Carla and Crappy Show: The Feeling Blue (and White and Green) Edition

Oh, hi there, boys and girls. It’s Week 11 of the college football season. Carla’s voice is just about gone and Crappy is distracted (for the first time this year) by midweek MACtion and his Ohio Bobcats. So, yeah … just your normal week around these parts.

Before we get into some interesting stuff coming up this weekend, we look back at some fun results from last week. Clemson had an improbable win. Texas and Ohio State won … but not prettily. Arizona (now CFP ranked) continues to be the team that absolutely no one in the Pac-12 wants to play. LSU really needs a healthy Jayden Daniels. And Bedlam actually was bedlam.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a great weekend for our Cornell Big Red Bears, but they have a chance to rebound this Saturday at Dartmouth (1:30 ET, ESPN+). 

AJ fills us in on all of the goodness that is late-season #GroupOfFiveAfterDark (and yes, there are some really good matchups on that slate this week), and then we get into this weekend’s intrigue, including a massive game that even has Crappy seeing blue (and white).

No. 18 Utah at No. 5 Washington (3:30 ET, FOX): That Utah defense is spectacular against the run. Unfortunately, Michael Penix Jr. likes to throw the football. A lot.

No. 13 Tennessee at No. 14 Missouri (3:30 ET, CBS): Too close to call? Kinda. Mizzou’s been oh-so-close a couple of times this year. Is this the game they get over the hump?

No. 9 Ole Miss at No. 2 Georgia (7 ET, ESPN): This might be Georgia’s biggest test of the season … before facing Bama in the conference title game, that is. 

No. 3 Michigan at No. 10 Penn State (Huge Nude, FOX): Yep. Doing this game out of sequential order because it’s that important. Carla’s hyper-focused on the Penn State secondary, while Crappy is hoping he doesn’t have to figure out the math on a three-way tiebreaker atop the B1G East.

Carla gives an honorable mention to West Virginia at No. 17 Oklahoma (7 ET, FOX) because the Sooners are reeling, while USC at No. 6 Oregon (10:30 ET, FOX) should be silly fun if you can stay awake. Also, FIU at MTSU (3:30 ET, ESPN+) is worth noting because our beloved Blue Raiders need a win.

Crappy is obviously paying attention to Michigan State at No. 1 Ohio State (7:30 ET, NBC), but mostly because of the Bucks’ sweet gray unis. 

We close the show with an ode to the Biggest Little Game in America, the DIII rivalry between the Amherst Mammoths and the Williams Ephs that’s been played since 1884. Former Draft Day Suit (the original home for this show) editor Kim Daboo is an alum of Williams, and our former colleague Chuck Curti, now of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, had a great article this week about two Pittsburgh-area brothers playing in the game. It’s just one of the many reasons we love college football. (Also, go Ephs!)

And with that … Carla’s going to rest her voice and Crappy’s going to root his Bobcats to (spoiler alert!) a win. We’ll be back here next week for more as we start nearing the end of the 2023 season. (Can you believe it?) Cheers, yinz.