College Football - Week 6 (Oct. 7)

[Andy]

Top 25 games
(20) Kentucky at (1) Georgia (7 pm, ESPN)
(2) Michigan at Minnesota (7:30 pm, NBC)

(12) Oklahoma vs (3) Texas - in Dallas (12 pm, ABC)

Maryland at (4) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX)

Virginia Tech at (5) Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC)

Arizona at (9) USC (10:30 pm, ESPN)

(10) Notre Dame at (25) Louisville (7:30 pm, ABC)

(11) Alabama at Texas A&M (3:30 pm, CBS)

(13) Washington State at UCLA (3 pm, Pac-12 Network) 

Syracuse at (14) North Carolina (3:30 pm, ESPN) 

(15) Oregon State at California (10 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Arkansas at (16) Ole Miss (7:30 pm, SEC Network) 

Georgia Tech at (17) Miami (8 pm, ACC Network) 

(23) LSU at (21) Missouri (12 pm, ESPN)

(24) Fresno State at Wyoming (8 pm, FOX)

 

Other nationally available games

Wednesday
Jacksonville State at Middle Tennessee (8 pm, ESPNU)

FIU at New Mexico State (9 pm, CBSSN)

 

Thursday

Sam Houston at Liberty (7 pm, CBSSN)

Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech (8 pm, ESPNU)

Friday

Kansas State at Oklahoma State (7 pm, ESPN)

Nebraska at Illinois (8 pm, FS1)

Saturday TV

William & Mary at Virginia (12 pm, ACC Network)

Toledo at UMass (12 pm, ESPNU)

Western Michigan at Mississippi State (12 pm, SEC Network)

Boston College at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

Marshall at NC State (2 pm, CW)

Howard at Northwestern (3 pm, BTN)

Texas State at UL Lafayette (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Wake Forest at Clemson (3:30 pm, ACC Network)

North Texas at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

UCF at Kansas (4 pm, FOX) 

South Florida at UAB (4 pm, ESPN2)

Vanderbilt at Florida (4 pm, SEC Network) 

Colorado at Arizona State (6:30 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Texas Tech at Baylor (8 pm, ESPN2)

TCU at Iowa State (8 pm, FS1) 

San Jose State at Boise State (8 pm, CBSSN)

 

Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+ unless noted)

Rutgers at Wisconsin (12 pm, Peacock)

Central Michigan at Buffalo (2 pm)

UTSA at Temple (2 pm)

Purdue at Iowa (3:30 pm, Peacock)

Ball State at Eastern Michigan (3:30 pm)

Northern Illinois at Akron (3:30 pm)

Bowling Green at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm)

Kent State at Ohio (3:30 pm)

Arkansas State at Troy (4 pm)

UConn at Rice (5 pm)

Tulsa at Florida Atlantic (6 pm)

Old Dominion at Southern Miss (7 pm)

South Alabama at UL Monroe (7 pm)

Edited October 5, 2023 by Andy

[Old Style]

Time for Alabama to send A&M back to reality. The last couple weeks have been fools gold in College Station. Jimbo is still a gigantic fraud. 

[UMFan83]

Texas keeps playing good teams. If they win they’re gonna leap Michigan for number 2 even if Michigan beats Minnesota by 100. And deservedly so I get it. 

[Andy]

40 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Texas keeps playing good teams. If they win they’re gonna leap Michigan for number 2 even if Michigan beats Minnesota by 100. And deservedly so I get it. 

The B1G is horrifyingly bad this year. This week you get Minnesota who lost to Northwestern, then it's IU who needed a miracle to beat Akron. Essentially a 3 team conference, maybe 3.5 depending on what Maryland does against the other 3.

Edited October 2, 2023 by Andy

[UMFan83]

7 minutes ago, Andy said:

The B1G is horrifyingly bad this year. This week you get Minnesota who lost to Northwestern, then it's IU who needed a miracle to beat Akron. Essentially a 3 team conference, maybe 3.5 depending on what Maryland does against the other 3.

Yep, and all 3 of those teams are the last 3 games on Michigan’s schedule: at Penn State, at Maryland, vs Ohio State. Until then I guess I can enjoy watching Michigan mash other teams. 

[CubinNY]

Maryland is gong to beat OSU, book it. 

[NOLA]

13 hours ago, Old Style said:

Time for Alabama to send A&M back to reality. The last couple weeks have been fools gold in College Station. Jimbo is still a gigantic fraud. 

Man, I don’t know.  Obviously, you’ve seen more of aTm than me but Max Johnson looks pretty good.  But yeah, Jimbo is a big fraud.

Lots of upset potential in the SEC this weekend.  LSU at Mizzou, BAMA at aTm, and watch out for Kentucky at Georgia.

[Old Style]

Just now, NOLA said:

Man, I don’t know.  Obviously, you’ve seen more of aTm than me but Max Johnson looks pretty good.  But yeah, Jimbo is a big fraud.

