ISU can get cute, too Every week -- especially after week six -- there are a ton of great games and match-ups to the point that you think it won't get any better.
Then, the next week, it gets better. Mainly because teams' fortunes and rankings change. Anybody playing Auburn at the beginning of the season never thought it'd be huge. Now, they play Alabama, LSU or Florida and it's a huge game.
Same with Oregon, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Utah and others. Nobody considered these teams as being important or nearly as important as they are now. For the last three weeks, it's huge game after huge game.
If college football is broke, I'd hate to see it fixed.
The match-ups:
TCU (9-0, 5-0) vs. Utah (8-0, 5-0)
Playoff? Who needs a playoff? It's week 10 and both these teams are playing, essentially, for their seasons. A win catapults one of these teams probably into the top three. They are in the national championship talk. This is as big of a game as there will be this season in any sport.
Baylor (7-2, 4-1) vs. Oklahoma State (7-1, 3-1)
Huge. Gigantic. Monstrous game for both teams. They're essentially playing for the Big XII South. A spot in the Big XII title game. Big road game and test for the Bears. A win puts them in top 15 and Robert Griffin directly in the Heisman talk. Both have Oklahoma looming.
Colorado (3-5, 0-4) vs. Kansas (2-6, 0-4)
Someone will come out with a conference win. The loser will retreat to the wilderness in shame. Worst game of the week. They all can't be good.
Nebraska (7-1, 3-1) vs. Iowa State (5-4, 3-2)
Make sense of Iowa State and I'll tell you who wins this game. They lost by 41 and 52 to Utah and Oklahoma, respectively, then beat Texas in Austin. The Cyclones might lose by 40. Or win by 14.
Missouri (7-1, 3-1) vs. Texas Tech (4-4, 2-4)
A trap game for the Tigers. At Tech at night coming off the disappointment against Nebraska. At best, Tech is frisky. Sometimes frisky is all you got.
Texas (4-4, 2-3) vs. Kansas State (5-3, 2-3)
Texas is awesome on the road (3-1). When's the last time Texas had allowed more touchdowns than they scored?
Oklahoma (7-1, 3-1) vs. Texas A&M (5-3, 2-2)
Welcome to college football Ryan Tannehill. You don't get Texas Tech every week. OU wins by 21.
SMU (5-4, 4-1) vs. UTEP (5-4, 4-2)
SMU is coming off their thrilling win over Tulsa. Meanwhile, UTEP's lost three straight and are utterly ordinary.
Troy (4-3, 3-1) vs. North Texas (2-6, 2-3)
It's odd seeing UNT at 2-3 in conference. As if they were average and not the worst team in the nation. The Mean Green are 0-4 at home with two 1-point losses.
SFA (6-2, 3-1) vs. Nicholls State (2-6, 1-3)
SFA must bounce back. Giving up a huge fourth quarter in a loss to Texas State ain't going to cut it. Should feast on Nicholls State, but they haven't played well in three games.
