The Day in College Football
Ohio State's last regular season loss? Two years ago in (not so) Happy Valley to Penn State. Salient, because that's where the for-the-moment #1 team in the country plays tonight. That game will be on ABC opposite Game 3 of the World Series. I wonder what the head to head ratings will be? I would presume there was a time when it would no question be the World Series game. I don't think that's the case now.
As for the rest of day's slate in college football, the best of the best appears to be:
USC at Oregon---two top 10 teams with very realistic national title hopes still. The loser no longer can say that. Look for this one on FSN at 3:00.
Cal at Arizona State---the Sun Devils are still undefeated and ranked #7 overall. At 10:15 tonight on FSN, I think the now twice-bitten Bears send ASU from the ranks of the national title hopefuls.
Florida vs Georgia in the renewal of the erstwhile World's Largest Cocktail Party in Jacksonville. At #9 in the country, and still controlling their own destiny to the SEC title game and another shot at LSU, Florida needs this one to badly to lose to an up and down Bulldog team. That one is 3:30 on CBS.
West Viriginia at Rutgers. The Mountaineers, back up to #6 as they recover from their early loss at South Florida, hope to keep relevant in national title talk at what has become a very tough place to get a win. Look for that one at noon on ABC.
Really, a helluva day for the sport. That is, if you have not had your 6-year-old son's friend invite himself over for a sleepover that will begin at roughly noon and last for 24 hours. I think I will be spending a great deal of the day yelling "go outside". Either that, or end up missing a chunk of the goodness while at a bargain theater still showing the Transformers. I bet it's the latter.
Required reading: Stewart Mandel at si.com
If you are bored reading: ESPN's preview of the college day
