{"id":2348,"date":"2009-10-24T03:40:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T08:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-storylines\/"},"modified":"2009-10-24T03:40:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T08:40:59","slug":"college-football-storylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-storylines-2348\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the stories capturing my attention for today:
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\nMinnesota (+16) at Ohio State <\/strong>– The Buckeyes need a big win here in order to salvage something from this season. They also need Terrelle Pryor to look like the player that he is supposed to be.
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\nSouth Florida (+6.5) at Pittsburgh<\/strong> – Neither of these teams can afford a win as they try to stick close to Cincinnati and keep the Big East BCS bid in their sights.
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\nArkansas (+6.5) at Ole Miss<\/strong> – Both these teams still have a chance to finish the season ranked, but a loss here would be a blow to those chances.
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\nBoston College (+7.5) at Notre Dame<\/strong> – I don’t have a whole lot of love for Boston College, but I couldn’t possibly be cheering for them more. A third Notre Dame loss would be, hopefully, a nail in their BCS coffin. That would make me very happy.
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\nClemson (+4.5) at Miami<\/strong> – Miami goes back to playing real competition after a couple of easy weeks. The Hurricanes are by far the better team, but Clemson is playing well right now and can be pesky. This will be a test of Miami’s concentration.
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\nPenn State (-4.5) at Michigan<\/strong> – A win by the Wolverines at the Big House would be a clear sign that this team is on the right track – a fast one back to respectability. Penn State’s defense has been very good, but this is by far the best offense they have faced. Surprisingly, this one could be a contest for second or third in the Big Ten.
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\nOklahoma (-7.5) at Kansas <\/strong>– The Sooners could actually be below .500 with a loss here. Hard to believe, but these guys haven’t had a single piece of luck.
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\nLouisville (+17.5) at Cincinnati<\/strong> – If the Bearcats want to prove that they belong in the discussion with the big boys then they can’t get caught looking past lightweights like the Cardinals have sadly become.
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\nOregon (-10) at Washington <\/strong>– Washington has been playing well – better than their record, really. They will be desperate to keep the momentum rolling, and knocking off Oregon would certainly do that.
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\nTennessee (+14.5) at Alabama<\/strong> – I don’t for a second think that Alabama will lose. I certainly hope not, because Lane Kiffin is hard enough to take now. With a win here he would be unbearable.
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\nIowa (+1.5) at Michigan State<\/strong> – The Hawkeyes are in the driver’s seat in the Big Ten, but this is a dangerous spot for them. The public thinks so, too – the game opened with Iowa favored by 2.5.
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\nTCU (-2.5) at BYU<\/strong> – With a win here TCU will likely finish the season undefeated, and will have a real chance of earning a BCS bid. BYU wants to make sure that that doesn’t happen. This one will be one heck of a war.
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\nFlorida (-22.5) at Mississippi State<\/strong> – Florida is badly depleted in their defensive front seven, and Mississippi State can run the ball. This could get interest. It probably won’t, though.
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\nTexas (-13) at Missouri<\/strong> – If Texas plays their typically lethargic, disinterested style of this year then the Tigers may be good enough t make them pay for it.This is a big test – probably the biggest they have had this year given the injury situation at Oklahoma.
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\nOregon State (+21) at USC<\/strong> – You know that Oregon State is dreaming of another Trojan upset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are the stories capturing my attention for today: Minnesota (+16) at Ohio State – The Buckeyes need a big win here in order to salvage something from this season. They also need Terrelle Pryor to look like the player that he is supposed to be. South Florida (+6.5) at Pittsburgh – Neither of these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[9531,372],"class_list":["post-2348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-football","tag-college-football","tag-ncaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}