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Please, no offense meant by the 'Not So Fast.' I was thinking of Lee Corso and how much better it would have been had Lee been on the GameDay set yesterday, trading barbs with Morgan Freeman. After SC's 'performance' in NJ yesterday, setting the line at close to a Pick 'Em makes sense. This week's score prediction contest should be very interesting.

10 SEC teams are ranked in this week's AP Poll. But with justification. On3College Football Rankings: AP Poll Top 25 after Week 3 re.... Records vs. Power 4 Opponents - B1G - 4-9 - It's one thing for Greg Sankey and Nick Saban to claim the SEC is deeper than the Big Ten; after all, the SEC leads in recruiting rankings and in the number of players drafted by NFL teams. We laughed when Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi claimed that the ACC was deeper than the B1G. The ACC is 4-1 versus the Big Ten, with UCLA's victory over Cal the only win. ACC - 6-9 - This includes Virginia Tech's win at Maryland on Saturday. This was Maryland's first September loss in four years. Big 12 - 5-7. In warm-ups last night, Colorado players mocked CU's temporary digs. Northwestern 41 - Not ready for Prime Time, CU 7. SEC - 10-2. This includes going 2-1 vs. the B1G. Ohio State's 1-point loss at Texas, Michigan's one-score win in Ann Arbor, and Mississippi State's 38 to 13 destruction of the Gophers in Minneapolis. No. 24 Mississippi State, with two P4 road wins against Minnesota and South Carolina, deservedly cracks the top-25 and could be 2026's surprise team. When the portal opens, will these Bulldogs have enough money to keep stud QB Kamario Taylor in Starkville, and away from South Beach and Coral Gables? --- SEC justice was, kind of, served. You can quibble with LSU dropping only three spots (😁) to No. 10, but the AP voters did pull Texas A&M's ripcord. After losing at home to Kentucky, A$M fell 14 spots from No. 9 to No. 24. (This would never happen to Bama.) --- Seven Big Ten teams are ranked. The Big Ten's four new coaches are 9-1. The only loss was yesterday's road loss to No. 3 Notre Dame. But Michigan State covered and played hard for sixty minutes. Pat Fitzgerald has these Spartans playing with an attitude not seen since Mark Dantonio retired. Oregon's Friday night game in East Lansing on November 20th will not be an easy victory. --- Oregon has defeated No. 31 Boise State, lost to No. 30 Oklahoma State, and has games remaining against underrated No. 7 Ohio State, No. 12 USC, No. 18 Michigan, No. 26 UW, No. 38 UCLA, and No. 42 Nebraska. And OC Chip Kelly and the Northwestern Wildcats are 2-0, with a beatdown of B12 CU and a win over a South Dakota team that gave Boise a battle on Saturday. To date, all of Oregon's future opponents have winning records. --- With a Heisman Trophy candidate at QB and a neutral-site win over No. 16 Louisville and last night's upset of No. 10 LSU in Oxford, Ole Miss has a case to be ranked No. 1. (If Ryan Day had opted for dual-threat QB Lincoln Keinholz instead of Sayin, would the Buckeyes be 3-0?) --- Today's AP Poll 12-team PO field: 5 SEC, 2 Big Ten, 2 B12, Notre Dame, 1 ACC, and Boise State knocks out No. 12 USC. In the preseason, this would have been an outrageous, LOL delightful dozen. Today? --- The line for Saturday's game in LA opens at Oregon -1.5. After watching the SC D struggle at Rutgers and escape with a seven-point win due to a reckless decision by Greg Schiano to go for it on fourth down deep in his own territory, I have no idea what we'll see in the Coliseum. --- Trash Traveler and Make Linc Go Missing!

