Andy

Not terribly surprising news, but news nonetheless:

Those games are permitted to continue due to the testing protocols in place. Michigan won't be the last state to issue directives like this.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Kentucky at (1) Alabama (4 pm, SEC Network) (9) Indiana at (3) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) (6) Florida at Vanderbilt (12 pm, ABC) (7) Cincinnati at UCF (3:30 pm, ESPN) North Alabama at (8) BYU (3 pm, BYUTV/ESPN3) (10) Wisconsin at (19) Northwestern (3:30 pm, ABC) UCLA at (11) Oregon (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Mississippi State at (13) Georgia (7:30 pm, SEC Network) (14) Oklahoma State at (18) Oklahoma (7:30 pm, ABC) Appalachian State at (15) Coastal Carolina (12 pm, ESPN) Kansas State at (17) Iowa State (4 pm, FOX) (20) USC at Utah (10:30 pm, ESPN) (21) Liberty at NC State (7:30 pm, FSN) Tennessee at (23) Auburn (7 pm, ESPN) Tulane at (25) Tulsa (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Buffalo at Bowling Green (7 pm Tuesday, CBSSN) Akron at Kent State (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN) Western Michigan at Central Michigan (7 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Toledo at Eastern Michigan (7 pm Wednesday, CBSSN) Northern Illinois at Ball State (7 pm Wednesday, ESPNEWS) Syracuse at Louisville (7 pm Friday, ESPN) Purdue at Minnesota (7:30 pm Friday, BTN) UMass at Florida Atlantic (8 pm Friday, CBSSN) Illinois at Nebraska (12 pm, FS1) Arkansas State at Texas State (12 pm, ESPN2) LSU at Arkansas (12 pm, SEC Network) Georgia Southern at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Florida International at Western Kentucky (2 pm, ESPN3) Rice at North Texas (2 pm, ESPN3) San Diego State at Nevada (3:30 pm, CBS) California at Oregon State (3:30 pm, FS1) Iowa at Penn State (3:30 pm, BTN) Georgia State at South Alabama (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Middle Tennessee at Troy (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Abilene Christian at Virginia (4 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (4 pm, ACC Network) Michigan at Rutgers (7:30 pm, BTN) Missouri at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Arizona at Washington (8 pm, FOX) New Mexico at Air Force (9:30 pm, FS1) Boise State at Hawaii (11 pm, CBSSN)

Utah/UCLA and Cal/Arizona State were both canceled, and there are reports that Cal may play UCLA this Sunday since both those teams appear to be in the clear COVID-wise right now.

In a promising development, I noticed yesterday that Marquee aired an hour long "Cy Young Announcement Special" for Yu Darvish featuring a bunch of people including Rick Sutcliffe, Tommy Hottovy and Len/JD talking about the voting results and breaking down Yu's season I believe they ran a similar special regarding David Ross being an NL Manager of the Year finalist.

And now Ohio State/Maryland is gone.

Georgia/Missouri postponed. Not the SEC's favorite week.

LSU vs Alabama and A&M vs Tennessee both postponed.

SEC games are going to start dropping. Auburn/Mississippi State is gone, and LSU/Bama might be next. Apparently a Halloween party involving LSU players resulted in an outbreak.

Perhaps I'm dabbling in overconfidence but I'm glad it's BC. While none of the players were alive for that game, one click on YouTube and they can see what happens if you screw around and enjoy the hype too much.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (2) Notre Dame at Boston College (3:30 pm, ABC) Arkansas at (6) Florida (7 pm, ESPN) East Carolina at (7) Cincinnati (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN2) (9) Miami at Virginia Tech (12 pm, ESPN) (10) Indiana at Michigan State (12 pm, ABC) (11) Oregon at Washington State (7 pm, FOX) (13) Wisconsin at Michigan (7:30 pm, ABC) Middle Tennessee at (16) Marshall (12 pm, CBSSN) (19) SMU at Tulsa (7 pm, ESPN2) (20) USC at Arizona (4 pm, FOX) Western Carolina at (22) Liberty (12 pm, ESPNU) (23) Northwestern at Purdue (5 pm, BTN) South Alabama at (25) UL Lafayette (2 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Kent State at Bowling Green (7:30 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Akron at Ohio (7 pm Tuesday, CBSSN) Miami (OH) at Buffalo (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN) Eastern Michigan at Ball State (7 pm Wednesday, CBSSN) Toledo at Western Michigan (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Central Michigan at Northern Illinois (8 pm Wednesday, ESPNU) Iowa at Minnesota (7 pm Friday, FS1) Florida Atlantic at Florida International (7 pm Friday, CBSSN) TCU at West Virginia (12 pm, FOX) Tulane at Army (12 pm, ESPN2) Wake Forest at North Carolina (12 pm, ACC Network) Penn State at Nebraska (12 pm, FS1) Illinois at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN) Vanderbilt at Kentucky (12 pm, SEC Network) Fresno State at Utah State (2:30 pm, FS2) North Texas at UAB (3 pm, FSN) Colorado at Stanford (3:30 pm, ESPN) South Florida at Houston (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Louisville at Virginia (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Southern Miss at Western Kentucky (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Texas State at Georgia Southern (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Baylor at Texas Tech (4 pm, FS1) Nevada vs New Mexico - in Las Vegas (6:30 pm, FS2) Temple at UCF (7:30 pm, ESPNU) South Carolina at Ole Miss (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Florida State at NC State (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Colorado State at Boise State (8 pm, FS1) UNLV at San Jose State (10:30 pm, FS2) Oregon State at Washington (11 pm, FS1) California at UCLA (12 pm Sunday, FS1)

