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Conference schedules are really going to heat up in Week 5. To me, this is easily the best slate of the college football season so far, even if Week 1 had a couple of big games.
Let’s take you through the big matchups on Saturday and discuss the team’s draftable prospects, according to the consensus draft board.
The top early game of the week will star the wide receiver pairing for the Trojans, Makai Lemon and Ja’Kobi Lane. With that being said, pass-rusher Anthony Lucas, who originally started his college career at Texas A&M, is making himself big money this year. He hadn’t previously recorded a sack during his past two years at USC and wasn’t on NFL radars coming into the season. Illinois is hoping to rebound after a 63-10 loss against Indiana.
Even though these teams are ranked pretty closely, this game is really one-sided when it comes to draftable prospects. Whit Weeks, LSU’s star linebacker, hard-launched a relationship with Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin’s daughter this week. I’m sure you’ll hear the broadcast talk about that during college football’s middle slate on Saturday. The Packers have already sent their scouts to two LSU games this year, so they have to be interested in someone there. By the way, Ole Miss is out its starting quarterback, Austin Simmons, and will end up starting Trinidad Chambliss, a former Division II All-American, in this game.
Obviously, this is a big one in Big Ten country. This game could decide who does or doesn’t get a chance to play in the Big Ten Championship Game later on this year. Both teams have quarterbacks, with Oregon’s...
