Today's Schedule of Games
It's belated Rivalry Week in this chaos season (which will certainly be an ESPN 30 for 30 special some day), minus a certain "rivalry" that got cancelled due to COVID of which we shall not speak.
At noon, most of the traditional Big Ten rivalries: Illinois at Northwestern, Minnesota at Nebraska, Michigan State at Penn State, Rutgers at Maryland. I'll flip around the dial and see which ones are competitive.
Also, an actual matchup of 2 ranked teams: Georgia at a rising Missouri. Missouri is not rising enough to beat the Dawgs however.
In the afternoon, the highlight is Navy at Army (to be played at West Point for the first time in 77 years due to COVID). This game is always compelling pure football for its own sake. It is a pause in time for three hours, where your only reference is the other Army-Navy games played before it, as if it was its own slice of time in the universe.
Also in the afternoon, UNC at Miami should be a good one. I think the Canes pull it off. Wisconsin is at a sneaky-good Iowa that probably should have been the Big Ten West champion. All Iowa in this one.
In the evening, USC at UCLA. Beyond the rivalry game intrigue, USC is 4-0 people. At what point are they going to be talking about USC in the CFP if they win out, over some of the other one-loss teams they keep talking about? (Colorado is 4-0 too, BTW. Keep an eye on them as well.)
Your Pac 12 After Dark Special, wacky but meaningless football just for the fun of it: Stanford at Oregon State.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2020:
AWAY HOME TV TIME
#1 Alabama at Arkansas 12:00 PM ESPN
#9 Georgia at #25 Missouri 12:00 PM SECN
Illinois at #14 Northwestern 12:00 PM ESPN2
Utah at #21 Colorado 12:00 PM FOX
Rutgers at Maryland 12:00 PM BTN
Minnesota at Nebraska 12:00 PM FS1
Michigan State at Penn State 12:00 PM ABC
Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan 12:00 PM ESPN3
Western Michigan at Ball State 12:00 PM ESPN+
Wake Forest at Louisville 12:00 PM ACCN
UAB at Rice 1:00 PM ESPN3
Akron at Buffalo 2:30 PM CBSSN
#13 Coastal Carolina at Troy 3:00 PM ESPN+
Central Michigan at Toledo 3:00 PM ESPN3
Navy at Army 3:00 PM CBS
#17 North Carolina at #10 Miami 3:30 PM ABC
Wisconsin at #16 Iowa 3:30 PM FS1
#22 Oklahoma State at Baylor 3:30 PM ESPN
Houston at Memphis 3:30 PM ESPN2
California at Washington State 4:00 PM FOX
Duke at Florida State 4:00 PM ACCN
Tennessee at Vanderbilt 4:00 PM SECN
Boise State at Wyoming 6:00 PM CBSSN
Appalachian State at Georgia Southern 6:00 PM ESPN3
LSU at #6 Florida 7:00 PM ESPN
Louisiana Tech at TCU 7:00 PM FS1
#15 USC at UCLA 7:30 PM ABC
Auburn at Mississippi State 7:30 PM SECN
Virginia at Virginia Tech 8:00 PM ACCN
San Diego State at #18 BYU 10:00 PM ESPN2
Stanford at Oregon State 10:00 PM ESPNU
Fresno State at New Mexico 10:30 PM FS2
UNLV at Hawai'i 11:00 PM -
December 12th, 2020 at 4:05 PM ^
So, with Rutgers defeating Maryland and going to 3-5...that leaves both ahead of us. So we're either 6th or 7th?
How do they judge it between Michigan and MSU given they beat us & played one more game, so their winning percentage is worse (2-5 vs. 2-4).
December 12th, 2020 at 4:07 PM ^
Michigan might have achieved its greatest W of the year by making OSU fans mad about COVID-19 and also pushing MSU to the last place game.
The winning move was not to play.
December 12th, 2020 at 8:05 PM ^
Just like the end of Wargames!
December 12th, 2020 at 4:29 PM ^
LOL! Next week: Michigan vs Brandon Peters! You know Peters wants to hang 50 on Harbaugh! Should be the Game of the Year coached by two ex-NFL Greats!!
December 12th, 2020 at 7:14 PM ^
That game will probably be cancelled due to Michigan not getting over its COVID cases. Surprising that Harbaugh let the team go lose before and during T-Day. Michigan is a lock down state and those states like IN and IA are more open and their teams are having less problems with COVID spread.
December 12th, 2020 at 4:57 PM ^
This Wisconsin-Iowa game is ALMOST "M00N 2: Electric Boogaloo."
Of course, I guess it would be W00I, without that field goal by Iowa.
But wow. Just ugly. The punters' legs are gonna fall off.
Both offenses look completely inept, but...Wisconsin put up 49 points on us, and Iowa would likely get close to that. Which, well...kinda says it all.
December 12th, 2020 at 6:46 PM ^
mertz for WI is not good
December 12th, 2020 at 5:05 PM ^
If there is one college football game everyone should have on their bucket list, it’s Army-Navy. With the modern commercialization of the game and its move into becoming a cold, calculating business, this game is the last bastion of the game in its purest form.
My dad and I went to the game back in 2016, when Army won for the first time in over a decade (maybe 15 years or more?), and just seeing all the pageantry and pregame tradition was a sight to behold.
December 12th, 2020 at 6:22 PM ^
Army!!!
#singsecond
December 12th, 2020 at 7:10 PM ^
WI has looked quite pedestrian losing again to Iowa. I can't believe WI whipped us at home. We are on bad team but we should not be given the talent. I'm afraid Harbaugh will not get us up to that next level, in fact he may not get us to that 8 win level for a few more years.
December 12th, 2020 at 8:08 PM ^
Since putting up 49 on our shitty defense, Wisconsin has scored 20 points - in 3 games.
December 12th, 2020 at 7:10 PM ^
So based on today’s results, we finish ahead of MSU (2-5) in the division, but behind both Maryland and Rutgers, as well as OSU (obviously), Indiana and PSU. 2020 and all, but in what universe is that acceptable at Michigan?
December 12th, 2020 at 7:12 PM ^
Miami gave up 778 yards with 554 rushing to North Carolina. Holy Smokes!
December 12th, 2020 at 11:08 PM ^
Statistics in today’s Army-Navy game are 1950 Snow Bowl-level ridiculous...two completed passes and less than 300 yards of total offense COMBINED FROM BOTH TEAMS, with the majority of the scoring resulting from offensive miscues from deep within their own territory
...but what a helluva goal line stand by the Army defense.