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Rivals Rundown Top 25 – Week 3

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Week 2 of the College Football Season is now in the books and with it a couple of our 25 teams, well for now.  It’s hard to imagine that one loss could end your season or at least your ranking in our Top 25 but in the cases of USC, Texas, and Cincinnati, that’s exactly what we think happened.  The worst of the three by far is USC, there is no way a team with that much talent should have such a bad offense, they could pathetic not being able to move the ball against what will prove to be a week Washington State team.  Anyways, here we go with our Week 3 Top 25 teams of College Football.  Come back later in the week when we will do our rewind and see how this Top 25 came together.

Current Rank Previous Week Team
1 1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 2 Oregon Ducks
3 3 Clemson Tigers
4 4 Ohio State Buckeyes
5 5 Louisville Cardinals
6 6 Florida State Seminoles
7 7 Oklahoma State Cowboys
8 9 LSU Tigers
9 12 Georgia Bulldogs
10 11 Nebraska Cornhuskers
11 13 Stanford Cardinal
12 20 Michigan Wolverines
13 18 Texas A&M Aggies
14 29 Miami Hurricanes
15 16 Baylor Bears
16 17 Washington Huskies
17 26 UCLA Bruins
18 15 Oklahoma Sooners
19 19 Fresno State Bulldogs
20 14 Florida Gators
21 8 South Carolina
22 22 TCU Horned Frogs
23 23 Arizona State Sun Devils
24 30 Wisconsin Badgers
25 21 Northwestern
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26 27 Northern Ill Huskies
27 Unranked Ole Miss Rebels
28 Unranked Michigan State Spartans
29 Unranked BYU Cougars
30 Unranked Boise State Broncos

And now for the Rundown…

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Rundown of Day 1 College Football 2013

August 30th, 2013

The 2013 College Football season is in motion and we celebrated by having over 12 hours of fantastic football.  Incase you missed some of the action or highlights here are our favorite plays, moments or factoids from the Kick-Off of the 2013 Season!

Puke and Rally!

This might be the best and worst moment of the year all wrapped into one.  Jordan Matthews, one of the premier receivers in all of college football and an All-SEC player made a catch coming over the middle late in the Vandy-Ole Miss game, in doing so he got absolutely crushed with a hit on his side by Ole Miss backer Cody Prewitt.  As Matthews tried to get to his feet he was visibly hurt and motioned to the sidelide to come out of the game.  With Vandy in hurry-up mode and not using a timeout, he was able to stand, get to the line of scrimmage for the next play.  After that play, it appeared he was going to make it to the sideline, stopped and went to one knee and that when the vomit came.  After Matthews was done losing his lunch, the training staff took him to the sidelines where he got some water, waited and on the next play, in classic college style Matthews puked ‘n rallied to make a huge catch on 4th and 18 and the game on the line.  Now, the problem we have, is with all of the concern about player safety at all levels of football, the Vandy staff shoul’ve never let Matthews return so quickly.  There is no way they could tell what condition the player was in.  They needed to let him stay on the sideline for a couple more minutes, while they professional assessed his situation but they didn’t and so we got one of the top plays of the season on day one.  Here is a link from SBNation showin the Rundown of this one!     http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/8/30/4674808/jordan-matthews-catch

 

Was that the Hoosiers or the Ducks?

In a game that only fans in Indiana watched or crazies like us watch, Indiana put an Oregon style offensive beat down to Indiana State with a final score of 73-35.  After the game, the Hoosier players were upset, why? Because Indiana was within 3 points of tying or beating the all-time record for points scored in school history of 76.  Now, normally we don’t agree with running the score up but when you are that close to a historical marker, kick the field goal, tie the record and give your boys something they will have for some years to come in the record book.  Now, Indiana is our pick for the surprise team in the country, picking them at 9 wins, now we know this was a gimmie game but the Indiana offense looked like an experienced one firing on all cylinders, now they just have to stay healthy.

