Blood Bath Weekend? My co-host Lance Taylor has warned us all this week on The Next Round. This looks like a sleepy slate, but we could see as many as 9 Ranked Teams lose to UnRanked Teams! Consider that Top 10 teams Oklahoma State and Oregon are underdogs vs. UnRanked Teams. Now throw in #12 Ole Miss, #13 Notre Dame, #16 Wake Forest, #18 NC State, #22 San Diego State, #23 Pittsburgh, #24 UTSA, #25 Purdue all have games that could get juicy. Blood Bath? I don’t know because the Top 7 Playoff contenders have cozy little conference games against lower tier teams, but it should be fun.

ON THE SHOW: (All Times Central)  9:25am PICK 6 presented by Buffalo Wild Wings 10:00am John Parker Wilson, Alabama Analyst 11:10am Mark Ingram, UAB AD 11:35am Trash with LT 12:00pm Rick Neuheisel, CBS Analyst 12:15pm Rockstar Playhouse 

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