College Football Week 2

As exciting as the first weekend of college football was, the second is equally as terrible. Of the 22 ranked teams in action, there is not a single game between two of them. I was literally struggling to find my three points for this post, no joke! While there may be a lack of marquee games, there is no lack of games in general. We have a fully stocked slate of games to pick, and ten of them will be from our "experts" just before the action gets started. So let's dive in!

1) The Battle at Bristol

Although I have love for neither team, you'd have to not register a pulse to say that you aren't excited for this game. Football in the middle of a racetrack? I think the idea is great, This is definitely a game you will want to turn on should you find yourself bored in the middle of a Saturday evening. The most people to witness a college football game saw Michigan take on Notre Dame in 2013. The attendance that night was 115,109. Bristol is expected to smash that record on Saturday night. Officials are expecting over 150,000 people in attendance! Now about the game; Tennessee will have to play better if they hope to win. After last week's near scare with Appalachian State, the Vols dropped from Top 10 to barely Top 20. Virginia Tech is no Appy State. If Tennessee has the same troubles that plagued them on opening night, they will not enjoy their trip to the World's Fastest Half-Mile. I'm thinking upset.

Virginia Tech 24, Tennessee 17

2) TCU Welcomes Arkansas

TCU handled FCS foe South Dakota State last week, but not as easily as they had hoped. The Horned Frogs won 59-41 but allowed 461 yards in the victory. Not many teams last week can say they gave up that many yards and still won by three scores. Arkansas edged out Louisiana Tech in it's opener 21-20 in a game where they had a fourth quarter drive to take the lead. Despite TCU giving up so much on defense, Arkansas will have a hard time putting up those numbers on anyone. Cue "the SEC is overrated" talk.

TCU 48, Arkansas 10

3) I Warned You about the Schedule

Since there aren't many other games I will watch, you're stuck with me being a homer for our last topic. Kentucky travels to Florida for the SEC opener for both schools coming off a very Kentucky-like" collapse. After leading 35-10 with under a minute to go before the half, the Cats took the rest of the game off last week and lost to Southern Mississippi 44-35. Unacceptable! Coming off the upset, they face a tough hill to climb when they face the Florida Gators in the Swamp; a team they haven't beat in their last 29 tries. Florida hosted UMass last week and by no means showed off any offense in the 24-7 win. One could say that their defense showed up, but come on, it's UMass. This game will be focused on the run offense. Whichever team rushes for the most on the ground should win. Take it for what it is worth.

Kentucky 28, Florida 24

Other Games

Oklahoma State over Central Michigan

North Carolina State over East Carolina

Pitt over Penn State

Michigan over UCF

Cincinnati over Purdue

Houston over Lamar

Rutgers over Howard

Minnesota over Indiana State

Army over Rice

Boston College over UMass

Georgia over Nicholls State

Texas A&M over Prairie View A&M

Wyoming over Nebraska

Florida State over Charleston Southern

Clemson over Troy

Temple over Stony Brook

Georgia State over Air Force

Southern Cal over Utah State

West Virginia over Youngstown State

Ohio over Kansas

Georgia Tech over Mercer

Bowling Green over North Dakota

Navy over Connecticut

Northwestern over Illinois State

Ohio State over Tulsa

Miami (OH) over Eastern Illinois

Duke over Wake Forest

Appalachian State over Old Dominion

Wisconsin over Akron

Nevada over Notre Dame

Alabama over Western Kentucky

Baylor over SMU

Mississippi over Wofford

Indiana over Ball State

Colorado State over Idaho State

Marshall over Morgan State

Elon over Charlotte

Kent State over North Carolina A&T

Miami over Florida Atlantic

Georgia Southern over South Alabama

Louisiana-Lafayette over McNeese State

Oklahoma over Louisiana-Monroe

Vanderbilt over MTSU

Western Michigan over North Carolina Central

Toledo over Maine

South Florida over Northern Illinois

North Texas over Bethune Cookman

Louisiana Tech over South Carolina State

Southern Mississippi over Savannah State

Texas over UTEP

South Carolina over Mississippi State

Auburn over Arkansas State

Iowa over Iowa State

Utah over BYU

Missouri over Eastern Michigan

LSU over Jacksonville State

North Carolina over Illinois

Tulane over Southern

UCLA over UNLV

New Mexico over New Mexico State

Fresno State over Sacramento State

Texas Tech over Arizona State

Boise State over Washington State

San Diego State over Cal

Oregon over Virginia 

Arizona over Grambling State

Hawaii over Tennessee-Martin

Check back at noon for Smith Bros Pick Panel

-Dug

@chansm1th