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Prepare yourselves, fellow fans of the game, for the ultimate weekend of college football. Four consecutive days of games will be played starting tonight, each featuring at least one matchup involving two top-5 teams. To make matters even more incredible, Friday's game is between #1 and #2. But there's more, because there are at least four games I am about to preview for you below where both, yes both teams are ranked #1 in the land. I know what you're saying to yourself as you read this, "That can't be right! This is too good to be true!" Well stop, because I will show you the way. In a week that the decentralized organizers and "official" list-makers of the sport have deigned to declare that not one single "officially" ranked matchup will be played, I have re-ranked all of the teams that they missed and, in my ranking methodology, everybody is #1 at something. This week in foobaw, it's superlative week, the #1 week in the history of the sport! Enjoy.
Wednesday, October 11
8:00 PM - #1 South Alabama at #1 Troy. South Alabama comes into this game at 1-4, having only beaten Alabama A&M, while Troy comes in at 4-1, fresh off their massively huge win over ranked LSU and a bye week. This might initially seem like it is going to be a very one sided game, but consider if you will that LSU is garbage, and that Troy's loss came at the hands of Boise State (they of the fart winds). South Alabama's record is not quite as bad as it looks, since two of their losses came at the hands of Ole Miss and 11th ranked Oklahoma State (and they put 27 points on Ole Miss). They now have a week under their belt with their new play caller (their former OL coach) after firing their OC on the back of a double overtime loss to Idaho. They were competitive until a fourth quarter collapse against Louisiana Tech, and could very well put things together in a surprise effort against Troy. The Trojans are 16 point favorites.
South Alabama is #1 in: offseason preventable construction disasters.
Troy is #1 in: obscene gesture related suspensions.
Thursday, October 12
7:30 PM - #1 Texas State at #1 Louisiana Lafayette. Texas State enters the contest at 1-4, to ULL's not-much-better 2-3. The paper lies here, too, though, because Texas State has only beaten something called Houston Baptist, and that only by 9 points. The rest of their games have been mostly 30 point disasters. They finally found some offense against ULM, and displayed a little defense earlier in the season against App State, but they are on the whole pretty bad, and seem destined for a 1 or 2 win season. The Ragin' Cajuns, on the other hand, have been a scoring machine for the most part, stumbling a bit against Idaho and Texas A&M. Their problem has been the lack of defense. Perhaps if Texas State keeps up the offensive play and ULL declines again to play defense we could see a high scoring game here.
Texas State is #1 in: Sun Belt losing streaks.
Louisiana Lafayette is #1 in: having the most lopsided record against the SEC, probably, at 1-63 all time (and that win is only if you count their victory over Texas A&M 21 years ago).
Friday, October 13
7:00 PM - #2 Clemson at #1 Syracuse. Friday the 13th, a 2nd ranked Clemson with a banged up QB travels far to the north. The last time Clemson met a ranked Syracuse team on the football field was January 1, 1996, and they lost 41-0. As ACC bad luck mingles in the air with the potent Friday the 13th vibes, expect to see something altogether horrifying happen in this game. Clemson is favored by 22.5.
Syracuse is #1 in: total plays run (516), third down attempts (115), third down conversions (48), and fourth down attempts (21). This team plays fast as hell.
10:30 PM - #8 Washington State at #1 California. Cal is looking increasingly hopeless as the season wears on, and it's clear that the turnaround for their new coach is not going to be anything resembling immediate. Luke Falk for Wazzu has already thrown 262 passes for 2000 yards and a 19/2 TDI, and looks poised to steamroll Cal in another episode of #Pac12AfterDark, where anything can happen but never does, that nobody anywhere will see. Mike Leach is favored by 14.5.
California is #1 in: scoreless Rose Bowl ties, all time.
Saturday, October 14
12:00 PM - #6 TCU at #1 Kansas State. TCU is the last hope of the Big 12, and there are no Baylors or West Virginias left to stop them. Kansas State is coming off a hard double overtime loss to Texas, of all awful teams, and yet... Bill Snyder still stands, undaunted. Watch with bated breath as a man older than time calls plays in King James English phrases that were new when he first heard them, like "this, too, shall pass", and "for by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall." Don't look away, as he single handedly crushes the Big 12's last hope of getting a team into this year's playoff with all the concern of someone who has seen them all and knows he will see generations more, long after all those who are wailing and gnashing their teeth have faded from history. TCU is favored by just 6 points.
