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Voting closed: October 22, 2020, 02:05:59 PM

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We remain proud of our first in the nation Land Grant status no matter how mucb smug east coast elites sneer.

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I mean well.

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To be fair, at least when I was there more years ago than I want to admit, the power plant smoke stacks still had MAC painted on them.

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EVENTUAL 2024 2025 NATIONAL CHAMPION MICHIGAN STATE 35, Prairie View 13
Well, I guess one of our Group of Five teams pulled out, which is why the FCS HBCU school. It was supposed to be Louisiana, but Woke Forrest offered them more money. Anyway, this is a chance to get a little more work in for our newly 19 year old Eventual 2024 Heisman Trophy Winner Aidan Chiles, to work on our O lines cohesion and to cut down on penalties. I would also like to see more commitment to the run game.  As I said this weekend, Chiles needs to make better decisions, but the talent is clearly there. This better not be close.
Meatchicken 12, Arkansas State 3
OK, the offense cannot possibly be that bad. But as I wrote over the weekend, the passing game is a huge issue. Either the QB is incapable of taking the top off the defense, or none of their receivers can. The O Line, right now at least, does not seem capable of the type of bully ball Meatchicken played the last two years. Defensively, the weakness Texas exploited by using quick hits to the outside, away from the stud tackles, probably will not be the same sort of issue as it was last week, because Arky State should not have that type of speed. But there are a couple of teams ahead for Meatchicken that do, so they will need to work through that.
Georgia 42, Kentucky 0
I pick their games because they are the 1 team and my choice to win it all, but this game is not a particularly attractive game to watch unless you are into snuff porn. Kentucky went 6 of 17 for 44 yards passing and had 183 total yards against a below average South Carolina. South Carogoddamnedlina. KY will be turned to jelly by the Georgia defense. Of note, Georgia has practiced against the KY QB, who was on the Georgia Championship team.
Misery 27, Boston College 10
Mizzou has not given up any points yet, not that they have played anyone. I have my doubts about their offense still, but the defense looks like it can be as good as last year, which if you saw them shut down a QB depleted the in the bowl game last year, is saying something. Anyway, I think they also catch BC looking forward to their epic match up against my number 1 team next week.
Our Lady of the Perpetual Tie 27, Purdue 13
Nope. I am inclined to see the bad in OLotPT and I did not see that coming. I still think they have a superb defense, but they have been a cipher on offense. Two games in and still looking for their first touchdown by air. Purdue played really well against a Larry Birdless Indiana State, but I still think OLotPT gets business done here.
Alabama 45, Wisconsin 10
Nice to see Alabama head north of the Mason Dixon for a change, but I would rather see it in November. Anyway, Wisky is not looking too special this year, with unexpectedly close games against KZoo Tech and North and or South Dakota possibly State. It took Bama the better part of the game to get going against South Florida, nbut that looked like one of those games where a better team keeps shooting itself in the foot.
Kansas State 27, Arizona 21
Welcome to the Pure Prairie League, Arizona! Two games into the Brent Brennan regime, and Zona seems to be misfiring against lesser teams. Fifita and McMillan are talented but they had real issues with Northern Arizona last week, and the defense had issues with New Mexico the week before. Maybe this is the week they put it together. If the game was in the hot yet oddly comparatively cooler clime of Tucson, I would pick them. But it is in the grassy flat. So, no.
Oregon 42, Oregon State 35
Washington 27, Washington State 24
Well, I am glad they are still playing the Apple Cup and the Civil War, albeit not as the schedule cappers they should be. Oregon is going to have to pull itself together in the next two weeks, because the looms, and I am starting to get the opinion that Caleb Downs, not Will Johnson or Travis Hunter, is the best defensive back, if not the best defensive player, in the country. Washington still needs to prove itself in the Post Pennix era, and I do not like Will Rogers.
Tennessee 60, Kent State 6
Hey, a MAC school took down OLotPT and another gave a good game to the Pennsylvania State last week. On the other hand, Kent State is, well, not good. And Tennessee very much is, on both sides of the ball. I am firmly seated on the Iamaleava hype train, and with that defense backing him, I have some real hopes for the Vols this year. They have games at Oklahoma and Georgia, as well as a home game against Alabama, ahead so it is not any guarantee, but they look like a championship challenger. I like when new schools make the playoffs, and that is an advantage the new format affords.
Maryland 42, Virginia 17
I am of two minds about the Maryland loss to MSU last week. They by rights should have won, but they also should have lost by a lot more, given the turnovers. I think they are a pretty good team, though.
Tufts 31, Bowdoin 16
The season gets under way for the Fightin Doughfaces under the spreading chestnut trees of Brunswick! But I suspect there are no scarlet letters on the football calendar until November, when they play Bates. For this game, I expect them to crumple like the Union right at Chancellorsville. They do have some pretty notable alums beyond Chamberlain now that I look at it. Given his oeuvre I am not sure how to work Alfred Kinsey into this.
Mount Union 42, John Carroll 17
On the other end of the small school spectrum, the Mount is on a season of redemption, having failed to advance beyond the second round of the D III playoffs last year. This is the 43rd time the two schools, about 50 miles apart, have played. The longest winning streak in that series for JCU? One game.
Some teams I would normally include, notably ClemSIN, the and University of California* are idle, so I am scraping the bottom of the pan.

