The offensive madness continued in Week 2. Once again, Tom Brady and Cam Newton were the stars, as they each set new records for the most passing yards ever in the first two weeks of a season.
Two teams looking for their inaugural win of the season do battle in an important NFC showdown on Monday night when the banged up St. Louis Rams head east to play the injury ravaged New York Giants.
South Carolina’s Week 3 game against the Naval Academy offers a great opportunity for the beleaguered Carolina defense to have a resurgence and get on track after allowing 79 points over the first two weeks to East Carolina and Georgia.
Virtually every media outlet and talking head in the college football business has exhausted their resources discussing the struggles of Notre Dame football. Why don’t I follow suit, if only for a few moments?
Two of the SEC’s bottom-feeding teams open their conference schedule against each other this Saturday in Nashville. Though these teams cannot keep up with the likes of an Alabama, LSU or South Carolina, they are well matched versus each other, which should at least make for an intriguing game.
The Tennessee Titans couldn’t squeak by the Jacksonville Jaguars last week. If they had that much trouble with Jacksonville, do they have a prayer against a Baltimore Ravens team that tossed Pittsburgh aside like it was nothing last week?
The Philadelphia Eagles will try and jump out to a 2-0 start when they invade the Georgia Dome this upcoming Sunday night to take on the Atlanta Falcons in a battle of NFC powers. Game time is set for 8:20 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on NBC.
I would feel sorry for any team that was forced to go into Pittsburgh the week after the Steelers were handed a humbling and anger-enticing defeat.
Week 1 produced a win for N.C. State’s first game in the post-Russell Wilson era but the win over the FCS’ Liberty showcased some red flags. It turns out the concerns were legit. In a game they were favored to win, the Wolfpack fell to Wake Forest last week. Life gets easier again when N.C. State hosts South Alabama this Saturday.
Week 3’s cross-conference clash between Tigers in the wild jungle of Clemson’s “Death Valley” Stadium should absolutely be worth the price of admission.
OSU ranks first in the FBS with 1,260 yards from scrimmage and they have scored a grand total of 98 points in their first 2 wins and they face a Tulsa team that gave up 47 points in their season opener against Oklahoma.
Texas A&M is coming off a bye week, but they have been in the news with their possible move to the SEC next season.
This non-conference game has HUGE BCS implications, as the loser will have a major uphill battle to make it to the BCS title game. NCAAF lines have Oklahoma as a 3-point favorite in this game with a total of 55.
After two games the Wahawks sit at 1-1 but it is hard to gauge this club right now. They were shutout by Florida State in their opener and followed that up with a 35-7 pasting of Grambling State.
The Arizona Wildcats can expect to be challenged on both sides of the ball and just about every aspect of the game when the host the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal on Saturday night in at Memorial Stadium in Tucson.
It may not be the headliner this weekend, but this PAC 12 vs. Big Ten matchup at Illinois has all the makings of one of the best games of the week.
