College Football - Week 1 (Sept. 5)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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(1) Ohio State at Virginia Tech (8 pm Monday, ESPN)

(2) TCU at Minnesota (9 pm Thursday, ESPN)

(3) Alabama vs (20) Wisconsin - in Arlington, TX (8 pm, ABC)

(4) Baylor at SMU (7 pm Friday, ESPN)

(5) Michigan State at Western Michigan (7 pm Friday, ESPNU)

(6) Auburn vs Louisville – in Atlanta (3:30 pm, CBS)

Eastern Washington at (7) Oregon (8 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Arkansas State at (8) USC (11 pm, Pac-12 Network)

UL Monroe at (9) Georgia (12 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

Texas State at (10) Florida State (8 pm, ESPNEWS)

Texas at (11) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC)

Wofford at (12) Clemson (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3)

Virginia at (13) UCLA (3:30 pm, FOX)

McNeese State at (14) LSU (7:30 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

(15) Arizona State vs Texas A&M – in Houston (7 pm, ESPN)

Alcorn State at (16) Georgia Tech (7:30 pm Thursday, FSN/ESPN3)

UT Martin at (17) Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

UTEP at (18) Arkansas (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Akron at (19) Oklahoma (7 pm)

(21) Stanford at Northwestern (12 pm, ESPN)

UTSA at (22) Arizona (10 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network)

Washington at (23) Boise State (10:15 pm Friday, ESPN)

SE Missouri State at (24) Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

Bowling Green vs (25) Tennessee – in Nashville (4 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

 

Other nationally available games

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North Carolina vs South Carolina – in Charlotte (6 pm Thursday, ESPN)

Florida International at UCF (6 pm Thursday, CBSSN)

Elon at Wake Forest (7 pm Thursday, ESPN3)

Stony Brook at Toledo (7 pm Thursday, ESPN3)

VMI at Ball State (7 pm Thursday, ESPN3)

Villanova at UConn (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN3)

Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt (8 pm Thursday, SEC Network)

Michigan at Utah (8:30 pm Thursday, FS1)

Duke at Tulane (9:30 pm Thursday, CBSSN)

Colorado at Hawaii (1 am Friday, CBSSN)

 

Charlotte at Georgia State (3:30 pm Friday, ESPNU)

Fordham at Army (7 pm Friday, CBSSN)

Rhode Island at Syracuse (7 pm Friday, ESPN3)

Weber State at Oregon State (8 pm Friday, Pac-12 Network)

Kent State at Illinois (9 pm Friday, BTN)

 

Richmond at Maryland (12 pm, ESPNU)

Illinois State at Iowa (12 pm, BTN)

Norfolk State at Rutgers (12 pm, ESPNEWS)

Colgate at Navy (12 pm, CBSSN)

South Dakota State at Kansas (12 pm, FSN)

Maine at Boston College (1 pm, ESPN3)

Youngstown State at Pittsburgh (1 pm, ESPN3)

Portland State at Washington State (2 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Old Dominion at Eastern Michigan (3 pm, ESPN3)

BYU at Nebraska (3:30 pm, ABC)

Penn State at Temple (3:30 pm, ESPN)

Florida Atlantic at Tulsa (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Albany at Buffalo (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

Howard at Appalachian State (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

Presbyterian at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

Southern Illinois at Indiana (4 pm, ESPNEWS)

Grambling at California (5 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Bethune-Cookman at Miami (6 pm, ESPN3)

Troy at NC State (6 pm, ESPN3)

Towson at East Carolina (6 pm, ESPN3)

UL Lafayette at Kentucky (7 pm, ESPNU)

Missouri State at Memphis (7 pm, ESPN3)

Florida A&M at South Florida (7 pm, ESPN3)

Alabama A&M at Cincinnati (7 pm, ESPN3)

New Mexico State at Florida (7:30 pm, SEC Network – Regional)

UNLV at Northern Illinois (7:30 pm, CBSSN)

Georgia Southern at West Virginia (7:30 pm, FSN)

Tennessee Tech at Houston (8 pm, ESPN3)

Mississippi State at Southern Miss (10 pm, FS1)

 

Purdue at Marshall (3 pm Sunday, FS1)

Edited August 24, 2015 by Andy

[Old Style]

So [expletive] ready for the season to begin.

