Sports:Football
It's Week 5 of the college football season ... and it's time to start deciding contenders and pretenders. But we have to do it quietly, because one of us is technically still at the office while we're recording this show.
After lamenting missing yet another epic finish after dark on the West Coast, toasting to Pitt after it did a Pitt thing, and actually giving Notre Dame credit (we can't believe we're doing it either), we check in on our weekly Clemsoning Index. (Hint: This week is intriguing.)
Next ... we welcome back our friend AJ to tell us about #GroupOfFiveAfterDark. Not sure what that is? It's OK, we totally made it up. But AJ has all things weird, wacky, and late on his radar. (Which is good. Because, you know, we keep missing all the fun West Coast games.)
And finally ... we dive into three Big Ten games (since that's where our loyalties lie) to start sorting out which teams are potentially ready to take a step into the spotlight this season ... or not.
No 12 Penn State at Maryland (8 ET Friday, FS1): This game is so big, Maryland canceled all non-lab classes on Friday afternoon. The Terps caught all of our attention with an early season stomping of Syracuse ... then lost last week to Temple. Anthony McFarland is the real deal at running back. But beyond that, what is Maryland? We'll find out Friday night.
Indiana at No. 25 Michigan State (3:30 CT, BTN): Indiana's 3-1 ... but that one loss was a complete rout by Ohio State. Brian Lewerke's still the quarterback at Michigan State (for, what, the 17th year?) ... but Sparty has already done its Sparty thing and lost inexplicably to Arizona State. Is either team ready to take the next step this season?
No. 5 Ohio State at Nebraska (7:30 ET, ABC): Night games in Lincoln are always entertaining. So is Adrian Martinez, the Nebraska QB who has 1000+ yards already this season. But the Huskers defense is giving up a bunch of yards, which is never a good recipe when facing the Bucks, who have blown out every opponent this season. And sorry, AJ -- Crappy is going to watch this game, no matter what you say.
Enjoy the games, yinz guys.
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