Carla and Crappy Show: The It’s A Trap Edition

It’s Week 9 of the college football season, but be very careful: There are traps ahead. Multiple teams this week face the dreaded “trap game” situation, which seems exceptionally dubious on the weekend before Halloween.

But before we carefully tip-toe around this week’s schedule (because, you know, traps), we take a look back at last weekend, including Syracuse looking the part, UCLA/Oregon not living up to the hype, and Iowa’s defense. (You can probably guess which one of us was interested in that last thing.)

We get a mixed update on our beloved Big Red Bears, and we hear from AJ, who returns to his #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report just in time for some really intriguing stuff.

And then we dive in. Cautiously. (Except for our last game.)

No. 7 TCU at WVU (Noon ET, ESPN): The Horny Toads control their own destiny in the Big 12, but a visit to Morgantown on Halloween Eve Eve has Crappy intrigued.

No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 22 Kansas State (3:30 ET, FOX): After disappointing losses last week, which team rebounds?

No. 10 Wake Forest at Louisville (3:30 ET, ACCN): The Cards have been playing well the last two weeks, while Wake is preparing for three-straight ranked opponents.

No. 19 Kentucky at No. 3 Tennessee (7 ET, ESPN): The Cats defense is good. Can they catch the Vols looking ahead?

Coastal Carolina at Marshall (7 ET, NFL Network): Again, it’s West Virginia on Halloween Eve Eve … and the Herd can run the football. That’s not good for the Beach Chickens.

Michigan State at No. 4 Michigan (7:30 ET, ABC): Strange things can happen in rivalry games. Yeah, that’s all we’ve got for this one.

No. 15 Ole Miss at Texas A&M (7:30 ET, SECN): Honestly, we’re just here to see whether the Aggies have a coach on Sunday.

And finally …

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Penn State (Big Nude, FOX): OK. There’s no tip-toeing here. We’re both amped for this one. Carla hopes her Lions look more like the team that trounced Minnesota, not the one that got crushed by Michigan. Crappy has his eye on how the Bucks handle the Penn State offense. One thing is guaranteed: One of us will be very happy on Saturday afternoon.

To wrap things up, Carla gives honorable mention to four (yes, four!) games, including Notre Dame at No. 16 Syracuse (Noon ET, ABC), Robert Morris at Appalachian State (3:30 ET, ESPN+), the Florida/Georgia Cocktail Party (3:30 ET, CBS), and MTSU at UTEP (9 ET, ESPN+). Crappy, meanwhile, fills us in on why he was out last week.

So, there you have it. One heck of a football weekend awaits us, traps and all. Enjoy, boys and girls. Cheers!

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