College Football: 2008 Games to Watch

Chris Domschke by Scribe Written on August 19, 2008
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The SEC is on the board this weekend with a pair of tough matchups. Florida and the Tebows head to Tennessee in what might be Tennessee's defining '08 game. Meanwhile LSU, trying to prove themselves head to Auburn in some Tiger on Tiger Action. But the week's highlight could be, and should be the Masses on Mill. Tempe will flood as the Dawgs of Georgia head to Arizona State for one of the top games of the season.

WEEK 5
Saturday, September 27:
Big Eleven matchup of two of the top five teams. Illinois heads to Penn State. Sorry, aint much else.

WEEK 6
Saturday, October 4:
Okay, after a couple major weeks of great football we have to expect a couple of subpar weeks. There are two nice conference matchups this week with Ohio State heading to Wisconsin and Arizona State heading to face the Tree Sitters of Cal. Could be a major hurdle for both Ohio State and ASU. My prediction, one will lose to shake up the Top 15, probably ASU.

WEEK 7
Saturday, October 11:
Can you believe we're almost at the halfway point of the season? But the rest of the way is almost all great inter-conference match-ups. This week we've got LSU traveling to Florida in what could be a SEC East vs. West, 1 vs 2. We'll also have an ASU at USC match-up which, barring early losses, could determine the Pac 10 Champ, but the highlight will be the Big XII Red River Shootout between Oklahoma and Texas in Dallas. I don't care if you think that's not the biggest game. Games played at neutral sites automatically become game of the week.

WEEK 8
Saturday, October 18:
Though not at neutral sites, this week WILL DETERMINE who plays in the Big XII Championship. Missouri at Texas and Kansas at Oklahoma. Four GREAT College Quarterbacks will be on display here. Daniel vs. McCoy, Reesing vs. Bradford. Is there a Big XII Network?

WEEK 9
Thursday, October 23/Saturday, October 25
In a rare high profile Thursday match-up Auburn heads to West Virginia. This would be the time for the Mountaineers team to show up to back up all they've been talking since last October. But after that appetizer we'll also see a handful of major conference games. A Big Eleven showdown (most likely for number two) of Illinois at Wisconsin. An SEC showdown of Georgia at LSU, a Big XII showdown of Texas Tech and Kansas, and most important, USC will be traveling to Arizona. While most times this would seem a walkaway win, check out how the Kitty Kats played the Men from Troy last year, plus with their homecoming record and penchant for upsetting top teams, I won't say I told you so.

WEEK 10
Saturday, November 1
We'll kick off November with the World's Largest Cocktail Party in Jacksonville where Florida and Georgia face off in an SEC Showdown and the battle for Texas, which is not an official rivalry yet, will show down the state's top two programs as Texas visits the High Octane Tech Red Raiders.

WEEK 11
Saturday, November 8
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