Kansas State is #1 in: you guessed it... oldest active NCAA head coach (78 years old as of last week).
12:00 PM - #17 Michigan at #T-1 Indiana. The Hoosiers have abandoned Richard Lagow, and are fully off their rockers and adrift now, after showing so much promise earlier in the season. Michigan, similarly, has thrown offense to the wayside, taking a vow of defense and field goals only, which should make this a spectacularly low scoring game in which Indiana has perhaps a fumble's chance of winning. Michigan is favored by 7 points (which means a score of what, 7-0?)
Indiana is #T-1 in: field goal percentage (100.00 on the season, tied with like six other teams).
12:00 PM - #20 NC State at #1 Pittsburgh. Talk around town is that NC State is the real deal, and that Pittsburgh is the real bad. The Wofl Pack will seek to retain its perfect-in-ACC status so it can challenge Clemson for supremacy in the Atlantic division, and everything seems to be lining up for that showdown to be the next hyped Clemson game come November, but they'll have to play this trap game and win next week against (probably) ranked Notre Dame to get there unblemished. Pittsburgh will eventually have to remember how to play football agaim, some day. Doeren's dudes are favored by 11.
Pittsburgh is #1 in: burning redshirts for no real reason.
12:00 PM - #24 Texas Tech at #T-1 West Virginia. Please welcome our newest #1 team to the rankings, as they shoot up impressively from last week's #23 spot. Texas Tech suffered a setback against Oklahoma State, but roared back into form against Kansas, and are probably looking to prove they've learned lessons and things like that against West Virginia. The Mountaineers themselves are still on the quest for a ranked victory this season, after losing a very hard fought game to TCU, and this will be their very best chance at that. Texas Tech is favored by 3.5.
West Virginia is #T-1 in: first downs per game (28.2, tied with Louisville).
12:00 PM - #1 Florida State at #1 Duke. This is here primarily because schadenfreude potential does exist. Florida State is 1-3 sporting only a win over Wake Forest, and has not covered a single spread yet. Duke is 4-2, and 4-2 ATS, and despite being thrashed by Miami, is still a statistically sound team that may be able to exploit FSU's complete lack of an offense and what is sure to be a mighty hangover on the part of the Seminoles. Florida State is favored by just 7, which has to be the lowest spread for an FSU / Duke game in a very long time.
Florida State is #1 in: pre-season AP poll ranking differential (24 spots, not counting votes received). Yikes.
Duke is #1 in: Rose Bowls hosted on the East coast, all time. You can thank Tojo for that one.
Wednesday, October 11
8:00 PM - #1 South Alabama at #1 Troy. South Alabama comes into this game at 1-4, having only beaten Alabama A&M, while Troy comes in at 4-1, fresh off their massively huge win over ranked LSU and a bye week. This might initially seem like it is going to be a very one sided game, but consider if you will that LSU is garbage, and that Troy's loss came at the hands of Boise State (they of the fart winds). South Alabama's record is not quite as bad as it looks, since two of their losses came at the hands of Ole Miss and 11th ranked Oklahoma State (and they put 27 points on Ole Miss). They now have a week under their belt with their new play caller (their former OL coach) after firing their OC on the back of a double overtime loss to Idaho. They were competitive until a fourth quarter collapse against Louisiana Tech, and could very well put things together in a surprise effort against Troy. The Trojans are 16 point favorites.
South Alabama is #1 in: offseason preventable construction disasters.
Troy is #1 in: obscene gesture related suspensions.
Thursday, October 12
7:30 PM - #1 Texas State at #1 Louisiana Lafayette. Texas State enters the contest at 1-4, to ULL's not-much-better 2-3. The paper lies here, too, though, because Texas State has only beaten something called Houston Baptist, and that only by 9 points. The rest of their games have been mostly 30 point disasters. They finally found some offense against ULM, and displayed a little defense earlier in the season against App State, but they are on the whole pretty bad, and seem destined for a 1 or 2 win season. The Ragin' Cajuns, on the other hand, have been a scoring machine for the most part, stumbling a bit against Idaho and Texas A&M. Their problem has been the lack of defense. Perhaps if Texas State keeps up the offensive play and ULL declines again to play defense we could see a high scoring game here.
Texas State is #1 in: Sun Belt losing streaks.
