The college football regular season is coming to a close this week as rival teams set to face off. Let’s get bold for one last time in the 2018 season.
As we set out for Week 13, it would seem that the College Football Playoff Committee has already decided who will be headed for the two biggest games of the year. Things could get crazy within the top teams, but that is very unlikely at this point.
Now, the rest of the country — particularly those fighting for a New Year’s Six berth — could get interesting. Let’s talk bold predictions for Rivalry Week 2018 shall we?
5. Oklahoma & West Virginia: who has the ball last?
West Virginia has one of the best defenses in the Big 12 this season. Of course, that really doesn’t mean much of anything in terms of the Big 12. Within that conference, games weekly turn into track meets of epic proportions. The thought process of defense being option here isn’t at all false and that much will be shown once again as Will Grier and WVU take on Kyler Murray and Oklahoma.
This one kicks off at 8 p.m ET on Friday night, live on ESPN. Oklahoma still has a chance to make it into the College Football Playoff, though they need Georgia and Michigan to lose this week for that chance to even be close to coming to fruition.
For West Virginia, those dreams are all but dead with losses to Oklahoma State and Iowa State earlier in the season. The thought of a two-loss team making it into the Playoff is one that hasn’t even remotely been considered at this point.
This game will quickly become a track meet of sorts, a game of who has the ball last. Will Kyler Murray solidify his Heisman campaign on Friday night? Will his defense damn him once again as Will Grier puts together another strong performance under center for WVU? We will just have to wait and see.