College Football - Week of Sept. 12th

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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Troy at (1) Florida (12 pm, SEC Network)

(2) Texas at Wyoming (3:30 pm, Versus)

(3) USC at (8) Ohio State (8 pm, ESPN)

Florida International at (4) Alabama (7 pm)

Houston at (5) Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

Syracuse at (7) Penn State (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

(9) BYU at Tulane (3:30 pm, ESPN2)

Eastern Washington at (10) California (5:30 pm)

Vanderbilt at (11) LSU (7 pm, ESPNU)

Miami (OH) at (12) Boise State (8 pm)

Idaho State at (13) Oklahoma (7 pm, FSN PPV)

Marshall at (14) Virginia Tech (1:30 pm, ESPN 360)

Clemson at (15) Georgia Tech (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

(16) TCU at Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

(17) Utah at San Jose State (10:30 pm, ESPNU)

(18) Notre Dame at Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC)

(19) North Carolina at UConn (12 pm, ESPNU)

South Carolina at (21) Georgia (7 pm, ESPN2)

Arkansas State at (22) Nebraska (2 pm, FSN PPV)

Southeast Missouri State at (23) Cincinnati (7:30 pm, FSN Ohio)

(24) Kansas at UTEP (7:30 pm, CBS College)

Bowling Green at (25) Missouri (7 pm, FSN PPV)

 

 

Games of interest

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Iowa at Iowa State (12 pm, FSN/CSN)

Western Michigan at Indiana (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

Eastern Michigan at Northwestern (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

Central Michigan at Michigan State (12 pm, ESPN2)

Fresno State at Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN)

Duke at Army (12 pm, CBS College)

Louisiana Tech at Navy (3:30 pm, CBS College)

East Carolina at West Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPN 360)

UCLA at Tennessee (4 pm, ESPN)

Jacksonville State at Florida State (6 pm, ESPN 360)

New Hampshire at Ball State (7 pm)

Air Force at Minnesota (7 pm, BTN - Regional)

Illinois State at Illinois (7 pm, BTN – Regional)

Mississippi State at Auburn (7 pm, Fox Sports South)

Texas Southern at UL Monroe (7 pm)

Western Illinois at Northern Illinois (7:30 pm, CSN Chicago)

Purdue at Oregon (10:15 pm, FSN/CSN)

 

Other nationally available games

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Colorado at Toledo (9 pm Friday, ESPN)

Kent State at Boston College (2 pm, ESPN 360)

James Madison at Maryland (6 pm, ESPN 360)

Kansas State at UL Lafayette (7 pm, ESPN 360)

Tulsa at New Mexico (8 pm, The Mountain)

Oregon State at UNLV (11 pm, CBS College)

 

Non I-A games of interest

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Sacred Heart at Holy Cross (1 pm)

South Dakota at Northern Iowa (5 pm)

Montana at UC Davis (9 pm)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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Florida A&M at Winston-Salem State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU)

Edited September 9, 2009 by Andy

[Butterscup1679666578]

Expecting Mizzou to roll Bowling Green in the home opener. Hope we can avoid a set-back after a big opening week.

[Tracer Bullet]

I hate Michigan

[TruffleShuffle]

lol sacred fart.

[Andy]

I hate Michigan

Michigan sucks.

[Guest]

lol sacred fart.

 

THERE WILL BE NO VANDALISM HERE, PEOPLE.

[inari]

Iowa is gonna roll Iowa State after a disappointing opener. I mean, I hope they will anyway.

[TruffleShuffle]

really good game in FCS this week with richmond traveling to delaware. i'm interested in this one mostly because delaware's starting QB is pat devlin, who was penn state's backup last season. he had really good numbers last week, but they were playing west chester, which isn't even division one. i could see devlin doing really well at delaware and being drafted on the first day.

[SouthSideRyan]

I hate Michigan

Michigan sucks.

 

You're both right.

[dew1679666265]

Go Vols. Beat UCLA.

[Guest]

Go Bruins. Beat Tennessee.

[SpongeWorthy]

dew and Raisin, what are your honest thoughts on the game? I didn't watch much of the SDSU game (I really cannot stand watching UCLA these last few years they are really boring) but they looked decent from what I saw.

 

Am I way off for thinking UT should smash 'em (on paper)?

