Welcome to the SEC-sponsored edition of Four-Down Territory, where officials go directly from 2nd down to 4th down and even the replay booth can’t catch it……And since there is a relative dearth of big games this weekend, we only need three downs to cover it all…. First Down: Intriguing Match-Ups: West Virginia at #4 Oklahoma: With WVU’s upset of #15 Virginia Tech and Oklahoma’s lackluster win over Nebraska this is one to watch. After racing to a 27-7 lead, WVU played great Re

1st Down: The College Football Playoff is Set: With the US News & World Report College Rankings out it is College Football Academic Playoff time. The top 4 FBS football Universities are Stanford (6th), Northwestern (9th), Duke (9th) and Vanderbilt (14th). As fate would have it these four teams are playing this weekend exactly how they are seeded……..(1) Stanford at (4) Vanderbilt: Stanford won at USC last week and Vandy won at Colorado State. New Cardinal QB Tanner McKee was i

First Down: Bucks and Ducks: #12 Oregon at #3 Ohio State: Ohio State’s 2020 concerns on defense were not alleviated last Thursday against Minnesota. While the Buckeyes look more athletic at linebacker they still gave up over 200 yards both on the ground and through the air. On offense the Buckeye’s were dependent on big plays and will be looking for more consistency. For all the much-deserved hype for OSU’s WRs, the RBs and Offensive Line also looked formidable. Oregon neede

Football is back…..yes it started last week but if college football is going to call it “Week Zero” then that is about the level of interest we're going to show it…. One quick reminder: College coaches love to say that season openers are more often “lost” by opening-game mistakes than they are “won” by plays made. Given some of what we saw last weekend that held true. Keep an eye on that this weekend. Also be sure to checkout our new show Nittany Game Week...We air on 9 stati