This week will not be a podcast, but in the future it will be. The Spartans are going to win and get the No. 3 spot in the final College Football Playoff rankings. I will give you my picks and I guarantee I can make you a few money this Saturday. The status of TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin (sore ankle) is uncertain. MI State hasn’t had it so easy, with three point victories against Purdue and OR and a MI win that was only possible due to one of the worst special teams blunders in history.
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“I think he has done a wonderful job of ignoring the noise and focusing on the things that are under his control”, Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder said.
The good news is that it looks like this year, all the teams on the outside will have their shot to play their way in.
The loss marks Miles’ first three-game losing streak in 11 seasons and 142 games on the job and means his Tigers will finish with at least three SEC losses for the third consecutive season. #12 Oklahoma 44 #6 Baylor 34… That’s harder to do against the escapability of Adams, who is among the best at buying time while keeping his eyes down field to his big-play targets. However, a loss to Baylor could knock them out as well.
Air Force is a fantastic running team and is the only team in the country that has not allowed a sack this season, but its defense will be tested by Boise QB Brett Rypien through the air early and often. The in-state rivalry game next week won’t just be for bragging rights. Since LSU lost to Bama the wheels have come off so to speak.
A from-out-of-the-blue report doing the rounds this week said that Les Miles’s future in Baton Rouge might be decided by the next two games – the Tigers have Ole Miss this week and Texas A&M after that. The Sooners other seven wins have been by an average of 36 points, including five games in which they have scored 50 or more points. True freshman Jarrett Stidham played 2/2 games somewhat more than competently, helping Baylor to a 24-14 lead at halftime here.
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Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer will coach his final game at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg against No. 12 North Carolina. Saturday’s game is at noon Eastern on ABC. “He constantly talks about playing one play at a time, giving great effort and playing for the man next to you”. The first and most important being that they haven’t beaten a team that finished in the top 25 on the road in the Art Briles era and they are yet to beat a current top 25 team this year and have only been embarrassed at home by OU. There’s no doubt that they need a win, but entertaining thoughts of canning a coach who is 110-31 at the school is a little bit of an overreaction. I feel like Ohio State will win this game. They’ll need to do better to help slow Ogbah. They could be just waiting to turn it on against a good team, but last week they showed no signs of doing that. The MI State offensive line, featuring left tackle Jack Conklin and center Jack Allen, will have its hands full protecting cook against Ohio State’s talented defensive line. In short, THE Ohio State still has to prove they are truly the cream of the Big Ten, and there will be no ambiguity in response to that after December 5th.
