College Football - Week 3 (Sept. 18th)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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(1) Alabama at Duke (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Ohio at (2) Ohio State (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

(3) Boise State at Wyoming (8 pm, CBS College)

Baylor at (4) TCU (4:30 pm, Versus)

Portland State at (5) Oregon (6 pm)

(6) Texas at Texas Tech (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

Air Force at (7) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

(8) Nebraska at Washington (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

(9) Iowa at (24) Arizona (10:30 pm, ESPN)

(10) Florida at Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS)

Arizona State at (11) Wisconsin (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

(12) Arkansas at Georgia (12 pm, ESPN)

Furman at (13) South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN3)

(14) Utah at New Mexico (8 pm, The Mountain)

Mississippi State at (15) LSU (7 pm, ESPNU)

Clemson at (16) Auburn (7 pm, ESPN)

(18) USC at Minnesota (3:30 pm, ESPN)

Wake Forest at (19) Stanford (11:15 pm, ESPN2)

UMass at (20) Michigan (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

Maryland at (21) West Virginia (12 pm, ESPNU)

Kent State at (22) Penn State (12 pm, ESPN2)

(23) Houston at UCLA (10:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

Louisville at (25) Oregon State (5:30 pm, FSN Northwest)

 

Games of interest

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Kansas at Southern Miss (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

 

Ball State at Purdue (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

Northern Illinois at Illinois (12 pm, BTN – Regional)

Vanderbilt at Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network)

Iowa State vs Kansas State – in Kansas City (12 pm, FSN/CSN)

BYU at Florida State (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Indiana at Western Kentucky (5 pm, BTN)

Toledo at Western Michigan (7 pm)

San Diego State at Missouri (7 pm)

Navy at Louisiana Tech (7 pm, ESPN3)

Akron at Kentucky (7 pm, ESPN3)

Florida International at Texas A&M (7 pm)

Northwestern at Rice (7 pm)

Notre Dame at Michigan State (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

UL Monroe at Arkansas State (8 pm, ESPN3)

 

Other nationally available games

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On TV

Cincinnati at NC State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

 

California at Nevada (10 pm Friday, ESPN2)

 

North Texas at Army (12 pm, CBS College)

Washington State at SMU (3:30 pm, CBS College)

UNLV at Idaho (10:30 pm, ESPNU)

 

ESPN3 games

Georgia Tech at North Carolina (12 pm)

UConn at Temple (12 pm)

East Carolina at Virginia Tech (1:30 pm)

Colorado State at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm)

Marshall at Bowling Green (7 pm)

Fresno State at Utah State (8 pm)

Maine at Syracuse (8 pm)

 

I-AA games of interest

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Stephen F. Austin at Northern Iowa (5 pm)

SE Missouri State at Southern Illinois (7 pm)

Holy Cross at Harvard (7 pm)

UC Davis at San Diego (9 pm)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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Austin Peay at Tennessee State (7 pm, ESPN3)

Lafayette at Penn (7 pm, ESPN3)

Edited September 14, 2010 by Andy

[SpongeWorthy]

I'm hoping for random massive upsets because I see don't much to get thrilled about in this slate of games.

 

Iowa/Arizona is the game of the week.

[Old Style]

Another week of college football and another week of Texas A&M not being televised anywhere.

 

:banghead:

[SpongeWorthy]

I guess this is Pac 10/Big 10 challenge weak except most of the games are completely lame.

[UMFan83]

I only see 3 games where Big 10 teams are matched up with Pac 10 teams. But your right, 2 of those 3 aren't very interesting at all.

[Andy]

I don't know why they haven't decided what those noon games are going to be on. I would make an assumption, but then for some reason SJSU/Wisconsin was on ESPN last week while Georgia/S. Carolina was on ESPN2.

[E.J.]

I'm calling it now. Tennessee beats Florida.

[snoodmonger]

Wonder which team will show up vs. Southern Miss. It'll be a tough game either way. First roadie for a lot of key players.

[SpongeWorthy]

I only see 3 games where Big 10 teams are matched up with Pac 10 teams. But your right, 2 of those 3 aren't very interesting at all.

 

I'm quasi-counting Nebraska @ Washington.