* Southern.

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Our Lady of the Perpetual Tie 27, Purdue 13
Nope. I am inclined to see the bad in OLotPT and I did not see that coming. I still think they have a superb defense, but they have been a cipher on offense. Two games in and still looking for their first touchdown by air.

Alabama 45, Wisconsin 10

I will say it again.
Notre Dame had a chance at Luke Fickel the all American Catholic boy from Cincinnati and, instead, whiffed on Marcus Freeman. If WISKY gives BAMA a game this week the second guessers in South Bend will have a field year of complaining as the Irish run through a ( now) meaningless competitiveless season of cupcakes.

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Boy, anyone who had Florida State in their preseason top 10 is looking really stupid right now.

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Has any team ever gone winless the year after going unbeaten in the regular season? Asking for a friend 8n Tallahassee.

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EVENTUAL 2024 2025 NATIONAL CHAMPION Michigan State University 27, Boston College 17
We need to stop with the penalties, which was the main problem with the win over PVAM. And the freshly 19 EVENTUAL TWO TIME HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER AIDAN CHILES needs to continue to learn and grow. He lucked out when a huge mistake got wiped out by a penalty on the defense, but that is not always going to happen. BC was considered a below average South Atlantic League team coming into the season, and the signature win that elevated them nationally is looking a bit less impressive with each FSU loss. In addition to Chiles, I am liking our two headed running back committee. Defensively, the hero from the 2021 Meatchicken win, Charles Brantley, ran back one of the longest 100 yard touchdown I have seen. My second favorite part of this clip? Watch number 3 for PVAM. That is their quarterback. Watch him decleat the MSU blocker, and then chase down Brantley all the way to the goal line and try to make a td saving tackle. That is how you earn the respect of your teammates. https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/41261536

Tennessee 45, Oklahoma 10
Riding the Vol hype train! Yes, the Kent State is poor even by MAC standards but that was brutal. The defense has been impressive, and Oklahoma has had two straight offensive performances decidedly lacking in anything approaching luster. Iamaleava is still my man crush, but they also have a great running game. And to repeat, that defense is impressive. They have to get by Bama at home in a month, but that November 16 game at Georgia could be the game of the year. Provided my Vol love does not run the path of my FSU top 10 pick.

University of California* 27, Meatchicken 13
I started this on Monday, before learning the Meats were switching to Orji** at QB, a move I was going to predict, but I do not think that solves their problem. He is a run first QB with accuracy issues. Meaning, he is not taking the top off the defense, and without the O Line having the ability to push people around reliance on the run is not going to be the answer. USC has a defense. I do not necessarily trust it, but it is there. Not sure how impressive the Trojan O is, but they have been good enough and I miss trojanhorse,

Nebraska 21, Illinois 17
A battle of two unbeaten and ranked teams and who would have thunk it in August. This will really be the first test for Raiola against a plus defense. I am interested to see how he handles it. I like him so far. Both teams have showed pretty good defenses. Illinois and Nebraska both have legit OOC wins, but Kansas is, I think, better than Colorado, at least defensively.

