Chattanooga Times Free Press

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND

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FL25,DA D2E61’7 L,KE 0,A0,. The No. 12 •ators head south to face Miami in a game the folks in •ainesville have made pretty clear they find to be a nuisance. Athletic director Jeremy Foley has said giving up the home game the •ators would usually play, likely against a lesser foe, is costing the program millions of dollars. The •ators and Hurricanes once played a lot, but since 1987 they have met only three times in the regular season. This one represents a chance for a huge statement victory for the rebuilding Hurricanes. STARTING, BUT PROBABLY NOT F,1,6H,1G. Johnny Manziel is expected to be in the starting lineup for Texas ASM tonight when the Aggies host Sam Houston State. The Heisman Trophy wLnnHU GLGn’W JHW LnWR WKH JDPH unWLO the third quarter last week against Rice because of a 30-minute suspension for breaking NCAA rules. Then Johnny Football got into some trash talking with the Owls that led coach Kevin 6uPOLn WR VLW KLP GRwn Ln WKH fRuUWK. ,n between he threw three TD passes in WKH YLFWRUy. 0DnzLHO SUREDEOy wRn’W EH needed for a full 60 minutes against the Bearkats, whom the Aggies led 47-0 DW RnH SRLnW Ln ODVW yHDU’V JDPH. 7KHn again, FCS teams had a solid showing in the opening weekend of the season and SHSU is one of the better ones in DLYLVLRn ,’V VHFRnG-WLHU. 81DE5 7HE L,GH76. The first night JDPH DW 0LFKLJDn’V BLJ HRuVH wDV WwR seasons ago against Notre Dame and it was bedlam. A record-breaking crowd Rf 114,804 wDWFKHG WKH )LJKWLnJ ,ULVK and Wolverines play a classic won in the final seconds by Denard Robinson and Michigan. Since it might be a while EHfRUH WKH ,ULVK FRPH EDFN, WKHy PLJKW as well do it again under the lights. Expect another record-breaking crowd, but probably a little more defense than in that 35-31 thriller in 2011. NOT OUT OF IT. South Carolina•eorgia is a really big game, no doubt. The winner gets a head start in the SEC East race. And for the Bulldogs, another loss would essentiall­y take them out of the national championsh­ip race — in September. But remember that while South Carolina has won the past three meetings with the Bulldogs, •eorgia has won the last two division WLWOHV. ,W’OO EH WRuJKHU fRU WKH BuOOGRJV WR go that route this season. The schedule EURNH Ln GHRUJLD’V fDYRU WKH SDVW WwR VHDVRnV, wKHn LW GLGn’W KDYH WR SODy Dny Rf WKH 6(& :HVW’V EHVW WHDPV while South Carolina did. This season the •amecocks get the easier crossdivis­ion games. And Florida will still have something to say about who wins the East, too. INDIANA-NAVY SHOULD BE FUN. ,W GRHVn’W HxDFWOy OHDS Rff WKH VFKHGuOH, but the Hoosiers and Midshipmen have potential to play a very entertaini­ng game again. Last season Navy rallied from 10 down in the fourth quarter to EHDW ,8 31-30. BRWK WHDPV FDn VFRUH. 1HLWKHU SODyV PuFK GHfHnVH. (nMRy.

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