Football at a NASCAR track? For the first time ever this week, College GameDay will be live at a NASCAR track as Tennessee and Virginia Tech square off at Bristol Motor Speedway. Aside from that, College Football Week 2 looks remarkably barren but these are usually the weeks where crazy stuff happens. After an action filled Week 1, what does Week 2 have in store for us?
College Football Week 2 Odds at BookMaker.eu
Maryland at Florida International ( +9.5 )
Louisville at Syracuse ( +14.5 )
Boston College at UMass ( +17.5 )
Arkansas at TCU ( -7.5 )
Rice at Army ( -8.5 )
Ohio at Kansas ( +2 )
UCF at Michigan ( -34.5 )
Eastern Michigan at Missouri ( -25.5 )
Penn State at Pittsburgh ( -6 )
Cincinnati at Purdue ( +6.5 )
Ball State at Indiana ( -16.5 )
UL Monroe at Oklahoma ( -44 )
Central Michigan at Oklahoma State ( -20.5 )
Akron at Wisconsin ( -25.5 )
North Carolina State at East Carolina ( +4.5 )
Tulsa at Ohio State ( -28 )
Troy at Clemson ( -36 )
Northern Illinois at South Florida ( -12 )
Wake Forest at Duke ( -7 )
UConn at Navy ( -6.5 )
Arkansas State at Auburn ( -17.5 )
UTSA at Colorado State ( -12 )
Kentucky at Florida ( -16.5 )
Idaho at Washington ( -36.5 )
Western Kentucky at Alabama ( -26.5 )
Middle Tennessee State at Vanderbilt ( -5.5 )
Virginia at Oregon ( -23.5 )
South Carolina at Mississippi State ( -6.5 )
Florida Atlantic at Miami ( -23.5 )
Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee ( -10.5 )
Iowa State at Iowa ( -15 )
North Carolina at Illinois ( +10 )
Georgia Southern at South Alabama ( -13 )
Wyoming at Nebraska ( -24 )
Utah State at USC ( -16.5 )
New Mexico at New Mexico State ( +11 )
BYU at Utah ( -3.5 )
Washington State at Boise State ( -11 )
UNLV at UCLA ( -27 )
Texas Tech at Arizona State ( -4 )
California at San Diego State ( -8 )
Match-ups of the Week
Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 Tennessee
Tennessee looks a lot more vulnerable than anyone thought coming into the season. The Volunteers should have lost to Appalachian State at multiple points in that game, but instead through luck and force of will pushed through and squeaked out a win at the end.
That game did show the Volunteers’ Achilles heel was still Josh Dobbs throwing the ball. Dobbs’ numbers don’t look awful in the grand scheme of things, but drives routinely stalled because the App State corners pressed the line of scrimmage and started playing run. That gave Dobbs the opportunity to beat single coverage and he just wasn’t able to.
Virginia Tech didn’t look like world beaters in its first game either, but that’s a lot more understandable under a new coach and a new offensive strategy. Justin Fuente is a different breed than Frank Beamer and the guys that have coached in the past at Virginia Tech. He likes to pass the ball around and made Paxton Lynch into a first-round pick at Memphis with his system. No matter what the Hokies will be more fun in 2017.
Iowa State at No. 17 Iowa
This has become one of the Internet’s most adored rivalries with a nickname that is not fit to print. There’s a lot of talk about throwing the records out when it comes to rivalry games and while that’s bunk in many of them, that’s not so in this one. This is the one game each year that Iowa State gets up for and the Cyclones will throw everything they have at the Hawkeyes in order to get the win.
Iowa is off to a good start with an easy victory over Miami of Ohio on the first Saturday of football. The Hawkeyes got solid play from CJ Beathard who didn’t throw an interception and the backfield duo of Akrum Wadley and LeShun Daniels Jr. put up fantastic numbers. However, as good as Iowa is playing, there’s a reason it has lost three of its last five against Iowa State.
The Cyclones may have lost in Matt Campbell’s debut to FCS Northern Iowa, but they will be raring to play Iowa again. Last season was the first time this decade that this rivalry wasn’t close and the Cyclones players are going to be as amped as they will all season here.
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