Hey, that was pretty cool.

Why would you think that? With the caveat that I have no experience with one, I just figured they would be able to 'bubble up' a little more than your average college campus.

Down goes a Pac-12 game

All 3 academies' games (Air Force/Army and Navy/Tulsa) are off. Outbreaks at Air Force and Navy. I would've thought the academies could at least avoid this to some extent but clearly that's not the case.

WTF Wisconsin.

They showed that graphic on RedZone the other day. Incredible statistic.

Dropped 2 in a row (barring some sort of insanity tonight) after a 6-0 start and now I'm wondering what my playoff odds are looking like.

And just to be clear, Arizona State/USC is not a typo, they are playing at noon ET, 9 a.m. Pacific.

Pac-12 and MAC complete the party this week. Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Clemson at (4) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) Rutgers at (3) Ohio State (7:30 pm, BTN) (8) Florida vs (5) Georgia - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, CBS) Houston at (6) Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ABC) (7) Texas A&M at South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN) (9) BYU at (21) Boise State (9:45 pm Friday, FS1) (11) Miami at NC State (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN) Stanford at (12) Oregon (7:30 pm, ABC) (23) Michigan at (13) Indiana (12 pm, FS1) (14) Oklahoma State at Kansas State (4 pm, FOX) South Alabama at (15) Coastal Carolina (8 pm, ESPNU) UMass at (16) Marshall (2:30 pm, ESPN+) Baylor at (17) Iowa State (7 pm, FS1) (18) SMU at Temple (12 pm, ESPN+) Kansas at (19) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, ESPN) Arizona State at (20) USC (12 pm, FOX) West Virginia at (22) Texas (12 pm, ABC) (25) Liberty at Virginia Tech (12 pm, ACC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Western Michigan at Akron (6 pm Wednesday, ESPN3) Ohio at Central Michigan (7 pm Wednesday, ESPN) Buffalo at Northern Illinois (7 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Ball State at Miami (OH) (7 pm Wednesday, CBSSN) Bowling Green at Toledo (8 pm Wednesday, ESPNU) Utah State at Nevada (7 pm Thursday, FS1) Wyoming at Colorado State (9 pm Thursday, CBSSN) San Jose State at San Diego State (9 pm Friday, CBSSN) Michigan State at Iowa (12 pm, ESPN) North Carolina at Duke (12 pm, ESPN2) Nebraska at Northwestern (12 pm, BTN) Arkansas State at UL Lafayette (12 pm, ESPNU) UL Monroe at Georgia State (12 pm, ESPN3) Troy at Georgia Southern (1 pm, ESPN3) Boston College at Syracuse (2 pm, FSN) North Alabama at Southern Miss (3 pm, ESPN3) Texas Tech at TCU (3:30 pm, FS1) Maryland at Penn State (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Minnesota at Illinois (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Vanderbilt at Mississippi State (3:30 pm, SEC Network) Fresno State at UNLV (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Pittsburgh at Florida State (4 pm, ACC Network) Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic (6 pm, FSN) UCLA at Colorado (7 pm, ESPN2) Tennessee at Arkansas (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Washington State at Oregon State (10:30 pm, FS1)

LSU is the first defending champ since 1991 to be under .500 five games into the season To be fair, usually defending champs have a few games vs Directional State U to begin their seasons. The way they're playing, Directional State U might take them out too

Theoretically this should take Lawrence out of play for the ND game next Saturday, but Clemson hasn't officially ruled him out yet.

Now that it looks like Kimbrel is good again, there's no on-field justification for this. And obviously no other kind of justification.

We have our first B1G cancellation. Wisconsin/Nebraska is off.

It wasn't quite the same, but I had Joe Maddon/Kyle Hendricks/David Ross flashbacks that whole inning. That was horsefeathering brutal managing by Cash. And as Verducci noted, he didn't even bring in a reliever that made sense for what he was doing.