecutive games from the
Aggies (the ‘Dogs won last year in StarkVegas) was in 1913 and 1915.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a hundred years later, but history will
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silly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">#3 Ole Miss @ #25 Florida. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Gators played two (at the time they played
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-1689907411410775892015-09-27T12:36:00.000-07:002015-09-29T05:48:02.400-07:00The Sunday Afternoon Tailback: Nuggets from Week 4<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><strong>The Yogi Berra “It
ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to….</strong>It's a tie.<strong> </strong>TCU and Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TCU wins on the road against the Red Raiders
with a tipped-for-a-TD pass and staved off a last-play Cal-Stanford-esque pass,
catch and lateral by the Red Raiders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florida
came from behind late in the 4thQtr. to win against Tennessee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gators QB Will Grier was 5 for 5 on 4<sup>th</sup>
downs including a 4<sup>th</sup> down TD pass with 1:39 to go. The Vols got two
last second chances for field goals (after FL coach Jim McElwain called a
timeout just before the snap on the first one), missing both to the right.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The 2<sup>nd</sup> place Yogi
Berra “It ain’t over until it’s over Award” goes to…</b>Adams St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They won over Western St., 52-51, in OT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was close in total yards, too: Western St.:
622; Adams St.: 619.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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goes to…</b>Southern VA. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you had the
Knights and 83, you lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Salisbury (VA)
91, Southern VA 7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You took the “Over,”
right???</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Cotton Bowl in
Dallas, surrounded by the State Fair of Texas, Grambling 70, Prairie View
A&M 54.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vendors from the fried food
stands outside the stadium may have applied some grease to the turf as the two
teams also glided up and down the field for 1,136 yards of combined offense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hello?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waldorf-Astoria???”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I
need to book some rooms for the weekend of December 12<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, the name???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Better make it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">two</i> names, Fournette and Miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>LSU running back Leonard Fournette continued his Heisman quest by carrying 26 times for 244 and two
TDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the first time a Tiger running
back has run for 200 yards in two consecutive games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BTW---The Tigers have not turned over the
ball in 12 consecutive quarters this season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Sherman, set the
Wayback Machine for “Bo.”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim
Harbaugh’s yesteryear I-formation offense ran for 250, passed for 194 using a
tailback, a fullback and a tight end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Looking down from heaven, Bo Schembechler would also be proud of the
Wolverines’ D that shutout the Cougars’ 30-points-per-game offense
and held it to only 105 yards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JerryWorld) and #3 Ole Miss @ #25 Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial Narrow;">http://grantland.com/contributors/holly-anderson/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><a href="https://twitter.com/HollyAnderson">https://twitter.com/HollyAnderson</a><o:p></o:p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07559742460653283863noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091001426271895835.post-27550483320162574372015-09-25T12:52:00.000-07:002015-09-25T12:53:06.670-07:00College football projections, Week 4: An homage to Yogi<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuNgTuDde14XMm9Nmb7P8AOizSPni1CahuUoFpgw-Xqe1mVUcQb-cuBpeCjhv4ft6b20-KK-T9o1_uzKoj9j3DIMwga6i4Z3y3pfiFwNn107DRNwzaGQPwIFSkSBmTllXm-26hJn_SPFe/s1600/NICK--HANDS+UP---BEFUDDLED..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuNgTuDde14XMm9Nmb7P8AOizSPni1CahuUoFpgw-Xqe1mVUcQb-cuBpeCjhv4ft6b20-KK-T9o1_uzKoj9j3DIMwga6i4Z3y3pfiFwNn107DRNwzaGQPwIFSkSBmTllXm-26hJn_SPFe/s320/NICK--HANDS+UP---BEFUDDLED..jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Congratulations. I knew the record would stand
until it was broken.”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#3 TCU @ Texas Tech (which should be ranked,
but isn’t). The Ft. Worth Purple Lizards travel to the Panhandle this week to
dosey-doe with the Red Raiders. Last year, the Frogs put 82 on Tech, winning by
55.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was only the 7<sup>th</sup> time in
the last 14 years a FBS team has scored 80+ in a game. It’s doubtful that Kliff
Kingsbury and the Lubbock faithful have forgotten that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Raiders and the Frogs are both
undefeated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After last week’s win
against Arkansas, Kingsbury talked about Brett Bielema and the Hogs “getting
their asses beat,” a reference to a previous Bielema remark disparaging offenses
that don’t use tight ends and fullbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revenge is a very powerful motivator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas Tech.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“It gets late early
out here.” </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#9 UCLA @ #16
Arizona.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just about the time EDT and CDT
fans begin to settle in for the back third of Saturday’s CFB games, things are
just heating up out West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kids from
Westwood head to Tucson with an intent on staying undefeated and getting their
1<sup>st</sup> PAC-12 win of the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Bruins have won the previous three meetings with the Wildcats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, this year, the boys from Tinsel Town
will find Rich Rod and the ‘Cats with a more powerful running game and a
defense that’s taken the ball away from opponents six times leading to 42