Lots of upset potential in the SEC this weekend.  LSU at Mizzou, BAMA at aTm, and watch out for Kentucky at Georgia.

Max was incredible in the first half on Saturday but was much more pedestrian in the second half. 

[I owned a Suzuki]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

Maryland is gong to beat OSU, book it. 

Maryland seems to always look really good early in the season but fade quickly when they get into the teeth of their schedule.  But really experienced QB could make the difference here.  I don't think OSU offense is good enough to hide, leaving the door open for a good Maryland offense to sneak one out

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Maryland has beaten some really bad football teams. I think they'll get put back in their place.

[CubinNY]

The SEC is down this year. I could definitely see Georgia losing this game. There are no dominant teams in CFB this year. Should make things interesting come the end of the season. Michigan and Texas look like the two best teams to me right now. 

[UMFan83]

43 minutes ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Maryland seems to always look really good early in the season but fade quickly when they get into the teeth of their schedule.  But really experienced QB could make the difference here.  I don't think OSU offense is good enough to hide, leaving the door open for a good Maryland offense to sneak one out

Last year against OSU, Maryland had the ball twice with the chance to take the lead late in the 4th quarter.  They also spent all but 8 minutes of the game at Michigan within 1 score and ended up losing by 7.  I think they are going to be a challenge for good teams.  OSU is coming off a bye and playing at home so maybe they will struggle there but the Michigan game at Maryland could be a struggle being sandwiched between games at Penn State and Ohio State.

[Derwood]

Outside of rest and keeping players healthy, I don't love a BYE and then a cupcake (UMass) as the two weeks leading up to a road game at the Buckeyes

[Tim]

You guys are so spoiled.

If Illinois had a bye week, I'm not sure I'd like their chances right now.

[UMFan83]

Geez there are rumors on Michigan sites that their schedule next year will include: 

Home: Texas (already contracted), USC, Oregon, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan St

Away: Ohio State, Washington 

At least they avoid Penn State? Not sure how they get through that gauntlet with more than 3-4 losses but maybe I’m just so used to playing cakepuff schedules with maybe 2-3 challenging games a season lol

Edited October 4, 2023 by UMFan83

[SouthSideRyan]

11 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Geez there are rumors on Michigan sites that their schedule next year will include: 

Home: Texas (already contracted), USC, Oregon, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan St

Away: Ohio State, Washington 

At least they avoid Penn State? Not sure how they get through that gauntlet with more than 3-4 losses but maybe I’m just so used to playing cakepuff schedules with maybe 2-3 challenging games a season lol

 

Michigan St

[CubinNY]

rumors out of E. Lansing is that Urban Myer is under consideration. That would be very MSU.

[jumbo]

2 hours ago, CubinNY said:

rumors out of E. Lansing is that Urban Myer is under consideration. That would be very MSU.

My Michigan fan Father In Law would lose his horsefeathers

He he he he (who's got the laughing iguana meme??)

[CubinNY]

1 hour ago, jumbo said:

My Michigan fan Father In Law would lose his horsefeathers

He he he he (who's got the laughing iguana meme??)

Now, Myer is denying he's interested. 

[Andy]

Double post

Edited October 4, 2023 by Andy

[Andy]

16 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Geez there are rumors on Michigan sites that their schedule next year will include: 

Home: Texas (already contracted), USC, Oregon, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan St

Away: Ohio State, Washington 

At least they avoid Penn State? Not sure how they get through that gauntlet with more than 3-4 losses but maybe I’m just so used to playing cakepuff schedules with maybe 2-3 challenging games a season lol

Definitely not easy, but Penix won't be at UW next year, Caleb probably won't be at USC, and UCLA, Wisconsin and MSU aren't good enough to be too concerned about at the moment.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Here's a thread covering the next several years. Holy hell the league is ridiculous.

[Derwood]

On 10/3/2023 at 10:08 PM, UMFan83 said:

Geez there are rumors on Michigan sites that their schedule next year will include: 

Home: Texas (already contracted), USC, Oregon, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan St

Away: Ohio State, Washington 

At least they avoid Penn State? Not sure how they get through that gauntlet with more than 3-4 losses but maybe I’m just so used to playing cakepuff schedules with maybe 2-3 challenging games a season lol

I hate that the geographical rivalries aren't locked in. PSU doesn't play Michigan in 2024 or Ohio State in 2025

[Andy]

2 hours ago, Derwood said:

I hate that the geographical rivalries aren't locked in. PSU doesn't play Michigan in 2024 or Ohio State in 2025

It's an 18-team conference. You're not going to be able to play everyone you want to every year. In any case, I think PSU's athletic department prefers it that way, the rumor is their lack of desire to maintain annual rivalries is why they got 'unrivaled' in the new configuration.

[Tim]

 

Illinois football, everyone