The College Football Thread 9/6 - 9/8

[Bored]

A lot of intriguing match-ups this week including what on paper is the biggest non-conference game of the year. Interesting to note that ESPN only has a three hour and fifteen minute block for the Notre Dame/Penn State game which means most of the country is probably going to miss the start of the Virginia Tech/LSU game because God forbid you cut away from Notre Dame early. In fact the original plan was to have Gameday from Happy Valley but those plans were scrapped after Saturday's debacle and it will now be from Baton Rouge.

 

Network/Basic Cable Schedule

 

THURSDAY

Middle Tennessee State at #8 Louisville, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2

Oregon State at Cincinnati, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN

 

FRIDAY

Navy at #15 Rutgers, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN

 

SATURDAY

#3 West Virginia at Marshall, 11:00/8:00 AM, ESPN2

Miami at #5t Oklahoma, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC

#16 Nebraska at Wake Forest, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN

 

N.C. State at Boston College, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, ESPN2

Oregon at Michigan, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC

Fresno State at #23 Texas A&M, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN

 

South Carolina at #11 Georgia, 5:45/2:45 PM, ESPN2

Notre Dame at #14 Penn State, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPN

BYU at #13 UCLA, 6:30/3:30 PM, Versus

#19 TCU at #7 Texas, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN

 

South Florida at #17 Auburn, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2

#9 Virginia Tech at #2 LSU, 9:15/6:15 PM, ESPN

#5t Wisconsin at UNLV, 10:00/7:00 PM, Versus

Colorado at Arizona State, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN

 

Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule

 

SATURDAY

Duke at Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, LFS*/GP

Akron at #12 Ohio State, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN*

Bowling Green at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN*

Nevada at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN*

Miami of Ohio at Minnesota, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN*

Eastern Illinois at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN*

Alabama at Vanderbilt, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS*/GP

Rhode Island at Army, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN Classic

Louisiana-Monroe at #25 Clemson, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, GP

Samford at #21 Georgia Tech, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, ESPNU

#10 California at Colorado State, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CSTV

Utah State at Wyoming, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn.

#22 Boise State at Washington, 3:30/12:30 PM, FCS Pacific

UAB at Florida State, 5:00/2:00 PM, ESPNU

North Carolina at East Carolina, 6:00/3:00 PM, CSTV

Air Force at Utah, 6:00/3:00 PM, Mtn.

Kent State at Kentucky, 6:00/3:00 PM, GP

Troy at #4 Florida, 6:00/3:00 PM, GP

Western Illinois at Illinois, 7:00/4:00 PM, BTN*

Southern Miss at #24 Tennessee, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP

#20 Hawaii at Louisiana Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP

Maine at Connecticut, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP

Indiana at Western Michigan, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPNU

Syracuse at Iowa, 8:00/5:00 PM, BTN*

New Mexico State at New Mexico, 9:30/6:30 PM, Mtn.

 

All Other Div I-A Games

 

SATURDAY

Grambling at Pittsburgh

Buffalo at Temple

Ball State at Eastern Michigan

Cal Poly at Idaho

Missouri at Mississippi

Northern Iowa at Iowa State

Rice at Baylor

San Diego State at Washington State

Ohio at Louisiana-Lafayette

Memphis at Arkansas State

Toledo at Central Michigan

Maryland at FIU

SE Louisiana at Kansas

UTEP at Texas Tech

Mississippi State at Tulane

Florida Atlantic at Oklahoma State

San Jose State at Kansas State

Southern Illinois at Northern Illinois

North Texas at SMU

Northern Arizona at Arizona

[Secret Agent]

VT versus LSU is the biggest non conference game of the year? I think we'd all be shell shocked if VT pulled a win out of this one so I don't see how big it could really be. There's a much better game kicking off at 11 am.

[teke184]

It's the biggest non-conf. game of the year because they're both Top 10 teams.

 

As of now, there's no other non-conf. game between two top 10 teams on the horizon, especially since ND got ass-raped by Georgia Tech.

 

 

 

However, there's a potential Top 5 matchup between LSU and Florida on the horizon in a few weeks if both go undefeated to that point... but that's a conference game and ESPN will ignore it since it's not USC-Cal or Ohio State-Michigan.

[Guest Soriano's Torn Quad]

I'm really worried about the legions of stupid emerging if Virginia Tech has a good year.

[teke184]

I'm really worried about the legions of stupid emerging if Virginia Tech has a good year.

As opposed to the ones that will pop up if WV and beats Rutgers and/or Louisville to win the Big East?

 

 

VT's fans are stupid, but the WVU fans are some of the worst this side of Ohio State when it comes to senseless property damage. (All those poor couches getting burned...)

