Andy

AP poll just came out today, so here's your one-stop shop for in-season college football talk through Week 1. I've decided to add ESPN+ under my definition of 'nationally available' after omitting it previously, since the Disney overlords have already won and within a few years we'll all be paying extra to watch games on that and whatever Fox Sports Plus is actually named when it inevitably shows up and whatever the hell else. "Week Zero" (Aug. 28) Nebraska at Illinois (1 pm, FOX) UConn at Fresno State (2 pm, CBSSN) Hawaii at UCLA (3:30 pm, ESPN) UTEP at New Mexico State (9:30 pm, Bally Sports Arizona) Southern Utah at San Jose State (10 pm, CBSSN) Week 1 Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Alabama vs (14) Miami - in Atlanta (3:30 pm, ABC) Tulane at (2) Oklahoma (12 pm, ABC) (5) Georgia vs (3) Clemson - in Charlotte (7:30 pm, ABC) (4) Ohio State at Minnesota (8 pm Thursday, FOX) Kent State at (6) Texas A&M (8 pm, ESPNU) Northern Iowa at (7) Iowa State (4:30 pm, ESPN+) Miami (OH) at (8) Cincinnati (3 pm, ESPN+) (9) Notre Dame at Florida State (7:30 pm Sunday, ABC) (10) North Carolina at Virginia Tech (6 pm Friday, ESPN) Fresno State at (11) Oregon (2 pm, Pac-12 Network) (19) Penn State at (12) Wisconsin (12 pm, FOX) Florida Atlantic at (13) Florida (7:30 pm, SEC Network) San Jose State at (15) USC (5 pm, Pac-12 Network) (16) LSU at UCLA (8:30 pm, FOX) (17) Indiana at (18) Iowa (3:30 pm, BTN) Montana at (20) Washington (8 pm, Pac-12 Network) (23) UL Lafayette at (21) Texas (4:30 pm, FOX) The Citadel at (22) Coastal Carolina (7 pm, ESPN+) Weber State at (24) Utah (7:30 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network) Southern Utah at (25) Arizona State (10:30 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Wednesday UAB vs Jacksonville State - in Montgomery, AL (7:30 pm, ESPN) Thursday Boise State at UCF (7 pm, ESPN) Wagner at Buffalo (7 pm, ESPN3) Long Island at Florida International (7 pm, ESPN3) Western Illinois at Ball State (7 pm, ESPN+) East Carolina vs Appalachian State - in Charlotte (7:30 pm, ESPNU) South Florida at NC State (7:30 pm, ACC Network) UC Davis at Tulsa (7:30 pm, ESPN+) Bowling Green at Tennessee (8 pm, SEC Network) UT Martin at Western Kentucky (8 pm, ESPN+) Eastern Washington at UNLV (10 pm, Regional Sports Networks/Stadium) Friday Old Dominion at Wake Forest (7 pm ACC Network) Duke at Charlotte (7 pm, CBSSN) Saint Francis (PA) at Eastern Michigan (7 pm, ESPN3) South Dakota at Kansas (8 pm, ESPN+) Michigan State at Northwestern (9 pm, ESPN) South Dakota State at Colorado State (9 pm, FS1) Northern Colorado at Colorado (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) Saturday Western Michigan at Michigan (12 pm, ESPN) Stanford vs Kansas State - in Arlington, TX (12 pm, FS1) Fordham at Nebraska (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Temple at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Army at Georgia State (12 pm, ESPNU) UL Monroe at Kentucky (12 pm, SEC Network) Colgate at Boston College (12 pm, ACC Network) Holy Cross at UConn (12 pm, CBSSN) Lafayette at Air Force (2 pm, Stadium) Rice at Arkansas (2 pm, ESPN+) West Virginia at Maryland (3:30 pm, ESPN) Marshall at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State (4 pm, ESPNU) Central Michigan at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network) UMass at Pittsburgh (4 pm, ACC Network) Gardner-Webb at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN3) Campbell at Liberty (6 pm, ESPN3) Texas Tech vs Houston - at NRG Stadium (7 pm, ESPN) Oregon State at Purdue (7 pm, FS1) UTSA at Illinois (7 pm, BTN) Syracuse at Ohio (7 pm, CBSSN) Norfolk State at Toledo (7 pm, ESPN3) Central Arkansas at Arkansas State (7 pm, ESPN3) Southern at Troy (7 pm, ESPN3) Monmouth at Middle Tennessee (7 pm, ESPN3) Eastern Illinois at South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN+) Akron at Auburn (7 pm, ESPN+) Baylor at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN+) Missouri State at Oklahoma State (7 pm, ESPN+) Nicholls at Memphis (7 pm, ESPN+) Abilene Christian at SMU (7 pm, ESPN+) William & Mary at Virginia (7:30 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Northern Illinois at Georgia Tech (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Northwestern State at North Texas (7:30 pm, ESPN3) East Tennessee State at Vanderbilt (8 pm, ESPN+) Southern Miss at South Alabama (8 pm, ESPN+) Duquesne at TCU (8 pm, ESPN+) Bethune-Cookman at UTEP (9 pm, ESPN3) Arizona vs BYU - in Las Vegas (10:30 pm, ESPN) Nevada at California (10:30 pm, FS1) New Mexico State at San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Utah State at Washington State (11 pm, Pac-12 Network) Monday Louisville vs Ole Miss - in Atlanta (8 pm, ESPN)

