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Another season starts (and WGRF permanently returns from hibernation) with a momentous upset at a shootout in Waco (no guns involved).  Baylor rolls out to a 47-23 lead only to let TCU score 25 unanswered in the 4th quarter.  At 48-47, it looked like TCU might survive and keep their unbeaten streak alive, but alas, Robert Griffin III led a nice drive for a game winning field goal.  50-48 Baylor, TCU humbled, field rushed.
Baylor is so awful that a win over 14th ranked Texas Christian is worthy of raucous celebration.  Sad.  Not that Texas Christian deserved the ranking to begin with.  I appreciate the fact that last season they proved themselves as a top 5 team, but this year they're breaking in a new QB as well as replacing a number of starters from their league leading D from last season, and it shows.  The TCU defense was torn up by an offense that is talented, but hardly expected to score 50 points most nights, let alone against an "elite" opponent.  Inexperience at QB led to an interception on the final drive with a chance to win the game.  The announcers said the QB was experiencing cramps when he nearly threw his first pick (underthrowing the receiver by about 5 yards).  Two plays later he left a pass hanging right over the middle that was easily intercepted and there went TCU's season.  10-2 and a Liberty Bowl invite doesn't feel like much when you won the Rose Bowl just the year before.  Too bad...
Tonight we get Oregon v LSU and Georgia v Boise St, two impressive non-conference games with SEC schools involved (wasn't it just last year that people were complaining about SEC scheduling?).
I'm interested to see if Oregon's offense can still play at an elite level and if the defensive scheming we saw that held Cam Newton (somewhat) in check in the NC game will show up when the team has had a whole offseason to prepare for LSU.  LSU has tremendous talent (as they always do), but I have little faith in the Mad Hatter, particularly early in the season.  I may be putting my foot in my mouth later on this one, but I think Oregon runs away with it: 35-20.
Last time Boise went to Georgia it was a 40 point beating and they went home skittish and irrelevant.  Mark Richt is a great coach, and Georgia has brought in some good recruits the last couple of years, but I'm not buying the hype on this team just yet.  Every year we see a couple of SEC teams with inflated expectations due to coaching pedigree or name recognition - this year that may be Georgia.  I'd pick Boise to win here, they're as experienced as a team can possibly be (I'll have to check later but I believe that start 9 seniors on defense?) and have a verifiable stud at the helm in Kellen Moore.  However, considering the big stage, Mark Richt's ability to fire up his squad and the lack of blue turf, I'll call it a close one, decided by a TD.  28-21 Boise.
Prognostications aside, we won't know anything until tonight.  Let's play some football!
Jabari.