College Football - Week 1 (Sept. 4th)

[Andy]

Anyone who doesn't have their team down as a 'team of interest', let me know so I can add them.

 

Top 25 games

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San Jose State at (1) Alabama (7 pm)

Marshall at (2) Ohio State (7:30 pm Thursday, BTN - Regional)

(3) Boise State vs (10) Virginia Tech – in Washington, DC (8 pm Monday, ESPN)

Miami (OH) at (4) Florida (12 pm, ESPN)

(5) Texas vs Rice – in Houston (3:30 pm, ESPN)

(24) Oregon State vs (6) TCU – in Arlington, TX (7:45 pm, ESPN)

Utah State at (7) Oklahoma (7 pm)

Western Kentucky at (8) Nebraska (7 pm)

Eastern Illinois at (9) Iowa (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

New Mexico at (11) Oregon (3:30 pm)

(12) Wisconsin at UNLV (11 pm, Versus)

Florida A&M at (13) Miami (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN3)

(14) USC at Hawaii (11 pm Thursday, ESPN)

(15) Pittsburgh at Utah (8:30 pm Thursday, Versus)

South Carolina State at (16) Georgia Tech (1 pm, ESPN3)

Tennessee Tech at (17) Arkansas (7 pm, ESPN3)

(21) LSU vs (18) North Carolina – in Atlanta (8 pm, ABC)

Youngstown State at (19) Penn State (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

Samford at (20) Florida State (12 pm, ESPNU)

Arkansas State at (22) Auburn (7 pm)

UL Lafayette at (23) Georgia (12 pm, SEC Network)

Coastal Carolina at (25) West Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

 

Games of interest

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SE Missouri State at Ball State (7 pm Thursday)

Southern Miss at South Carolina (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

Minnesota at Middle Tennessee (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU)

Towson at Indiana (7:30 pm Thursday, BTN - Regional)

Northern Illinois at Iowa State (7:30 pm Thursday, CSN Chicago and FSN Midwest)

 

Western Michigan at Michigan State (12 pm, ESPN2)

Illinois vs Missouri – in St. Louis (12:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

UConn at Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

Kentucky at Louisville (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

UCLA at Kansas State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

Purdue at Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC)

Jacksonville State at Ole Miss (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

UC Davis at California (4 pm, CSN California)

UT-Martin at Tennessee (6 pm)

Elon at Duke (7 pm, ESPN3)

North Dakota State at Kansas (7 pm, FCS Central)

Grambling at Louisiana Tech (7 pm, ESPN3)

Sam Houston State at Baylor (7 pm)

Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M (7 pm)

Northwestern at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, ESPN3)

 

Other nationally available games

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On TV

Arizona at Toledo (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

 

North Texas at Clemson (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Washington at BYU (7 pm, CBS College)

Memphis at Mississippi State (7 pm, ESPNU)

Washington State at Oklahoma State (7 pm, FSN/CSN)

Cincinnati at Fresno State (10:30 pm, ESPN2)

 

Tulsa at East Carolina (2 pm Sunday, ESPN2)

SMU at Texas Tech (3:30 pm Sunday, ESPN)

 

Maryland vs Navy – in Baltimore (4 pm Monday, ESPN)

 

ESPN3 games

Presbyterian at Wake Forest (6:30 pm Thursday, ESPN3)

Norfolk State at Rutgers (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN3)

 

Villanova at Temple (5 pm Friday, ESPN3)

 

Weber State at Boston College (1 pm, ESPN3)

Syracuse at Akron (6 pm, ESPN3)

Western Carolina at NC State (6 pm, ESPN3)

Richmond at Virginia (6 pm, ESPN3)

Stony Brook at South Florida (TBA, ESPN3)

 

I-AA games of interest

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Quincy at Southern Illinois (8 pm Thursday)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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West Texas A&M at Grand Valley State (8 pm Thursday, CBS College)

 

Delaware State vs Southern – in Orlando (12 pm Sunday, ESPN)

Edited August 24, 2010 by Andy

[Derwood]

it should be against NCAA rules for FBS teams to schedule FCS teams

[Guest]

Yeah, screw those FCS teams who can actually support their athletic departments when they get a payout from a BCS conference team.

[shnsajax]

I might try to get tickets to that OSU/TCU game, should be a lot of offense.

[Derwood]

Yeah, screw those FCS teams who can actually support their athletic departments when they get a payout from a BCS conference team.

 

not my problem

[Andy]

it should be against NCAA rules for FBS teams to schedule FCS teams

My genius school scheduled 2. I'd worry about only 1 of them counting towards bowl eligibility, but we actually have to win both for that to matter.

[BigSlick]

Playing Eastern/Wester/Illinois State is the only way the Illini ever get any wins so I don't mind it

 

Its silly for top 25 caliber teams though, they may as well be pre-season games

[Guest]

it should be against NCAA rules for FBS teams to schedule FCS teams

 

Because every single FBS-FCS matchup is a 70-7 blowout.

 

Oh wait...

[ELCABALLO45]

How good is UNLV suppose to be?

[Derwood]

it should be against NCAA rules for FBS teams to schedule FCS teams

 

Because every single FBS-FCS matchup is a 70-7 blowout.

 

Oh wait...

