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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Five games you have to watch
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you can only watch five college football games this season (and if that’s the case, how sad for you), make sure you’re near a TV set (or in the stadium) for these:
1. Florida at LSU, Oct. 6: The defending national champions have two difficult games before this (Tennessee, Auburn) but both are in The Swamp. This will be the first tough road trip for the Gators against a team that some believe is good enough to win the national championship. And there is a better than even chance that we’ll see these two meet again in Atlanta for the SEC championship on Dec.1
2. Louisville at West Virginia, Nov. 8: This will be an incredible offensive shootout, probably with the Big East championship on the line. There will be a lot of future NFL talent on the field and Morgantown should be rocking on a cool Thursday night.
3. Virginia Tech at LSU, Sept. 8: The Hokies have never been to Baton Rouge and will be anxious to find out what all the fuss is about. Virginia Tech beat LSU in Blacksburg (26-8) in 2002. Some believe LSU can win the national championship. If the Tigers win this game, they just might get a shot.
4. Southern Cal at California, Nov. 10: If the No. 1 Trojans are going to stumble anywhere this season, this trip to Berkeley just might be it. The Bears of Jeff Tedford have played Southern Cal tough over the years and return eight starters from the Pac-10s best offense from a year ago. It will be the Trojans’ third road game in four weeks.
5. LSU at Alabama, Nov. 3: I don’t how good the game is going to be, but the drama will be off the charts. Since Nick Saban took the job at Alabama, LSU fans have talked about nothing other than this game. They desperately want to show up en masse in Tuscaloosa and spank their former coach for having the audacity to go to a rival school. LSU coach Les Miles, you might have heard, is not a big Saban fan. He has gotten a little tired of hearing that he’s winning with Saban’s players. The Tigers will be ready to play.
Okay. It’s your turn. Which great games did it leave out?