 

USC Might be the Boys of Troy…

This one is hard for us to swallow, we picked USC to win the PAC 12 South division but if they can’t figure out how to run an offense they might be finishing behind ASU, UCLA, and Utah.  Before we get carried away reading too much into an opening day road game to Hawaii, let’s look at the positives.  USC’s defense will keep them in games, at the start of the game USC looked like a classic team that thought they were going to be able to show up and win the game, it took until almost halftime for them to figure out that they were going to have to take it and no one was giving them anything.  The side of the ball that changed the game was defense, they started to make plays on the ball getting 4 int. and holding the Hawaii QB to 16-41.  We liked USC because they have one of the easiest schedules in the PAC 12 but if they expect to compete we are guessing they are going to have to bring a lot more then what they had in Hawaii.

 

GAME OF THE NIGHT!!!

No it’s not Ole Miss-Vandy for all you East Coaster Bias out there, it was Fresno State-Rutgers without a shadow of a doubt.  If you missed that game because your mom wouldn’t let you stay up past your bedtime, we urge you, if you are a real college football fan, to find that game and watch it start to finish.  It had more lead changes than a NASCAR race and more scores than Robin Thicke.  It was from start to finish one of the best games and even had a classic OT finish of the away team going for the two-points to win!!!  Freakin Classic, a QB making his outside Heisman Campaign going 52-73 456 yards and 5 touchdowns, in Derek Carr and a Rutgers team saying we might have some holes but we can score too, Nova for Rutgers also threw for 5 TD’s.  This game should be on ESPN Classic sometime soon, look it up and enjoy.  We’re just thankful that Fresno made it out with the win, that game is going to do wonders for their confidence and we have them winning the Mountain West over Boise State… 

Vegas Setting the Odds for Over/Under Wins for all of College Football!

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A big part of my preseason analysis of college football is trying to figure out how many wins each team is going to collect.  The preseason top 10 is pretty predictable, although, every now and then a team completely bombs, most recently Va Tech and Texas come to mind.  But let’s take a look at what 5dimeshas put together for us…

 

AIR FORCE: Over 6.5 (+120) Under 6.5 (-160)

AKRON: Over 2.5 (-140) Under 2.5 (EVEN)

ALABAMA: Over 11.5 (+140) Under 11.5 (-180)

ARIZONA: Over 7.5 (-120) Under 7.5 (-120)

ARIZONA STATE: Over 9.5 (+175) Under 9.5 (-245)

ARKANSAS: Over 5.5 (-140) Under 5.5 (EVEN)

ARKANSAS STATE: Over 7.5 (+160) Under 7.5 (-210)

ARMY: Over 4.5 (-110) Under 4.5 (-130)

AUBURN: Over 6.5 (+120) Under 6.5 (-160)

BALL STATE: Over 9.5 (+165) Under 9.5 (-215)

BAYLOR: Over 7.5 (-175) Under 7.5 (+135)

BOISE STATE: Over 10.5 (+120) Under 10.5 (-160)

BOSTON COLLEGE: Over 4.5 (+140) Under 4.5 (-180)

BOWLING GREEN: Over 8.5 (-150) Under 8.5 (+110)

BUFFALO: Over 5.5 (-140) Under 5.5 (EVEN)

BYU: Over 8.5 (+100) Under 8.5 (-140)

CALIFORNIA: Over 4.5 (+110) Under 4.5 (-150)

CENTRAL FLORIDA: Over 8.5 (+125) Under 8.5 (-165)

CENTRAL MICHIGAN: Over 4.5 (+130) Under 4.5 (-170)

CINCINNATI: Over 9.5 (+120) Under 9.5 (-160)

CLEMSON: Over 10.5 (+165) Under 10.5 (-215)

COLORADO: Over 3.5 (-160) Under 3.5 (+120)

COLORADO STATE: Over 5.5 (-195) Under 5.5 (+155)

CONNECTICUT: Over 5.5 (-140) Under 5.5 (+100)

DUKE: Over 5.5 (+120) Under 5.5 (-160)

EAST CAROLINA: Over 7.5 (-120) Under 7.5 (-120)

EASTERN MICHIGAN: Over 2.5 (+160) Under 2.5 (-210)

FLORIDA: Over 9.5 (+120) Under 9.5 (-160)

FLORIDA ATLANTIC: Over 3.5 (+155) Under 3.5 (-195)