Not so fast - OBD opens -1.5 - Saturday, there was no D in USC SC held steady at No. 12 in the AP - OBD was +1 to No. 20 https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/09/15/oregon-football-early-betting-preview-usc-trojans/91779916007/

UGA called the Hogs to slaughter! GameDay in Athens for the Oklahoma game? Watch out for Mississippi State? The other Bulldogs defeated South Carolina 41 - 34. Vandy won on an all-time stupid mistake: Leading late in Nashville, NC State decided to take an intentional safety. Going to his knee, the NC State QB fumbled in the end zone! 🤪 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/watch-vanderbilt-last-second-go-ahead-nc-state-fumble/

A&M came back, but Kentucky controlled the game and the LOS.

P4 vs P4 B1G scores. UCLA 52 - Purdue 38 - DEFENSE! Maybe it was a look-ahead game? USC 42 - Rutgers 35 Northwestern 41 - Colorado 7 The ACC owns the B1G - VA Tech 35 - Maryland 26

Boise State 38 - South Dakota 24 Big-time G6 game this Saturday when Boise visits Western Michigan.

Which Ole Miss did. I feel so bad for Lame. 😁

Thanks for the updates, LH. Here's the 24-team PO question. No. 1 Ohio State went to Austin, Texas, lost to No. 4 Texas by one point, and dropped 5 spots in the AP Poll. No. 9 Texas A&M lost at home to an unranked Kentucky team. Where will A&M rank in the Coaches and AP Polls? Will A&M drop to No. 14 or lower?

Thanks, David. My thoughts: OBD would probably (🤪) be favored to win the Big Sky football championship. Next week, a Blue Chip instead of a No Chip opponent. It was good to see the guys fired up on the field and on the sideline. 84 points? Did the Duck have to go to the Emergency Room? I hope Dan wasn't arrested for animal abuse. 😁 I guess the Vikings need the dues, but how about a 24-team PO, ten conference games, and no FCS opponents allowed? Send Traveler to the Glue Factory!

I watched the tape of last night's game and felt like a sadist. After the O disappeared in Austin, Ryan Day wants to do what Dan Lanning did last night. Pile on the points. I have NO problem with Ohio State scoring any and every way the Bickeeys can. The B1G Week 3 slate is sad. Want better OOC games? Go to a 24-team PO.

77-0. 4 minutes left. I think I can go to bed with visions of victory in my head. 👍👌😍 Adios.

It's a gas, gas, gas! 😁Thanks for the laugh!

I think the Bill will pass in the Senate, and then it will be Housed. https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/protect-college-sports-act-crosses-another-major-hurdle-but-house-fight-remains-221425085.html

Recipe for a Perfect Storm - A one-threat QB without a TE to help him out in the mid-range passing game. The TE transfers and a 5-star TE recruit are not worthy. And in CFB, if you have mediocre O-line play, you'd best have a dual-threat QB. To date, an unknown QB at Oregon State has outplayed Moore. The OK State D threw a lot of different looks at Dante, and he looked like the guy who started as a freshman at UCLA and melted down in the Peach Bowl. We laughed at how much SC reportedly paid to bring in TE Mark Bowman. To date, SC is getting a heck of a return on its investment, and Bowman is only one of the true frosh, on both sides of the ball, playing like veterans who want to win. The Trojans are far from perfect. Against lower-level competition, SC has surrendered 10 big plays in three games. The same as Oregon in two games. We'll see how SC matches up against better competition, but to date, Grey Beard DC Gary Patterson looks like an excellent hire. Paying Perich to come to Oregon instead of retaining Kingston Lopa? Perich does not have the athleticism to play safety in this scheme. He definitely will not be a 1st-round draft pick. Three OL starters who transferred in and helped compete for the Joe Moore Award left for the NFL. Dan brings in one OL transfer from Yale? Both starting tackles are not coming close to what was believed to be their potential. It doesn't help that the one young OL guy who was playing better than expected is out for the season. Or that Johnson was hurt. But bad things in every walk of life tend to snowball. To date, no 'want to' from 'the best DL in CFB.' No sacks against the G6 guys playing for OK State? 500+ yards of O surrendered to an O shut down by Tulsa. Surrender is the appropriate word. In football, lack of pride cometh before a fall. Motivated and coached-up 2- and 3-star recruits will beat disinterested 4- and 5-star recruits time after time. Would OBD have been better off if all but TT had gone pro and the money was used to retain the young DL studs who transferred out? The starters aren't performing, and the backups are not good enough to push the starters. Poncho said that after the Boise State no-show, he tried his best to get the team jacked up. It didn't work. There is no enthusiasm on the field and on the sideline. Of course, I hope I am wrong. But in today's CFB, roster management means so much, and I think Dan flunked. Please, Dan and friends, shut me the heck up!

