UPDATED! USM — USA GAME THREAD! Why not use this preview as your game thread?

Got’ durn ‘Rona I broke this game down pretty extensively below, so let’s just use this as our game thread for tonight, shall we? Who ya’ got and why?

Ladies and gentlemen, a new season is upon us, and with it, last year’s outstanding slate has been wiped clean and we begin anew.

Just three of five Power conferences will be competing this season, as will just three of five Midmajors. Alas for our wallets, two of the steadier returns are shut down — the Pac 12 and Mountain are very reliable. Worse, the Big 10 doesn’t know what it’s doing. I think Kevin Warren has told so many lies he doesn’t even know anymore. But that hurts us because betting against the bottom of that league is like....well,…