Week 4 College Football Open Thread

Well, we're still in the college football season soft spot. Conference play hasn't kicked in to high gear, so you've still got some of the better teams (from college and NFL perspectives) warming into the schedule. Although I guess it gives me enough juice to watch #11 Michigan St. take on Eastern Michigan to see if EMU freshman DL Lion King gets on to the field, because if you don't like a college football player named Lion King, I don't like you.

In any case, I've got a pair for this week's watchlist:

A bit of a big test for both SEC teams. Florida struggled to eke out a win over Kentucky last week in triple overtime, but that might have just been a case of the stronger team looking past the trap. Alabama's coming off of two soft games in Florida Atlantic and Southern Miss because Nick Saban wouldn't even play non-conference games if he didn't have to. But now they turn to SEC play for the rest of the season...except for the late November game against the Western Carolina Catamounts, because again, Saban non-conf hatred is real. Time to see if this Bama team is going to hold up in the BRUTAL SEC West.

The headliner game of the week got the extra heat it didn't even need with Jameis Winston being suspended for the entirety of this game. That means FSU will turn to sophomore Sean Maguire to take on a solid Clemson team. The big concern for the Tigers is that they were shredded by Georgia RB Todd Gurley (which isn't all that unique) in week one. Now they face an offensive line for Florida St. that is all too comfortable to road grade. Tallahassee will be a bit anxious to see Maguire get off to a comfortable start, so it may be FSU RB Karlos Williams' chance to shine.

Fun stuff ahead. Let us know what you're seeing across the country and who Rams fans need to keep tabs on.