1. Tonight, starting at 10pm EDT (8pm MDT), come to my informal Boise State-Oregon Live Chat, and help me test a variety of chat-platform options (and a couple of live-scoreboard widgets). Heck, you can check ’em out now if you like, but I figure “testing” will be easier if we have at least a handful of people together at the same time. (By the way, if you know of any other good chat/scoreboard options that I should consider, suggest ’em in comments!)
2. Join the Living Room Times College Football Pick ’em Contest! “Final” point spreads should be up later today. To sign up, click here, then enter Group ID number 16830 and password irishtrojan, and make your picks. Deadline is 11:55 AM EDT Saturday.
3. Mark your calendars for 3:30 PM EDT (1:30 PM MDT) on Saturday, when I’ll be hosting my official college-football season kickoff Live Blog / Live Chat as the Trojans and the Irish get underway. (Watch out for Nevada, by the way. They may be a tougher out than you think.)
Nevada scares the hell out of me.
I could see this being like the 2004 season, when the Irish started with a loss to a mid-major (BYU), then followed it up with a win over Michigan. Of course, Michigan was a Top 10 preseason team that year. This year, I seriously doubt there will be any thought of ESPN Game Day coming to the ND-Michigan game regardless of what happens Saturday. 🙂
A loss to Nevada would also probably foretell a similar ending as the 2004 season, coach-wise.
But yeah: lose to Nevada, then win out till USC. I could actually see that happening. Though I expect ND will lose one out of Michigan/MSU/Purdue. And if they don’t, an pre-USC letdown upset by Washington is a distinct possibility if Jack Locker stays healthy and returns to freshman-year form, and the Huskies aren’t otherwise totally awful.
Personally, I just want to beat Boston College.
They’re showing Oregon-Boise in Jakarta? Sweet!
I think ND-Nevada will be more like ND-Pitt at the start of the 2005 season, in which ND surprises everybody with a high-scoring offense.
I jinxed it, but whatever! So glad football is here.