First games can be weird as Stanford found out losing to Northwestern on opening day last year. NW posted a 10-3 record, but all 3 losses were blowouts to Michigan, Iowa and Tennessee (they didn't play tOSU). Had they played Stanford any other weekend of the year, Stanford would have blown them out too. It's a good thing too, as Stanford would have taken our place in the CFP had they even scraped by NW. But hey, every team has to get by their first game and the better teams usually get it done. As TDTW says, Houston looks to be over-rated, but we'll get too much credit for the win if we get it done.