Toe to Leather (or composite) Time!

Thursday, Sept. 2 Network Time (ET)
Southern Miss at South Carolina ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Marshall at Ohio St. Big Ten 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at MTSU ESPNU 7:30 p.m.
N. Illinois at Iowa St. FSN 7:30 p.m.
Towson at Indiana Big Ten 7:30 p.m.
Pitt at Utah Versus 8:30 p.m.
USC at Hawaii ESPN 11 p.m.

Opening night of the college football season, tears in my eyes…

South Carolina better bring their A game or Southern Miss be their nightmare.

Ohio State will start their much over hyped season by thrashing Marshall.

Minnesota at MTSU is interesting because a big 11 team is playing in Murfreesboro, Tennessee…

Skipping on down to Pitt and Utah match up. This should be a fantastic game. Utah is well coached and has that “no AQ” chip on their shoulder, but Pitt is really strong and will likely be the Big East champ (or UCONN). At altitude is the difference, so I go with the Utes.

Friday has Arizona and Toledo, but folks Friday Nights are for high school football.

Saturday’s top games:

Gators and Noles play at Noon against Miami, Oh and Samford. Should be nice warm ups.
UConn at Michigan – Huskies will ruin the crowd at the big house’s day 
Illinois and Mizzu is a quality opener but the Tigers will prevail.
UCLA at K State could be a shootout, but I like the Bruins
Kentucky and Louisville are state rivals with new coaches. Think SEC…
Purdue at Notre Dame is another cross state rival opener. Irish start their resurgence.
Washington at BYU is a great opener. Will not be a 6-3 boring game. BYU at home can be tough, but I’m taking Locker and the Huskies
Northwestern & Vandy in the brainbowl, but Vandy is the anti SEC team.
Oregon State at TCU. Great game at Cowboys stadium. TCU all the way.
LSU vs North Carolina in Atlanta. LSU is poorly coached, but better than UNC.
Cincinnati at Fresno State should be another shoot out, with the Bearcats winning

Sunday has a couple of games with SMU and Texas Tech being the interesting one. Tech better not take the ponies lightly, but Tubberville should get his first “W” in Lubbock.

Monday:
Maryland vs Navy will be an illustration of how good Navy is these days and how sad the Terps are.
The capper is the Boise State – Virginia Tech battle that night. Va Tech is so good on defense and special teams and so well coached, but I like the BRONCOS to rule.