College football's best five games of Week 4

I like Boise State and the way that school is shaking up the BCS, and I love the idea of ESPN taking "College GameDay" to the blue-field campus. But if Boise wants to host a GameDay, they should have to put someone on the home schedule that offers tougher competition than a 16-point underdog. (Now for a cheap plug for my plan to solve Boise's scheduling problem.) Conspiracy theories aside, GameDay should be in Fayetteville this Saturday with Big John Daly walking out at the end for the celebrity picks. Would one of his celebrity picks be Notre Dame? The people who have lost out on a 5-0 twice thanks to last-second losses by the Irish say no.

For $800 and the Ramon Escobar Trophy, which could double as a good weapon when attending a game in Baton Rouge that doesn't start until 8:15 p.m. (and can you imagine the "tailgating" that will be going on all day there?!), select your winners and e-mail them back to me by 5 p.m. Thursday.


Miami - Pittsburgh
6:45 p.m., Thursday, ESPN
Line: Miami by 3

Alabama - Arkansas
2:30 p.m., Saturday, CBS
Line: Alabama by 7
* Underdog worth three points

Battle for the Legends Trophy
Stanford - Notre Dame
2:30 p.m., Saturday, NBC
Line: Stanford by 4

South Carolina - Auburn
6:45 p.m., Saturday, ESPN
Line: Auburn by 2

West Virginia - LSU
8:15 p.m., Saturday, ESPN2
Line: LSU by 6
* Underdog worth three points


Good luck.
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