Louisiana Lafayette is #1 in: having the most lopsided record against the SEC, probably, at 1-63 all time (and that win is only if you count their victory over Texas A&M 21 years ago).
Friday, October 13
7:00 PM - #2 Clemson at #1 Syracuse. Friday the 13th, a 2nd ranked Clemson with a banged up QB travels far to the north. The last time Clemson met a ranked Syracuse team on the football field was January 1, 1996, and they lost 41-0. As ACC bad luck mingles in the air with the potent Friday the 13th vibes, expect to see something altogether horrifying happen in this game. Clemson is favored by 22.5.
Syracuse is #1 in: total plays run (516), third down attempts (115), third down conversions (48), and fourth down attempts (21). This team plays fast as hell.
10:30 PM - #8 Washington State at #1 California. Cal is looking increasingly hopeless as the season wears on, and it's clear that the turnaround for their new coach is not going to be anything resembling immediate. Luke Falk for Wazzu has already thrown 262 passes for 2000 yards and a 19/2 TDI, and looks poised to steamroll Cal in another episode of #Pac12AfterDark, where anything can happen but never does, that nobody anywhere will see. Mike Leach is favored by 14.5.
California is #1 in: scoreless Rose Bowl ties, all time.
Saturday, October 14
12:00 PM - #6 TCU at #1 Kansas State. TCU is the last hope of the Big 12, and there are no Baylors or West Virginias left to stop them. Kansas State is coming off a hard double overtime loss to Texas, of all awful teams, and yet... Bill Snyder still stands, undaunted. Watch with bated breath as a man older than time calls plays in King James English phrases that were new when he first heard them, like "this, too, shall pass", and "for by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall." Don't look away, as he single handedly crushes the Big 12's last hope of getting a team into this year's playoff with all the concern of someone who has seen them all and knows he will see generations more, long after all those who are wailing and gnashing their teeth have faded from history. TCU is favored by just 6 points.
Kansas State is #1 in: you guessed it... oldest active NCAA head coach (78 years old as of last week).
12:00 PM - #17 Michigan at #T-1 Indiana. The Hoosiers have abandoned Richard Lagow, and are fully off their rockers and adrift now, after showing so much promise earlier in the season. Michigan, similarly, has thrown offense to the wayside, taking a vow of defense and field goals only, which should make this a spectacularly low scoring game in which Indiana has perhaps a fumble's chance of winning. Michigan is favored by 7 points (which means a score of what, 7-0?)
Indiana is #T-1 in: field goal percentage (100.00 on the season, tied with like six other teams).
12:00 PM - #20 NC State at #1 Pittsburgh. Talk around town is that NC State is the real deal, and that Pittsburgh is the real bad. The Wofl Pack will seek to retain its perfect-in-ACC status so it can challenge Clemson for supremacy in the Atlantic division, and everything seems to be lining up for that showdown to be the next hyped Clemson game come November, but they'll have to play this trap game and win next week against (probably) ranked Notre Dame to get there unblemished. Pittsburgh will eventually have to remember how to play football agaim, some day. Doeren's dudes are favored by 11.
Pittsburgh is #1 in: burning redshirts for no real reason.
12:00 PM - #24 Texas Tech at #T-1 West Virginia. Please welcome our newest #1 team to the rankings, as they shoot up impressively from last week's #23 spot. Texas Tech suffered a setback against Oklahoma State, but roared back into form against Kansas, and are probably looking to prove they've learned lessons and things like that against West Virginia. The Mountaineers themselves are still on the quest for a ranked victory this season, after losing a very hard fought game to TCU, and this will be their very best chance at that. Texas Tech is favored by 3.5.
West Virginia is #T-1 in: first downs per game (28.2, tied with Louisville).
12:00 PM - #1 Florida State at #1 Duke. This is here primarily because schadenfreude potential does exist. Florida State is 1-3 sporting only a win over Wake Forest, and has not covered a single spread yet. Duke is 4-2, and 4-2 ATS, and despite being thrashed by Miami, is still a statistically sound team that may be able to exploit FSU's complete lack of an offense and what is sure to be a mighty hangover on the part of the Seminoles. Florida State is favored by just 7, which has to be the lowest spread for an FSU / Duke game in a very long time.
Florida State is #1 in: pre-season AP poll ranking differential (24 spots, not counting votes received). Yikes.
Duke is #1 in: Rose Bowls hosted on the East coast, all time. You can thank Tojo for that one.
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