College Football Week 6 Walkthrough

Anybody who ever played football in either high school or college knows that the day before gameday is always the day of the walkthrough, probably the most pointless thing that anyone does as a football player. At some point, someone decided that men who are capable of running at world class speeds should get ready for a football game by walking around in basketball shorts for a hour before going home and forgetting that the past sixty minutes ever happened. This walk through will be a little more helpful.

• I'll begin by noting that Nebraska beat Missouri last night 27-12 with a dominating stretch of football early in the 4th quarter that made Blaine Gabbert look like Chase Daniel's backup instead of his replacement...but on to Saturday's action.
• Depending on your internet service provider, you should be able to catch a very good game out of the SEC right at noon. (17)Auburn travels to Arkansas with hopes of staying unbeaten. You can watch the game at ESPN360.com
• Also available on ESPN360.com is a noon matchup between Boston College and (5)Virginia Tech. The Golden Eagles are quietly 4-1 and have been a thorn in the side of the Hokies in recent regular season meetings. I'm putting the Hokies on upset watch this week.
• After ruining my Wolverines perfect season last week, the Michigan St. Spartans better not lose to Illinois tomorrow. The Big Ten Network (BTN) has the coverage at noon.
• Georgia and Tennessee meet at Rocky Top at 12:21pm for reasons I can't explain. Let's see if Lane Kiffin can talk up a win this week. ESPN360.com has the coverage once again.
• The 12th Man could see the Aggies get a big win tomorrow when (15)Oklahoma St. visits Texas A&M sans suspended All-American Dez Bryant. The Cowboys are also on upset watch.
• (13)Oregon and UCLA meet at the Rose Bowl for ABC's west coast regional coverage at 3:30pm. A Oregon win keeps them on track to return to the Rose Bowl later in the year. A UCLA win would force me to ask the question...HOW THE HECK ARE THEY 4-1?!?!
• (3)Alabama travels to Oxford to take on Jevan Snead and (20)Ole Miss. This will be the biggest test to date for the Tide. A win by the Rebs would put them back on the SEC map that they abruptly disappeared from after losing to South Carolina. CBS has the coverage at 3:30pm.
• The game most of the nation will see on ABC at 3:30pm is (how the heck are they not ranked! They're a 5-0 Big Ten team for crying out loud!) Wisconsin vs (9) Ohio St. at the Horseshoe. I'm picking the Badgers in this game because Terrell Pryor just doesn't impress me as much as he impresses others. Also, did I mention that Wisconsin is unranked at 5-0?
• Sam Bradford will start for (19)Oklahoma when they welcome Baylor for their annual mismatch. My thoughts...Why rush him back for a game you have NO CHANCE of losing? ABC has the regional coverage at 3:30pm
• Uconn and Pitt are also ABC 3:30pm regional coverage. Whoever wins this one at Heinz Field gets to last another week before being exposed.
• If Stanford beats Oregon St. in Corvallis, they will definitely be ranked next week as a 5-1 team with no Pac-10 losses. However, if the Beavers protect their house, they will be right in the thick of a muddled Pac-10 leaderboard. Kickoff is at 7pm.
• (22)Georgia Tech plays Florida St. at the Doak, but only God knows which set of Seminoles will run through the tunnel. GT running back Jonathan Dwyer is probably hoping for the Seminoles that showed up for a near loss to FCS Jacksonville St. ESPN2 has the coverage at 8pm
  
• The Michigan Wolverines will occupy the pink visiting locker room at Kinnick Stadium tomorrow night when they battle the (12)Iowa Hawkeyes in ABC's 8pm primetime offering. I just think that this game has "Tate Forcier 4th quarter comeback" written all over it. Yes, I believe the force is strong in this freshman.
• CBS goes primetime (8pm) for a battle of SEC titans when (1)Florida visits (4)LSU under the lights in Baton Rouge. First off, lets be serious. EVERYONE KNOWS TIM TEBOW IS GOING TO PLAY IN THIS GAME. Stop lying to yourself to add drama to the situation. Clearly this is the Amateur Status game of the week. I think Florida wins it. 

It's a great week of football. Enjoy the games.