Opening Weekend in College Football

Tonight is opening night for College Football. Coaches, players, and fans have been waiting for this day to come since January 11th (day after the National Championship). Auburn is the defending national championship going into this season and yet there looks to be another SEC team lurking in the shadows waiting to dethrone the Tigers and that is their bitter rival the Crimson Tide of Alabama. Although Alabama lost their three main weapons on offense they return an NFL esque defensive along with heisman hopeful Trent Richardson at Running Back. The top two games of opening weekend consist of #3 Oregon playing #4 LSU in Cowboys Stadium. The other marquee game is Boise St. marching into Bulldog territory to face #19 Georgia, in the Georgia dome. As all four teams hope to keep their BCS dreams alive with a win, only Boise St. could ruin their chance at a BCS game with a loss on opening weekend. There doesn't seem to much upset alert for opening weekend as most teams start out playing FBS schools to ease their team into the season. One game to keep your eye on is the always dangerous Appalachian State against Virgnia Tech. My picks for these two games would be Oregon -3 and Georgia +3.5.