Lacklustre October Footy Thread

The quality of the fixtures, or the writings?  YES.

Start your morning, if you dare, with Leeds welcoming Spurs (7:30, USA).  As usual, I really have no idea what Spurs are, for good or ill.  Leeds are kind of shit, but might at least survive the drop.  So…consider this a “background noise” watch.

10:00 strangely only has two on the schedule, Men Untied/Black Cats on USA, and Rum Ham away to King’s Afrikan Water Pistols streaming on Peacock.  Suppose this is the peril of having NINE fucking clubs qualified for European play.  Anyway, you’d expect each “name brand” to roll here.  So…still background noise.

12:30’s Spotlight Dance is a puppy abortion.  Watch terrible JV NFL instead.  I care little about Sunday’s action, aside from Everton/Palace (9:00, Peacock), but even that is likely a dreadful watch for the neutral.

Cornpone State (+1.5) at JV WKRP (Noon, ESPN2)

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see Matt Campbell’s bunch stubbing a toe here.  They’ve enough offense to match the inevitable handful of Bearcat punches.

Come on Feel the Illinoise (-9.5) at Purdue (Noon, BTN)

Yes, the early slate is REALLY that bad.  So you get a random chaos matchup.

Steerfuckers South (-5.5) at Florida Men (3:30, ESPN)

Line shrinkage alert!  This was a full 7 on Thursday, but the “Arch as Shadeur’s Draft Stock” phenomenon seems to be accelerating.  Not entirely convinced myself, but this could be a very low-scoring, physical battle.

Vanderbilt (+11.5) at Roll Damn Tide (3:30, ABC)

Did you ever think you’d live to see Vandy less than 2-TD dogs in Tuscaloosa?  FUCKING LIAR.

Wahoowa (+6.5) at Lousiville (3:30, ESPN2)

Ugh, having to add an ACC game to the watch rotation.  But there is some shootout potential here, at least.