Take the Points

Lock of the week:

Florida Atlantic -7 over Western Kentucky

Trap of the week:

Arizona +3 over Washington State

Over/under:

Missouri / UConn under 79

Round 1 of our Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime bracket is complete.

Round 2 match-ups will begin on this week’s podcast with #1 seed 1995 Nebraska against #9 seed 1999 Florida State. The episode will be released later this week.

Each week of the 2017 season, we’ll break down one game from this hypothetical bracket until we figure out the best college football team of the past 25 years. If you’re just discovering this bracket, you can go back to our week 1 episode to listen from the very start. Subscribe to the Take the Points College Football Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play and follow along for the rest of the year.

Tom, Dan and Ryan begin the show with a quick recap of a crazy week 7 in college football, then preview the biggest games of week 8, including Penn State vs. Michigan, Alabama vs. Tennessee and a lot more. We bid a premature farewell to Butch Jones and try to decide which major program coach should be next on the chopping block.

This week’s Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime matchup pits Ken Dorsey, Ed Reed and the 2001 Miami Hurricanes against Cam Newton and 2010 Auburn. We recap the two magical seasons and decide who would win this hypothetical game.

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Lock of the week:

Arizona -2 over Cal

Trap of the week:

Louisville +6.5 against Florida State

Over/under:

Penn State / Michigan over 41

Dan, Ryan and Tom reflect on Iowa State’s upset of Oklahoma, and some of the other highlights of week 6, before previewing a number of huge matchups in week 7, including Oklahoma vs. Texas in the Red River Rivalry, Ohio State vs. Nebraska, Alabama vs. Arkansas and a lot more.

This week’s Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime bracket faces the 2008 Florida Gators, led by Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer, against the 1992 Alabama Crimson Tide, with coach Gene Stallings and a punishing defense. The guys recap each team’s incredible season, set a line, and discuss who would win this hypothetical matchup.

Dan ends the show with an important message about Leif Erikson.

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