[Guest Soriano's Torn Quad]

You know what I mean: New Orleans Saints, The College Years, in which winning football games somehow accomplishes some sort of "rebuilding," or anything of consequence. Let's hope it doesn't have to come to that.

[HarleyQuinn]

My spotlight FCS games...

 

#12 Eastern Illinois @ Purdue

#5 New Hampshire @ #10 James Madison

#8 Northern Iowa @ Iowa State

#11 Southern Illinois @ Northern Illinois

 

Ricky Santos has a tough task ahead of him in JMU. The other games all feature highly ranked FCS teams taking on FBS teams. I don't expect any upsets but the chances are there in the above 3 games (except maybe the Purdue game).

[Danville_Wrestling]

Looks like Claussen is going to get his first collegiate start this weekend for Notre Dame versus Penn State. Talk about a rough debut.

[2GOLD]

My spotlight FCS games...

 

#12 Eastern Illinois @ Purdue

#5 New Hampshire @ #10 James Madison

#8 Northern Iowa @ Iowa State

#11 Southern Illinois @ Northern Illinois

 

Ricky Santos has a tough task ahead of him in JMU. The other games all feature highly ranked FCS teams taking on FBS teams. I don't expect any upsets but the chances are there in the above 3 games (except maybe the Purdue game).

 

I'll be listening to the Delaware game as they take on West Chester. Delaware has such a fun team, like the Texas Tech of FCS. Sadly, their defense is much like the original Texas Tech as well. Hopefully they play a little better on that side of the ball this week but I won't be holding my breath.

[Vampiro69]

I am looking forward to the OU-Miami game. This is a chance to see if OU's offense is anything close to what they did against North Texas.

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

They won't drop 79 but they will win by a comfortable margin.

[Bored]

Finding a random reason to bump this with that other thread turning ugly. Here's the Sagarin Rankings Top 10 which should be fascinating with one whole week completed.

 

1. USC

2. California

3. LSU

4. Auburn

5. Ohio State

6. Georgia

7. Wisconsin

8. Texas

9. Georgia Tech

10. Clemson

 

Oh and apparantly there was some controversy at the end of the Arkansas State/Texas game but no one saw the game so didn't get any play in the media. The Arkansas State coach said the Big XII aplogized for blowing a couple of calls including an onside kick in the final minute.

 

Link

 

[cabbageboy]

Though it's way too early to be pondering this stuff, for my guys the best case scenario is this: VT upsets LSU, LSU beats FL, VT then would lose a couple in conf. play.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Not very many intriguing games this week, with the closest one probably being TCU-Texas (Of which I expect the 'Horns to come out unscathed), or possibly a Notre Dame upset against Penn State, which would be a lot more likely if it was being played in South Bend.

[Edwin MacPhisto]

I'm most interested in the Oklahoma/Miami game, so it kind of sucks that I'll be at UVA/Duke for the duration.

 

On that note: if Duke wins, I'm going to kill myself. Start rooting accordingly.

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Penn State/Notre Dame is a HUGE deal around here, so much so that the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are playing their playoff game in the afternoon to avoid a time conflict.

[Guest Vitamin X]

 

I had a hard time not bursting into laughter at work.

[Slayer]

Fucking awesome

 

I dunno what I'll do after his inevitable firing... the (unintentional) comedy he's provided over the last five years has been priceless

[Bored]

And you'd think he'd be more fond of hot dogs.

[Guest]

I thought he'd ask the kid to get him a hot dog.

[MFer]

yeah um...cabbageboy can't like what he's seeing right now.

[Guest]

I love Louisville's, "we will catch you from behind, forget about pursuit angles defense." Except they aren't catching up to anyone.

[Guest]

Their "defense" is fucking stupid. We'll leave a receiver wide open at the line on third down and let him pick up the easiest 50 yards of his life.

[Bored]

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=Ag...p&type=lgns

 

Wary Cardinals careful not to look past Middle Tennessee

Whoops.

[MFer]

The Mountaineers are laying the wood too.

[CanadianChris]

Who would've thought the more dominant Big East team so far tonight would've been Cincinnati and not Louisville?

[Guest]

Louisville has been exposed so badly tonight. Their defense is the worst of any major conference team.

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

I'm all for Louisville tumbling, but they are winning by 16. Let's relax here.

[Guest]

They still gave up 42 points to Middle Tennessee State, 35 of them coming in the first half. Despite what the numbers would say, their defense hasn't been any good in the 2nd half either. MTSU just hasn't had the ball.

 

And Louisville's defense doesn't know how to stay onside.

[MFer]

Still, it can't be a good omen when they have to face the likes of West Virginia.