August 29th, 2012 at 7:16 AM ^
College football does not start until Saturday night.
August 29th, 2012 at 12:07 PM ^
At this point, starving college football fans will take whatever we can get and I for one am super excited for tomorrow night. Summer is the worst time of the year, obviously not weather-wise, but sports-wise for sure.
August 29th, 2012 at 7:22 AM ^
Creepy....That is all...
August 29th, 2012 at 7:37 AM ^
weekend is setting up like a heavyweight title fight lineup, complete with undercards.
Thursday, South Carolina at Vandy is the first undercard. Most of the seats at the MGM are still emplty, no vested interest in the game at all, just watching some football. Game is going to be football by numbers, SC shakes off some rust, wins a sloppy game and you don't care either way, you just have a beer in your hands and the anticipation is building.
Friday, Boise at Sparty, the arena is starting to fill up a little, Samuel L. Jackson has made his way to his ring side seat but Matt Damon and Alicia Keys have not arrived yet, Sparty may even get a ring walk out of this. You care a little more, you know these guys, you may have a rooting interest for one reason of another, maybe you want MSU to establish that the Big Ten is not going to take any shit from anybody, maybe you want to see Boise pound them into bloody submission, but one way or another, it has your attention and you are getting fired up, beer still in hand.
Saturday, the Main Even. And with any good Main Event, you have the defending champion and the gritty challenger. The arena is full, the place is buzzing, Jim Lampley (Musberger I guess) is in fine form, letting loose with every cliche' and analogy imaginable. Is Michigan Michael Spinks, are they Buster Douglas, are they game but overmatched, like Cotto going toe to toe with Pacquiao until there is nothing left in the tank. All the questions will be answered soon. Beer still in hand.
BEST TIME OF YEAR
August 29th, 2012 at 7:42 AM ^
I'll be stopping in Nasvhille to pick up a friend for the game in Dallas, and he decided to get us tickets for the Vandy-SC game. I'm not sure how often you get to see 3 top 10 teams play in a matter of 2 days. Looking forward to seeing Lattimore and Clowney play. I will certainly be rooting for Vandy though.
August 29th, 2012 at 8:19 AM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 8:44 AM ^
Just don't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXUfEru-tqQ
Edit: NSFW for those of you that don't know what it is.
August 29th, 2012 at 9:19 AM ^
In case anyone had not referenced this as yet, here is the TV schedule for ABC/ESPN to date, and in case you don't have it in your favorites, the BTN Gamfinder is here as well.
As for myself, South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt and BSU vs. MSU are probably the only games I will look at before Saturday, but perhaps of minor note, the Mike Leach era at Washington State kicks off on Thursday at 10:15 ET when they play BYU.
I also must now go into a meeting while trying to shake the image of Nicholas Cage winking at me. This could be interesting.
On Saturday, perhaps more for those of us who will not be in Dallas, will anyone be watching some earlier games as well? If so, which ones?
August 29th, 2012 at 9:23 AM ^
Is actually the LSU one - I don't know of any other page on the internet that updates the games like this site does and they've been doing it for years. They put up links to coverage maps, tell you what channels are going to mirror, it's most likely the most comprehensive TV schedule on the internet.
http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm
August 29th, 2012 at 11:49 AM ^
The media are going to hype this game up as if it were as if both teams are going to be in the top ten at the end of the year. I'm sure someone will even call it "historic." I'm guessing it's a dull game, with Sparty asserting physical superiority in the second half.
The announcers will talk about how it was a "hard-fought game between two great teams," and by the time both teams reveal themselves as mere impostors, nobody outside of EL or Boise will remember the game.
Then again, Boise plays MSU, BYU, and Nevada as their tough teams this year. Boise can realistically win two of those three games, and still be perceived as a top-ten team, even though they are playing teams that constitute the western version of MAC and MVC teams.
BSU would be lucky to go 6-6 with a Big Ten schedule and one tough non-conference game this year, but they will look like a top ten team if they can go 2-1 or even 1-2 against the top end of their schedule and take care of business against nine tomato cans.
August 29th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
What do you mean 36 hours? Tommorow night i will take the short walk over to Kelly-Shorts stadium to watch my CMU Chips.