Clemson and Alabama have asserted the same old point of dominance over this 2020 school football season, but who else is smart this year?
The state of Ohio will probably be smart and comfortably take care of Nebraska this weekend, but you never know. Over the next month, we noticed that Oklahoma, LSU, Auburn, Miami, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina suffered losses while qualifying. Seventh or more in the AP survey.
Which high-ranking team is biting on the weekend? (Could it be the Buckeyes?)
Will Cincinnati or SMU take the driver’s seat for a place in the New Year’s Six Bowl?
Does Dillon Gabriel’s impersonation of Tua Tagovailoa continue for a week?
And what will everyone talk about after the first football weekend of ten?
Blevery oneer Report school football experts David Kenyon, Adam Kramer, Kerry Miller, Joel Reuter and Brad Shepard have predictions for each of those problems and more than any other college red-skinned stellar weekend.
Brad Shepard
It’s an exceptional showdown to start the Big Ten calendar, and wow, I missed the B1G!
It’s hard to oppose Minnesota head coach PJFleck, as he built two systems from scratch. He still has Field Marshal Tanner Morgan and elite pass receiver Rashod Bateman. But the Golden Gophers will miss offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca, who went to Penn State. .
Michigan, on the other hand, will ask other people this year, in a smart way, for a change.
Jim Harbaugh is overrated, but he took the right quarterback resolution by appointing Joe Milton as the starter, even if that meant dylan McCaffrey’s end of time in Ann Arbor. compensate for the proven shortage of perimeter weapons.
The Wolverines deserve to restrict Bateman’s breakup ability by putting pressure on Morgan, and that seven strikers will be from the start. The defense will be the call of the game, and Milton will make enough plays for the Wolverines to win 23-20. .
Kerry Miller
In his five seasons as Michigan’s head coach, Harbaugh has a 1-7 away record against his ranked opponents. The only victory was at number 24 at Michigan State two years ago when the Spartans did not offend and ended with six losses. , classified competently groups the box of the Wolverines.
Expect Minnesota to be competent. The Golden Gophers bring a forged quarterback to Morgan, an open catcher for Bateman and last year’s five most sensitive starters along the offensive line. They averaged 34. 1 game-consistent issues last season, and there’s no clever explanation for why expect that. number to decline.
Minnesota’s defense is much more of a question mark after the departure of five of its six most sensitive tacklers, but will Michigan capitalize while replacing its initial quarterback and four of last season’s six most sensitive catchers?the first deyet of his career is as bad as D’Wan Mathis’ for Georgia last month. (If we can even make Milton the headline of this game. You never know with Harbaugh, who hides intensity graphics from the public as we would with Coca -Tail Formula. )
It’s hard to know what to expect, as either group has lost a lot of key headlines. I don’t even know if the merit of home exists in 2020, but I’m going with Minnesota because of the location of the game. played in the Big House, I’d like Michigan to be beaten. In Minnesota, however, I lean the Gophers through a basket. Minnesota 27, Michigan 24.
David Kenyon
The question is: Will a three-week break be a challenge for Cincinnati 3-0?
When the Bearcats last played (October 3), SMU received Memphis, who had not taken the box for about a month, and the Mustangs temporarily built a 24-3 lead. Yes, SMU (5-0) needed an overdue basket, to overtime and win, yet the Bearcats don’t have as prolific an offense as Memphis. If you hang out early, it’s going to be hard to recover.
So it’s a very smart thing for Cincinnati to have a pass defense. Passed through the corner star Ahmad Gardner, the Bearcats allowed a miserable 5. 1 yards consistent with intent and 0 touchdowns while winning seven interceptions. Cincinnati has the upper hand.
Kerry Miller
When SMU Quarterback Shane Buechele backs in opposition to this high school, it will be a clash between the most sensitive force and an object tied to the desk. SMU ranks in the five most sensitive for yards consisting of pass attempts (10. 0) and pass yards. consistent with the game (359. 2). Only the mighty Alabama is greater than the Mustangs in any of the categories. Meanwhile, Cincinnati’s defense has yet to be consistent with a landing pass and leads the country in terms of the effectiveness of defensive pins.
