College Football - Week 2 (Sept. 9)

[Andy]

Top 25 games
Ball State at (1) Georgia (12 pm, SEC Network)
UNLV at (2) Michigan (3:30 pm, CBS)

(11) Texas at (3) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN)

Southern Miss at (4) Florida State (8:30 pm, ACC Network)

Youngstown State at (5) Ohio State (12 pm, BTN)

Stanford at (6) USC (10 pm, FOX)
Delaware at (7) Penn State (12 pm, Peacock)

Tulsa at (8) Washington (5 pm, Pac-12 Network)
Austin Peay at (9) Tennessee (5 pm, ESPN+)

(10) Notre Dame at NC State (12 pm, ABC)
(12) Utah at Baylor (12 pm, ESPN)
(13) Oregon at Texas Tech (7 pm, FOX)

Grambling at (14) LSU (7:30 pm, ESPN+)

Troy at (15) Kansas State (12 pm, FS1)

UC Davis at (16) Oregon State (9 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Appalachian State at (17) North Carolina (5:15 pm, ACC Network)

SMU at (18) Oklahoma (6 pm, ESPN+)

(19) Wisconsin at Washington State (7:30 pm, ABC)
(20) Ole Miss at (24) Tulane (3:30 pm, ESPN2)

Lafayette at (21) Duke (6 pm, ESPN+)
Nebraska at (22) Colorado (12 pm, FOX)

(23) Texas A&M at Miami (3:30 pm, ABC)

Charleston Southern at (25) Clemson (2:15 pm, ACC Network)

 

Other nationally available games
Thursday

Murray State at Louisville (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

Friday

Indiana State at Indiana (7 pm, BTN)

Illinois at Kansas (7:30 pm, ESPN2)

Saturday TV

Vanderbilt at Wake Forest (11 am, ACC Network)

Purdue at Virginia Tech (12 pm, ESPN2)

James Madison at Virginia (12 pm, ESPNU)

Delaware State at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

Iowa at Iowa State (3:30 pm, FOX)

Richmond at Michigan State (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional)

UTEP at Northwestern (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional)

Wagner at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Marshall at East Carolina (4 pm, ESPNU)

Kent State at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network)

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (5:30 pm, CW)

UCF at Boise State (7 pm, FS1)

Houston at Rice (7 pm, NFL Network)

Charlotte at Maryland (7:30 pm, NBC)

UCLA at San Diego State (7:30 pm, CBS)

Eastern Michigan at Minnesota (7:30 pm, BTN - Regional)

Temple at Rutgers (7:30 pm, BTN - Regional)

McNeese at Florida (7:30 pm, ESPNU)

Arizona at Mississippi State (7:30 pm, SEC Network)

Air Force at Sam Houston (8 pm, CBSSN)

Auburn at California (10:30 pm, ESPN)

Oklahoma State at Arizona State (10:30 pm, FS1)

Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+)

Holy Cross at Boston College (12 pm)

South Carolina State at Georgia Tech (1 pm)

New Hampshire at Central Michigan (1:30 pm)

Eastern Illinois at Bowling Green (2 pm)

East Tennessee State at Jacksonville State (2 pm)

Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky (3 pm)

Southern Utah at BYU (3 pm)

Western Michigan at Syracuse (3:30 pm)

Southern Illinois at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm)

Texas Southern at Toledo (3:30 pm)

Miami (OH) at UMass (3:30 pm)

Texas State at UTSA (3:30 pm)

SE Louisiana at South Alabama (5 pm)

Duquesne at West Virginia (6 pm)

Fordham at Buffalo (6 pm)

UL Lafayette at Old Dominion (6 pm)

Morgan State at Akron (6 pm)

New Mexico State at Liberty (6 pm)

Ohio at Florida Atlantic (6 pm)

UAB at Georgia Southern (6 pm)

North Texas at FIU (6:30 pm)

Alabama A&M at Vanderbilt (7 pm)

Middle Tennessee at Missouri (7 pm)

Florida A&M at South Florida (7 pm)

Houston Christian at Western Kentucky (7 pm)

Jacksonville State at Coastal Carolina (7 pm)

Memphis at Arkansas State (7 pm)

Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech (7 pm)

UConn at Georgia State (7 pm)

Furman at South Carolina (7:30 pm)

Nicholls at TCU (8 pm)

Lamar at UL Monroe (8 pm)

Edited September 5, 2023 by Andy

[Derwood]

Glad to see the voters didn't lose their head over one win by Colorado. 

[Andy]

29 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Glad to see the voters didn't lose their head over one win by Colorado. 

Actually, I screwed that up, they are ranked. But they won on the road against a presumably good team, which is more than most teams have done, so I'm cool with that.

[raw]

I watched a TON of college football last weekend. And man is this QB class potentially one of the best ever.