[Warpticon]

I guess this is Pac 10/Big 10 challenge weak except most of the games are completely lame.

 

Was this intentional?

[hawkeyecub]

I'm hoping for random massive upsets because I see don't much to get thrilled about in this slate of games.

 

Iowa/Arizona is the game of the week.

 

Yeah this sucks. This past Saturday I couldn't really watch anything but some of UGA/South Carolina at the tailgate and the late games when I got home because Iowa had a home 2:30 game. This week they're on the road and don't play until 9:30 so it's the first Saturday of the year I'll be home watching but this schedule is weak.

 

Gameday is at Clemson/Auburn? Eek. I suppose they probably wouldn't have wanted to be at the Arizona game because of the late start though.

[dew1679666265]

I'm calling it now. Tennessee beats Florida.

 

That would make the season for me. We're probably not better than a 6-win team this year (if that), so beating Florida would be the high point of the year.

[dew1679666265]

Tennessee played very well for a half against Oregon, we just don't have the depth at this point to hang with a good team for four quarters. I feel better about the starters seeing them play so well against a quality Oregon team, but Dooley really needs to recruit well to fix the depth. There's pretty much no depth on this team and the guys who are there suck. The players were obviously tired by late third quarter and it showed in the poor tackling. Also, Darron Thomas is really good at the zone read plays. He rarely makes the wrong decision and it's difficult to tell who has the ball immediately.

 

As for Saturday, I think it'll go much like last week. Tennessee should hang with Florida for a half or three quarters and then the Gators' depth will blow us away.

[Tracer Bullet]

If Crist is healthy, should be a good win in a tough environment. Any time Floyd wants to stop fumbling and dropping passes that hit him in the numbers would be great, thanks.

[sneakypower]

playing UMass, it might be a good week to start running pass plays a little bit

[fiver]

Auburn is a 6 point favorite over a Clemson team that is ranked 26th in the coaches poll. AU's secondary is a big problem in my eyes, and they'll have to improve to beat Clemson. Cam Newton is exciting to watch...for a 6-6 250# guy, he is extremely elusive, and he will run over defenders. he has shown that he can throw the short and mid length passes with precision, but he has not yet established the deep ball. I'll be in the New Orleans French Quarter for my bachelor party this weekend, and the plan is to watch college football in the Quarter all day and then move on to various forms of debauchery.

[Andy]

If Crist is healthy, should be a good win in a tough environment. Any time Floyd wants to stop fumbling and dropping passes that hit him in the numbers would be great, thanks.

This. Floyd has looked far from great this year.

 

I had this game down as an L before the season because ND always has a hard time up there. Hope I'm wrong.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'm less irritated by the fact that I won't be able to watch football most of the day after seeing that lineup.

[Flames24Rulz]

Yeah, that's a real bad lineup for this upcoming week.

[E.J.]

playing UMass, it might be a good week to start running pass plays a little bit

 

UMass is a quality FCS team. I'm hoping Michigan doesn't have a trap game after the big win at ND. I will never forget the Horror and hopefully Michigan hasn't either. They better be ready to play this week.

[Exile on Waveland]

I only see 3 games where Big 10 teams are matched up with Pac 10 teams. But your right, 2 of those 3 aren't very interesting at all.

 

Considering that's sixty percent of the possible such games -- only could be five -- and Nebraska plays Washington, three games seems pretty relevant.

[OleMissCub]

Wonder which team will show up vs. Southern Miss. It'll be a tough game either way. First roadie for a lot of key players.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about that game. USM is really bad this year.

[bcl412]

I've been terrified of the Arizona game all summer. I really hope Iowa can dominate both lines like they have been doing (against weaker teams obviously.)

[snoodmonger]

Wonder which team will show up vs. Southern Miss. It'll be a tough game either way. First roadie for a lot of key players.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about that game. USM is really bad this year.

 

 

we lost 6-3 to north dakota state. I'll be worrying about every game.

[OleMissCub]

Wonder which team will show up vs. Southern Miss. It'll be a tough game either way. First roadie for a lot of key players.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about that game. USM is really bad this year.

 

 

we lost 6-3 to north dakota state. I'll be worrying about every game.

 

good point!