The World Headquarters for Collegefootballtopten.com is proudly located in Fort Worth, TX.  It wasn’t really that bad in Fort Worth yesterday as Hurricane Ike steered east of the DFW area and dumped its rain all over our friends in East Texas.  We really just had a rainy day, no floods.  Galveston and Houston, however, took a direct blow.  By now you have seen the pictures of both places on the TV.  Our neighbors to the south are going to struggle for a while to clean up.  Word out of Houston 90% of the city is without power.

I want to encourage readers of Collegefootballtopten.com to consider giving to the Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Ike.  I don’t really have any kind of partnership or anything with them, but it is the right thing to do.  Moreover, if your church or social organization has some kind of response to these type of disasters, consider giving to that in addition to, or instead of.  Either way, our friends in the Houston and Galveston area are going to need our help.

If you decide to give through the Red Cross, here is a link for you to use.  You give to the Red Cross through its National Disaster Relief Fund, which will, I am sure, be focused on our friends in the Houston-Galveson area.

We will preview week three of college football

Games to Watch

USC vs. Ohio State, 8:00 PM ET
Before the year started I would have predicted Ohio State to win this game, but they looked awfully shaky against the Ohio University last week minus “Beanie” Wells.  The big question I have is, “Was Ohio State playing opossum?”  That seems like a silly question, but I suppose it could be legit.  More than anything, “Was Ohio State trying to as little as possible to in the game?”  There is something to be said for not wanting to show USC everything.  It seemed that the problem was offensively.  Certainly, Ohio State is better with “Beanie” Wells in the game, but what about Senior QB Todd Boeckman?  He looked pretty good against LSU last year in the BCS game when his team trailed and they put him in the shotgun.  I expect that Ohio State was trying to win without doing too much.  Does that mean they’ll beat USC?  Not necessarily.  Also, how good is USC?  We don’t really know.

Kansas vs. South Florida, Friday, 8:00 PM ET
Todd Ressing has been great for Kansas thus far this year.  South Florida has struggled.  This is the first chance for Kansas to show that last year was no fluke.  Will South Florida help redeem the reputation of the Big East, or will Kansas carry the Big 12 banner?

Wisconsin vs. Fresno State, Saturday, 10:30 PM ET
A lot of people were talking about this game before the year started because it has a legitimate BCS team in Wisconsin traveling to California to play at Fresno.  Give Wisconsin credit for answering the bell.  Last year Wisconsin almost got upset at UNLV, but they are willing to go wherever.  Fresno has already created a stir by beating Rutgers in Piscataway.

Ike is Coming

Ike is doing some interesting stuff with college football this week.  Hurricane Ike that is.  Ike appears to be headed for the Texas coast.  The Texas vs. Arkansas game in Austin (2:30 PM CT) appears to be in jeopardy with officials exploring the option of postponing or moving the game.  TCU has already announced that it is moving its game with Stanford in Fort Worth to 12:00 PM CT in stead of the scheduled start of 6:00 PM CT.

LSU seems to be intent with playing its game in Baton Rouge with North Texas on Saturday (7:00 PM CT).  There is also no word from Waco about a change in the Baylor game (11:30 AM CT).  The Houston Cougars are moving their game with Air Force to SMU’s Ford Stadium at 2:30 PM ET.  It will be a windy, wet mess throughout Southern, Central and North Texas.