College football quackery
USC at Oregon is the weekend's biggest college football game.
GREENWICH, Conn. - I'm en route to Providence for the Penn-Brown game at the moment, and I know I owe you a blog post heading into the weekend. So here it is.
For yet another week, there aren't many great college football games this Saturday. I wasn't going to do a Spectacle of the Week poll initially, but then I realized that the Washington State-Notre Dame game is on a neutral field and in prime time. So have at it.
My pick is USC at Oregon. Although most everyone around here will be watching the World Series, it will be worth checking out the atmosphere at Autzen Stadium for at least a few minutes.
It's been a while since a game in Eugene has been broadcast to the East Coast. As ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel wrote on Wednesday, the Ducks' house hasn't always been among the most intimidating venues in college football. But it is now, and it should be electric on Halloween night.
I will not be live-blogging Game 3 of the World Series, as I'll be on a train back to Philadelphia at the time. But I will rejoin you for Game 4. And I'll be back on here tomorrow afternoon from Brown Stadium.
For now, though, here's the week's Top 10 Chart. Note that the Sagarin ratings are through games of this past Saturday, and as such do not reflect Virginia Tech being upset at home last night by North Carolina. For the record, Sagarin has Georgia Tech ranked No. 11.
Sagarin also has Oregon winning by four points (89.71 and 3 to 89.13).