My sources indicate the local team hosts the Nebraska Cornhuskers tonight. That's big, if true. (Either way, check out the Dubgate.)
Also heard a rumor the Huskers are No. 10 and thought I fell back in time to 1992. Man, I wish it were 1992. Huskers fans probably do too.
Playing Nebraska is like rumbling with your grandpa. It seems immoral, unkindly, and possibly illegal. I ain't got no quarrel with no Nebraska fan that can admit their mascot, Herbie Husker, looks like a porn antagonist.
Go try to find a negative anecdote about Huskers fans on the internet. It's impossible, and we live in a world where Macedonian #teens are fake viral content #gurus.
Every Ohio State fan raved about Lincoln after the 2011 game. Hopefully, the local fans save the heckling and puerile degradation for when Michigan brings 200 fans to Columbus in three weeks.
Still, the local tax ultimately needs to be paid to legendary I.R.S. agent J.T. Barrett.
Today's slate fire rankings: It's possible to watch over 12 hours of games featuring at least one ranked team.
Alabama at Louisiana State, which I'm told is an ancient backwoods squabble between warring hill tribes, serves as a decent "between commercials check-in" hustle during the Buckeye broadcast.
| TIME (ET) | GAME | FAVORITE | TELEVISION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | NAVY at NOTRE DAME | ND (-6½) | CBS |
| 12:00 | No. 4 TEXAS A&M at MISSISSIPPI STATE | A&M (-12) | SECN |
| 12:00 | VANDERBILT at No. 9 AUBURN | AU (-26) | ESPN |
| 12:00 | No. 7 LOUISVILLE at BOSTON COLLEGE | UL (-25) | ESPN2 |
| 12:00 | No. 8 WISCONSIN at NORTHWESTERN | UW (-6½) | ABC |
| 12:30 | GEORGIA TECH at No. 21 NORTH CAROLINA | UNC (-10) | ACC |
| 3:30 | MARYLAND at No. 3 MICHIGAN | MICH (-30½) | ESPN |
| 3:30 | No. 18 OKLAHOMA STATE at KANSAS STATE | KSU (+3) | ABC |
| 3:30 | No. 19 VIRGINIA TECH at DUKE | TECH (-10½) | ESPNU |
| 3:30 | TEXAS CHRISTIAN at No. 17 BAYLOR | BU (-8) | FOX |
| 4:00 | ARIZONA at No. 25 WASHINGTON STATE | WSU (-17) | PAC12 |
| 7:00 | No. 22 FLORIDA STATE at NORTH CAROLINA STATE | FSU (-6) | ESPNU |
| 7:00 | KANSAS at No. 20 WEST VIRGINIA | WVU (-34½) | ESPN |
| 7:00 | IOWA at No. 12 PENN STATE | PSU (-7) | BTN |
| 8:00 | No. 1 ALABAMA at No. 13 LOUISIANA STATE | BAMA (-8) | CBS |
| 10:30 | No. 5 WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA | UW (-17) | ESPN |
THE HUSKER DOSSIER. Here's everything you need to know about the Nebraska Cornhuskers:
- Preview
- Mailbag
- Roundtable
- Trailer
- Game Poster
- Film Study
- Prognosticating
- Ohio State wants its fans to bring the ruckus.
- Alternate jerseys under the lights: The ultimate Urban Meyer recruiting experience.
- Ohio State–Nebraska series history.
- Tommy Armstrong: A different kind of threat.
Also be sure to follow @11W, @EricSeger33, @TimShoemaker, @AndrewMLind and @Edge11W on Twitter for up-to-the-minute analysis.
#PERTINENTWIRE. In Lokos past, I'd call for an Ohio State waxing, and Urban Meyer dumped Mike Riley's Mr. Roger's ass into a wormhole back to the dial-up era.
Maybe Riley wakes up tomorrow on a pile of AOL internet CDs. Ohio State is due for an offensive explosion.
But I'm still taping atlases to my torso to ward off shiv attacks.
Tommy Armstrong is going to try to make a play late in the third quarter, and Malik Hooker is going to make him pay.
SCORE PREDICTION NOBODY TAKES SERIOUSLY: 28-17, local team.
THOSE WMDs. One man ripped off Vegas' biggest casino and almost got away... The tragedy Boston forgot... How a new age hustler sold the sound of the world... The pyramid at the end of the world... The Quintuple Anvil Triathlon sounds like a horror show.