On both sides, this obvious dominance is reinforced through the festival point they face. Cincinnati played Austin Peay, the Army, and South Florida, none of which can be valuable. The five parties to the SMU conflict had a terrible high school. But any of the sets were forged last year, so it’s no wonder they were so good.
As we saw recently in the Georgia-Alabama game, the big offense trumps the great defensive, so I hope SMU gets some touchdowns.
However, what I don’t trust is the mustangs defense, which provides 30. 0 problems consistent with the opposite game to FBS opponents. They survived situations near Memphis and Tulane before this month, but Cincinnati will get at least one or two more stops. than defenses. This adds to a key victory along the way for the Bearcats. Cincinnati 30, SMU 27.
Joel Reuter
Something will have to give way when No. 9 Cincinnati moves to No. 16 SMU in a war for the supremacy of the AAFC, and after the way the No. 14 North Carolina played last week, it’s far from certain that the Tar Heels will triumph by opposing No. 23 NC State, even at home.
However, we’ll do it in big 12.
Oklahoma and Texas suffered two early defeats, provoking the convention and leaving Oklahoma State as their only undefeated team. The Cowboys haven’t played since they defeated Kansas on October 3, and their previous two victories weren’t easy.
Meanwhile, Iowa State has three direct victories and steadyed strong last time in a 31-15 win over Texas Tech. At least that day, Quarterback Brock Purdy looked a lot like the NFL skill he was looking for, completing 32 of 43 passes for 302 yards and two touchdowns while adding 42 more yards on the ground.
The Cyclones lost seven to the Cowboys at home last year, but have the ability to regain favor.
Kerry Miller
In each of the following 4 weeks, at least one team ranked in the AP Top Seven has suffered a defeat. In three of those four weeks, several Top Seven groups fell. It’s a season where “no one’s safe. “
If this trend is going to continue this week, the two possible prime suspects are no. 3 Notre Dame (in Pittsburgh) and Oklahoma State No. 6 (against No. Iowa State 17).
Notre Dame’s aerial game has missed, to say the least, and Pittsburgh has the stingiest defense in the country. This game can be an almost obedient copy of Notre Dame’s 12-7 victory over Louisville last weekend, perhaps the Fighting Irish will make it make a fatal loss, which will make the AP No voting team. 3 bite the powder a third time in five weeks.
Oklahoma State is expected to win at home against the Cyclones, but the Cowboys have not played since October 3 and their beginner quarterback, Spencer Sanders, has attempted only two passes this season due to a lower body injury. it’s a great possibility, and the state of Iowa has enough players in attack and smugglers in defense to build and an advantage.
My official answer, however, is that the 16th EMS is the high top-ranked team to lose (against 9th Cincinnati). But let’s just say I wouldn’t be surprised if it was Notre Dame or the state of Oklahoma.
Brad Shepard
I’m a big fan of stylistic clashes. Several of those games are played this week between groups not ranked Temple against Memphis, Oklahoma against TCU, Auburn against Ole Miss and Baylor against Texas. But since it’s a week full of the Big Ten, let’s move on to Iowa. west of Lafayette, Indiana, to face Purdue.
Possibly, however, this is the year when Jeff Brohm’s skill as a coach is reflected in Purdue’s earnings column. The boilermakers have back elite player Rondale Moore, and can team up with sophomore David Bell as catcher. With Jack Plummer throwing the ball on a fair offensive line, there’s a lot of excitement.
Although they have a lot of new players, everyone knows what Kirk Ferentz’s Hawkeyes are going to do: try to sink it down their throats and win with an uncompromising defense. While we don’t know much about Iowa’s new talent, this will be the best. Same usual game plan. Purdue won 28-24.
Brohm is absent after positive for COVID-19, so his brother, Brian, will take over the game.
Kerry Miller
I hope it’s the Air Force in the state of San Jose, because we’ve been waiting a long time for our first “I’ve been watching football all the time for 14 hours, but I hope this game never ends,” kind of late -Action Night Season 2020. Everyone is excited about the return of the Big Ten this weekend, however , those of us on the East Coast who fight sleep in a captivating Mountain West game is what would make it look like the first general weekend. autumn.
