It was a rollercoaster of an opening week in college football.

The big story of the weekend was of course Coach Prime and Colorado upsetting TCU. Naturally, I have a lot of thoughts on the matter. I was staunchly in the camp of fade-Colorado this season. Apparently, that means that you personally hate Deion Sanders, think the Transfer Portal is a crime, and you might be a bit racist. In reality, I was down on this Colorado team because top-to-bottom the talent level just isn’t there on the roster and I had questions about Sheduer Sanders translating to the P5 level.

Clearly, Sanders proved that he is a legit dude. Now, TCU might have one of the worst defenses in the Big 12 so there will be much bigger tests for Sanders ahead but this game proved that he is ridiculously talented no matter what. I also said from the beginning that I believed Prime could build a great program at Colorado, or at least good enough that he gets a bigger offer. So I was never a hater of Prime as a coach, I just thought Year One would be too early. Spoiler alert… I still do.

Travis Hunter is one of the most talented players in the country. If he was on a team that was a CFP contender doing what he did in Week One he would probably be the Heisman favorite. However, this defense is clearly not good. They gave up 542 yards of offense and 42 points despite the fact that Chandler Morris threw two interceptions in the red zone. The Buffs’ offensive line looked better than I expected, but in reality, they only had 55 rush yards. I still have doubts about how they could perform in a game where the opposing defense doesn’t let Shedeur Sanders take whatever he wants through the air.

This next game against Nebraska will be a huge test for them and if you are following in Action I already bet on Nebraska. Their defense gave Athan Kaliakmanis a really tough time and choked away what should have been a big road upset of their own. Jeff Sims’ ability to make plays with his legs should also give this Colorado defense a really tough time. I am fascinated to see what happens in this game on Saturday.

The other big game on Saturday was between UNC and South Carolina and it ended up being very anti-climactic. The first half made it seem like it would be the great back-and-forth shootout that we all expected and then the Gamecocks’ offense totally stalled out. Their offensive line got absolutely dominated and that gave Spencer Rattler no chance to make plays (Rattler actually looked good when he had a second to throw). The Cocks also lost their star WR Juice Wells, a starter on the OL, and their leading tackler from last year during the game so that didn’t help at all.

Overall, I think South Carolina will be fine if they can bolster the OL play and get healthy, but those are two big ifs. North Carolina on the other hand is about what we thought. They looked better than expected defensively, but I attribute that more to the bad SC OL play and play calling more than anything. We will still need to wait and see on that front.

Finally, on Sunday Night Football we had LSU and FSU. LSU was dominant early but failed on two 4th and shorts, one at the goal line and one in field goal range. Those missed opportunities came back to bite them as they took only a 3-point lead into halftime and FSU then dominated the second half. The coaching was poor across the board for LSU and Jayden Daniels missed a couple of big-time throws that could have kept LSU in the game (or extended their lead early).

As an LSU future holder, it was a really disappointing game to watch but based on the first half, all of the pieces are there if they bring in Garrett Nussmeier at QB. If LSU makes the switch at quarterback (before losing another game), I will reinvest in their futures. They are still a CFP team if they win out from here and I still believe they can do that with a QB that can make throws downfield.

That was a lot of negatives because I went 0/3 in the big games but here are some positives. Washington, Texas and Penn State all took care of business in our other 3 national title futures. Washington in particular had the toughest test of those three teams and looked the best of any of them so that was great to see. #PenixForHeisman Also, I did nail the Thursday night game with Utah and the under.

I know there is one more game to come on Sunday night between Clemson and Duke where I hold a 1u Clemson -12.5 ticket but I was ready to get all of these thoughts off of my chest. From a betting perspective, it was a good, not great, weekend heading into Sunday. I was up small after probably forcing on some spots that I normally wouldn’t because of the Week 1 excitement.

At the end of the day, it would have been a winning weekend if LSU won on Sunday night and instead, it will be a losing weekend. Getting a unit back on Clemson would be great but it will be a losing week nonetheless. Between Week 0 and Week 1, the YTD is 17-16 (-3.3u).

This weekend I plan on trimming the card down and focusing on a couple of bigger plays (see: Texas +7.5, Ole Miss/JMU MLP). There is still an incredibly long season ahead and it is key to not get too up or down on this rollercoaster ride that is college football.

With this being the first weekend with both college football and the NFL, I wanted to lay out how things will look from a #content perspective the rest of the year.

Monday: CFB recap article at BlakeyLocks.com

Tuesday/Wednesday I will be prepping my ass off

Thursday or Friday: Blakey Locks Show CFB preview podcast will be out on YouTube and Apple/Spotify

Friday: Blog form of the CFB preview will be out on BlakeyLocks.com

Friday or Saturday: NFL preview blog will be out on BlakeyLocks.com

That is generally what you can look forward to this fall. Make sure you are subscribed on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts. Make sure you are following on Twitter to see any blogs tweeted out. Make sure you are following on Action to see picks as they come through.

Thanks to everyone who has supported so far and it is time to get a winning weekend together!