Rich Cirminiello Recaps Week 8 College Football Highlights

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00:00Hey, Scotty, week eight in college football now in the books. I want to spend some time

00:08recapping the Big Ten. I'm going to go with your Indiana Hoosiers first, and the Hoosiers

00:15have crossed the Rubicon from Cinderella team to these guys can win playoff games. What

00:22they were able to do against a good, solid Nebraska team, Huskers have a terrific defense,

00:29was phenomenal. I mean, that was a spotlight moment for Kurt Cignetti and the kids, 56

00:35to 7 over Nebraska. Now, one caveat, Curtis Rourke injures his right thumb, did not finish

00:42that game. Taven Jackson came off the bench, completed seven of eight passes. Where does

00:48Indiana go from here? We'll see. They begin 12 o'clock noon this Saturday against Washington

00:56without Curtis Rourke. But I love what IU is doing. I think they could make the playoffs.

01:01I think they could win playoff games. Now, the Big Ten, there's some interesting things

01:06happening outside of just top-ranked Oregon and Penn State. Indiana's won. Illinois, six

01:12and one, huge win over Michigan over the weekend. That was a celebration of Red Grange 100 years

01:20ago with some fascinating Illinois helmets. That was a big win for Brett Bielema. A couple

01:25of weeks ago, they needed offense. They needed 50 points and overtime to beat Purdue. This

01:30past weekend, it was defense. So Illinois continues to find ways to win as they climb

01:35in the top 25. My third team out of the Big Ten I want to discuss, Scott, is Wisconsin.

01:41Now, I know the last three games were against Purdue, Rutgers, and Northwestern, not exactly

01:47a murderer's row of opponents. But those three games, they combined to win 117 to 16.

01:56And I'm starting to get a feeling that Wisconsin is turning the corner under Luke Fickle. Bit

02:01of a disappointment in 2023. Some struggles early on, lost to Alabama. But Wisconsin is

02:07coming on like a locomotive heading into Saturday night showdown against Penn State. Huge opportunity

02:15for the Badgers. Now, week nine, the one thing I'm going to say is, if you can play hooky

02:20on any of your responsibilities, if you can fake an illness, this is the time to do it.

02:26I love this schedule of games in week nine, beginning Thursday night, unbeaten Pitt hosts

02:32Syracuse. Friday night, UNLV hosts Boise State and Ashton G.T. Not just the Mountain West

02:39on the line, but possibly a group of five playoff berth. And then Saturday is loaded.

02:45ND against Navy at 12 o'clock at MetLife. A huge opportunity for the midshipmen. And

02:52then 730 A&M against LSU. Two teams that lost in week one and have won six straight. Home

03:00team has won seven in a row. That should be a fascinating game between those two SEC schools.