I only came here because Lewis Brinson stopped running in the middle of a double play grounder and then pulled a Sean Rodriguez in the dugout

I haven't watched more than a few minutes of any game since the sell off except for the one I went to (my wife really likes going to games with me and I'm certainly not gonna argue with her). Can't get into this - obviously getting our horsefeathers kicked in repeatedly isn't helping.

Best I can see, the list of long-term assets acquired in the 2014 offseason to appear for the 2015 Cubs were Chris Coghlan, Tsuyoshi Wada, and Jason Hammel (1 year deal, then e-signed the following offseason) I assume Bearded is referring to the Samardzija/Hammel trade in the middle of 2014 rather than any off-season moves.

So did they apparently

What a depressing end.

To be perfectly honest, I would like to see the Sox win it all unless they have to beat any of KB, Javy and Rizzo to do it. I don't really hate the Brewers the way some do but I also am not crazy about the idea of them winning a title.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who reached this absolutely scientific conclusion. The game log says he went 1 1/3 scoreless vs Colorado last Tuesday, but I frankly refuse to believe it.

Why stop there? Why not add Canada? Eh, I guess it depends on what angle we're taking. I was originally thinking more colonialist for USA, so see if Phillipines or Cuba or other former territories should count, but my sophomoric world history also probably recognizes the analogy broke down long ago. But we're definitely counting the Puerto Rico gold. That gold came from an American who ran for Puerto Rico in honor of her mother. We can definitely claim that if this guy is claiming Taiwan.

Was at today's game. Actually had a reasonably good time considering. However, Kyle Ryan walks too many, doesn't strike out nearly enough, and gives up home runs. Why exactly is he a major leaguer?

My only Cubs jersey is a pinstriped Santo. I don't see myself buying any other but if I did it would probably be a Banks.

I look at this and think that surely this one is the huge revenue stream that actually will be reinvested into major-league payroll.

My annual trip was going to be to the Boston series last year before, you know. Doubt I'll plan it there this time with it falling on the 4th weekend.

B1G's TV deals come up in a couple of years and I virtually guarantee they'll cook something like this up for them too. It's already happening in the SEC, where ESPN now has the right to put a non-conference game for each school on ESPN+. Nickel and diming people with pay streaming services while they continue to pay for the YouTube TVs of the world is the wave of the future.

I'm fond of pointing out that Philly made the 2nd round the year before they launched The Process (I know they only did because Rose's knee exploded) and still haven't been past that round since.

Defense. Edit: also Arc put up a -0.1 VORP (0.9WS) and Caruso 0.6 (2.4 WS). Not sure what stats Arc was better in. The other thing is that the NBA makes horsefeathering gazillions of dollars a year and doesn't have that many players to spend it on, so anyone worth even close to half a damn makes a ton of money.

Sato, Temple and a 2nd-rounder going to NO in the deal apparently

I don't know if I necessarily believe Clemson, but: https://twitter.com/lukezim/status/1422266773886414853

Clemson has already refuted that report.

15-18 years between WS wins seems totally acceptable. How completely out of character and optimistic of you, hairy To be fair he never came close to saying whether it would work

Wife and I are going to Friday's game. First home game since the trades. She adores Bryzzo and Javy and is probably more bummed than I am.

I wanted to puke at seeing this news

Me too. But Maddux was still on the rise and we hadn't won anything. That was worse. At least this group got us one, and it was glorious 7th game OT win after down 3-1 Yeah, Maddux was on the cusp of greatness and we had to witness it with another team. Odds are good that these three all gave us their best years (maybe not Bryant, but probably). I feel very comfortable predicting Bryant isn't winning any more MVP awards.

Yeah, just to get to the relatively modest payroll of this year would leave a crap ton of money available. They'll definitely spend some, but I doubt they'll spend enough.