Oklahoma State 31, Utah 24
12th year senior Cam Rising got his inconvenient injury about 10 weeks early, although if there is a QB that jokes about the length of Rising career falls a wee bit flat against, it is Bowman, who has now played two years of ball for three separate universities. God I love the portal. Anyway, Bowman does have the other OSU offense humming. Rising is supposed to be back this week, though. I think the winner of this game becomes the odds on favorite for the Pure Prairie League representative in the Playoffs.

the Ohio State University 56, Marshall 3
Still have not played anyone. Yes, this game is a last minute replacement for Washington on the schedule so they are not deliberately softening the schedule, and the has home and homes against Texas and Alabama the next four years, but from an evaluation standpoint THEY STILL HAVE NOT PLAYED ANYONE. When that changes, and it does in two weeks when they go to Oregon, we will have a better read on what the is beyond Way Better Than Western Michigan. Also, Way Beter Than Marshall.

University of California*** 21, Florida State 10
Florida 20, Ole Missississippippi State 10
Of the two, Napier is on the dreaded Most Fired list. If they lose to the truly awful Ole Mississippi State it will likely happen this week, since Florida has a bye next week. It might happen even if they win, which they should. Ole Mississippi State got waxed by Toledo at home last week. And, hey, how about the MAC this year? Florida State is tanking in epic fashion as well, but you cannot fire someone the year after they went unbeaten in the regular season, can you? Can You? Anyway, Cal already has a win against God Apostrophe S Conference. Granted, Auburn is not a Thorne in any side but their own this year, but winzawin. Tallahassee is suddenly not a place people do not want to play.

Toledo 31, Western Kentucky 17
You do not usually, Hell, ever, say this about the MAC, but circle October 19 on your calendar. Toledo versus Northern Illinois may go a ways to determining who gets the non power conference Playoff slot. OK, October 19 is also Alabama and Tennessee, so that is a better watch, but there is a reason God invented the remote control. Toledo is a solid team, and Ole Mississippi State is bad, but a road thumping of a God Apostrophe S Conference team is a road thumping of a God Apostrophe S Conference team.

the Pennsylvania State University 42, the Kent State University 3
PSU is a tough game to have to regroup for after getting scrapped off the Neyland Stadium field with a snow shovel. the PSU has only been sporadically impressive offensively and struggled against the other MAC school they played, but they do have the offensive talent to put up big numbers on the Kent State. Everyone does.

the Arizona State 30, Texas Technological College 24
Hey, the local team remains unbeaten! I have to show some love. I know the odds that anyone reading this stays up late enough to catch their games, but ASU RB Cam Skattebo is the type of player I think djgrady, sorry, not him his alter ego cap, would love. I have watched much of two games he has played in and I swear I have yet to see him try to go around anyone.

the Washington State 27, the San Jose State 17
The PAWCP attempt to rebuild itself some how skipped San Jose. Maybe they did not know the way. Nice to see one of the rump teams exact a measure of revenge last week. I think the Wazzou game against Oregon State on November 23 will decide the PAWCP championship this year.

ClemSIN 27, the North Carolina State 21
ClemSIN recovered fairly well from getting shut down by Georgia in the win over, well, App State. They do not seem to be the terror they were back when they recruited top flight Quarterbacks, but I tend to feel about North Carolina teams the way I feel about Mississippi teams. Even when they have a good record they need to prove it to me before I trust them.

Maryland 42, New City College 10
I sort of low key forgot Villanova played football, which they do on a FCS level. They are unbeaten, and when you can walk into Colgate and squeeze them like toothpaste you are, well probably not necessarily any good.  I think Maryland catches them looking forward to the game next week against the West Egg Gatsbys, or whoever LIU actually is.

the Louisiana State University 55, University of California **** 3
UCLA looks to be the worst team in the Big I Have Given Up Keeping Count. LSU made a decent comeback against the Cocks last week in a game I had given up on. But they did not, and good for them.