[Sammys Boombox]

Expecting Mizzou to roll Bowling Green in the home opener. Hope we can avoid a set-back after a big opening week.

 

You going to be there? We get the fly-over, which is always awesome, and the new scoreboard.

[Guest]

dew and Raisin, what are your honest thoughts on the game? I didn't watch much of the SDSU game (I really cannot stand watching UCLA these last few years they are really boring) but they looked decent from what I saw.

 

Am I way off for thinking UT should smash 'em (on paper)?

 

I think Tennessee by 10-20; not sure if that's considered a smashing. A young but talented OL and QB in their first road game (and in a hostile environment) should be too much at UT. I'm hoping that Crompton struggles again...UCLA will need some turnovers if they want a chance.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Expecting Mizzou to roll Bowling Green in the home opener. Hope we can avoid a set-back after a big opening week.

 

You going to be there? We get the fly-over, which is always awesome, and the new scoreboard.

 

yeah, im coming back down for it (i was in town from wednesday-yesterday, worked last night and tonight, heading back down tomorrow for the long weekend). my girlfriend got me a ticket from a friend, so i figured i'd come down and see the new scoreboard and hopefully a good butt kicking.

[dew1679666265]

dew and Raisin, what are your honest thoughts on the game? I didn't watch much of the SDSU game (I really cannot stand watching UCLA these last few years they are really boring) but they looked decent from what I saw.

 

Am I way off for thinking UT should smash 'em (on paper)?

 

I think Tennessee by 10-20; not sure if that's considered a smashing. A young but talented OL and QB in their first road game (and in a hostile environment) should be too much. I'm hoping that Crompton struggles again...UCLA will need some turnovers if they want a chance.

 

I'm not really sure what to predict. The offense executed great last week and if they do that again Saturday, we should win without too much trouble. No offense Raisin, but I think Tennessee is (and was last year) the more talented team. But, they've played to that talent level once since the first game of 2008, so it's tough to rely on the talent differential in predicting the outcome.

 

I think ultimately the difference is going to be that the game is being played in Knoxville. I think Tennessee would have won last year if the game was in Knoxville and I think this year the cross-country trip for UCLA and the home fans for Tennessee will tip the scales. How much they win by depends on how indicative last week was of how the Vols will play this year. If they execute the offense and do the simple things (catch the ball, hit the holes and throw accurately), I think they'll win by 10-14. If they don't, UCLA will have a good chance of pulling out the win similarly to how they did last year.

[imb]

man, no bradford for likely a month, no gresh for the whole season... this is a nightmare. Cubs are 11 games out of first. Kevin Durant will probably die in a car wreck. Let's just fastforward to 2010 please.

[shnsajax]

man, no bradford for likely a month, no gresh for the whole season... this is a nightmare. Cubs are 11 games out of first. Kevin Durant will probably die in a car wreck. Let's just fastforward to 2010 please.

 

Anything new on Bradford?

[Flames24Rulz]

You know it's a bad week for college football when ND-Michigan might arguably be the second best game of the weekend.

 

Oh and if Illinois struggles against ISU (they were blown out by EIU this past week), I might check to see if fireronzook.com is up for sale.

[imb]

man, no bradford for likely a month, no gresh for the whole season... this is a nightmare. Cubs are 11 games out of first. Kevin Durant will probably die in a car wreck. Let's just fastforward to 2010 please.

 

Anything new on Bradford?

 

Just depends on how he responds to the rehab. He'll try like hell to be back for Texas, but it's up to his body to decide, I guess.

[sneakypower]

I hate Michigan

SMITE

[dew1679666265]

You know it's a bad week for college football when ND-Michigan might arguably be the second best game of the weekend.

 

I think Tennessee/UCLA could be competitive for that title as well. But yeah, those matchups should not be 2-3 in biggest games of the weekend.

[E.J.]

I hate Michigan

Michigan sucks.

 

You're both right.

 

Michigan by 7 touchdowns.

[imb]

it's much easier to like michigan when they're awful

 

it's much easier to hate notre dame when they're awful... I'm not sure what this means, but GO MICHIGAN

[CubbieBum]

In one of the two games I always root for Michigan every year. The other being Ohio State.

 

I'm really excited about the Purdue game. On the road at Oregon. Not the same Oregon we thought it would be but it's still on the road at a decent BCS school. I want to see if Bolden really is that good.