College football Week 5 thread

In 20 years they'll be looking back at such uniforms and either laughing their butts off or scratching their heads. Or both.

It's like those horrific '70s looks we all cringe at now.

 

Apparently, BetOnline has A&M -17 at Arkansas. That makes a little more sense. Still...lay the points.

 

Arkansas that bad, eh?

 

Their quarterback is hurt, so they're completely one-dimensional. Also, A&M scored 42 points against Alabama ...

 

Look for Central Florida (3-0) to hang tough against South Carolina at home. Not sure what the point spread is, but I would expect the Knights to give the Gamecocks a battle and not lose by more than 10.

 

Alabama has canceled its 2016-17 home-and-home with Michigan State:

http://www.freep.com/article/20130926/SPORTS07/309260142/michigan-state-alabama-series

This seems to indicate that the SEC will be playing a 9-game conference schedule by then.

 

If Michigan State's mascot is named Sparty, shouldn't South Carolina's mascot be named Cocky.

 

It is:

http://www.gamecocksonline.com/ot/spirit/scar-spirit-cockys-corner.html

 

http://pregame.com/lines_odds/default.aspx

Five books have A&M at either -14 or -14.5. Looks like it'll probably settle there.

 

You got a problem with that?

 

I just can't fucking believe Rutgers and Maryland are going to the Big 10. I've yet to comes to terms with the the unholy alliance of:
- A dipshit conference commish on the hunt for big TV markets full of displaced Midwesterners
- Two cash-starved state university athletic departments, where pro sports will always matter way more to the viewing public

And if they think that radical change in conference affiliation will raise their profile, has anyone heard from Missouri lately? Are they even still alive?

 

Missouri would have been a much better fit for the Big Ten than Maryland. And Syracuse would have been better than Rutgers.