What It All Means: Week 8
It’s like college football is taking a little bit of a break.
Seriously, how do you get cranked back up after Alabama-Tennessee?
UCLA-Oregon wasn’t without its charm, but it certainly didn’t have the same world-shattering feeling of importance in the midst of a relatively light week of games.
Absolutely no dogging GameDay going to Jackson State this weekend for its showdown against Southern – that’s going to be must-see pregame programming in every way – but it’s not like there were a lot of options.
Ohio State-Penn State lost its luster. The idea of going to UCF for the Cincinnati showdown went bye-bye after the Knights lost to East Carolina, and Tennessee-Georgia is coming up so the Cocktail Party – I adore finely mixed drinks and refuse to ditch the name – this weekend between the Dawgs and Florida was out.
In other words, it’s the second straight light week of massive national games.
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Bowl Projections | Week 8 Scoreboard
Week 9 Early Lines | AP Rankings | Coaches Poll
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Of course, that doesn’t mean the college football landscape can’t change if Michigan loses to Michigan State (again), or if Kentucky shocks Tennessee, or if TCU drops the date at West Virginia.
Notre Dame at Syracuse is interesting, Oklahoma State at Kansas State will be a big deal, and …
Yeah, it’s a light week.
You don’t play 15 straight bangers. You start strong to get the crowd into it – and this season certainly did that – you trance it out a little bit, and then BOOM.
Those giant games are on the way in a few weeks, so take a deep breath, have fun – again, there will be big things happening somehow – and enjoy.
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