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL: Over 2.5 (-140) Under 2.5 (EVEN)

FLORIDA STATE: Over 10.5 (+110) Under 10.5 (-150)

FRESNO STATE: Over 10.5 (+120) Under 10.5 (-160)

GEORGIA: Over 9.5 (-195) Under 9.5 (+155)

GEORGIA STATE: Over 2.5 (+130) Under 2.5 (-170)

GEORGIA TECH: Over 8.5 (-120) Under 8.5 (-120)

HAWAII: Over 3.5 (-130) Under 3.5 (-110)

HOUSTON: Over 5.5 (+120) Under 5.5 (-160)

IDAHO: Over 1.5 (+220) Under 1.5 (-300)

ILLINOIS: Over 3.5 (-160) Under 3.5 (+120)

INDIANA: Over 5.5 (-190) Under 5.5 (+150)

IOWA: Over 5.5 (-120) Under 5.5 (-120)

IOWA STATE: Over 5.5 (+175) Under 5.5 (-245)

KANSAS: Over 3.5 (-120) Under 3.5 (-120)

KANSAS STATE: Over 8.5 (+155) Under 8.5 (-195)

KENTUCKY: Over 3.5 (-160) Under 3.5 (+120)

KENT STATE: Over 5.5 (-105) Under 5.5 (-135)

LOUISVILLE: Over 10.5 (-130) Under 10.5 (-110)

LOUISIANA TECH: Over 5.5 (-180) Under 5.5 (+140)

LSU: Over 9.5 (+120) Under 9.5 (-160)

MARSHALL: Over 9.5 (+125) Under 9.5 (-165)

MARYLAND: Over 6.5 (-140) Under 6.5 (EVEN)

MASSACHUSETTS: Over 1.5 (+155) Under 1.5 (-195)

MEMPHIS: Over 4.5 (-165) Under 4.5 (+125)

MIAMI: Over 9.5 (+150) Under 9.5 (-190)

MIAMI OHIO: Over 4.5 (+140) Under 4.5 (-180)

MICHIGAN: Over 9.5 (-155) Under 9.5 (+115)

MICHIGAN STATE: Over 8.5 (-120) Under 8.5 (-120)

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: Over 5.5 (-150) Under 5.5 (+110)

MINNESOTA: Over 5.5 (-120) Under 5.5 (-120)

MISSISSIPPI: Over 8.5 (+120) Under 8.5 (-160)

MISSISSIPPI STATE: Over 5.5 (+140) Under 5.5 (-180)

MISSOURI: Over 5.5 (-180) Under 5.5 (+140)

NAVY: Over 6.5 (-120) Under 6.5 (-120)

NC STATE: Over 6.5 (-185) Under 6.5 (+145)

NEBRASKA: Over 9.5 (EVEN) Under 9.5 (-140)

NEVADA: Over 6.5 (+140) Under 6.5 (-180)

NEW MEXICO: Over 4.5 (+140) Under 4.5 (-180)

NEW MEXICO STATE: Over 2.5 (-120) Under 2.5 (-120)

NORTH CAROLINA: Over 9.5 (+170) Under 9.5 (-230)

NORTH TEXAS: Over 5.5 (+170) Under 5.5 (-230)

NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Over 9.5 (-175) Under 9.5 (+135)

NORTHWESTERN: Over 8.5 (-130) Under 8.5 (-110)

NOTRE DAME: Over 9.5 (-105) Under 9.5 (-135)

OHIO: Over 9.5 (+140) Under 9.5 (-180)

OHIO STATE: Over 11.5 (+160) Under 11.5 (-210)

OKLAHOMA: Over 9.5 (+160) Under 9.5 (-210)

OKLAHOMA STATE: Over 10.5 (+170) Under 10.5 (-230)

OREGON: Over 10.5 (-190) Under 10.5 (+150)

OREGON STATE: Over 8.5 (-210) Under 8.5 (+160)

PENN STATE: Over 8.5 (+150) Under 8.5 (-190)

PITTSBURGH: Over 5.5 (-110) Under 5.5 (-130)

PURDUE: Over 5.5 (+175) Under 5.5 (-245)

