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Top 25 Game Previews ----- THURSDAY ----- No. 11 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech ----- SATURDAY ----- No. 21 Wisconsin at No. 1 Ohio State Florida State at No. 2 Boston College No. 3 LSU at No. 17 Alabama No. 6 Arizona State at No. 4 Oregon No. 9 Missouri at Colorado Troy at No. 10 Georgia No. 15 Michigan at Michigan State Rutgers at No. 16 UConn Vanderbilt at No. 18 Florida Tennessee Tech at No. 19 Auburn Cincinnati at No. 20 USF San Jose State at No. 21 Boise State No. 21 Wake Forest at Virginia No. 23 South Carolina at Arkansas La.-Lafayette at No. 24 Tennessee No. 25 Clemson at Duke  Team Capsules  ---------- Air Force Akron Alabama Arizona Arizona St Arkansas Arkansas St Army Auburn BYU Ball St Baylor Boise St Boston College Bowling Green Buffalo California Central Mich Cincinnati Clemson Colorado Colorado St Connecticut Duke East Carolina Eastern Mich Florida Florida St Fresno St Georgia Georgia Tech Hawaii Houston Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa St Kansas Kansas St Kent State Kentucky LSU La Tech Louisville Marshall Maryland Memphis Miami Fla Miami Ohio Michigan Michigan St Middle Tenn Minnesota Mississippi Mississippi St Missouri NC State Navy Nebraska Nevada New Mexico New Mexico St North Carolina North Texas Northern Ill Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma St Oregon Oregon St Penn St Pittsburgh Purdue Rice Rutgers SMU San Diego St San Jose St South Carolina South Florida Southern Miss Stanford Syracuse TCU Temple Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech Toledo Troy St Tulane Tulsa UAB UCF UCLA UL-Lafayette UL-Monroe UNLV USC UTEP Utah Utah St Vanderbilt Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest Washington Washington St West Virginia Western Mich Wisconsin Wyoming ----------

Oct. 31, 2007

By Trev Alberts

Special to CSTV.com

	TREV ALBERTS Trev Alberts is a football analyst for CSTV and CSTV.com. E-mail here!

        ---   Column Archive   --- TREV's MAILBAG 2/20: Show Some Patience 1/23: Cutcliffe Can Be Successful At Duke 1/16: To Each His Own 1/10: Watching Different Games 1/2: Brennan's Sugar Performance Won't Hurt Him 12/26: LSU Hater I Am Not 12/19: Rodriguez Licking His Chops 12/12: Buckeyes Have A Chip 12/05: Missouri Got Hosed 11/28: Some Coaching Changes Ludicrous 11/21: Love Woodson's Poise 11/14: Dixon Can Be Contained, But Not Stopped 11/7: Pac-10 Far From Overrated 10/31: Appalachian State Loss An Afterthought 10/24: No Halves Off In College Football 10/17: Nebraska In Good Hands With The Doctor 10/10: Trojans Still A Player 10/03: Don't Hate On South Florida 09/26: Hangovers Part of The Game 09/19: Nebraska's Performance Disappointing 09/12: DeSean As Explosive As It Gets 09/05: Tebow Impressive In First Start 08/29: ACC QBs Better Than Advertised 08/24: McFadden Not Quite In Bush's Class 08/17: From Overrated To Underrated 08/10: Florida's Overrated 08/03: Spurrier's Got That Twinkle 07/27: Big East Deserves More Credit 07/20: Badgers Playing For Second, At Best 07/13: Gators Repeat? Not So Fast 07/06: Pac-10 Still Owned By USC 06/29: One Big's Better Than The Other 06/22: WAC Ain't All That 06/15: Text Messaging Ban Excessive 06/08: Fifth Year of Eligibility A Good Idea 05/25: Hot Seat Warming Up For Some Coaches 05/18: Big Ten Falling Behind SEC 05/11: 'Canes, Seminoles Have Ways To Go 05/07: Sleeping Dawgs 04/20: Look Out For South Florida 04/13: Boise's Johnson Has No Shot At '07 Heisman 03/30: The Best Atmosphere In College Football Belongs To... 03/23: Tough To Compare QBs With Different Styles 03/16: Top Coaches Need To Be Appreciated 03/9: Woodson Nation's Most Indispensable QB 03/2: Things Just Not The Same At Nebraska 02/23: Rodriguez Does Well With His Chips 02/16: Believe It Or Not, I Don't Have An FSU Agenda 02/09: Yes, I Do Know College Football 02/02: Of Course Huskers Make Adjustments 01/26: Coach Alberts In Lincoln? No Chance 01/19: Can't Begrudge Kids For Leaving Early 01/03: Saban Heads to Alabama 12/29: Some Coaching Changes Come As Surprise 12/22: Too Many Bowl Games Way of Life 12/15: Who Has The Best Talent In The Nation? 12/7: Who's The More Deserving National Title Participant? 12/1: Irish Don't Deserve BCS Bid 11/16: Ohio State the Better Team 11/9: Give the Big East Its Due 11/2: What's Wrong With D at USC? 10/26: Where Will Bowden Be in '07? 10/20: Who Belongs in the Top 20? FOOTBALL 1/8: In Surprise, Ohio State Beats Itself 1/6: Good Start Vital For Buckeyes 12/26: LSU Hater I Am Not 11/23: LSU Loss A Microcosm Of The Season 11/19: Give It Some Time 10/13: Give Kentucky All The Credit 10/7: USC Loss Sends Shockwaves 9/1: Michigan's Loss Nothing Short of Stunning 6/19: Hoeppner Did Things His Way 4/27: Unexpected Reigned In 1994 02/22: Combine Experience Can Be Eye Opening 02/08: Signing Day Observations 02/07: Walk Down Recruiting Memory Lane 11/17: Remebering Schembechler 9/5: One Week Is Just One Week 8/25: The Return Of Trev

