College Football - Week 8 (Oct. 24)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

Pittsburgh at (1) Miami (12 pm, ESPN)

(2) BYU at UCF (3:30 pm, FOX)  

(6) Indiana at Michigan (12 pm, FOX)

(7) Ole Miss at (19) Texas (7:30 pm, ABC)

(8) Texas Tech at Cincinnati (12 pm, FS1)  

Michigan State at (9) UCLA (3:30 pm, CBS) 

(14) Houston at (10) Utah (10:15 pm, ESPN) 

(11) Tennessee at South Carolina (3:30 pm, ESPN)

Vanderbilt at (12) Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network) 

Texas A&M at (13) Alabama (3:30 pm, ABC)

(15) Iowa at Minnesota (3:30 pm, FS1) 

(16) USC at Wisconsin (7:30 pm, NBC) 

(18) LSU at Auburn (12 pm, ABC)

(21) Boise State at Washington State (6 pm, USA)

California at (23) SMU (12 pm, CW)

Rutgers at (24) Northwestern (12 pm, Peacock)

Iowa State at (25) Arizona (7:30 pm, ESPN2)  

 

Other nationally available games
Tuesday

Missouri State at Delaware (7 pm, ESPNU)

Middle Tennessee at FIU (7 pm, CBSSN)

South Alabama at Marshall (7:30 pm, ESPN2)

 

Wednesday

Liberty at Kennesaw State (7 pm, CBSSN)

New Mexico State at Sam Houston (8 pm, ESPN2)

Thursday

James Madison at Appalachian State (7 pm, ESPNU)

 

Friday

Duke at Virginia (7 pm, ESPN)

UMass at UConn (7 pm, CBSSN)

Air Force at Wyoming (9 pm, CW)

NC State at Stanford (10:30 pm, ESPN)

 

Saturday TV

West Virginia at TCU (12 pm, ESPN2)

Rice at Florida Atlantic (12 pm, ESPNU)

Western Michigan at Toledo (12 pm, CBSSN)

Baylor at Kansas (1 pm, TNT) 

Oregon at Illinois (3 pm, BTN)

Oklahoma at Mississippi State (3:30 pm, SEC Network) 

Boston College at Georgia Tech (3:30 pm, ACC Network)

Kansas State at Arizona State (3:45 pm, ESPN2) 

Eastern Michigan at Ohio (4 pm, ESPNU)

San Diego State at Colorado State (6:30 pm, CW)

Virginia Tech at Clemson (7 pm, ESPN)

Colorado at Oklahoma State (7 pm, FS1)  

Syracuse at North Carolina (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

Utah State at Texas State (7:30 pm, CBSSN)

UTSA at Tulane (8 pm, ESPNU)

North Dakota State at New Mexico (10 pm, CW)

 

Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+)

Akron at Kent State (1 pm)

Miami (OH) at Central Michigan (1 pm)

Bowling Green at Buffalo (3:30 pm)

Sacramento State at Ball State (3:30 pm)

UL Monroe at Troy (4 pm)

Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech (5 pm)

UL Lafayette at Southern Miss (5 pm)

Georgia State at Arkansas State (7 pm)

[soccer10k]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50232936/ohio-state-plan-julian-sayin-rest-season
Sayin probably done for the year, playoffs included.

[Derwood]

2 hours ago, soccer10k said:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50232936/ohio-state-plan-julian-sayin-rest-season
Sayin probably done for the year, playoffs included.

With a true freshman as the next in line

[PackLandVA]

Any good free agents out there for OSU?  What about a trade? College has that now, right?

[cwood218]

Michigan's defense is no joke.

[Derwood]

The annual "SEC IS BETTER NO IT'S BIG TEN MORE BETTER" argument, I kinda gotta give it to the SEC this year. The Big Ten is mostly hot ass

[minnesotacubsfan]

im having bacon tonight SKIUMAH

[Andy]

BYU faceplanting after last week was so predictable it was one of those times I wish I bet on sports sometimes. It's practically a tradition for a team to pick up a 'historic' win over Notre Dame and then take a stupid loss at the first opportunity.

