The "Thinning Of The Herd" 10/9 Edition

Oct 9, 2022, 8:58 AM

Year 5 (I think) of me doing my weekly public service to anybody out there who believes there will be more than 4 undefeated teams at the end of the year vying for a place in the College Football Playoffs. It won’t happen, despite each year worry and angst are abound with people wondering if we will have a decision to make among undefeated teams come playoff time!

The inevitable will happen….it’s called “the thinning of the herd” and I’ll post it each Sunday to help ease those of you that have this annual “fear”

Recap Of Last Week
The team that hosted Game Day became the only victim of being thinned from the herd this week as Kansas lost to TCU. Otherwise, those with 0’s prevailed on this 2nd Saturday in October, but that trend will not continue.

As we move to the middle of October, there are 13 teams that remain unbeaten with dreams of the CFP.

Next Week: Guaranteed Thinning Will Take Place
Penn State travels to Michigan. Could be one of those 13-10 Big 10 slugfests, but somebody is going down.

Alabama at Tennessee. Bama needs to get better at QB quick as this Tennessee team does not seem to have the mental letdowns the past 20+ Volunteer teams have had.

Oklahoma State at TCU. Been a while since this conference had a marquee matchup like we will see on Saturday.

"Upset Alert”
NC State at Syracuse. Not sure how legit Syracuse is yet. Then again, I could say the same for NCSU. Either way, there are many ways the Wolfpack could win in the Carrier Dome.

Clemson at Florida State. FSU showed flashes of being a good football team last night vs. State. But the Seminoles seem snake bit. But a night game in Doak will draw your attention.

USC at Utah. Playing the Utes in Salt Lake City will mean the Trojans need to play their best or the will be in danger of the upset.

Will Keep Winning....For Now
Ohio State and UCLA have a Bye

Vandy at Georgia. The Commodores have been improved, but UGA has already had their wake up calls.

Auburn at Ole Miss. The Tigers just don’t have an offense, so hard to imagine they can score enough points to put it to Kiffen.

Final Thoughts:
We know the herd will be thinned by at least 3, bringing the number of undefeated teams down to 10 by this time next week. I have a hunch someone (let’s hope not Clemson!) slips on upset alert. So my best guess is that we will be down to single digits undefeated when my 10/17 edition is released.

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