* Southern

** I somehow think I should make a joke about that name but I cannot think of one.

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**** At Los Angeles.

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EVENTUAL 2024 2025 NATIONAL CHAMPION MICHIGAN STATE 41, the Ohio State 25
I cannot believe I typed that with a straight face. The average score for the four times we have played the this decade? 49 to 10. EVENTUAL TWO TIME HEISMAN WINNER Aidan Chiles is going to be the best QB MSU has had since Earl Morrall, but he has some growing to do, starting with the turnovers. Also, we need to get the WR healthy, and develop the promising run game. This may not be the game to do that, though. Defensively, we have been better than I expected. But the is a whole different fettle of kish offensively than BC or Maryland. the has not played anyone yet, I know, but they have speed and talent all across the board. It is going to be a rough day. As is traditional for this type of game, it is permissible to read the predicted scores backwards.

Meatchicken 21, Minnesota 10
Reports of their demise, spread in part by me, have been greatly exaggerated. But I was not wrong. Their run game hit a couple of home runs, but their passing game barely reached infield pop up status and without those three big runs the Meatchicken run game was pretty mediocre. Yes, those runs count but not every game will present those opportunities, and I have seen nothing that indicates Meatchicken is the type of ground and pound team that can ride the run. Even if they were, this is not 1969, and this is not a recipe for long term success. The thing is, they can still play defense. And I expect them to seize the Minnesota offense by the little brown jugular and tear the life out of it.

University of California* 31, Wisconsin 10
The week off after Bama helps with a Wisky team that is currently on Locke down. For his career Locke, who spells his first name with all the wrong letters, is a precisely 50 percent passer who has had one good game. The Fightin Fight Ons absolutely blew a game they should have won last week. I expect them to actually tackle on most plays this week.

Louisville 24, Our Lady of the Perpetual Tie 21
Louisville is another sneaky team. Brohm has them playing well, and they were in the Atlantic [sic] Coast Conference Championship game last year. They have hitched their wagon to the Shough of Despond, though. As For Our Lady of the Perpetual Tie, they sort of have that Meatchicken vibe going for them, at a different level. They have passing game issues, and while Riley Leonard has been moving the team, they are not a threat in the air.

the Pennsylvania State University 28, Illinois 20
the PSU has discovered some big play potential, but they still seem to struggle with grinding out game control. The defense for Illinois looked good in what I saw of the Nebraska game. I am still not sold on them as a contender in the Big I have Given Up Trying to Keep Count, but they bare watching.

the Kansas State 27, the Oklahoma State 13
Neither team really showed up for their high profile match up last week. Not only did they lose, but they both looked bad doing it. But both still have talent and could worm their way into the Pure Prairie League championship game with one loss. But not two, making this game key for both. I will hold the KSU s Johnson over the much travelled, elderly Bowman.

ClemSIN 32, Stanford 10
Maybe it was just Georgia after all. Maybe ClemSIN are back, at least for a sneaky spot in the Championship tournament, either by upsetting Miami in the Atlantic [sic] Coast Conference Championship or sneaking in at large. Fran Kubelik has looked good since that Georgia game, and offensively SWINEy has had ClemSIN clicking. Stanford had a nice introduction into the League last week, but somehow I doubt that ClemSIN will leave their best receiver one on one with the game on the line.

the Boise State 27, the Washington State 21
Soon to be a league game. I suppose there are financial reasons why Wazzou and the Beavers did not just join the MWC, but while the PAWCP has added some of the stronger teams, it is not going to be enough to make it a Power Conference. Even when Cal and Stanford come crawling back after ClemSIN and Tallahassee Junior College implode the South Atlantic [sic] League.

Duke 72, North Carolina 68
Duke has a loaded line up and should contend for the National Championship again. Cooper Flagg is the top recruit, and I am interested in seeing him play. UNC also has a good recruiting class with Powell and Jackson and the hardest working center in college hoops, but I think that the returning talent elevates Duke this year. Wait, it is still football season? Odd. When I saw that UNC had given up 70 points to James Madison, I assumed we were into hoops season.

