"It will be Jeff's game to play," said Muschamp on Monday. "I told him, 'I don't want you looking over your shoulder, but you have to play well.' " No pressure, though!

"In its first game of 2012, taking the field under new head coach Tony Levine and an overhauled staff, Houston managed just 326 yards and a single touchdown in a stunning, 30-13 loss at the hands of Texas State , a 34-point underdog making its debut as a full-fledged FBS program. The result: Offensive coordinator Mike Nesbitt has just been handed his walking papers after a single game on the job."

The Bulldogs' two-way star won't play vs. Buffalo, which doesn't matter. But he's on the bubble for next week's trip to Missouri, too, which does.

Me, at CBS, breaking down the match-up between the most dynamic running quarterback in college football and the most suffocating defense in extreme detail. With stills and video.

First edition of my weekly analysis/picks column for Football Outsiders is live and oozing with wonky goodness.

Another one bites the dust.

"I've always felt like, to have a successful team, you gotta have a few bad citizens on the team," Pinkett told the show. "I don't want any mass murders or rapists," Pinkett said. "I want guys that maybe get caught drinking that are underage, or guys that maybe got arrested because they got in a fight at a bar, or guys that are willing to cuss in public and don't mind the repercussions of it. That's the type of criminal I'm talking about." – Former Notre Dame running back turned broadcaster Allen Pinkett, setting his career on fire in spectacular fashion in a matter of seconds. Well, we can't have "mass murders" in the locker room, obviously. But how do you feel about, say, your run-of-the-mill vehicular manslaughter?

Thursday's second-most interesting game is officially off.

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