Upset Saturday Brewing?

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It's not uncommon to have an 'Upset Saturday' in the month of October. Not every season, but we haven't had one yet this season.

Upset Saturdays shake up the CFB polls. Everything people thought they knew turns to shit for that one week.
Upset Saturday's typically start with an early game upset and coaches can use that as motivation in the locker room "They did it, see it can happen, you can do it too". It's a motivation that builds the rest of the day.

Being the 29th there is also the whole Halloween atmosphere in the stands that can favor home teams. It's CFB.

If #14 Utah loses @ Washington St on Thursday night it could set the stage.

Virginia Tech at No. 24 NC State | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 14 Utah at Washington State | 10 p.m. | FS1

Saturday

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Penn State | 12 p.m. | FOX
Notre Dame at No. 16 Syracuse | 12 p.m. ET | ABC
No. 7 TCU at West Virginia | 12 p.m. | ESPN
Florida vs. No. 1 Georgia (Jacksonville, Florida) | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 22 Kansas State | 3:30 p.m. ET | FOX
No. 8 Oregon at Cal | 3:30 p.m. | FS1
No. 10 Wake Forest at Louisville | 3:30 p.m. | ACC Network
No. 17 Illinois at Nebraska | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
No. 20 Cincinnati at UCF | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
Missouri at No. 25 South Carolina | 4 p.m. | SEC Network
No. 10 Southern California at Arizona | 6 p.m. | Pac-12 Network
No. 19 Kentucky at No. 3 Tennessee | 7 p.m. | ESPN
No. 15 Ole Miss at Texas A&M | 7:30 p.m. | SEC Network
Michigan State at No. 4 Michigan | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
Pitt at No. 21 North Carolina | 8 p.m. | ACC Network
Stanford at No. 12 UCLA | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN
 
I had to ponder on the OP. Great thread. I could see some of these happening. I am not sure a couple could be considered an upset. Here are the most likely candidates:

Ohio State at Penn State - This is possible and would be the biggest one IMO. That being said, I am leaning towards Ohio State winning it.

Oklahoma State at Kansas State - Not sure this would even be a massive upset but definitely this one seems like a good candidate

Wake Forest at Louisville - Louisville does seem hot but Wake's offense maybe too much

Illinois at Nebraska - I am not even sure this would be that big of an upset

Cincinnati at UCF - This one seems very likely IMO

Ole Miss at Texas A&M - I think this one is very likely as well

Notre Dame at Syracuse - Syracuse could be in for a let down and ND has been improving

TCU at West Virginia - Explained this one in playoff thread. Only reason it is on list is long distance of travel, WVU has an offense (but no defense) to match TCU in a shoot out, and TCU could be in for let down after Kansas, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State run.

I really don't see the rest happening. Perhaps Pitt at UNC but Pitt's offense has been dreadful the last couple of weeks. It is very turnover prone. Great comparison would be how Iowa was playing against Ohio State last week. (I have watched Pitt since they were a Tennessee opponent. Man have they regressed as the season has went on). Pitt has the team to beat UNC but the two programs are spiraling in very different directions with UNC getting better and Pitt regressing.
 
7samurai13 said:
Fun Fact - Harbaugh is 1-3 against Michigan State at home as a head coach.
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Yeah... This^^^. I wouldn't take the Wolverines and 17 points if ya gave it to me. This is that voodoo crap that the Spartans have over Michigan.
 
Collegefbfan said:
Yeah... This^^^. I wouldn't take the Wolverines and 17 points if ya gave it to me. This is that voodoo crap that the Spartans have over Michigan.
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I would still take Michigan -24
 
Well
I'm fully expecting to be upset when Iowa State kicks our ass.

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any predictions


Squad Reaction GIF by Rodney Dangerfield
I See You Hello GIF by Al Roker
 
Utah 19, WSU 14
Cincy 26, UCF 44
OHST 24, PSU 33
ND 18, Syracuse 41
UF 16, UGA 33
UOR 34, Cal 17
OKST 38, KSU 31
WF 29, UL 32
Illinois 26, Nebby 34
Mizzou 16, SCar 28
UK 30, UT 38
USC 47, Arizona 24
MSU 26, UM 55
OLMS 25, TX A&M 35
Pitt 36, UNC 34
Stanford 18, UCLA 37
 
Volbound1700 said:
Notre Dame at Syracuse - Syracuse could be in for a let down and ND has been improving
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ND struggled to put away UNLV. Honestly they were on the plus side of the field all day and still struggled to find the end zone. I expect SU will beat them down in their own house.
 
I haven’t checked the lines, but I wouldn’t be shocked if ND is favored over Syracuse
 
7samurai13 said:
Fun Fact - Harbaugh is 1-3 against Michigan State at home as a head coach.
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True, and before that Michigan State is always dangerous for Michigan. Watch out for a possible riot if Sparty pulls off an upset. Couches and police cars have a habit of combusting when this happens.
 
jjc2009 said:
ND struggled to put away UNLV. Honestly they were on the plus side of the field all day and still struggled to find the end zone. I expect SU will beat them down in their own house.
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Syracuse offense doesn't really impress me overall.

I think Tucker is a great RB but he's kind of handicapped by the rest of the offense.

I think ND can keep them from scoring much. Question is can ND score themselves.
 
Voltaire said:
True, and before that Michigan State is always dangerous for Michigan. Watch out for a possible riot if Sparty pulls off an upset. Couches and police cars have a habit of combusting when this happens.
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Sparty is pretty bad this year, I know Harbaugh has had his troubles with them but I'd be very surprised if Michigan wins by less than like 21.

Michigan is liable to run for over 300 yards. Their Run D is trash.
 
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