On the Couch: Contender Week

This is your first great weekend of football fellas! We've got a great Saturday lined up with several pairings of undefeated teams vying for supremacy in divisions, conferences, and even the national title race. So, without further ado, let's get to this week's games.

Saturday's rating: Putting on the team colors
I'm so excited to have a great Saturday of college football ahead. Something has been missing the last couple weeks. I just haven't gotten the sense when out doing other things that I am missing the big game. This week is different: the big games are on. Despite a slow start at the noon hour, with the best game featuring the Tar Heels of North Carolina against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, things really get going during the 3 o'clock hour. In the weekly SEC on CBS showdown Arkansas visits Alabama. This should be a great game, but I think the Crimson Tide survive thanks largely to their defense and the lack of Arkansas's best rusher Knile Davis.

It might be worth hitting a sports bar for this hour, unless you are really confident of your remote skills, because as the Crimson Tide and Razorbacks battle it out, two of the Big 12's 3 top 10 representatives meet in College Station as Oklahoma State visits Kyle Field to take on the Aggies of Texas A&M. Though A&M has improved, I think the OSU passing offense is just too dangerous. Cowboys 42-38 in a shootout. In a battle for Atlantic division supremacy in the ACC, the Seminoles try to avenge last week's loss to OU by traveling to Clemson to face the Tigers. I visited Clemson last year, and though they love their baseball team, it is clear that people in the South love one thing more than anything: college football. Clemson enjoys the home field and marches to victory 34-24 against a Florida State team that has lost E.J. Manuel who disappointed me last week by dashing my upset prediction.

In the primetime games, Vanderbilt-South Carolina has more intrigue than normal, as does Florida-Kentucky. Though the last several years have been dominated by SEC champions, keep in mind that many 1 loss SEC teams have made the national title game. If 1 of these teams wants to try and be the surprise undefeated representative of the SEC East in the title game, they will have to take care of business against opponents who have exceeded expectations so far this year. Mizzou-Oklahoma shouldn't be too exciting, but you just never know with Big 12 powerhouses. And finally, the marquee matchup goes to the Tigers of LSU who come to Morgantown to visit the West Virginia Mountaineers. This should be a great game, but I think that LSU shuts down a potent offense, just as they did with Oregon.

For the late night menu, turn to the UFC fight, but if you are still in a football mood I think Oregon-Arizona will outshine USC-Arizona State. I'll update the NFL section later tonight, so tune in! Have a great Saturday of TV watching!