It's a brisk 30 degrees outside in Columbus. I imagine there is frost on the car for the first time this year, though I haven't gone out to look yet. It feels nice drinking some coffee in silence before the wife and kids all wake up and make endless amounts of noise. They moved trick or treat from Thursday to today, which is nice because now my wife can take them while I watch football pass out candy.
Probably not cooking much today. Yesterday I made carnitas, beans, and rice pudding. I had a 9 pound pork shoulder, so I used about half for the carnitas then just roasted the other half in the oven in salt and brown sugar. What I'm saying is that I have a lot of pork in the fridge. I may still run to the store grab a few ingredients to make a couple sauces or salsas. I have a few empty squeeze bottles that could be filled with something delicious.
Anyways...football
Noon
MSU at Michigan, FOX - Michigan fans watching Maryland pile up 675 yards against Minny's defense are suddenly wondering if the offense actually made a stride or not. Sparty just wants to rub the stink off after losing to Rutgers. Tough to see MSU scoring in this game, but they should be a sterner test on defense.
Purdue at Illinois, BTN - Boilermakers got a nice win and I think they get their coach back, if not Rondale Moore. But they aren't good enough to just roll out and beat a team - Illini didn't show much last week but they did show a little up front on defense. If they can get after the quarterback we might get a game here.
3:30
Indiana at Rutgers, BTN - *GAME OF THE WEEK* the mighty first place tilt here is the star of the show. Both teams got wins last week on smoke and mirrors. Indiana has hopes of being a legit good team - they need to play like it today.
Northwestern at Iowa, ESPN - Northwestern pasted Maryland. Is Northwestern actually good this year? They always play tough defense, but if they can score points against Iowa, then the West is on notice. Iowa in trouble if they start the league 0-2.
7:30, OSU at PSU, ABC - PSU down a lot of guys and already in a 0-1 hole. They are gonna come out mad and ready to fight. OSU looked a little passive last week and needs to show they can punch back.
Other games of note
BC at Clemson, noon, ABC - Trevor Lawrence has the rona, so Clemson going with another five star QB
Memphis at Cincinnati, noon, ESPN - Bearcats want playoffs
Texas at Okie St, 4 pm, FOX - The wheels started coming off the Longhorn recruiting this week, Okie State is undefeated and trying to sneak in the playoffs
Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 8 pm, FOX - Points should be scored
The SEC looks pretty dead this week, which means someone is going to get up a bite a good team. Not sure who it is though.