Feels like 2025 redux right now.

[Andy]

4 hours ago, Derwood said:

The annual "SEC IS BETTER NO IT'S BIG TEN MORE BETTER" argument, I kinda gotta give it to the SEC this year. The Big Ten is mostly hot ass

Frankly I'm not convinced anyone is actually capital G good except possibly Georgia (I'm willing to shrug off Auburn as a fluke if they resume wrecking shop from here) and Miami (ditto, but with FSU)

I'd probably put Ohio State in that category as well if Sayin wasn't out for the season.

Edited Sunday at 01:04 AM by Andy

[cwood218]

Oregon effectively had their season ended today ( 3rd loss ) vs Illinois.

As I recall they were a trendy pick before the season to win it all this year.

[minnesotacubsfan]

1 minute ago, cwood218 said:

Oregon effectively had their season ended today ( 3rd loss ) vs Illinois.

As I recall they were a trendy pick before the season to win it all this year.

I feel like everytime a school enters the Big10, they look like they will walk away with the conference. Penn State, Nebraska, PAC 10 schools. Unfortunately, just like us, they have to run the gauntlet against some strong teams and over 100 years of rivalries to thrown a constant challenge. They never do that well the first few years it seams. 

[soccer10k]

3 hours ago, minnesotacubsfan said:

I feel like everytime a school enters the Big10, they look like they will walk away with the conference. Penn State, Nebraska, PAC 10 schools. Unfortunately, just like us, they have to run the gauntlet against some strong teams and over 100 years of rivalries to thrown a constant challenge. They never do that well the first few years it seams. 

Oregon went 13-1 in 2024, their first year in the Big 10, losing only to Ohio St in the playoffs. Then last year they went 13-2, losing twice to Indiana, while making the CFP semifinals. So the only teams Oregon lost to those seasons won national titles.

[gflore34]

14 hours ago, Andy said:

Frankly I'm not convinced anyone is actually capital G good except possibly Georgia (I'm willing to shrug off Auburn as a fluke if they resume wrecking shop from here) and Miami (ditto, but with FSU)

I'd probably put Ohio State in that category as well if Sayin wasn't out for the season.

Oregon with Moore at QB is in that category.  Dylan Raiola is a big step down, he's not as good as everybody says, Illinois' freshman 3 star nobody outplayed him last night. 

[I owned a Suzuki]

1 hour ago, gflore34 said:

Oregon with Moore at QB is in that category.  Dylan Raiola is a big step down, he's not as good as everybody says, Illinois' freshman 3 star nobody outplayed him last night. 

Moore played against OK St

[gflore34]

1 hour ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Moore played against OK St

Forgot about that, still believe with Moore there's a playoff quality team, not NC good, good nonetheless.

[minnesotacubsfan]

18 hours ago, soccer10k said:

Oregon went 13-1 in 2024, their first year in the Big 10, losing only to Ohio St in the playoffs. Then last year they went 13-2, losing twice to Indiana, while making the CFP semifinals. So the only teams Oregon lost to those seasons won national titles.

Right, to established Big Ten teams. Thats my point

 

Penn state did well their first year too, but then again they were hiding child rape. No relation to the Oregon situation, but still

[soccer10k]

5 hours ago, minnesotacubsfan said:

Right, to established Big Ten teams. Thats my point

 

Penn state did well their first year too, but then again they were hiding child rape. No relation to the Oregon situation, but still

I guess I don't really understand your point. You said "They never do that well the first few years it seams" yet Oregon and evidently Penn St both did well right off the bat.

[minnesotacubsfan]

7 hours ago, soccer10k said:

I guess I don't really understand your point. You said "They never do that well the first few years it seams" yet Oregon and evidently Penn St both did well right off the bat.

Not that they won’t do well or have a good season, it’s that they won’t own the conference. I’ve heard the talking heads proclaim that when Penn S, Oregon and Nebraska all joined. They may have a good season or two but fail to repeat it or never reach their former glory of outclassing everyone else year in and year out.  It’s just my view on how hard it is to win the Big Ten consistently, I feel like the outside view is that the big ten is soft and ripe for the taking