Carla and Crappy Show: The Multiple Screens Edition

It’s Week 4 of the college football season … and if you’ve taken a peek at the slate for this weekend, your head may be spinning as much as ours are. So. Many. Big. Games.

But we don’t want to jump ahead of ourselves. True to form, last weekend’s schedule was lackluster on paper but ended up full of crazy, causing Carla to question whether this is the most parity we’ve seen in college football in years. Meanwhile, Crappy takes the opportunity to bask in the MAC’s success against Big 12 opponents. Fly that flag!

We also get our second Big Red Bears Report, featuring Cornell starting running back Drew Powell.

Then, AJ takes over to give us just a taste of what awaits us in his #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report, including a true crosstown rivalry and trophy game and West Coast football in the middle of the afternoon. (Yes, AJ says we all can go to bed early again this week — unless you’re staying up for New Mexico State-Hawaii).

And then … it’s full speed ahead. Warning: You’re going to want to have multiple screens at the ready.

No. 4 Florida State at Clemson (Noon ET, ABC): This is the game the Noles absolutely need to have. But which version of FSU will we get here? And is Clemson still a national contender?

No. 19 Colorado at No. 10 Oregon (3:30 ET, ABC): Let’s find out what the Buffs are made of. The Ducks have a spectacular offense … and an almost equally spectacular defense.

No. 22 UCLA at No. 11 Utah (3:30 ET, FOX): Can the Utes defense get it done at home again? Are the Bruins for real?

No. 15 Ole Miss at No. 13 Alabama (3:30 ET, CBS): Here’s a question we weren’t expecting to ask this year: Can Bama lose two straight at home? If Lane Kiffin has anything to say about it, yes.

No. 6 Ohio State at No. 9 Notre Dame (7:30 ET, NBC): This game has blockbuster written all over it. Crappy, who will be in attendance, has lots of thoughts.

No. 24 Iowa at No. 7 Penn State (7:30 ET, CBS): Drew Allar and the Nits offense didn’t look sharp last week. But this is the Whiteout game. That should remedy things.

Carla gives honorable mention nods to BYU at Kansas (3:30 ET, ESPN) in a battle of Big 12 unbeatens, No. 14 Oregon State at No. 21 Washington State (7 ET, FOX) as what’s left of the Pac-12 goes head-to-head on the Palouse, and Colorado State at MTSU (7 ET, ESPN+) because it’s homecoming for Middle. (Go Blue!) Crappy is (not surprisingly) interested in Ohio at Bowling Green (3:30 ET, ESPN+) to see how his Bobcats fare in their first conference game of the year.

So, find as many screens as possible and enjoy the incredible weekend of college football that awaits us. Cheers, yinz.