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ESPN is calling college games this weekend “Separation Saturday”.&#160 As fate would have it, a lot of nationally-ranked teams are facing each other this weekend, and…well…it’s “separate the men from the boys” time – hence, “Separation Saturday”.

In the Realm&#153, it’s more of a “Rivalry Saturday”.&#160 Three old rivalries heat up again, and I’m gonna try and make it to two of ’em.

Tonight, my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets take on their longtime arch-nemesis, the Paschal Panthers.&#160 Back in the day, Heights & Paschal positively hated&#160 each other.&#160 In fact, it’s been nearly 30 years since the son of a former Tarrant County commissioner (and a former Paschal student) appropriated a bulldozer and blew a hole in the Heights field house.&#160 (Heights would later blow a hole through the Panther football team, which kinda made up for it.)

Anyway, if Heights is going to get a move-on, it has to start here.&#160 Paschal hasn’t been good for several years; they went 2-8 last year.&#160 If Heights doesn’t win this game, there’s a better-than-zero chance it’ll pull an 0-fer.&#160 Nevertheless, I’m taking Heights and giving you 10.

Saturday, Turner Gill’s UBuffalo Bulls travel to Northern Illinois to take on the Huskies.&#160 NIU’s not too long removed with a massive flirtation with the top 25, so I want the Buffs and…say…30.

(Vegas, FWIW, has ’em at +23.)

Also Saturday, sixth-ranked LSU travels to Alabama to take on third-ranked Auburn.&#160 I hate games like this, because I like both schools – you almost wish for a tie.&#160 Auburn is a three-point favorite, which is the value of home field, so it’s basically a pick ’em.&#160 Give me LSU, straight up, just because of Bo Pelini’s suffocating defense.

The 15th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners travel to Eugene Saturday to take on the 18th-ranked Oregon Ducks and the World’s Ugliest College Football Uniforms&#153.&#160 If Oregon wears those butt-ugly yellow unis, give me Oklahoma and about 50 pair of UV 5000 sun shades.

All for me.

22nd-ranked Texas Tech comes into Fort Worth on Saturday to take on 20th-ranked TCU.&#160 The Horned Frogs are looking to avenge 35-70 from two years ago in Lubbock.

Two things work in the Tadpoles’ favor:&#160 1) Tech isn’t the world’s greatest road team, and 2) UTEP shredded their secondary last week.

Tech, on the other hand…well…is Tech.&#160 And Vegas has ’em at -2, so I want TCU and 28.

Sunday evening, the Dallas Cowgirls have their home opener versus the hated Washington Foreskins Redskins.&#160 The experts keep saying Dallas is going to kick ass, but they said that last&#160 year, and Washington swept ’em.&#160 I’ll take Dallas and 17 if Bledsoe plays the whole game, but I’ll give you all of that back, plus 14, if Romo plays.

Should be a fun weekend.&#160 We’re back Monday with the recap.

Therefore, let the tailgating/smack talk begin!

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