 

yeah, those 2 or 3 FCS wins makes the 100's of blowouts not count

[BigSlick]

Michigan losing to Appalachian State will go down as one of my favorite sports games of all times

 

The Michigan tears are so so sweet

[Guest]

it should be against NCAA rules for FBS teams to schedule FCS teams

 

Because every single FBS-FCS matchup is a 70-7 blowout.

 

Oh wait...

 

yeah, those 2 or 3 FCS wins makes the 100's of blowouts not count

 

You do realize if you banned FBS-FCS games, you'd just get even more games like this

 

Texas Tech 55, Rice 10

Mississippi 45, Memphis 14

BYU 54, Tulane 3

LSU 42, Tulane 0

Boise St. 48, Miami (OH) 0

Kentucky 42, Miami (OH) 0

Tennessee 63, Western Kentucky 7

Alabama 53, North Texas 7

Alabama 40, FIU 14

Florida 62, FIU 3

 

The best FCS teams would handle the worst FBS teams and most of the games probably wouldn't be all that close.

[dew1679666265]

The best FCS teams would handle the worst FBS teams and most of the games probably wouldn't be all that close.

 

Tennessee plays UT-Martin (FCS) and UAB (FBS) this season. I honestly don't know which team we'll blow out by more.

 

Either way, the Tennessee-Montana game to start next year will be tougher than either. And Montana is FCS.

[hawkeyecub]

Playing Eastern/Wester/Illinois State is the only way the Illini ever get any wins so I don't mind it

 

Its silly for top 25 caliber teams though, they may as well be pre-season games

 

They need the money just like the non top 25 teams. Many athletic departments count on that 7th home game to survive.

[rawaction]

The Pitt/Utah game is pretty interesting to me. Pitt is quietly a team that can throw a monkey wrench into the BCS situation. They are a win at Utah, wins at home vs. Miami and WVU, and no slip-ups away from going undefeated this year. They may only be underdogs in the Utah game, and that looks like it won't be by anymore than 3-3.5 points.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Wannstedt is always good for losing a game or two that he shouldnt though.

[E.J.]

Michigan losing to Appalachian State will go down as one of my favorite sports games of all times

 

The Michigan tears are so so sweet

 

It's a little sad that your favorite game is watching a team you hate lose.

 

I'm extremely nervous about Michigan starting with UConn. This is a make or break season for UM, and UConn is going to be a tough start.

[shnsajax]

Michigan losing to Appalachian State will go down as one of my favorite sports games of all times

 

The Michigan tears are so so sweet

 

It's a little sad that your favorite game is watching a team you hate lose.

 

I'm extremely nervous about Michigan starting with UConn. This is a make or break season for UM, and UConn is going to be a tough start.

 

Make or break season for Rodriguez too.

[NewUserName]

Michigan losing to Appalachian State will go down as one of my favorite sports games of all times

 

The Michigan tears are so so sweet

 

It's a little sad that your favorite game is watching a team you hate lose.

 

I'm extremely nervous about Michigan starting with UConn. This is a make or break season for UM, and UConn is going to be a tough start.

 

was that the same Michigan team that beat ND 38-0 and ended up pretty much manhandling Florida in a bowl game?

 

I am cautiously optimistic about MSU this year, I think they will be better, but the Big Ten is stacked this year

[Andy]

The Pitt/Utah game is pretty interesting to me. Pitt is quietly a team that can throw a monkey wrench into the BCS situation. They are a win at Utah, wins at home vs. Miami and WVU, and no slip-ups away from going undefeated this year. They may only be underdogs in the Utah game, and that looks like it won't be by anymore than 3-3.5 points.

@ND not even a losable game anymore for a borderline top 15 team? My, it is a bad situation.

[Derwood]

the Big East has some wicked hard non-con games this year

[rawaction]

The Pitt/Utah game is pretty interesting to me. Pitt is quietly a team that can throw a monkey wrench into the BCS situation. They are a win at Utah, wins at home vs. Miami and WVU, and no slip-ups away from going undefeated this year. They may only be underdogs in the Utah game, and that looks like it won't be by anymore than 3-3.5 points.

@ND not even a losable game anymore for a borderline top 15 team? My, it is a bad situation.

 

It's losable still, especially for a team like Pitt who don't look to have an explosive pass offense. The problem w/ Pitt is that anybody that is able to stuff the run and double up Baldwin is going to give them a tough game. They could run the table and not win a game by more than 20 points this year.

[OleMissCub]

OLE MISS 45, Memphis 14

 

fixed

[Andy]

the Big East has some wicked hard non-con games this year

They do play one fewer conference game than all the other big-time schools, but it's refreshing that most of them take that extra flexibility and schedule some teams with a pulse.

[Derwood]

the Big East has some wicked hard non-con games this year

They do play one fewer conference game than all the other big-time schools, but it's refreshing that most of them take that extra flexibility and schedule some teams with a pulse.

 

CINCINNATI

 

@ Fresno St

@ NC State

vs. Oklahoma

 

UCONN

 

@ Michigan

vs Buffalo

vs Vanderbilt

 

LOUISVILLE

 

@ Oregon St

 

PITTSBURGH

 

@ Utah

vs Miami (FL)

@ Notre Dame

 

RUTGERS

 

vs. North Carolina

 

SOUTH FLORIDA

 

@ Florida

@ Miami (FL)

 

SYRACUSE

 

@ Washington

vs Boston College

 

WEST VIRGINIA

 

vs Maryland

@ LSU