The Week 8 college football schedule features tests for a handful of coaches who sure look like they need a win to keep their jobs for the long term. In addition to those angsty situations, we’ve got a few big helmet games and potential conference race deciders in the Sun Belt and Mountain West. A few of the games covered in this episode include:

* Louisville at Miami: A possible trap for the Canes, but if they’re what we think they are, they’ll be fine

* Washington at Michigan: Can the Huskies keep scoring with an overmatched offensive line? Maybe!

* LSU at Vanderbilt: No reason Vandy can’t do this at home

* Georgia Tech at Duke: Major ACC championship race implications

* Baylor at TCU: Better figure this out, Frogs

* UNLV at Boise State: Winner is the best team in the MWC, for now

* Ole Miss at Georgia: How worried should you be about Trinidad Chambliss?

* Ohio State at Wisconsin: It’s getting late for Luke Fickell

* Mississippi State at Florida: Ditto for Billy Napier

* Missouri at Auburn: Same for Hugh Freeze

* Texas Tech at Arizona State: Can anyone in the Big 12 hang with the Red Raiders physically?

* USC at Notre Dame: No, you can’t just put this game on Netflix

* Utah at BYU: If Kyle Whittingham really still has it, the Utes are going to crunch BYU’s freshman QB in this game

* Old Dominion at James Madison: THE MAIN COURSE, presented by Modelo, featuring Bennett Conlin of JMU Sports News

And many more games discussed within! Producer: Anthony Vito

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