College Football Week 3 Preview - Hussam Patel Picks Three

By: Hussam Patel

After a fairly wild kickoff to the college football season, Week 2 was even crazier. Underdogs Oregon and Iowa took down perennial powerhouses Ohio State and Iowa State, respectively, in the lone top-25 matchups of the week.
 
Top-15 teams USC and Texas also lost to Stanford and Arkansas, respectively. Along with that, No. 5 Texas A&M scraped by Colorado and No. 8 Notre Dame eked past Toledo with three-point wins as two-plus touchdown favorites.
 
Games of the Week
 
No. 1 Alabama (2-0) at No. 11 Florida (2-0), 3:30 p.m., Saturday, CBS
 

• Line: Alabama (-16), Over/Under: 58.5
• The Gators will look to usurp the defending national champions who lost most of their talent in last year's draft at home
• Crimson Tide QB Bryce Young has looked like a star in the making. He has averaged 11.0 yards per attempt under pressure and has taken only two sacks on 29 pressured dropbacks and will look to continue his hot streak against a top 5 pass rush
• The Gators are a rebuilding team on Offense and Emory Jones can’t seem to find his rhythm
• Alabama’s Defense has not been up to standard, they have been at time undisciplined, which is a shocker
• Emory Jones may start, but are we sure he should be the starting QB?
• Matchup to watch: Kaiir Elam vs. John Metchie III

 
Players to Watch:
 
Alabama: The Entire team has NFL talent
 
Florida: Anthony Richardson, Dameon Pierce, Jacob Copeland, Keon Zipperer, Stewart Reese, Zachary Carter, Brenton Cox Jr, Ventrell Miller, Mohamoud Diabate, Kaiir Elam
 
Prediction: Alabama 45, Florida 20

No. 22 Auburn (2-0) at No. 10 Penn State (2-0), 7:30 p.m., Saturday, ABC
 

• Line: Penn State (-5), Over/Under:
• Just how real is Bo Nix in his Junior season after torching Akron and Alabama State? this will be a test for him against a menacing Penn State Defense in Happy Valley
• Sean Clifford appears to be comfortable in the offense, utilizing a deep running back rotation which is talented. Auburn's Defense will need to set the tone early to have a chance of winning
• There are a lot of rumors surrounding Head Coach James Franklins name in the pool for the USC HC gig
• Matchup to Watch: Tank Bigsby vs. Brandon Smith

 
Players to Watch:
 
Auburn: Tank Bigsby, Shaun Sivers, Keoindre Jones, Nick Brahms, Owen Pappoe, T.D. Moultry, Nehemiah Pritchett, Roger McCreary, Smoke Monday
 
Penn State: Sean Clifford, Jahan Dotson, Rasheed Walker, Caedan Wallace, Adisa Isaac, PJ Mustipher, Brandon Smith, Tariq Castro-Fields, Jaquan Brisker
 
Prediction: Penn State 27, Auburn 17

No. 19 Arizona State (2-0) at No. 23 BYU (2-0), 10:15 p.m., Saturday, ESPN
 

• Line: Arizona State (-4), Over/Under: 51.5
• Arizona State is coming off back-to-back 27-point victories, but the team’s performances have left a lot to be desired.
• BYU beat a really good team in Utah, a run stopping team, the cougars had 5 YPC and took the pressure of QB Jarren Hall
• Jayden Daniels is a dual threat and the Cougars defense will have their hands full. If the Sun devils win it will be off of Daniels legs.
• If the Cougars want to win they will need to force Daniels to throw the ball more and not make tackling mistakes
• Matchup to Watch: Cougars DL vs Jayden Daniels

 
Players to Watch:
 
Arizona State: Jayden Daniels, DeaMonte Trayanum, Dohnovan West, Jermayn Lole, Tyler Johnson, Merlin Robertson, Chase Lucas
 
BYU: Lopini Katoa, Tyler Allegeir, Keanu Hill, Tyler Batty, Uriah Leiataua, Keenan Pili, Isaiah Herron, Malik Moore, Chaz Ah You
 
Prediction: BYU 23, Arizona State 20

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