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go to the gameday board for miami vs notre dame convos this Saturday; or eye in the sky throughout the week.

It’s been incredible year for college football, and I’m not just saying that because we’re number one. This weekend will be the best one yet. Before then, we got this:
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UTSA vs FAU is a good game to check out as UTSA will need to win out to even have a chance to make the playoffs.


On Friday, the fun starts. Future opponent VT travels to SMU for the premier matchup that day. Arizona has been all but eliminated from both playoff contention and Big 12 contention; as they have losses to BYU and Texas Tech who both own only 1 conference loss at this point. Still, there is reason to watch that game if you love CFB, and wanna see the desperation of a man coaching for his job for the rest of the season (TCU).

New Mexico is my favorite to be the G6 representative in the playoffs; and this will be Jason Eck’s last season there. The only question is whether or not Luke Fickell loses enough games for Eck to get his dream job. Nebraska @ Illinois is an interesting B1G matchup because despite the extension last season, the sellout fanbase has by and large turned on Matt Rhule. They have the number one qb commit in the country, so Rhule’s job status could have repercussions for the near-future.

On the other side, Bielma is meeting expectations, coming off a win, and recently got their starting quarterback back. Brian Hartline up against ECU is a solid flip option too.


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Whatever rankings the committee releases tonight, will quickly become obsolete next week.

Maryland is still looking for their first conference win, their first p4 win and their first win w/ an interim HC. FSU will be on the road against Boston Colelge as they look to notch their first road victory since late in 2023.

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Tennessee has to win out for a chance at the playoffs; and Kentucky has losable games the rest of the way.

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Vanderbilt is also looking for their first conference win; and a weakened Mississippi State is the team to take advantage of. UGA @ Ole Miss is a rematch from last year; in the regular season UGA won and in the playoffs Ole Miss won.

Can Northwestern bounce back and build momentum heading into their matchup against Ohio State next week? Both Iowa and Northwestern, each with two conference losses, have a path to the playoffs via the B1G Conference Championship Game.

Sneaky upset alert as WVU goes on the road against Texas Tech. Summral needs to rebuild his fanbase’s belief in him thru a dominant performance against OU.

Can Michigan State get its first p4 and conference win against their rivals Michigan? Louisville vs GT should be semi-interesting just for the qb play; but also because, how many games can Brent Key lose without being under pressure yet? Likewise for another alum-coach in Kenny Dillingham who hosts Colorado.

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Houston hosting Cincy should be fun, but the real intrigue will be with LSU hosting Alabama and Ohio State hosting Oregon. Two of these four powerhouse mainstays will be entering new territory following their games.

Oregon hasn’t lost four games in a regular season since Mario’s first year. For a coach to regress like this in his fifth year, as Dan Lanning is, is rare. Besides Fickell’s interim year, Ohio State hasn’t lost three regular season games since 2004. They are spoiled and wouldn’t know how to react to this. The previous sentence applies to either time losing. Could argue each team is essentially eliminated from the playoffs with a lost; but i think Ohio State will be granted more grace by the committee; and winning the B1G would still be possible with a 9-3 (7-2) record.

LSU vs Alabama has less stakes because a 3-loss playoff team seems inevitable; might be multiple of them. More pressure on LSU because they have more big games to go. Alabama has this, Vandy, FCS and the Iron Bowl. A third loss here and LSU’s path to the playoffs gets tricky.

Two fanbases will be miserable no matter what.
 
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Oregon - O$U is going to be ugly.
Both QBs are not good. Buckeyes have a decent running game though.

I do not trust Bama on the road against a team like LSU.


UGA can win at Ole Miss but they still probably will have no answers for Chambliss. So it may be a shootout. And I am leaning Ole Miss.

I think Tennessee beats UK. Their luck has to run out sometime and this may be the game their two point river boat gambling ways comes back to haunt them.

OU-Gator will be boring.
Gators probably win cause OU turns the ball over too much.

Utah should beat BYU easily.
 
The outcome of the VT game has a massive impact on us.

If you want to improve our national perception then you root for VT. They'll likely be 8-2 when they play us and ranked inside the top 20.

If you want to make an easier path to the ACCCG then you want SMU to win. If we win against Notre Dame then we're basically locked into the ACCCG with an SMU win. The tiebreaker against SMU and Louisville would be power rankings and they would not be higher, even with two Miami losses post Notre Dame. Duke has to play Wake so that will eliminate one of them.
 
November is when the weight of expectations and possibilities can really weigh on teams. Especially those having success they haven’t seen for some time. That’s UCLA this weekend going on the road to take on a scrappy Row The Boat team, and Kentucky on the road at Rocky Top.

Iowa is the next team up that faces a tricky road game after notching a big victory the previous weekend. We all know how that’s been going this season.

Would never root for the Gators, but if they managed a win, the silver lining would be Oklahoma being 4-5.
 
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November is when the weight of expectations and possibilities can really weigh on teams. Especially those having success they haven’t seen for some time. That’s UCLA this weekend going on the road to take on a scrappy Row The Boat team, and Kentucky on the road at Rocky Top.

Iowa is the next team up that faces a tricky road game after notching a big victory the previous weekend. We all know how that’s been going this season.

Would never root for the Gators, but if they managed a win, the silver lining would be Oklahoma being 4-5.
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Boomer Got **** Sooner.
And I HATE Venables, but not as much as UF.
 
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Looking to ride 'momentum,' Washington likely to start QB Demond Williams Jr.

Quarterback Demond Williams Jr., who led Washington to a comeback victory over Nebraska on Saturday, is likely to start for the Huskies against Penn State on Saturday, coach Jedd Fisch told reporters on Monday.
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Ohio State to stick with Luke Fahey at quarterback vs. Oregon

Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Tuesday that true freshman Luke Fahey will remain the Buckeyes' starting quarterback Saturday against Oregon.
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