Ok, I'll admit it. The video wasn't that great or that funny, but it's not like it'll have relevance if I post it next week, and everybody knows that USC vs. OHIO STATE 2008 is the most epic game in the history of college football! Right?!

The time is nearly here. The biggest game of the 2008 season thus far is upon us. USC and Ohio State will battle it out this Saturday, winner probably getting a free ride to the national championship game. And I've got my next mortgage payment on USC covering the 10.5 point spread.

Yes, the TCQB bold prediction for week 3, based on little more than my self-proclaimed college football sixth sense, is that USC will beat Ohio State by at LEAST two touchdowns, and Ohio State will never really have been in it, playing for pride only towards the beginning of the fourth quarter.

If Ohio State somehow pulls it out, look for this site to shut down as I feverishly try to cut down on my expenditures so as not to end up living under a freeway overpass.

TCQB Prediction:
USC 38, Ohio State 17

Update: Beanie Wells doubtful for USC game = Money in the bank.

Is it just me or is there something wrong when there are two great matchups (Michigan St. @ Cal, and Alabama vs. Clemson), but one of them gets about 85% of the country. Does it make sense to anybody how even most of the Big-10 territories aren't showing the Cal/Michigan St. matchup? ABC, what's wrong with you? Why would people in Chicago be more interested in Bama/Clemson? The only thing I can conclude is that ABC/ESPN is trying to bring in some Big-10 territory Pay-Per-View dollars. And that I'm hung like a paint can. *Puts down paint can*

Big-10 Goes Big Network - Time Warner agrees to pick up the Big-10 network. This now means fans across the eight states can be sure to pick up the Ohio State vs. Youngstown St. game! Whoo! PAC-10, your turn to announce a cool cable/network relationship. That is, if you can wake up Tom Hansen. Oh wait, PAC-10 has that awesome relationship with Comcast Sports Net huh. Pathetic.

Dirty Sanchez - Mark Sanchez was practicing with the Trojans and looks is reportedly likely to start the USC opener vs. Virginia. Mustain can't even beat out a guy with a bum knee. Sad.

Boise State Bounce - Junior Nick Lomax has left the Boise State program and will transfer to a Div II or III school.

The first games of the college football season are only a week away, and based on my experience the first couple weeks make for the best opportunities to make some money at the sportsbooks since college football in general is relatively unpredictable and nobody really knows how good or bad teams will be. Here are what my picks are going to be for a select few games going into the first week:

Tennessee -7 @ UCLA - September 1, 2008
Is there anybody here who doesn't hail from LA that thinks this game will be close? UCLA's offensive line is razor thin with crazy numbers of injuries in the offseason. They're starting a guy who would have been their 3rd string JC transfer at quarterback after their #1 and #2 quarterbacks were injured on successive plays. Some people may point out their all-star coaching staff of Rick Neuheisel and Norm Chow, but seriously, great coaches still need to have a quarterback and offensive line to coach! Defense will be solid, but not enough to send Tennessee into fits.
TCQB says: Tennessee 31, UCLA 9

Apparently, writers at the College Football News think they know what they're talking about. In their latest writeup about next week's Cal vs. MSU game, it's not the fact that they predict a MSU victory that makes them kind of stupid, but this reason why:

MSU has adopted the rugged personality of Dantonio, a no-nonsense, blue-collar approach that Cal doesn’t see often in the Pac-10.

Apparently, Cal mostly sees a lot of "white collar" approaches in the PAC-10,...whatever that means.