College Football Week 2 Preview

Will there be a giant surprise this week like there was at Ann Arbour last week? Cal and Tennessee played some high powered football, but there are some sick games this weekend. Let's get to it.

Thursday/Friday
Tonight, 8th ranked Louisville hosts Middle Tennessee (7pm ESPN2) with Brian Brohm in action. Also a game of two likely bowl bound teams will have Oregon State take on Cincy (7:45pm ESPN).
Rutgers looks to raise its rank from 15 as the take on Navy tomorrow night. That's at 7pm on ESPN.
Saturday
#3 West Virginia has a real trap on their hands as they travel to state rival Marshall (11am ESPN). At Noon, there's a slew of games on the Big Ten Network including Miami (OH) at Minnesota, Akron at Ohio State, and Bowling Green at Michigan State. 16th ranked Nebraska are the favorites in the Big 12 North, but they must travel down south and take on the defending ACC champs Wake Forest, who are looking to avenge a tough conference loss to BC. (12pm ABC)
Also on ABC at Noon, regional coverage has Miami playing its first big game in the Randy Shannon era as they travel to Norman to take on the 5th ranked Sooners. Duke and Virginia is also at Noon. 'Bama battles Vandy at 12:30 in Nashville, watch for a possible upset there. At 1, #25 Clemson takes on Louisiana-Monroe. Army will host Rhode Island (1pm ESPN Classic). 21st ranked Georgia Tech will host Samford, 1:30pm ESPNU.
Cal looked quite impressive last week, and they go on the road to take on a tough Colorado State team at 2pm. BC scored a huge win over Wake last weak but their new head coach happens to have coached NC State last season. The story lines in addition to a nice ACC tilt will cause you to tune into ESPN2 at 2:30. Saying that Michigan needs a win is a fairly mild understatement, they're back at the Big House against Pac 10 power Oregon (3:30pm ABC). 23rd ranked Texas A&M battles Fresno State, and 22nd ranked Boise State goes to Washington to tak on the Huskies. In what could be a trap game for Florida State, they battle UAB at 5pm on ESPNU. SEC football is big, bad, and back as Steve Spurrier and his South Carolina Gamecocks head to Athens to take on the 11th ranked Georgia Bulldogs at 5:45pm on ESPN2. Florida will host Troy and Kentucky will host Kent State. Mizzou will battle Ole Miss, and ECU will host North Carolina, the Pirates gave VaTech a nice run last week. (6pm CSTV)
Jimmy Claussen will start at QB for the Irish, who will finish? Notre Dame will likely go to 0-2 as they travel to Happy Valley against Penn State (6pm ESPN). UCLA will host BYU in an underrated matchup, and in an even more underrated game I predict that #19 TCU will knock off #7 Texas, who had some trouble with Arkansas State. Horned Frogs over Longhorns.
At 7pm 20th ranked Hawaii will play at LaTech, and Tennessee will host C-USA power Southern Miss, the Vols should be in for a tight one. Some TV games at 8, Indiana will be at Western Michigan on ESPNU and my Syracuse Orange will get spanked at Iowa on Big Ten.
In what will be a huge game and will prove the legitmiacy of the Big East as a football conference, South Florida will be at Auburn and will make it too close for comfort. That game is at 9 on ESPN2, but I'm sure that EVERYONE will be watching 9th ranked VaTech against 2nd ranked LSU at 9pm on ESPN, that could be the noncon matchup of the year. 5th ranked Wisconsin is at UNLV at 10, Colorado will be at Arizona State 15 minutes later.