Golden: The Longhorns have been knocking on that door for a while, and they'll bust through after the TCU win.
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They’ll both crack the Top 25 after wins Saturday. What team outside the Top 25 will be ranked Sunday?īohls: Take your pick between Texas and Maryland. 14 Michigan's defense has given up only 47 points all season, but Wisconsin rallies late at home for a 27-24 win.ħ. (leads the Big Ten) but also a defense paced by lineman Sam Okuayinonu that has 16 sacks. 7 nationally with 294 passing yards a game) and receiver Dontay Demus Jr. The Terps (4-0) are riding high behind the passing tandem of Taulia Tagovailoa (No. An impressive win over the Irish would be a huge checked box.īohls: Maryland might be the surprise team of college football and will knock off No. Can you say signature win? It’s what Cincy needs to harbor any hopes of getting into the CFP. The Bearcats have forced eight turnovers in the last two games alone and know what’s in front of them, and they will upset an overrated Irish team 27-24. No other team left on its schedule moves the needle with no ranked team left to play, unless SMU jumps into the Top 25. Luke Fickell’s team has this last great opportunity to audition for the CFP selection committee. Does Cincinnati have to beat Notre Dame to have any shot at a College Football Playoff spot?īohls: It absolutely must - and will. Texas football: Plenty of points, and plenty of reasons why Texas’ offense looks like well-oiled machineĥ. Golden: Alabama hasn’t been this vulnerable in quite some time, and fans remember last season’s 63-48 shootout at Vaught-Hemingway, but Ole Miss won’t come close this time. Now, the Rebels are vastly improved, averaging about 300 yards or more rushing and passing and have had just two turnovers, but is that more a product of weak opponents or Ole Miss strength and Matt Corral prowess? Alabama will take down the feisty Rebels 48-35. Will Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin become the first Saban assistant to beat his old boss?īohls: Is this a joke? Saban assistants don’t beat the master. Golden: The Hogs are one of the best feel-good stories in all of college football behind good guy head coach Sam Pittman, but my preseason national championship pick Bulldogs are too talented on both sides of the ball to get caught slipping. Jefferson to try to beat Georgia through the air, and that won’t happen - he’s completing just 58% of his throws. I've got Georgia winning big at 34-14. I picked Arkansas to beat Texas and Texas A&M, but this Georgia defense is a different animal altogether, allowing just 69.5 yards a game on the ground. Will new kid on the block Arkansas upset Georgia?īohls: Uh, the Hogs meet reality. Texas football: Bohls: Texas quarterback Casey Thompson says coaching a possibility after football endsģ. 2 in the country behind Coastal Carolina’s Grayson McCall if Thompson had enough passing attempts. He’s producing in efficient fashion with 10 touchdowns, only two interceptions and a passer rating of 207.15 which would rank No. Oklahoma’s Spencer Rattler and Iowa State’s Brock Purdy have struggled at times but Thompson has been the most consistent of the Big 12 signal callers. No one’s playing any better than the Texas junior, unless someone wants to put Baylor’s Gerry Bohanon a touch above him with a 73% accuracy rate that’s eighth in the nation and a win over Iowa State, but those two have been far and away the cream of this crop. Is Casey Thompson the Big 12's best quarterback right now?īohls: At this point, I would say yes, even with such a small sample size of only two starts. The much maligned offensive line has a great day on the road and Bijan Robinson runs wild in a 34-24 win.Ģ. Golden: Much has been made of TCU having won seven of the last nine meetings, but the Longhorns are on a different level of focus in Sarkisian’s first year. Sure, Gary Patterson’s bunch was looking ahead, but a decent but hardly great SMU ran all over his defense, and so should the Longhorns in a 38-21 romp. Steve Sarkisian wasn’t here for those recent Horned Frogs beatdowns, and this isn’t the same TCU team that has gotten its way with Texas. Will TCU's recent domination of Texas continue?īohls: Absolutely not. Watch Video: WATCH: Previewing the Texas-TCU matchupĪmerican-Statesman columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden weigh in on 10 topics of interest from this week's college football slate of games:ġ.
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