It’s week five of the college football season, and is it fair to say that this year hasn’t been all we hoped for so far? Name the classic games in the non-conference schedule, the This Is College Football moments that make the sport so unique and special. There haven’t been many, if any.
Instead, we’ve gotten Jameis Winston being turning into a Kardashian and Charlie Strong turning his two-deep into a one-deep at Texas. Let’s have some magic this week, huh?
I went 10-3 last week, bringing my season total to 38-13. Here are the week five picks.
Georgia 34, Tennessee 21 – Vols coach Butch Jones says that Tennessee will under no circumstances introduce alternate helmets – which means the Vols will add orange, gray, and black helmets by 2016.
TCU 34, SMU 3 – Yes, bask in the glory of those Texas acronyms.
Florida State 45, NC State 24 – Better Jameis Winston crab leg joke: Brian Hamilton’s, “Really wonder about Jameis Winston’s decision making. That entire episode was high-bisque, low reward,” or, “This story is gonna have legs RT @MadSports8 Jameis Winston didn’t put the team first. That’s mighty….shellfish.”?
Texas A&M 44, Arkansas 34 – Oh goddamn the neutral site games. This sport was better before Jerry Jones built his palace and tried to move Arkansas to Dallas.
Michigan 33, Minnesota 30 – All these Wolverines fans must be devastated that the team is going to keep losing, Brady Hoke is going to get fired, and Jim Harbaugh will be the coach next year. What a hard time to love Michigan.
Texas 37, Kansas 3 – But Texas is 1-2. Kansas is 2-1. So you never know.
Stanford 34, Washington 21 – Stanford fans should look Jim Harbaugh these days and say, “Boy, I’m glad we have David Shaw.”
Cincinnati 34, Ohio State 30 – The Riverboat! In ‘Nati! So screw it, Bearcats win!
South Carolina 41, Missouri 37 – Last week, Missouri was caught looking ahead and lost to Indiana. It wasn’t a good sacrifice.
Baylor 45, Iowa State 31 – I like the Cyclones, especially because they were beat by a team assembled by the legendary “Commander Bohl” earlier this year.
Notre Dame 34, Syracuse 13 – Let’s get a couple things straight: Brent Musburger was pushed out as ESPN’s lead college football announcer because Chris Fowler’s contract was up, and he wanted the job. So every time Saturday Night Football is a horror show like this, I’m happy. Enjoy upstate New York, Fowler!
USC 42, Oregon State 31 – The Trojans are inducting Pete Carroll into their Hall of Fame Saturday night, a fact which in itself should make USC nervous about playing OSU. This should be a close game.
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