Caleb Williams- not much needs to be said here, clearly the top QB prospect since Lawrence, IMO.

Drake Maye- I'm actually not as high on him as everyone else, don't think he should be a top 5 lock, but clear QB2

After that, I could see as many as 10 other guys between day 1 and day 2. Granted, some of them may stay in school and some may fall off after many had amazing Week 1s, but:

Shedeur Sanders, Colorado- I've always liked his talent. Not the big arm, but he learned a new offense with new players that mostly came in like 6 weeks ago. Very intelligent QB. My QB3

JJ McCarthy, Michigan- big time talent, has always had the tools but looked to finally put together some NFL type throws last week. Could sneak into Round 1, if Michigan runs the table to the playoff like I expect them to

Michael Penix, Washington- as an IU alum, I saw all his games in Bloomington. I'm not as high on him. Went from mobile to pure pocket passer due to injuries. I do worry about when he gets moved off his spot in the NFL. But scouts LOVE him

Quinn Ewers, Texas- another big time recruit, 5-star, very high highs, still too many lows, but a big shot vs Bama this week to shoot up boards

Bo Nix, Oregon- was bad at Auburn, but then great since transfer. NFL teams will like a 5-year starter. Big, mobile.

Riley Leonard, Duke- big win vs Clemson Week 1, extremely mobile, good arm. Toolsy, but raw. NFL teams will love

Jordan Travis, FSU- big game vs LSU. Similar to McCarthy to me, but not as highly recruited. If he can show more NFL level throws, he will get 1st round consideration

Michael Pratt, Tulane- quietly had an awesome debut last week, 1 incompletion, which was called a draft. 100% effective completion percentage. Hearing 2nd round grades on him.

Then you have guys like KJ Jefferson and Joe Milton who are Cam Newton/Anthony Richardson size, and as we know NFL teams love huge mobile freaks. Milton has one of the best arms I've ever seen. Neither is super accurate, but guys this big and athletic don't fall too far on draft day.

[wekse]

Milton is so damn frustrating. The accuracy is so bad, haha.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Joe Milton is still playing college football? Damn.

[CubinNY]

Bo Nix should never have gone to Auburn. His dad is a legend around those parts though. He's a really good QB and has all the qualities the NFL loves. I suspect he's going to go higher in the draft than most people think.

[champaignchris]

Toledo is probably a better team than Kansas, but the Illini still need to play better than last week tonight to win. 

[Derwood]

Tomorrow’s PSU game will be good background noise, but should be laughably one-sides. 

[Derwood]

Notre Dame starting a 32 year old at QB is a bold move.

No way this dude is a college student:

[Derwood]

Also, the GameDay crowd is super lame. They just showed a drone shot and there didn't seem to be a ton of people there

[Derwood]

Youngstown St. just put together a legit 75 yard drive on Ohio State. lol

[Soul]

My God is Nebraska’s QB bad.

[Andy]

7 hours ago, Derwood said:

Also, the GameDay crowd is super lame. They just showed a drone shot and there didn't seem to be a ton of people there

Alabama hosts GameDay every freaking year, the novelty is gone for them. CGD probably ought to realize that.

[UMFan83]

On 9/8/2023 at 9:25 AM, Ding Dong Johnson said:

Joe Milton is still playing college football? Damn.

Michigan has 3 former or current starting QBs starting this year between Milton (2020), McNamera (2021) and McCarthy (2022-2023) lol.  Happy with the one we stuck with.

Edited September 9, 2023 by UMFan83

[Old Style]

horsefeathers Jimbo Fisher

[Soul]

Going to be a long year, I believe.  Both lines for the Badgers look weak.

[Old Style]

And Alabama is going to lose to Texas. FML

[Y2J]

Southern Illinois takes down Northern Illinois, 14-11. FCS schools were 0-45 vs. FBS opponents coming into Saturday. Last season, Southern Illinois defeated Northwestern on the road. Go Salukis!

[UMFan83]

9 minutes ago, Old Style said:

And Alabama is going to lose to Texas. FML

Way too much time left and as I'm typing this Bama is scoring a TD

[soccer10k]

22 minutes ago, Old Style said:

And Alabama is going to lose to Texas. FML

Their QB is not great throwing the ball. Both of his picks were pretty bad.

[Old Style]

25 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Way too much time left and as I'm typing this Bama is scoring a TD

It’s over. 

[Derwood]

I'm never mad about Bama losing. At home.

[Old Style]

FML. Texas Tech threw a pick 6 down 1 with under a minute to go. I had them +6.5. Only way I could have lost that bet. 

[UMFan83]

10 minutes ago, Old Style said:

FML. Texas Tech threw a pick 6 down 1 with under a minute to go. I had them +6.5. Only way I could have lost that bet. 

Scott Van Pelt is totally going to cover that in his bad beats segment. That sucks, definitely a bad break