Couldn't ask for a much nicer day for college football. It's warm, its sunny, and the tailgaters are outside cooking what smelled like a pretty good assortment of dogs, burgers and brats.

The Scarlet Knights will face a much bigger test than they did last week, when they rolled over Buffalo 38-3. Navy isn't exactly the type of team that'd be capable of competing in the SEC, but the Midshipmen will make the Knights work on defense, if nothing more.

And after Middle Tennessee State walked all over the Louisville defense to the tune of 42 points last night -- not to mention Appalachian State's win over Michigan last week -- anything's possible.

The biggest news-maker that's likely to come out of this game is Ray Rice breaking the all-time school rushing record, which he's almost certain to do in the first quarter and could even do on his first carry. He needs 16 yards to tie it and 17 to break it. The current record holder is Terrell Willis, who had 3,114 from 1993-95.

I'm gonna grab a pre-game bite to eat. I'll check in shortly before game time, then again periodically throughout the game.

If you're somehow unaware of this, the game is on ESPN. And if you're betting -- which, again, you shouldn't be -- the Knights are a 16 1/2 point favorite.