RICE: Over 7.5 (-190) Under 7.5 (+150)

RUTGERS: Over 6.5 (+110) Under 6.5 (-150)

SAN DIEGO STATE: Over 7.5 (+140) Under 7.5 (-180)

SAN JOSE STATE: Over 7.5 (+100) Under 7.5 (-140)

SMU: Over 5.5 (+140) Under 5.5 (-180)

SOUTH ALABAMA: Over 2.5 (-155) Under 2.5 (+115)

SOUTH CAROLINA: Over 9.5 (-195) Under 9.5 (+155)

SOUTH FLORIDA: Over 5.5 (-180) Under 5.5 (+140)

SOUTHERN MISS: Over 5.5 (-130) Under 5.5 (-110)

STANFORD: Over 9.5 (-120) Under 9.5 (-120)

SYRACUSE: Over 4.5 (-120) Under 4.5 (-120)

TCU: Over 9.5 (+180) Under 9.5 (-260)

TEMPLE: Over 4.5 (+130) Under 4.5 (-170)

TENNESSEE: Over 5.5 (-210) Under 5.5 (+160)

TEXAS: Over 9.5 (-150) Under 9.5 (+110)

TEXAS A&M: Over 9.5 (-180) Under 9.5 (+140)

TEXAS STATE: Over 5.5 (+125) Under 5.5 (-165)

TEXAS TECH: Over 7.5 (+145) Under 7.5 (-185)

TOLEDO: Over 8.5 (+130) Under 8.5 (-170)

TROY: Over 5.5 (-195) Under 5.5 (+155)

TULANE: Over 5.5 (EVEN) Under 5.5 (-140)

TULSA: Over 8.5 (-185) Under 8.5 (+145)

UAB: Over 5.5 (+140) Under 5.5 (-180)

UCLA: Over 8.5 (+180) Under 8.5 (-260)

UL LAFAYETTE: Over 8.5 (-180) Under 8.5 (+140)

UL MONROE: Over 7.5 (+110) Under 7.5 (-150)

UNLV: Over 4.5 (EVEN) Under 4.5 (-140)

USC: Over 10.5 (+165) Under 10.5 (-215)

UTAH: Over 5.5 (+145) Under 5.5 (-185)

UTAH STATE: Over 7.5 (-150) Under 7.5 (+110)

UTEP: Over 4.5 (+120) Under 4.5 (-160)

UTSA: Over 2.5 (+115) Under 2.5 (-155)

VANDERBILT: Over 7.5 (EVEN) Under 7.5 (-140)

VIRGINIA: Over 4.5 (-120) Under 4.5 (-120)

VIRGINIA TECH: Over 9.5 (+140) Under 9.5 (-180)

WAKE FOREST: Over 5.5 (-170) Under 5.5 (+130)

WASHINGTON: Over 7.5 (-120) Under 7.5 (-120)

WASHINGTON STATE: Over 4.5 (-130) Under 4.5 (-110)

WEST VIRGINIA: Over 5.5 (-210) Under 5.5 (+160)

WESTERN KENTUCKY: Over 6.5 (-195) Under 6.5 (+155)

WESTERN MICHIGAN: Over 5.5 (-150) Under 5.5 (+110)

WISCONSIN: Over 8.5 (-210) Under 8.5 (+160)

WYOMING: Over 5.5 (-175) Under 5.5 (+135)

[H/T: CBS Sports, via Beyond the Bets]

Our 50 States of College Football

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We are now on the eve of the 2013 BCS Championship between two of the traditional football powers, The Golden Domers of Notre Dame and The Tide of Alabama.  In 24 hours we will close out the 2012 season and begin previews of the next year.  A goal of mine this year is to write about all the previews and outlooks that are put out there by the traditional media outlets to have a collection or resource of all the pre-season hype so when kick-off rolls around I can come back to this source to provide insight on how the season unfolds. I will begin this journey in adding my thoughts towards previewing the 2013 season and starting down the path paved with roses for the 2014 game is Pasadena. In the coming months my goal is: before kick off of the 2013 season I will to have one post about every team that has a chance to play in Pasadena, well maybe not a chance but every team in the Football Bowl Subdivision.