Ten Games To Watch

Last years season was clearly an exciting ride. Who would ever imagined tradition rich Michigan beaten down on their own home field by Appalachian State? Would anyone ever have guessed Bama to lose to Louisiana Monroe? Could anyone have imagined a blowout of Utah by UNLV (with only two W's to their season)? How bout first time seeing Miami bowless in a decade? Or Air Force pounding on Notre Dame (41-24)? With fall in the air its time again to gear up for some straight up smashmouth football. Listed are ten great matchups to not miss this year.

Aug 30 Yewts @ Mich The Wolverines lost their leading career passer (Henne) and rusher (Hart) including two top WRs even the #1 overall pick in Jake Long. Look for a tough game but last season's stunner against Appalachian won't happen again. Michigan's D is loaded. Rich Rodriguez should have his first victory even though it could be a mighty long season.
Sep 13 Ohio St @ USC Buckus Award winner James Laurinaitis returns. Chris Wells ran for over 1600 yards and 15 TDs as a sophomore playing with a messed up ankle and broken hand. Buckeyes return an immense amount of experience and talent that may just get a W in California.
Sep 13 Mich @ Notre Dame Noone would have never guessed that BOTH schools would be needing victories so early in the season. Notre Dame's emerging talent and potential playmakers must all grow up at the same time and quickly. Home opener against San Diego St should definately help boost that confidence. Look for the luck of the Irish.
Sep 20 BSU @ Oregon How far the Broncs go this season rides up a new QB and completely revamped offensive line. Boise State could have best offensive arsenal weaponry in years but Ducks may just fly away with this matchup.
Oct 2 Oreg St @ Yewts After pounding the yewts 24-7 last year the Beavers get to visit Salt Lake. With no returning defensive line starters returning for the Beavers D-Mack could have a field day. Oregon State could be licking some wounds from their previous week matchup against USC. Definately could be one of the tougher yewt matchups of the season. Obtaining a W from the Beavers could make the Cougs matchup rather interesting.
Oct 11 LSU @ Florida Just a little scuffle between past two national champs in the swamp. Very big prizes are up for grabs (SEC title including possible BCS implications). SEC teams have won all 4 of its BCS games in last two years by a margin of 161-62. Always fun to watch that amount of talent.
Oct 18 Mizzo @ Texas Could be a rather intriguing matchup of the Mizzo's explosive receiving corps versus the Longhorn young and inexperienced secondary. Texas seems to reload and typically wins at home. Watch for Vondrell McGee the next great longhorn tailback. Mack Brown's front seven is yet again solid and the LBs have oodles amount of potential talent.
Nov 1 Florida @ Georgia Bulldog recipe and ingredients present for a possible berth to a BCS title game. Gators know how to put points on the scoreboard scoring 30plus in 11 of the 13 contests last year. A Heisman boost could be included with a win by either side (Knowshon Moreno/Georgia & Tim Tebow/Florida). Look for Georgia's D (that ranked 14th last yr in fewest yards allowed) that returns 9 starters to help secure the victory.
Nov 22 BYU @ Yewts If all goes as planned (one game at a time) BYU could be playing for a bigger stage. There would be nothing sweeter for the yewts to see the men in blue lose the Holy War in SLC and dash the Cougs hopes of a BCS game at the same time. The fully invested talent, coaching, discipline and hard work of the Cougs come out in the end in yet another close contest.
Nov 29 Auburn @ Alabama New offensive coordinators for both school (Tony Franklin with Auburn & Jim McElwain at Alabama). The Tigers have won six in a row. However, only one of those occurred with Nick Saban around. If the Tide is ready to roll now would be a great time.