MAJOR PLAY ON LABOR DAY!

Happy Labor Day everyone(what's to be happy about? The summer's over; the crossing guards are back; the flashing yellows return; school buses are back to cause havoc; and the weather will soon change. Thank God I have college football!)!

Let me give you my quick thoughts on the Maryland-Navy matchup. I am never bored watching the triple option run correctly, and no one runs it better than Navy's QB Ricky Dobbs, so, even though this matchup doesn't get most juices flowing, I can't wait to see the game. Navy has all the offensive experience in this game, as the aforementioned Dobbs returns, as well as the top 4 Rbs, and both receivers(even though that makes little difference with Navy's option). Maryland has some talent back on offense, but, a very inexp. QB.
What keeps me from making a play on Navy is the tremendous losses they incurred in their interior defense. As a result, Maryland will also probably control the line of scrimmage, and that's enough of a reason for me to stay away from a side in the game.
What I do recommend is a polite 1* play on the over in this matchup. Maryland has inexperience and youth in two key areas of their defense: defensive line and defensive backfield. That is not good if you have to play the option. Navy has lost a lot of good players in their interior defense, so, I think Maryland will put points on the board. So, a laborious 1* play on the over!

MAJOR PLAY AT 8:00P.M.:
If Virginia Tech beats Boise St. tonight, they will not do it by pounding the ball alone. TCU, and Oregon last year couldn't do it, and Virginia Tech won't do it tonight. That means V.T. will have to have success passing the ball to beat the Broncos. Again, TCU, and, Oregon, the two major teams this defense played last year, were not able to successfully pass against Boise. And, neither will Virginia Tech. Taylor is a decent two-way threat, but, there is no way a QB who completed less than 56% of his passes in '09, will succeed throwing the ball vs. a good defense that returns 10 starters!
Point #2:The Hokies have only 3.5 starters back on defense. They suffered immense losses on defense. They go against an offense that returns 10 starters, and a QB in Kellen Moore that threw for an incredible TD/INT ratio of 39-3 last year. And, looking back on last year, and, I think that's okay to do since so many starters return, against an incredible TCU defense, this team, and, its QB, completed 60% of its passes and threw no interceptions in their 17-10 bowl win over the Horned Frogs.
The line opened with the Boise St. Broncos the deserved favorite. The line has since moved to Virginia Tech as the favorite. Todd McShay and the rest of you famous prognosticators, keep talking up the Techsters, and keep that line moving in our favor. Listen up: with Oregon St.'s novice QB Katz gaining much needed experience, the Broncos will be in more danger vs. the Beavers than they will be here.
BOISE ST. BRONCOS IN A MAJOR PLAY

I'm too pumped up to start my new featured column today. Look for the introduction of "Sam's College Collage," a mad re-cap of the week that was in college football, tomorrow. Chow! Sam