points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#18 Utah @ #13 Oregon.”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Long
gone are the days when there were empty and cheap seats at Autzen Stadium. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$66.67 will get you a ticket 47 rows up in the
corner for Saturday’s Utes-Beavers tussle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Utes are undefeated. The Ducks have one blemish—the loss to
Sparty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two questions remain about the
game: 1. What uniform configuration will the Ducks display?, and, 2. By how
much will they win? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected
winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“It’s like déjà vu all over again.” </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#8
LSU @ Syracuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gus Malzahn said post-game
in Baton Rouge late last Saturday afternoon, when asked about the Tigers’
Leonard Fournette, “He’s pretty good.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To this point, that may qualify as the
understatement of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless the
Tigers’ team buses take a wrong pre-game turn and end up in Rochester, and
barring any injuries, Yogi’s axiom will hold true again this week, as Leonard
dazzles once again. Projected winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“You can observe a lot by just watching.”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is Auburn really that bad?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about Texas?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are at home after tough losses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are two teams that really need to answer
the bell this weekend as they face a pair of states, Mississippi and Oklahoma,
respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I doubt they will. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winners:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mississippi State and Oklahoma State.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“We made too many wrong mistakes.”</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both Bama and Ohio State each committed five turnovers last
Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Buckeyes got away with it,
the Tide didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both bounce back this
weekend…but, against much lesser opponents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Projected winners:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bama over
La-Monroe; Ohio St. over Western Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you
travel.” </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rice @ #5 Baylor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note to Owls fans: There is no need to pack
an overnight bag so you can stay over and party in Waco after Saturday’s
game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, spending money on new luggage
is a waste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“It was impossible to get a conversation going,
everybody was talking too much.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tennessee @ Florida. A buckskin
clad Volunteer and his trusty dog Smokey travel to Gainesville this week to try
to bag a Florida water lizard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Gators are quietly undefeated and unranked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Vols have only an OT loss to the Sooners. The only attention the
teams are getting is from Verne, Gary and Allie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gators boss Jim McElwain will keep his cool
on the sidelines long enough to send Vol fans heading to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the exits early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Projected winner: Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The latest AP Top 25 is out. OSU remains #1. Mich. St. moves to 2nd. Ole Miss, courtesy of the Mississippi Miracle in T-Town, rockets to 3rd, dropping Bama to 12th. See the link for the others:</span> <a href="http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fbs/associated-press">http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fbs/associated-press</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Saturday night rock festival starring the North Mississippi All Stars and the Alabama Shakes.</strong> Oh, pity those who let the on-screen programming guide set the record time on their DVRs for last night's Bama-Ole Miss affair in T-Town. The official game length was 4:05.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you saw it, then you know. If not...well, you either had to be there or watch it on TV to see the craziness, the swings in MO, the big plays, the mistakes (by Bama), the Mississippi Miracle of a deflected no-way-the-ball-shoulda-been-thrown pass that turned into a spectacular TD for UM and the comebacks that weren't that made up what has now turned into a must-see game every year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sabes is always saying you have to put yourself in a situation to have an opportunity for success. The Tide didn't. From the outset. The Rebs did, from start to finish. My last college roommate used to say, "If 'ifs' and 'buts' were candies and nuts, then we'd all have a Merry Christmas." There was very little merry for the Tide and its fans last night. Meanwhile, Ole Miss makes it two in a row against the Tide, ending a 27-year winning drought at Bryant-Denny, and has sent the team and its fans into delirium once again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>The Katrina Kid.</strong> The next Bo Hershel-Marcus, apparently, <em>really is</em> LSU's Leonard Fournette. After his first play 70-yard run, two other OMG TD runs and going 19 for 228--not playing the 4th Qtr., mind you---the young man who survived living with his family on a bridge for several days after Katrina slammed his hometown of New Orleans made it look like running the ball down Auburn's throat was no big deal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>The Macbethian Principle. </strong>After Saturday afternoon's shellacking of the Auburn Tigers by LSU's Panthera Tigris species, Coach Gus said post-game that every position will be under evaluation. Adding to the beat-down, Aub's performance against Jax St. last week, as Bill Shakespeare wrote, t'wer well it were done quickly. Next up: Miss. St. at Jordan-Hare.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>OH!-io State of uncertainty.