Michigan St. 28, Michigan 14 – The Michigan St. defense is one of the five best in all of college football, but the offensive play calling is uninspired this season after Don Treadwell left to take the head coaching job at Miami (OH). It didn't hurt them here, but it could be a big problem against Wisconsin next week. As for Michigan, still a work in progress, but they won't collapse after this loss like they did the last two seasons. The defense is noticeably better and the offense still put up great numbers last season after being squashed by Sparty.
Utah 26, Pittsburgh 14 – See Utes, don't turn the ball over, win the game. Utah has the talent to win in Pac-12, just young and turnover prone. Next season could be very god if they get decent quarterback play. As for Pittsburgh, they show all the hallmarks of a talented but inconsistent team that many talented teams show under first year coaches changing the entire system.
Texas A&M 55, Baylor 28 – A&M offense is going to blow bad defenses like Baylor up, allowing them to survive their awful pass defense. Against the better teams like Oklahoma, this will be a big problem. As for Baylor, the overall defensive talent just can't keep Griffin in some games unless he's perfect.
South Carolina 14, Mississippi St. 12 – This was an ugly football game. The Mississippi St. offense is still floating in the river after what LSU did to it a month ago. And the South Carolina offense seems to be doomed to maddening inconsistency, even without Garcia. The other news here: Lattimore is hurt. Good thing Gamecocks have a bye next week.
Cincinnati 25, Louisville 16 – The Louisville offense is still awful, no matter the coordinator. It's so bad that it allowed Cincinnati to win with a B- level game.
Penn St. 23, Purdue 18 – Nittany Lions continue to win and continue to be totally unwatchable. Nothing more.
Wisconsin 59, Indiana 7 – Ho hum. Especially considering Wisconsin scored 80 in this game last season.
Thursday and Friday game thoughts
USC 30, Cal 9 – Somebody has to be a turnover machine each week this season. Cal was one of those teams and it killed them in a game they could have won despite the lopsided score.
San Diego St 41, Air Force 27 – Ronnie Hillman is better than any of Air Force's players.
San Jose St. 28, Hawaii 27 – This was a terrible game to watch. Hawaii is awful (even moreso than normal) away from the islands this season. San Jose St. is a bad football team, but they are improving just in time to contend in a watered down conference next season.
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