College Football Week 9 Viewing Guide

We're nearing the end of the college football season, as we're in Week 9. That means it's a rivalry-ish week.

Here's this week's TV schedule, from FBSchedules.com:

Game of the Week: #3 Clemson at #12 Florida State. Is this the "-bo Bowl"? Dabo Swinney and Jimbo Fisher face off yet again in a rivalry that has been a more even matchup than some historic rivalries have been in recent years. Jimbo is 4-2 against Dabo, with the home team winning the last two matchups in close affairs: FSU prevailed 23-17 in OT in 2014, Clemson 23-13 in 2015. In fact, four of the six matchups between the -bos have been decided by 10 points or less. This game doesn't feel like it's going to be one of them though.

Rivalry undercards:

#2 Michigan at Michigan State square off for the Paul Bunyan Trophy, which MSU has owned for the last three seasons, and seven of the last eight.

#14 Florida "at" Georgia in Florida. Formerly the World's Largest Cocktail Party, until they realized SEC frat boys were instead doing kegstands to be able to get through some of these games.

Miami at Notre Dame. Back in my day we called it Catholics vs Convicts, today it's just a matchup between two teams with a whole lot of name recognition and little else.

#7 Nebraska at #11 Wisconsin for the Freedom Trophy, which sounds like something recently created in a board room after going through focus groups to create a rivalry entirely for marketing purposes. Which is it, it was created in 2014. These teams first played each other in 1901. Today will be their 11th meeting. That's not a rivalry. But it could a be a good game!

Upset Special: #15 Auburn at Ole Miss. Ole Miss has barely caught a break. All four of their losses are to ranked teams, but only by an average of 9 points. Two of their three wins have been against a ranked team and a 5-2 team.