Crackin' open the Friday football cooler

It’s a beautiful Friday in late September, so let’s crack open the college football cooler:

- Portland State on Family Weekend presents the Horned Frogs will plenty of opportunities:

• One last tune-up before the Frogs run through what I call “Gate No. 2” of the season, which features the SMU/SDSU combo. (Gate No. 1 was Baylor/Air Force).
• A chance to muscle up against a pretty decent Portland State running game – watch out for No. 1 running back Cory McCaffrey, who ran for 222 yards last week. (I don’t care who the opponent is. If you run for 222, you should have a bullseye on your back.)
• A great “contain drill” to confine a good quarterback for Portland State in No. 6 Connor Kavanaugh. He can keep a play alive with his feet.
• A chance to thwart another team full of tricks on special teams.

- Hats off to Frogs’ kicker Ross Evans, who last week became TCU’s all-time leading scorer with 325 points. Stop and think about that. ... No. 2 on the scoring list is LaDainian Tomlinson (remember him?) with 324.

- Portland State brings a TCU connection to town this week. Vikings’ freshman wide receiver Roston Tatum is the son of my old teammate, Roscoe Tatum (remember him?), who was a speedy running back and world-class trackster back in the mid 1980’s.

Kick ‘Em High!