This game qualifies as such. The Vols downfall this season has been widely reported and it’s quite likely they’ll enter the game at 1-1 with a loss to UCLA. Florida is supposed to contend for a BCS Title and a repeat Heisman for Tebow.

Fun fact you just learned from me: Tennessee has never beaten Florida in a season that Florida wound up with a better record. Ever. Now is the time.

Week of September 25-27—

The only reason I’d watch this game is if my other option is Oprah: Central Arkansas at Tulsa. I wish Central Arkansas’s name was the Fighting Scottie Pippens.

Scheduled game that makes Bret Bielema wish he’d of thought of that: Rhode Island at Boston College. I know Matt Ryan is gone, Eagles fans, but seriously, Rhode Island? After a little research on their ESPN.com page I found out the Rams have two verbal commitments for 2008, and both are graded as 40s.

The Appetizers:

USC at Oregon State: I told you I thought the Beavers have a shot this season and I mean it. USC has to travel to Corvalis this season to face last year’s second ranked PAC-10 defense (behind the Trojans) and a team that has given them both a recent loss (2006’s 33-31 thriller in the fog) and another scare (2004’s 28-20 win over Derek Anderson). Should be a fun Thursday night game.

Alabama at Georgia: If ‘Bama wants to get back on top they have to knock off a top Dawg. Bad joke I know, but seriously, if UGA doesn’t fall to the Sun Devils the week before, I’ll be cheering for the Tide in this one. Don’t forget Alabama almost won last season over the Dawgs, but they haven’t won between the hedges since 1995.

Illinois at Penn State: This night game in Happy Valley should be a dandy (sorry Keith) and will overshadow what’s generally a bigger conference game in Wisconsin at Michigan.  If Illinois has survived undefeated thus far, I’m wondering how Juice will do under the lights with 108,000 whited out fans screaming at him. Penn State will hopefully have found their QB by now, if not, it’s gonna be a long season in Nittanyland.

THE MAIN COURSE:

Virginia Tech at Nebraska: The Hokies replace 21 players this season, and Nebraska was downright awful last season. With games against Georgia Tech and North Carolina prior, VaTech could be coming in with some losses under their belt.

It’s not the same with Nebraska though as they should come in unscathed having played a schedule that our good friend Mr. Bielema would be proud of.  The sea of red was undaunting to USC last season; let’s see what it does to the Hokies with Sean Glennon back at QB minus his tailback Branden Ore.

I stop at September because after that, who knows what's going to be a good game. We didn't see South Florida, Oregon, Arizona State, or Missouri coming last year. I'd wager to say 3-4 of the marquee games in October and November will involved teams no one is talking about right now.  But you might as well cross off Baylor from that list because I'm pretty sure they'll be last.

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