[philosophizer75]

I'm a first year student at the University of Nebraska. Have season tickets. Cannot wait.

[Andy]

This has to be the first Week 1 in forever where all of the AP top 5 play away from home (although Alabama will essentially be the home team against Wisconsin).

[apete6]

This has to be the first Week 1 in forever where all of the AP top 5 play away from home (although Alabama will essentially be the home team against Wisconsin).

 

What the hell does Michigan State have to gain by playing @ Western Michigan?

[Derwood]

You missed PSU @ Temple, 3:30ET on ESPN

[Andy]

You missed PSU @ Temple, 3:30ET on ESPN

Thanks, don't know how I missed that

 

What the hell does Michigan State have to gain by playing @ Western Michigan?

MSU did a 'Celebrate the State' thing wherein they essentially signed 3-for-1s with all 3 MAC schools in the state. Naturally, Eastern Michigan has already canceled their home date for another payday game, probably because they know only 800 people would show up for that one anyway.

[apete6]

You missed PSU @ Temple, 3:30ET on ESPN

Thanks, don't know how I missed that

 

What the hell does Michigan State have to gain by playing @ Western Michigan?

MSU did a 'Celebrate the State' thing wherein they essentially signed 3-for-1s with all 3 MAC schools in the state. Naturally, Eastern Michigan has already canceled their home date for another payday game, probably because they know only 800 people would show up for that one anyway.

 

Noble on MSU's part, I guess, but 1 loss in any of those games and they'll end that quickly. Eastern probably took more money for a guarantee game because they know it's going to be 99% MSU fans anyway, might as well take a bit more money.

[ARCubsFan]

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[ConstableRabbit]

Lol, they decided to fire him NOW? Never change, Illinois.

[Banedon]

Well....that's a pretty strange time to make that decision.

[Banedon]

@BruceFeldmanCFB

 

Source tells @FoxSports #Illinois notified Tim Beckman within the hour that he had been fired. #Illini open the season in 8 days vs. Kent.

[Derwood]

That's the most Illini thing ever

[apete6]

WINT, Oskee, ILL-

 

-LOL

[ConstableRabbit]

Thanks for the memories, Tim. I'll never forget the time you got trucked by a ref and were flagged for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVrzl6LEiY

[Andy]

Reports are that they found some big-time player mistreatment issues from the allegations that came out this summer.

 

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[Andy]

Also, this Tweet was literally sent just over an hour ago. LOL

 

EDIT: And apparently deleted. Anyway, it was Beckman expressing excitement over the coming season.

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/coachbeckman/status/637317588285042688[/tweet]

Edited August 28, 2015 by Andy

[Guest]

That guy had to be intellectually disabled. I loved when he was on with Bernstein last year and told them it was their job to support the state of Illinois by supporting his football program and not reporting negative stories. Edited August 28, 2015 by CubinNY

[UMFan83]

That guy had to intellectually disabled. I loved when he was on with Bernstein last year and told them it was there job to support the state of Illinois by supporting his football program and not reporting negative stories.

 

Did Bernstein make fun of him for the rest of the show?

[Guest]

That guy had to intellectually disabled. I loved when he was on with Bernstein last year and told them it was there job to support the state of Illinois by supporting his football program and not reporting negative stories.

 

Did Bernstein make fun of him for the rest of the show?

For days afterword.

[bukie]

About three years too late. I have never disliked a hire more than Beckman.

[Banedon]

That guy had to intellectually disabled. I loved when he was on with Bernstein last year and told them it was there job to support the state of Illinois by supporting his football program and not reporting negative stories.

 

Did Bernstein make fun of him for the rest of the show?

 

Yes, but as I recall, Dan actually really tried to help him understand, and he just wasn't having it.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Illinois should give ol Bo a call after this year

[Guest]

Illinois should give ol Bo a call after this year

 

He's on my short list. Really, the best Illinois can hope for is a high-level retread who's probably had his fill of the big time and is ready to stop at a place with low expectations. Everyone likes Fleck, but Western Michigan is pretty much a better job than Illinois right now, he'll wait until he gets a much better job.

 

 

Top 3:

Kiffin

Pelini

Babers

[Guest]

Lol, they decided to fire him NOW? Never change, Illinois.

 

it literally changes nothing as to the outlook of the season. we were ahead of only Northwestern before and we're still ahead of them after.