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Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner guide you through the coming Rivalry Week in college football, going through dozens of games with 1) playoff stakes, 2) conference championship stakes, and 3) none of those stakes at all, because many of these week’s games don’t need them to be fascinating. Among the many, many games that we discuss on this episode:

* The Egg Bowl: “Distractions” shouldn’t matter here. Right?

* Georgia vs. Georgia Tech: Why we’re not discounting the Yellow Jackets, despite their defense falling off a cliff lately

* Texas A&M at Texas: At least half of this podcast thinks the Longhorns are about to pull the upset at home. Why?

* Miami at Pitt: A bad matchup for the Panthers, but could Carson Beck gift them a chance at an upset?

* Clemson at South Carolina: Which fanbase would be more despondent?

* Kentucky at Louisville: Have the trajectories here flipped?

* WKU at Jacksonville State: Will the Gamecocks prove harder for WKU’s defense to stop than LSU’s offense was?

* Vanderbilt at Tennessee: Why are we a little nervous about the Dores?

* The Iron Bowl: Again, why does at least half of this podcast think the home team is going to pull the upset?

* And finally, in THE MAIN COURSE presented by Modelo, we’ve got Bill Landis of “Bill and Doug on Ohio State Football” in the house. Bill gets us up to speed on this Ohio State season and talks about the Buckeyes’ path to ending their four-year drought against Michigan.

And much, much more. Producer: Anthony Vito

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