This is great.

Below is the slate, all times Eastern---

7:00 PM-Vanderbilt @ Wake (ESPNU), Oregon @ Houston (ESPN2), William & Mary @ Marshall, Eastern Michigan @ Cincinnati, Western Illinois @ Toledo

7:30 PM-Buffalo @ Connecticut, Central Florida @ South Carolina (ESPN)

8:00 PM-Northwestern St. @ Louisiana Monroe

10:00 PM-Temple @ #20 Arizona State, Idaho @ Washington State

10:15 PM-Minnesota @ Tulsa (ESPN2)

There's nothing too compelling here.  Some quick thoughts looking this over...

The Wake offense has shown some life of late, and Vanderbilt might be vulnerable to some big plays from  Wake back Chris Barclay, who made the ACC first team.

The Oregon game is notable because Oregon had an embarrassing opening loss to Indiana last year.  They're looking to not make the same mistake again.  Houston's athletic department is hyping this up, and there's all kinds of "duckhunting" promotions on their websites, urging fans to attend.  Its understandable, not many fans really want to lose to a team with neon green uniforms and a duck as its mascot.  Also, its our first glance at super DT Haloti Ngata this year, most likely his last one in Euguene.  Oregon is also a sleeper pick to upset USC this year, so people may have some interest in that.  Lastly, Oregon super recruit Johnathan Stewart will get some carries.

A lot of people will be tuning into South Carolina's game, but honestly, there's nothing to get too excited about.  The team on the field is going to be pretty bad, and other than some visor-throwing, the Spurrier-is-back excitement will quickly get old.  I AM glad The Ol' Ballcoach is back in the game, and look forward to watching him restore some credibility to South Carolina.  But right now there's just not that much to get excited about with them.

I am excited to see Arizona State against Temple, if only to see how far along Sam Keller has come since his great performance against Purdue in the bowl game.  Hopefully ASU has put some new wrinkles into their offense, transitioning away from the more vertical style they employed under Andrew Walter.  This is also a rare intersectional cross-country OOC game, as Temple makes the trip all the way out west.

I'll also follow Minnesota a bit, as I admire their machine-style running offense (4.5 YPC game in/game out).  Lawrence Maroney will make his first Heisman statement this year, and we're curious as to his totals and highlights.

Also a reminder, ESPN is apparently having some kind of GameDay show tonight at 7PM Eastern, so tune in if that's your thing.

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