Our overview of the Week 5 college football schedule, with notes, questions, and some predictions on dozens of games. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of games:
Army at ECU
FSU at Virginia (upset??)
TCU at Arizona State
USC at Illinois
UCF at Kansas State
Louisville at Pitt
Notre Dame at Arkansas
Auburn at Texas A&M
LSU at Ole Miss (Kiffin vs. Kiffin?)
Ohio State at Washington
UCLA at Northwestern (don’t watch this)
NMSU at New Mexico
Tennessee at Mississippi State
Appalachian State at Boise State
Montana at Idaho (FCS top-10 showdown)
Alabama at Georgia
BYU at Colorado
And, of course, Oregon at Penn State: THE MAIN COURSE, featuring Audrey Snyder of Inside the Lions. If you haven’t paid much attention to Penn State in its three warmup games, you’re not alone. Audrey tells us how the Nittany Lions are looking, where the trouble spots might be, and what she makes of this marquee rematch of last year’s Big Ten Championship.
More this week at Split Zone Duo
The third episode of our new subscriber series on the coaching carousel.
The Job: Oklahoma State
SUBSCRIBER SERIES: Oklahoma State finally cut ties with Mike Gundy. That wasn’t a surprise, but the timing was. Now the Pokes look forward. Alex and Richard discuss the Oklahoma State job post-Gundy:
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