NCAA Football Week 3: Don’t Be Shocked

I am SHOCKED at this week’s Sports Illustrated and Yahoo reports. I can’t believe investigative journalists were FINALLY able to crack open the dark and dangerous world of big-time college football!

SPOILER ALERT: famous college football players get special benefits for being famous college football players.

Did it really take impeccably detailed reports to reveal that college athletes get extra benefits? Of course not. Will this change the world of college athletics? Of course not.

As long as college football remains a multi-billion dollar industry, as long as millions of fans obsess over the game, and as long as coaches are paid top-dollar for constant success, the sport will continue to have more Oklahoma States, Tennessees, Alabamas and Mississippi States.

Stop acting shocked.

Bar to Spend 11 Hours of Your Saturday

Penn Quarter Sports Tavern, home of the Texas A&M Aggies and the Miami Hurricanes. With game day drink specials all weekend long, two levels, an outdoor patio and wall-to-wall flat screen TVs, fans are sure to catch all the action and enjoy PQST’s not-your-average-sports-bar menu.

Three Must See Games

UCLA (16) vs. Nebraska (23)

ABC, 12 noon.

Taylor Martinez has been the QB at Nebraska for roughly eight seasons, and it has come to the point where I am more impressed when he doesn’t turn the football over on every other snap. Yet, somehow Nebraska still wins with him at helm. I have no idea if UCLA is a good team. I know they have a nice ranking, but I feel like if this team wasn’t UCLA they’d be just another middle of the road afterthought. I’ll take the Huskers at home.

Alabama (1) vs. Texas A&M (6)

CBS, 3:30 p.m.

Nothing would make me happier than seeing A&M beat Alabama for the second straight season. Losses absolutely crush Nick Saban. Alabama could go 13-1 and win every national championship from here until eternity, but all Saban will ever care about is that one loss. It won’t happen this week though.

Tennessee vs. Oregon (2)

ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

I’m still stinging from the Redskins’ loss to Oregon’s former coach Chip Kelly, did not expect the Ducks offense to work so well from the start in the pros. Evidently while Kelly left for Philly, his offense remained in place as the Ducks are scorching the earth in 2013 (memo to UVa: don’t schedule Oregon). Ducks win big.

Season Prediction Record: 3-3.

Games to Watch Just Because It’s College Football

Louisville vs. Kentucky ESPN, 12 noon

Ohio State vs. Cal FOX, 7:00 p.m.

Wisconsin vs. Arizona State ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

Specialty Drink of the Week

Alabama Slammer— Bama vs. A&M is the biggest game of the month, maybe of the year, honor it with this southern classic.

Alumni Chapter of the Week

The DC Badgers go all out for local Wisconsin alumni with a host of events, happy hours, and watch parties, as well as active (and competitive) involvement in the Capital Alumni League (CAN). And with a new mentoring program, the DC Badgers makes sure all new UW-Madison grads have access to professionals in their field and other networking opportunities.

GIF of the Week

Credit to BuzzFeed Sports.

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