You've got college football questions and CSTV football analyst Trev Alberts has answers and opinions. Each week Alberts will be answering questions and queries on the world of college football. So if you've got a question for Trev? Just ask him.

How much of an affect do you think not having Perrilloux will have on LSU against Alabama? Is it really going to make a big difference since the Alabama defense hasn't been able to stop anybody? - Jeremy, New Orleans

I disagree with the premise of the question. They've stopped people. They haven't been dominant, but you can't say Alabama's defense has been terrible. They're playing in the SEC.

First of all, let me say that it irritates me to no end that these kids don't seem to understand the privilege that they have four years of college football. I know Ryan Perrilloux's a kid, but this isn't the first time he's had an off-the-field issue. It's a selfish move on his part. I don't care what you say. His team is trying to accomplish great things and he's off doing his own individual things and if I was a captain that would irritate me. If I was Glenn Dorsey and I came back to try and win a championship and a guy who is in a leadership position thinks it's more important to entertain his own personal interest, that would irritate me.

That being said, I don't really think it's going to matter. Alabama is going to beat LSU. It doesn't have anything to do with the quarterback position. It has everything to do with Terry Grant. It has everything to do with an Alabama defense that will step up. And it has everything to do with Nick Saban being the Alabama head coach. That's why he's paid $4 million, to win a game like this. This game is about motivation, energy, competition and intensity. And Alabama doesn't need to celebrate a touchdown like Georgia did. They'll be ready and Alabama and LSU will both be 7-2.

Who wins head-to-head, Arizona State or Kansas? - Jason, Illinois  

That's a great question. That was a thought provoking question. We need more of our e-mailers to come up with thought provoking questions. Not boring hubbub.

I think that Arizona State would be surprised by the physicality that Kansas has up front. I think they would see them in warmups and go, "They don't look like anything like USC. They don't look like Cal or Oregon." But they would be surprised with how tough Kansas is. They would be surprised with Brandon McAnderson and Jake Sharp; both have over 600 yards rushing. They would be surprised with Todd Reesing, who is all of 5-foot-10 and doesn't look like all that much.

I think Kansas would be surprised with Rudy Carpenter and some of the athleticism of Keegan Herring. But the way it would work is Kansas would jump out to a big halftime lead and Dennis Erickson, just like he's done all year, would work his magic. Arizona State has outscored opponents 152-37 in the second half. They've just dominated. They would comeback and it would end up being a shootout, but I think Kansas would win, 42-35.

If Michigan runs the table the rest of the way, will people totally forget what happened in Week 1? - Aaron Kilgore, California

I think they already have. Interesting stat for you: Michigan is 21st in total defense right now. People wanted to run Ron English out of Ann Arbor and said Lloyd Carr needed to retire. Have we forgotten how people were talking about Les Miles taking the Michigan job? Really?!?

We're so dumb in college football. This defense has gotten better and I just can't wait for the final home game of the season against Ohio State. I want Michigan to win so bad because I do not want to see Ohio State in another national championship game. They've played nobody.