The question is always the same when it comes to Utah: is Cam Rising going to play? The oft-injured Utah quarterback has some suggestions that he’ll take the field, but there’s no guarantee.
The Bulldogs from Athens face the Bulldogs from Starkville at 4:15pm on the SEC Network on Saturday. These two teams are at polar opposite ends of the SEC food chain at the moment. However, UGA looks susceptible due to their shaky offense and Mississippi State has proven they can hang with top talent by keeping things close with Texas for a good portion of the game. Let’s break down this match up.
Another slow start plagued the Bulldogs as they defeated the Tigers in Athens on Saturday. While I missed the score prediction by a few points (I guessed 31-17), I think I captured the feel of this game fairly well. UGA fans handled a rival fairly comfortably during the game but are still searching for more, as UGA has yet to look like a championship caliber team this season. Here’s the good, bad, and ugly that happened in the game.
It’s October, and there’s an excitement in the air in Bloomington, Indiana.
Nothing new for this place. October’s always a time for excitement in Indiana, because it means the start of basketball practice. Hoosier Hysteria is real, and the season is just a month away. Except there’s one difference: this excitement has absolutely nothing to do with basketball.
Will the real South Carolina please reveal itself? Are the Gamecocks the program that barely scraped by against Old Dominion, earning a four-point win on opening day of the season? Or are they the one that went into Lexington and belted Kentucky, introducing the Wildcats to a hard reality?
The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry is back again, this year in Athens. UGA has dominated this series as of late, and apart from a couple of flukey plays, UGA would be nearly undefeated in the last 15 years against the Plainsmen. As 23 point favorites, Vegas expects UGA to comfortably roll again this year. A quick glance at 2-3 Auburn and #5 UGA would make everyone think a blowout will ensue. There may be more that meets the eye with this matchup.
A classic tale of two halves, but the result ultimately didn’t change. UGA started slow, yet again, and then came out firing midway through the 3rd quarter. They took the lead for all of about 15 seconds before giving up a long touchdown to WR Ryan Williams on the first play of the subsequent drive. The Dawgs moved the ball down the field again, only for Carson Beck to throw a pick in the end zone on a ball intended for WR Colbie Young
Do the Buckeyes have their minds where they need to be for this game? Ohio State has the talent to dominate Iowa, but the Buckeyes have a major problem on their hands: Oregon. The trip to Eugene to face the Ducks looms large next week, and Ohio State has to make sure that it’s not focused on that potential Big Ten title game preview.
Is anything going to stop the SMU march to the ACC title game? If it’s not Louisville, the answer might be a hard no. SMU’s schedule was always thought to be a difficult start to ACC life before giving the Mustangs a glide path to Charlotte if they could survive it.