Indiana 35, Maryland Agricultural College 27
Smug east coast elitists who sneer at the original name for Michigan State sometimes forget their own land grant history! I think Indiana may be better than I expected. Here is a fun fact. The IU O and the IU D are both in the top 10 nationally and yes I posted that fact primarily to make an IUD joke. Sue me.

Oh yeah this one too.

Georgia 24, Alabama 23
Kirby Smart is only 1 and 5 against Alabama in his otherwise highly successful tenure at Georgia. Granted, all those games were against Satan, who was 29 and 3 against is former assistants. Both teams took a week off, and had remarkably different wins the last time they played, with Georgia barely beating an overmatched KY that should have been turned to jelly, and Bama breaking the Wisky QB and then Wisky itself. I am a believer in the Georgia defense much more so than the Georgia Offense. I have never been all that impressed by Milroe though I have seen little of their games this year. This one should be a treat, if Helene lets them play it.

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Ryan Williams is the best freshman WR i have seen since Jeremiah Smith. And vice versa.

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EVENTUAL 2024 2025 NATIONAL CHAMPION Michigan State University 31, Oregon 27
A missed facemask call on that Aiden Chiles fumble cost MSU a chanced to score near the end of the first half and went a long way to making a 38 to 7 score out of a game that should have been 38 to 14, assuming the called off the dogs. It is a measure of how far we still have to go. I liked our offense for a half, but we still turn the ball over too much. Our defense did better against a clearly better team than I thought they would. Oregon sputtered early and played well the last two games, but I think we are better than the Beavers and the Bruins. Oregon will be looking ahead to the next week and, cue Admiral Ackbar! That is our opportunity. I hope.

Meatchicken 20, Washington 10
Hard to believe this was the Championship matchup last year. In reality, the struggles for both teams was predictable. Meatchicken lost almost their entire offense, including a starting quarterback they refused to replace through the portal. Washington also did not replace their quarterback in the portal, bringing in Will Rogers. I guess, technically, Rogers is a quarterback in that someone snaps the ball to him, but I am not sure that snapping it to dead air and letting it lie there until someone picks it up is not the better option. Meatchicken has lived dangerously the last two weeks, and if they do not figure out an offense soon it will catch up with them no matter how good the defense. Not this week, though.

the 35, Iowa 3
Has there ever been a Freshman Wide Receiver as talented and great as Jeremiah Smith? I can think of maybe one. Really, it is going to be a treat watching him play for the next three years. For reasons, i.e. Peacock, I missed the game, but watching Smith make two fantastic contested grabs back to back leading to a touchdown was, even in a replay, astonishing. After putting up 40 in their first game, Iowa has gone back to being Iowa. I do not think their defense is fast enough to stay with the, and their offense will be really challenged by the the defensive speed and intensity.

Alabama 49 Vanderbilt 3
Has there ever been a Freshman Wide Receiver as talented and great as Ryan Williams? I can think of maybe one. Really, it is going to be a treat watching him play for the next three years. For reasons, I missed the end of the Georgia game, but watching Williams acrobatic moves catching and scoring the deciding touchdown was, even in a replay, astonishing. Alabama dominated the first half Saturday but seemed to forget the definition of the word half. Vanderbilt is no Georgia, though.

ClemSIN 42, Florida State 1
You realize some people actually had Florida State in their Top 10 coming into the year? Idiots. They do not even merit a the introduction. SMU smoked their asses. For the love of Pete, SMU. Norvell is really testing the theory that you cannot fire a coach one year after he goes unbeaten. What an embarrassment. And how far a fall from grace is it for the World s Worst Scrabble Draw since what looked like a star turn in relief of COVID raddled Jennifer Lawrence four years ago? That he is not playing this week may be a net gain for Florida State. That score is not a typo, by the way. It is an insult.