This Saturday, Game Day is Going All the Way with the Guest Picker - It's Ole Miss fan Morgan Freeman. I don't know about the divine Miss Daisy, but I do know Ole Miss fans will be fired up and crazy! 🤪 (Oh, Shawshanks! Say It Ain't So! Rumor has it that Andy Dufresne is an LSU fan! 🤬) CFB-HQ On SICollege GameDay Announces Legendary Guest Picker for LSU...The voice of God will be on hand as ESPN and College GameDay announce their final predictions ahead of the massive LSU vs. Ole Miss clash from Oxford this weeke

A Six Pack of B1G Picks - SuperWest Sports2026 Week 3 Selected Big Ten College Football PreviewsStephen Vilardo previews 6 of the weekend's games and gives us his straight-up and ATS picks.

Cry Havoc! And let slip the Ducks of war! 🤬🤬🤬

Ducks 66-10 4 TOs 4 sacks 333 yards passing

Thank you, Charles. I hope what you foresee will happen. Many of the top CFB players across the nation who are being handsomely paid have shown up early on and balled out. I haven't witnessed the money having an adverse influence on the majority of teams with top-rated rosters and well-compensated players. After the Peach Bowl debacle and with experienced players returning to win a Natty, the effort to date by many Oregon players has been pathetic. For two weeks in a row, Oregon players have been outhustled, outplayed, and embarrassed by G6 athletes. The team has finished at least 40 points short of covering the spreads. If future NFL money inspires them to up their game, so be it. If I were watching game film, I'd be furious with my and my team's effort, or lack thereof. Oregon was lit up by the media after the Boise State game and was a laughing stock this week. I'm sick and tired of watching OK State coach Eric Morris on TV noting that the Cowboys win was better than the final score showed. But he isn't wrong. If the players don't take responsibility and play to win, going from ranked 2nd to unranked could undo the recruiting class and make Oregon a less-than-desirable landing site for guys in the portal. I'm going to hope the first two weeks were an anomaly. But some key players have been injured; is there talent on the roster to replace a guy like Jeremiah Johnson? Get right on Friday night and let it pave the way to victory in LA.

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Week 3 Top 10 Games - Only Mary makes this Big Ten 😁 On3Top 10 games to watch Week 3 of college football seasonLSU coach Lane Kiffin's return to Ole Miss leads the best games in Week 3 of the college football schedule.

Kent State at NO. 6 Ohio State is this Saturday's Big Noon game. 9 AM Fox --- No. 12 USC at Rutgers is the B1G mid-afternoon game. 12:30 PM CBS --- The B1G Week 3 Headliner - Michigan State at No. 3 Notre Dame 🤮- 4:30 PM NBC This is the B1G Headliner? 🤪 --- B1G P4 on P4 Games - Colorado at Northwestern - 4:30 PM Fox --- Virginia Tech at Maryland - 4:30 PM FS1 --- Purdue at UCLA - 8 PM BTN --- Of Interest - Friday - Houston at Texas Tech - 5 PM Fox - Beavis battled for 60 minutes against two of the best teams in the B12. --- Saturday - The 'How Low Can Dabo Go?' Game UNC at Clemson - 9 AM ESPN --- No. 16 SMU at No. 23 Louisville - 12:30 PM ESPN 2. One of the biggest ACC games in 2026 takes a back seat to FSU at Bama and Kentucky at Texas A&M. 😁 --- Florida State at No. 10 Alabama - 12:30 PM ABC --- Kentucky at No. 9 Texas A&M - 12:30 ESPN THE HEADLINER - The 'I Can Throw My Golf Ball Farther Than U Game'. 🤬🤬🤬 No. 7 L$U at No. 8 Ole Miss - 4:30 PM ABC - L$U QB Sam Leavitt is doubtful. Not doubtful: Despite the Southern Hospitality (😇), Lane and his gang are hoping to escape Oxford without having to visit the Emergency Room. 🤮 --- Want better OOC games? Go to a 24-team Playoff. No. 21 Oregon: Vanquish the Vikings! Friday, 7:30 PM BTN

