First off my condolences to those of you absolutely screwed by the Cincinnati QB rotation last night – Tony Pike did a fantasy football impersonation of Mariano Rivera, closing drives in the red zone with two short TD passes on four attempts. That resulted in Zach Collaros lowest output of his short stint as starter – he should fear Friday the 13th now.

Before you curse out Brian Kelly and yank him from your Coach of the Year ballot – at least be as understanding as Tennessee Vols fan and robbery victim Corey Zickefoose.

Corey Zickefoose: I think they should still be able to play football, regardless. Tennessee is my place. You know, it’s my football team.

Reporter: Even after they put a gun in your face, you say let them play football?

Corey Zickefoose: Yeah. It’s Tennessee. That’s the way it is sometimes.

Corey, the Tennessee Chamber of Tourism would like a word with you.

Weather

No need to worry about Tropical Storm Ida in the Southeast it has disappated and has no effect on todays games.

The historically strong Nor’easter soaked the Virginia and NC area with almost a foot of rain, so beware of all ACC matchups for some halo effects of the storm. I could see muted performance from Georgia Tech and the Miami Hurricanes. The gametime weather may be nice but the effects on the soaking will put focus on the groundskeeping crews.

Big winds expected in The Long Island area so we could see 50mph in the ground battle of VMI at Army. This will mean more for some NFL matchups on Sunday.

Start-sit after the jump, updates throughout the day on my Twitter feed.

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