(CBS Local Sports)– Week 4 of the assemblage shot play is here, and CBS and CBS Sports Network person you covered with immoderate of the champion games of the weekend. CBS volition aerial 2 monster tilts betwixt Mountain West foes Boise State and Utah State and 2 apical 25 SEC teams successful #7 Texas A&M and #16 Arkansas.
CBS Sports College Football expert Kevin Carter chatted with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith astir wherefore helium is simply a believer successful the Razorbacks, what Boise State volition request to bash to triumph connected the roadworthy astatine Utah State and wherefore things aren’t arsenic atrocious arsenic they look for the Indiana Hoosiers.
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Boise State vs Utah State: Saturday, September 25 astatine 12pm EST/PST CBS
“The bully happening astir the losses Boise State has sustained is that they are not successful the conference,” said Carter. “It beefs up Mountain West play erstwhile you are capable to spell retired and instrumentality connected idiosyncratic from the American successful UCF. They mislaid that game, but it was a large game. It was bully for them to amusement well. Non-conference games won’t wounded you, particularly aboriginal successful the year, but present this is simply a league matchup that truly behooves them to get retired and marque immoderate noise.”
“The biggest thig is Boise State has to find a mode to power the enactment of scrimmage and get the shot into George Holani’s hands. They person been capable to people a batch of points frankincense acold this season, and they haven’t truly been stopped. They request to power the shot and not springiness it to Logan Bonner and the Utah State offense. He has 2 truly bully receivers successful Deven Thompkins and Brandon Bowling and some person had 100 gait receiving games successful the past 2 weeks. They volition person their enactment chopped retired for them from a walk defence standpoint. They’re decidedly ready.”
#16 Arkansas vs. #7 Texas A&M: Saturday, September 25, astatine 3:30pm EST/PST CBS
“I deliberation the Razorbacks are decidedly for real,” said Carter. “Early erstwhile they had a matchup with Texas, I deliberation we saw what they were truly capable to accomplish. You are going to person your enactment chopped retired for you conscionable from the beingness of a dual-threat quarterback. You are going to person to relationship for the backmost run, but besides conscionable the large play. Arkansas backmost KJ Jefferson makes immense plays coming retired of this offense. They are coming retired of the work enactment fakes and his versatility and quality to beryllium a limb astatine the backmost position.”
“I deliberation Texas A&M’s discourtesy is truly a enactment successful progress,” said Carter. “Not having Kellen Mond and having Haynes King spell down with an injury, you’re looking astatine a young backmost successful Zach Calzada. He seems to beryllium getting amended and better. The vantage of having a young backmost successful this discourtesy is Jimbo Fisher’s discourtesy is each they know. The information that you got Isaiah Spiller arsenic a moving backmost and what was the SEC’s champion defence past play besides is simply a plus. Whoever’s defence comes to play is going to archer the communicative of who wins.”
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UNLV vs. Fresno State: Friday, September 24 astatine 10pm EST/PST CBS Sports Network
“Fresno State has to spell retired determination and play similar they haven’t been winning,” said Carter. “Fresno State has been thing abbreviated of impressive. There is ever idiosyncratic that surprises you. Jake Haener and the discourtesy are averaging implicit 400 yards of passing. When I saw that against Oregon and past Oregon went connected to bushed Ohio State. You knew they were amended than Cal Poly and not arsenic bully arsenic Oregon, that is simply a wide scope to beryllium between. They are physical, and it’s not astir UNLV, it’s astir not letting themselves down. UNLV is presently connected a nine-game losing streak.”
Miami Ohio vs. Army: Saturday, September 25 12pm EST/PST CBS Sports Network
“It’s astir the breadstuff and food for however each squad makes their hay,” said Carter. “The happening astir Miami Ohio is their discourtesy is beauteous potent. They had a triumph past play and 523 yards of full discourtesy successful that game. They won the crippled by 35 points, and this discourtesy is conscionable potent and they volition effort to person the football. The backmost Brett Gabbert completed 10 of his 16 passes, had 2 touchdowns and an interception. This is simply a high-powered discourtesy that volition enactment up a batch of yards. Army is 1 of those teams that nary substance however good you are playing, if you can’t get yourself disconnected the field, they’re going to grind it out. They’re going to get their yards, and that triple enactment is the large equalizer. They are coming disconnected an awesome triumph against UConn. Miami Ohio has to bash a large occupation of maintaining the football, due to the fact that Army volition look to grind you retired and bounds possessions. They look to triumph the conflict successful clip of possession and alteration your opportunities to people points.”
Wyoming vs. UConn: Saturday, September 25 3:30pm EST/PST CBS Sports Network
“Wyoming has to power the shot and tally downhill,” said Carter. “UConn is having each kinds of trouble. You person to spell retired and power the enactment of scrimmage, and sometimes erstwhile you are playing teams that person occupation maintaining the shot oregon making thing happen, you person to defender against everything due to the fact that they person thing to lose. UConn volition travel successful and propulsion everything they have. Wyoming’s backmost Sean Chambers is disconnected to a accelerated start, and they person to tally the shot with Xazavian Valladay.”
Indiana vs. Western Kentucky: Saturday, September 25 astatine 8pm EST/PST
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“For Indiana, this is truly an accidental to get backmost connected track,” said Carter. “They had truly precocious expectations coming into the season. Michael Penix Jr. is coming disconnected a country and a play wherever their defence played retired of its mind. Last year, they led the Big 10 successful backmost sacks and interceptions. This was a defence that truly made a batch happen. Indiana’s discourtesy had a batch of opportunities. This is 1 of those trap games. The archetypal 2 weeks started retired a small rocky for Indiana. They person an accidental present to get themselves backmost connected way with a triumph against Western Kentucky. They mislaid to the #5 and #8 teams successful the country. This is simply a get-right crippled and a reset and getting themselves backmost to maintaining the football. Western Kentucky volition not rotation over.”