U. S. Naval Academy 33, U. S. Air Force Academy 24
U. S. Military Academy 27, Tulsa 24
Do you realize the last time both Army and Navy both started the season 4 and 0 the backfield for Army featured successive Heisman Trophy winners Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside? A great story, and what a greater still story it would be if they both went unbeaten and that rivalry game was for the Playoffs? I mean, they both play Our Lady of the Perpetual Tie, so, no, but a great story anyway. Interestingly, they are now in the same league, which means they will play a league game, against each other, one week after the AAC Championship game with a potential Playoff spot on the line. Love to see the logistics of that.

the Pennsylvania State University 27, The University of California* 10
Allen and Singleton continue to be the second bast backfield in the two state area. Alard has not become the QB I though he was going to be, and probably at this point he is what he is. The running game and defense should be enough to take out UCLA, which is one of the weakest teams in the Big I Have Given Up Trying to Count.

U 35, University of California ** 10
Well, I thought that it was a catch. Probably a lucky break for the Atlantic [sic] Coast Conference, all in all. They should still get two teams into the Playoffs, but it is not a guarantee, especially with at least four teams from God Apostrophe S Conference. The U does look like the class of the league, and should take out Cal.

University of California *** 27, Minnesota 24
Trojanhorse's boys would be well advised to play the first half this week.

University of Tennessee 52, Arkansaw 12
Man Crush Alert! Iamaleava and the Tennessee defense are back on the schedule, and against an Arkansaw team that has lost two games they dominated in ever aspect except the only one that counts. I expect them to get dominated in all aspects this week. Tennessee has Alabama up next, but I do not expect them to be looking ahead.

Missouri 27, TAMU 21
Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, Alabama. Can God Apostrophe S Conference get five teams in the Playoffs this year? And that is counting out LSU, Oklahoma, Swing and an Ole Miss and TAMU. I think one of those top five will wind up with three or more losses. I think Misery is the weakest team, but of those Top 5, they only play Bama. I think they are the weakest of the five teams, but they also have the weakest schedule. If they can get past TAMU in College Station, it sets up well for them.

Old Mississippi 45, South Carogoddamnedlina 21
Kiffin is a punk ass. His team folded like a thing that folds really easily against Kentucky. Can they still beat their Cocks? Sure, but they set up like Missouri, with only Georgia among the biggest dogs note correct spelling but they really cannot afford even the one Miss they already have.

Nebraska 31, Rutgers 30
You know who has to be ecstatic over the Big I have Given Up Trying To Count ditching division play? Dear Old Rutgers. No the, no Meat, no Sandusky State, three year in, year out losses under the old schedule. They do have SC, Illinoise and E20242025NCMSU, and they travel out to play the Children of the Corn this week, so they have some losses but at least not an annual three way curb stomp. As for this game, I still like Raiola's arm talent, and Nebraska overall.

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VANDY!

[Oilcandide]

  travel out to play the Children of the Corn this week, so they have some losses but at least not an annual three way curb stomp. As for this game, I still like Raiolas arm talent, and Nebraska overall. 

As a native Cornholer, I should note that roughly two thirds of Nebraska is not cornbelt, and hundreds of thousands of its children are raised in a corn-free landscape.

Not one who follows football closely, but I am confident the Huskers will win the US Open and take home the Stanley Cup. 

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Had my doubts about the Tide defense after the Dawgs laid their flaws to bare in the second half. Kudos to the Commodore coaching staff to see them and exploit them.

Not that I much like it but I think the Buckeyed defense might be the best I've seen in in a few years. Not a lot of holes that I can see.

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Had my doubts about the Tide defense after the Dawgs laid their flaws to bare in the second half. Kudos to the Commodore coaching staff to see them and exploit them.

Not that I much like it but I think the Buckeyed defense might be the best I've seen in in a few years. Not a lot of holes that I can see.

Welcome back!

I tend to agree.with you, but they still have not played anyone with much of an offense. I am excited for Saturday. Oregon looked pretty good Friday although how much of that was because EVENTUAL 2025 2026 NATIONAL CHAMPION Michigan State forgot how to tackle in space is hard to say.

How is Meatchicken still ranked? They have not looked good in any game all year a d are lucky to not have four losses this year. I think we have a good shot of beating them, and they may need that win to even be bowl eligible, with the and Oregon looking good, and a resurgent Indiana and Illinois on the schedule. It is a great.defense but without a passing game that offense can be bottled up. At this point, 7 and 5 looks like the top for them.