</strong> Just when it looked like the Buckeyes depth at QB and the Heismanesque running of Zeke Elliott would squash the MAC rebellion of upsets, the Buckeyes commit five turnovers and let N. Ill. stick around way too long (late 3rd Qtr.) before getting an INT for a TD and ultimately putting this one in the "W" column. AND--after Cardale throws two picks, he's replaced by J.T. Barrett, who throws one of his own. This one should light up the phones on the radio sports shows in Ohio this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Coach Jim Bob went 6-3 this week</strong>, picking OSU, LSU, ND, UCLA, GA and Texas Tech. Losers were: Bama, USC and Texas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Games to watch next Saturday: </strong>It is not--NOT-- a great lineup, but, for the sake of seeing who's improved or worsened, Coach Jim Bob recommends, LSU @ Syracuse; Western Michigan @ OSU; The Vols @ The Gators; OK ST @ Texas; TCU @ Tx Tech; Vandy @ Ole Miss; Miss. St. @ Auburn; UCLA @ AZ and USC @ AZ ST. The best, simplest CFB TV guide that Coach Jim Bob has used for years: <a href="http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm">http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Next Saturday's picks:</strong> They'll be posted late Thursday night.</span><br />
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Baton Rouge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>They play this Garth
Brooks song on the PA system in Tiger Stadium for LSU home games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crowd loves it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lyrics to the second verse begin with, “</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">A replay of
last night's events roll through my mind.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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TV Saturday night and Sunday morning---guess who’ll have won???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The ones in purple and gold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because zen master Les
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Ireland back to the Irish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>It’s a
McCartney song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In South Bend on
Saturday, the “Sherman, set the Way-Back Machine for 1971” Ga Tech Yellerjackets
bring their 20<sup>th</sup> Century Wishbone-esque offense to town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ll try to disrupt the luck of the Irish who
are now sans QB Malik Zaire and running back Tarean Foster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Coach would say, not so fast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Irish defense prevails.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winner: Notre Dame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Holy S#@! wins by MAC teams of the last two weeks will end Saturday in Columbus
when the Buckeyes relegate N. Ill. and MAC fans from the McD’s dining room to
the drive-thru.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the shock-and-awe
that Cardale and Zeke hand out, the Huskies will choose to settle for post-game
items off the “dollar menu,” not the much higher priced big board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Cause <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they ain’t gonna have much of an appetite
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party brings its Hoddy-Toddiness to T-Town Satiddy night. The Rebel fans should
bring along lots of Mint Juleps, ‘cause they’re likely to need them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially about late 3<sup>rd</sup> quarter
when the Sabes smells blood in the Bryant-Denny crimson water and becomes even
more intent on revenge after last year’s loss in Oxford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since ’07, The Sabes is 9-1 against teams he
lost to the year before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, Sir
Lane-a-lot will unleash Derrick Henry and Kenyan Drake in the same backfield
(YouTube last week’s Bama game) as he continues to rejoice in his latest
Reggie-Lindell duo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tide D has this
song they like to have played on the PA before they take the field. It’s a C
Murder tune, “Down with My N……”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they
don’t play the lyrics, just the melody.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Austin Weird. </b>That’s the city slogan. Seriously. How fitting for the clash
of the karmas in Austin as Cal-Berkley comes to San Francisco’s branch office
in the Southwest (I have that copyrighted, so use it at your own peril.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 2-0 Bears will quickly ascertain that
fall has not arrived in the ATX.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Under
a blazing mid-September sun, the Horns will attempt to erase some doubts after
the loss to ND and the win against Rice in which they were out-offensed
442-277.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Owls also had the ball
44:02.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, after a late-night arrival
at SFO, the Bears will likely be remembering the immortal words of The Dead, “What
a long, strange trip it’s been.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winner:
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Gosling look-alike contest (NCAA coaches division) unleashes his Texas Tech
aerial circus on a still-reeling Arkansas that’s suffering from a bloated tummy
courtesy of a Big MAC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Raiders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Grizzard.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>South Carolina @ GA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The late, great Southern
journalist/humorist’s ashes are scattered beneath the Sanford stadium
grass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lewis loved the Dawgs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And watching his beloved Dawgs between the
hedges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steve and the ‘Cocks won’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winner: Gawjuh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Boulevard (We love it) Victory Boulevard (We love it)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it) Sixth
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in Lotusland.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BYU
@ UCLA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cougars’ QB, 22-year old
freshman (mission trips will age you) Tanner Mangum, is the off-the-bench
player of the year. The Bruins’ freshman, so-far, sensation Josh Rosen is
lighting up the Rose Bowl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UCLA is #10;
BNYU is #19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nine place differential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmmmm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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