Carla and Crappy Show: The We Have No Idea Season Edition

Hi there. We're back. Again. It's still Season 9. But this time, it's an almost normal show. 

 

While the world is, umm, still quite far from normal, there is at least a passing moment of normalcy, and that's the opening weekend of college football.

 

How long will this season last? Will there be a playoff? Will the Big Ten play before 2021? We have no idea. And that's going to be our theme for the rest of this unconventional season. We're rolling with it ... for as long as it lasts.

 

So, in full attempt to retain some semblance of the format that we've held for the past eight seasons, we each take a stab at our preseason Final Fours. So, there's Clemson and Alabama ... and Carla opts to take a brief tour of the SEC West and make a case for banishing the Big 12 from playoff consideration until the entire conference plays some defense, while Crappy kinda sorta mentions he's maybe just a little bit rooting for a team that we never thought he would root for. Sorta. Kinda. Whatever. We have no idea. 

 

But what we do have an idea about is the fact that there are actual college football games happening this weekend ... even if we had to consult every resource available to us to preview them. So, here goes nothing ... because ... well, you get the idea.

 

Eastern Kentucky at Marshall (1 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPN): Crappy's calling this the Big Sandy River Rivalry. Carla's intrigued by the number of people in this game with the last name of Wells. Both of us like the Herd.

 

Middle Tennessee at Army (1:30 p.m. ET Saturday, CBS Sports Network): We're getting rivalry week out of the way early in Season 9. With Ohio State and Ohio out of the fandom picture, Crappy's all in on Army this year. With Penn State out of the picture (and Robert Morris being an FCS team), Carla's opting for Hashtag True Blue in 2020 and MTSU. So this one is for all the marbles! Asher O'Hara is a dual-threat at QB for Middle; Army likes to run the football a lot. We predict a wildly entertaining game.

 

BYU at Navy (8 p.m. ET Monday, ESPN): If you didn't have this game on your calendar, you're not alone ... because this game was just put on the books August 6. Navy was supposed to be playing Notre Dame in Ireland. Instead, they host BYU at home in front of an empty stadium. With no more Malcolm Perry for the Midshipmen, can the Cougs fly cross-country and steal a win?

 

So ... enjoy a taste of normalcy this weekend, college football fans. We certainly will. Beyond that though? Yeah, yeah, you know how to answer that. Cheers, yinz.