The choice, however, is Auburn at Ole Miss.
I’m intrigued to know how Lane Kiffin plans to combine things a week after a seven-figure loss to Arkansas. Despite everything, we’re going to get a good dose from John Rhys Plumlee, who’s been missing since the rebels. “First educational consultation of the season opposing Florida. Or will they just let Matt Corral stand against an Auburn defense that has forced only a ball loss in his last three games?”
And when Auburn gets the ball?Or will the Tigers’ confidence in the construction of Bo Nix oppose one of the worst pass defenses in the country?the holes he leaves all over the field. )
Bonus: The rest of the list in the early afternoon is probably riddled with eruptions, which would make this game even more entertaining by comparison.
Joel Reuter
After a 5-7 season last year, and their fourth FBS campaign, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are causing a nationwide sensation with a 4-0 start.
A 30-27 win over Louisiana-Lafayette last week long enough to put them in the TOP 25 of the AP, and some other tough check awaits them at Georgia Southern, which advanced to 3-1 last week with a 41-0 whitening against UMass.
Both groups love to run the ball. The Eagles rank fourth in the country with 281. 3 yards on the court consistent with the game, and the Chanticleers rank 20th with 201. 8 yards consistent with the game on the court. At the same time, defenses consistent with more than 4. 5 meters consistent with the race there is enough room to run.
The merit of the house box can make all the difference. Georgia Southern won a triple war of 30-27 at home last year, but that will be a credit: Coastal Carolina with the game transferred to Brooks Stadium. The same score of 30-27 is quite correct.
Kerry Miller
The Chanticleers will win, but it may not be easy.
Georgia Southern’s three victories came here opposite groups (Campbell, Louisiana-Monroe and Massachusetts) that have a combined 0-10 record, but don’t be fooled. This triple-choice offense doesn’t care if you’re 0-5 or 7-0, as the case when the Eagles disappointed the Appalachian State on the last Halloween. Georgia Southern has run at least 300 yards in each of their last two games. He also ran for 299 yards against Coastal Carolina last year and eclipsed 400 yards opposite the Chanticleers in 2018.
This year, however, Coastal has a violation. Grayson McCall has been a new breath of air as a quarterback after three consecutive years of a revolving door to this position and the Chanticleers did not have a dominant race risk individually, doing so on average more than two hundred meters on the ground. In addition to his 197. 0 pass power score, which is behind only Alabama’s Mac Jones and BYU’s Zach Wilson, McCall was a major contributor to this ground game with 184 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He’ll probably be back in time, but I like Coastal Carolina to have a lossless game in a 27-23 win.
David Kenyon
Virginia Tech at Wake Forest.
The most productive component of this response is the reminiscence it causes in a football-overloaded brain. Six years ago, former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer raised his arms to celebrate wake Forest’s failure of a basket as time went on. win — a moment of joy!Yes, 0-0. What time.
Virginia Tech’s defensive functionality last week is a cause for doubt; The Hokies allowed only 14 problems to Boston College, however, Tech has ceded 87 problems in its last two games as visitors, and can repair those disruptions with a productive attack. Meanwhile, Wake Forest has reached the 40-point mark in 3 games since falling to Clemson in early September, and the defense has given up 35 gambling-consistent issues in the ACC competition.
Kerry Miller
I’m just opting for Tulane at UCF, as I’ll write about it in a moment. But an equally strong candidate is Virginia Tech at Wake Forest.
Virginia Tech’s hasty offense is a freight train, with an average of 312. 0 yards consistent with the game and just under 7. 0 yards consistent with the race. And wake Forest’s seven strikers do a lot about it, having allowed nine touchdowns in 3 ACC games.
However, it is a two-way street. The Demon Deacons scored at least 40 problems in three consecutive games, while the Hokies’ defense allowed 473. 8 yards consistent with the game.
Apart from Clemson, they are the two most productive groups to form in the CCA. They are also finished third in the league for the total number of yards allowed according to the game. (which Virginia Tech wins).
