Good morning! If you're an old hand here at the Republic, you probably know the drill. If you're new here, welcome! You've stumbled upon the only college football pregame show that proudly features zero seconds of audio or video of Pat McAfee OR Urban Meyer. Mostly because we don't have audio or video at all.
Let's spin through the OTR posts that you might have missed from earlier this week and then hit a few articles from our friends around the independent college football blogspace. Pour some coffee, fry up an egg or two, and get those chilaquiles together. It's Saturday and there's football on soon. Let's shoot the shit for a few before then, yeah?
OTR Links
Don’t Watch This; Watch That, Week 3: An Ode to September Maryland
Five coaches have beaten Mike Locksley-led Maryland in September. Can you name them? (Also: the futility of London games and the future of non-conference scheduling in the MAC.)
MNWildcat
Big Ten Football Week 3 Picks, Predictions, Previews
’Cats-Buffs. Trojans-Knights. September Maryland and Big Games James. Trains-Bruins AFTER DARK. There’s something for everyone in Week 3 of the Big Ten, if you just lower your standards ever so slightly.
RockyMtnBlue
WWBWWBD - Week 3
See what your “writers” will be up to this weekend.
HoustonBoiler
THE AGENDA Week 2: Big Ten Football versus The World
Big Ten Supremacy And No Funny Business
Thumpasaurus
Week 3: B1G Six Pack
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
IUinVA
Week 2 Big Ten Power Poll: Big Ten Teams as “Star Wars” Quotations
Shout-Out to Mochila03 for this week’s contribution
Transient Buckeye
What The HELL Did I Just Watch, Oregon?!
Does the 0-12 curse transfer?
misdreavus79
Michigan Bounces Back, Defeats Oklahoma
A difficult schedule lies ahead, but after coming away with a hard-fought victory over Oklahoma Saturday, the future suddenly looks a lot brighter in Ann Arbor.
Brian Gillis
B1G Football Survivor 2026 - Week 3
Any future failure to follow the rules will result in elimination.
BoilerUp89
Links from Beyond the Republic
The Horns of the Rams’ Dilemma
A look at the slow adoption of logos on football helmets, which took 40 years from their origin to becoming common.
Football Archaeology
Mitten Masterkey, Week 3: MSU-ND rivalry rekindling highlights slate
Get ready for a fun Week 3 slate leading into a rivalry showdown on Saturday night, and the Mitten Masterkey has all you need for the full slate.
Andrew Graham
2026 MAC Football Power Rankings: Week 2
There was no movement in the top half of the table; but the same can’t be said for the lower half.
J.H. Jimenez
Bo French insulted Texas fans. Longhorn boosters fund him.
The school even had a room named after his dad.
David Covucci
Wanna Buy the Minnesota Golden Gophers Hearse for $3K? - Racket
Plus MPD racks up overtime at Good memorial, out-of-state influences get tourism bux, leaf-peeping begins in today’s Flyover news roundup.
Racket Staff
