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I used to be die-hard USC…die-hard to the point of throwing and breaking things…but after Clay Helton my Trojan spirit was crushed. So I’m not a homer for anybody except Purdue…These are the 14 teams I saw over the weekend, and where I felt like ranking them.<\/p>\n
1\u2014Ohio State (1-0):<\/strong> Please, Putin, invade Columbus. I used to be die-hard USC…die-hard to the point of throwing and breaking things…but after Clay Helton my Trojan spirit was crushed. So I’m not a homer for anybody except Purdue…These are the 14 teams I saw over the weekend, and where I felt like ranking them. 1\u2014Ohio State (1-0): Please, Putin, invade Columbus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[871],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91712"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91728,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91712\/revisions\/91728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2\u2014Michigan (1-0):<\/strong> I always root for the programs the NCAA hates.
\n3\u2014LSU (1-0):<\/strong> It wasn\u2019t impressive, but if you win in Death Valley, you\u2019ve won in Death Valley.
\n4\u2014Miami (1-0):<\/strong> They beat the Irish, that\u2019s good enough for me.
\n5\u2014Utah (1-0):<\/strong> Meh, they\u2019ll never win the big one.
\n6\u2014Clemson (0-1):<\/strong> I like Cade Klubnik.
\n7\u2014Texas (0-1):<\/strong> They\u2019re going to be fine. Will beat Buckeyes in rematch.
\n8\u2014USC (1-0):<\/strong> Trojans beating Missouri St. is like Trump matching wits with European leaders.
\n9\u2014Notre Dame (0-1):<\/strong> Four different starting QBs in the last four years.
\n10\u2014Nebraska (1-0):<\/strong> I hope Patrick Mahomes has hired extra security\u2026Dylan Raiola is creepy.
\n11\u2014Cincinnati (0-1):<\/strong> I lost interest in the Bearcats after Armon Binss graduated.
\n12\u2014New Mexico (0-1):<\/strong> Competitive\u2026how big of a check did the Wolverines write them?
\n13\u2014Missouri St. (0-1):<\/strong> Ranked 13th because I saw UCLA play.
\n14\u2014UCLA (0-1):<\/strong> All three UCLA fans got together in the first quarter against Tennessee to launch, \u201cFireDeShaunFoster.Com”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"