Adam Kramer
The answer, at least in 3 of the last 4 games, would have been “finished”. UCF’s Gabriel has set up numbers adapted to NCAA football video games. Note on the sidelines: Bring back this football game, the NCAA.
Anyway, it’s amazing. Gabriel averages 439 yards consistent with the game. That’s more yards than any FBS quarterback. Mac Jones of Alabama, the moment on this list, is averaging nearly 60 yards less as week 8 approaches. The hole is also wide and amazing.
Speaking of wide and staggering discrepancies, Tulane’s pass defense is a problem. The Green Wave has the No. 65 air defense of the 77 groups playing. And although I love Tulane and I think this game could stay quite closed, Gabriel will pass. Wild.
Both can happen. Last week he threw 601 yards, 49 more runs in the Array . . . and his team lost one opposite to Memphis, he probably wouldn’t have that kind of game, yet he might be another nutcase.
I’m going to take over, because, frankly, he throws meters while he sleeps. Prediction: 33 out of 47, 421 yards per air, 4 touchdowns.
Kerry Miller
I saw the news earlier this week that McKenzie Milton looked smart in executing the scout team attack and was medically allowed to play for the first time in nearly two years after a brutal leg injury. And my first idea Array “Friend, it’s great, still where will it move to get game time?”
That’s how smart Gabriel Milton ended up in the top 10 voting for the Heisman Trophy in 2017 and 2018, and has no realistic hope of bringing that task to Gabriel, even temporarily.
By the time the southpaw leads the country in passing yards through 3 games with at least 400 yards and 4 or more touchdowns, even though UCF already has two losses, this guy deserves the Heisguy hype, I mean, no it’s his fault that the UCF defense couldn’t avoid Memphis, or that their kicker threw a purpose on the 40-yard field.
To answer the question, I definitely take over. Eliminate the game opposite the Armada (which runs the ball more than five times as long as it passes), and Tulane allows 344. 5 yards consistent with game-consistent passes. 439 yards to SMU, who was betting his first game without star receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. (knee injury late in the season).
The main way I can believe Gabriel is less than 400 yards away is if the Knights take a huge lead and put her in cruise control, but her defense was so bad that I don’t see that happening.
Adam Kramer
I’m wasting a little time getting weird. This is the beginning of the B1G calendar, and I brought the fireworks.
If Michigan loses to Minnesota, the Internet will cause Jim Harbaugh’s Wolverines to disappear for the thousandth time, but Penn State’s turmoil in Indiana will be more significant.
Last year, the Hoosiers almost knocked out the Nittany Lions along the way. At home, from time to time, they expand Bloomington’s magic a little bit and make the quality very uncomfortable.
It’s the best position to do it. Penn State will start the season without several of the top defensive players who ran the engine a year ago, adding supporter Micah Parsons, who retired. But I’m more intrigued by what Indiana will achieve.
Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. is a desirable skill. If this ability becomes a reality, this attack will be one of the big ten. The number distribution of approximately one landing says a lot; Vegas is waiting for a closed game, and so am I.
Indiana begins the B1G season with an exciting 28-24 win. Regardless of what happens in Michigan, it would be a blow to the hope of school football playoffs.
Kerry Miller
Aside from the kind of generic thing “Football nevertheless goes back to the rust belt,” I guess a game-specific name will be: “Noah Cain proves he can lead Penn State’s hasty attack. “
With Penn State pronouncing this week that the long-awaited beginner runner Journey Brown would possibly not play in 2020 due to an undisclosed fitness factor that was discovered this off-season, cain seems to be the starter.
For maximum teams, a last-minute replacement to the ball carrier would be a nightmare, but Penn State will be in good shape with Cain and Devyn Ford.
When the Nittany Lions were betting RB-whack-a-mole last year, Cain (as a true freshman) had consecutive 100-yard performances opposite Purdue and Iowa in October. He also ran for 92 yards and two touchdowns in cotton bowl victory over Memphis. He did not play in last year’s game opposite Indiana, however, he is expected to star in a high-scoring contest this year.
Reserve name prediction: “Purdue’s recipe for victory is Moore (Cow) Bell” (Rondale Moore and David Bell are the boilermakers’ star receivers).
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