CK: Eastern looked pretty darn good in a 52-0 win over … Indiana State. Come on, get real. No matter what happened last week, the Spartans are still a sleeper. Playing against the Eagles is a tune-up game.

MSU 38, EMU 17

JC: Among the “directional” schools, Eastern is like the lowly stepsister to Western and Central. No Cinderella story here. MSU pounds the ball up the gut and uses play action to open up B.J. Cunningham for the big play.

MSU 48, EMU 10

AA: The Eagles aren’t as awful as the casual fan might presume. They return 16 starters from last season and they enter the game with confidence. MSU wins, but by an underwhelming margin.

MSU 42, EMU 28

JB: This week is the home opener, there’s going to be a lot of excitement and they’re going to score a lot of points. Eastern has a quarterback who can score, but I’m going with MSU.

MSU 45, EMU 10

Miami vs. No. 5 Florida

8 p.m. Saturday
TV: ESPN

CK: If anyone read my Heisman Watch last year, you know my love for Tim Tebow — he’s basically God’s gift to college football. Although you have to give some respect to the “U” players (and their rap sheets), this one is all Florida.

Florida 42, Miami 24

JC: I cannot hide my man-crush on Tim Tebow. He’s everything you want in a college quarterback. Florida’s golden boy powers the Gators past Miami with three touchdown passes, one run for six and a flash of his pearly whites for the fans.

Florida 38, Miami 17

AA: Tim Tebow is a monster. No, seriously, I think he might be a monster — have you seen that guy? Not even Hurricane Gustav would be able stop him on a gridiron. That being the case, certainly these Hurricanes don’t have a shot.

Florida 38, Miami 17

JB: I’ll take Florida with the returning Heisman Trophy winner in The Swamp. It’s a big rivalry game, but Florida’s going to come out on top.

Florida 31, Miami 24

No. 19 Penn State vs. Oregon State

3:30 p.m. Saturday
TV: ABC

CK: A few writers picked Oregon State as a sleeper in the Pac-10, but that went up in smoke last week. If this was at Oregon State, I would probably pick the upset, but I’m going with Joe Pa’s crew.

Penn State 34, Oregon State 23

JC: Penn State and Joe Paterno silenced a lot of critics with a opening weekend blowout of Coastal Carolina. Oregon State blew their underrated status with 36-28 loss at Stanford. You do the math.

Penn State 28, Oregon State 17

AA: Spearheaded by Evan “Rolls” Royster, the Nittany Lions have a three-headed monster at tailback. That could pose problems for the Beavers, who gave up 210 rushing yards to Stanford last week.

Penn State 36, Oregon State 14

JB: It’s tough to win in Happy Valley and they always bring a great crowd out there. Penn State put up big numbers against Coastal Carolina while Oregon State lost to Stanford.

Penn State 38, Oregon State 17