A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Whew. TP looked like all-world at some points, and like a freshman at others. Beanie looked awesome. The receiving corps seems to be struggling to figure out how to work with Pryor and vice versa. Hard-hitting game, I think I counted 4 guys out with concussions or near concussions.

And now look how the next 3 weeks set up in the conference. Penn State, MSU, and OSU are atop the conference with 2-0 records. Penn State is at Wisconsin, then hosts Michigan, then at Ohio State. Michigan State is at Northwestern (who is 4th in the standings), then hosts Ohio State, then to Michigan. Ohio State hosts Purdue, then at Michigan State, then hosts Penn State. The race will probably be a lot clearer by the end of the month.

My buddy Tim runs a little pickem content and the first week slate is out:

• August 28 North Carolina State vs. South Carolina. I don’t think NC State is there yet
• August 29 Temple vs. Army. ugh. Army i guess
• August 30 Utah vs. Michigan. I think Michigan will have a lot of emotion and will win this
• Syracuse vs. Northwestern. Northwestern. Never take Syracuse
• Virginia Tech vs. East Carolina. VT
• Michigan State vs. California. Hmm, MSU is the favorite darkhorse in the big10 this year. But hard to win on the west coast.
• Hawaii vs. Florida. Florida
• Alabama vs. Clemson. Oh damn, Clemson is a trendy pick, but I have never won picking Clemson
• Missouri at Illinois. Mizzou. Illinois strugges to repeat last year’s breakthru
• Washington vs. Oregon. Hmm, Oregon is confused at QB, UW is not.
• August 31 Kentucky vs. Louisville. Ugh, no respect for these teams. Probably take Louisville
• Sept 1 Fresno State vs. Rutgers. Take Rutgers at home
• Tennessee vs. UCLA. UCLA not ready for primetime yet