Thanks, T Dee. I question the talent, especially on the O-line. Young players under the aegis of quality O-line coach A'Lique Terry are not playing up to their recruiting rankings. They're losing one-on-one battles to guys who weren't considered big-time recruits. Is this a lack of effort, or a lack of talent? With the young D-line talent lost in the portal, is there anyone capable of pushing the experienced D-line starters? How seriously did they take conditioning in the off-season? Did they read about being the best D-line in CFB and believe talent alone would produce this result? I don't see anyone on the roster, including a 5* TE recruit, ready to fill in for Johnson. I wish we had Cal's Kingston Lopa at safety. Meanwhile, the SC 5* TE recruit and other highly rated recruits are balling out. In today's CFB, roster management is a witch. And with the lack of depth as a result of NIL and mostly unregulated free agency, any loss of a starter is magnified. It looks like no one is capable of replacing TE Johnson. Perhaps the new OC and DC are not as good as the guys they replaced, but do they have the same talent at hand as Tosh and Stein did? When it comes to the talent on the roster, I certainly hope you are right, and I am overreacting to a close win over a G6 team and a historic loss at OK State. I don't think we'll learn much on Friday night, but Week 4 in LA?

Thank you, David. Oregon has a perfect opponent to get things right, and then an extra day to prepare for SC. SC plays Rutgers on Saturday with a 3:30 Eastern kickoff. I hope SC having to travel to Jersey and back will help the Ducks. It will also help if Oregon has extra time to heal, particularly Jamari Johnson. There is no backup TE with Johnson's skill and experience. I think one of the reasons Dante looked lost last Saturday was due to not having a reliable TE target on the field. OBD best figure things out soon. The competition hasn't been as difficult, and all three games were in LA, but as of today, I think SC is superior at every position group. Maiava is the QB playing at a Heisman-like level, and a freshman TE and freshman WRs have stepped up. Ferguson going down stinks. A'lique Terry is an excellent coach. To date, it looks like Oregon made a lot of mistakes with O-line recruiting evaluations and with not being more active in the portal. Drew Mehringer is not on the field missing blocks. Looking at the last three CFB champs, an experienced roster helps. But experienced players have to be paid, and even though it's at the top of CFB, there is a ceiling to Oregon's roster budget. On the D-line, a lot of young talent portaled out. Is there anyone with talent pushing experienced D-line starters? And it would be nice to have Kingston Lopa at Cal. Last Saturday, Lopa led Cal to victory at Syracuse. CFB roster management is a critical component of today's game. In 2026, did Dan and friends get it right? In the vein of misery loves company, I note that last Saturday, against LA Tech, the uber-expensive LSU O-line surrendered five sacks and Sam Leavitt threw three interceptions in the first half, including a pick-6. (In his senior year, Sam and his West Linn High School teammates won the Oregon state championship.) In CFB, if you don't have a quality O-line, you better have a dual-threat QB. In last season's playoffs, Trinidad Chambliss was the reason Ole Miss defeated Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, and in the semifinal game, he almost took down Miami. The White Out loss to Oregon last season fractured preseason top-two-ranked Penn State. Beginning on Friday night, I hope Oregon starts a run that makes us forget the Broncos and Cowboys. But does this team have the horses to do so?