Today's Schedule of Games
College Football is back, Baby!
It's been off to a great start already . . . the Pitt - WVU, Penn State - Purdue, and Indiana - Illinois games were all fantastic. Let's keep it going.
At Noon on ABC: Colorado State at #8 Michigan. Let's open up our present and see what we've got here. We're all very excited and curious to see how the offense looks, and we'll certainly get at least some insight on that, but the real topic of interest toady will be what we look like on defense. CSU's air raid offense will give us some challenges on where we have the most questions: At linebacker. We'll see how well the young / inexperienced LBs hold up and mature. Michigan will win comfortably, but be prepared, it won't be by holding CSU to single digits.
In the Afternoon at 3:30 on ABC: #11 Oregon at #3 Georgia. Last year Oregon went on the road and took it to Ohio State in Columbus. I'm sure Michigan spent some quality time with that film before last November 27th. Can the Ducks do it again? Nope. I was really impressed with Georgia's coaching staff and schemes last year against us in the CFP. They knew everything we were going to do. They had counters ready for it. They had counters ready for our counters. They could have gotten by on talent alone, but they made sure their team had a coaching and scheme edge as well. They will have the Dawgs more than ready for the Ducks.
In the Evening at 7:30 on ABC: #5 Notre Dame at #2 Ohio State. I'll be rooting for Ohio St . . . er, rooting against Notre Dame in this one. We have no say in what happens to Notre Dame this year. But we'll certainly get a say in what happens to Ohio State. Might as well have Ohio State take care of Notre Dame in our place. But whoever loses, I want it to be in a humiliating, program-destroying fashion that makes them question whether they should even keep playing the sport.
Also in the Evening at 7:00 on ESPN: #7 Utah at Florida. This is an under the radar game that should be getting more hype. Utah is for real, but how "for real" are they? At night, on the road, in the Swamp, first game of the year is a good way to find out. That would be a tall task for any team in the SEC. It will be an even taller task for a nouveau Pac 12 team that is trying to emerge as a national program. I'm thinking the Gators upset them here.
AWAY HOME TIME TV
NOON:
Sam Houston @ 6 Texas A&M 12:00 PM SECN
Colorado State @ 8 Michigan 12:00 PM ABC
13 NC State @ East Carolina 12:00 PM ESPN
Central Connecticut @ UConn 12:00 PM -
South Dakota State @ Iowa 12:00 PM FS1
Buffalo @ Maryland 12:00 PM BTN
Rutgers @ Boston College 12:00 PM ACCN
North Carolina @ Appalachian State 12:00 PM ESPNU
Delaware @ Navy 12:00 PM CBSSN
Richmond @ Virginia 12:30 PM ESPN3
AFTERNOON:
Northern Iowa @ Air Force 1:00 PM -
S.E. Missouri State @ Iowa State 2:00 PM BIG12|ESPN+
Bowling Green @ UCLA 2:30 PM PAC12
11 Oregon @ 3 Georgia 3:30 PM ABC
UTEP @ 9 Oklahoma 3:30 PM FOX
Bethune-Cookman @ 16 Miami 3:30 PM ACCN
23 Cincinnati @ 19 Arkansas 3:30 PM ESPN
24 Houston @ UTSA 3:30 PM CBSSN
Arizona @ San Diego State 3:30 PM CBS
North Dakota @ Nebraska 3:30 PM BTN
Norfolk State @ Marshall 3:30 PM ESPN3
Tulsa @ Wyoming 3:30 PM FS1
Troy @ 21 Ole Miss 4:00 PM SECN
25 BYU @ South Florida 4:00 PM ESPNU
UC Davis @ California 4:00 PM -
Nicholls @ South Alabama 5:00 PM ESPN3
Texas State @ Nevada 5:30 PM -
EVENING:
Rice @ 14 USC 6:00 PM PAC12
Morgan State @ Georgia Southern 6:00 PM ESPN3
Florida Atlantic @ Ohio 6:00 PM ESPN+
Middle Tennessee @ James Madison 6:00 PM ESPN+
7 Utah @ Florida 7:00 PM ESPN
Albany @ 10 Baylor 7:00 PM BIG12|ESPN+
Illinois State @ 18 Wisconsin 7:00 PM FS1
Miami (OH) @ 20 Kentucky 7:00 PM ESPN+|SECN+
Mercer @ Auburn 7:00 PM ESPN+|SECN+
Elon @ Vanderbilt 7:00 PM ESPN+|SECN+
South Dakota @ Kansas State 7:00 PM BIG12|ESPN+
Army @ Coastal Carolina 7:00 PM ESPN+
Liberty @ Southern Miss 7:00 PM ESPN+
UMass @ Tulane 7:00 PM ESPN+
SE Louisiana @ Louisiana 7:00 PM ESPN+
Grambling @ Arkansas State 7:00 PM ESPN3
Utah State @ 1 Alabama 7:30 PM SECN
5 Notre Dame @ 2 Ohio State 7:30 PM ABC
Memphis @ Mississippi State 7:30 PM ESPNU
Georgia State @ South Carolina 7:30 PM ESPN+|SECN+
SMU @ North Texas 7:30 PM CBSSN
Colgate @ Stanford 8:00 PM -
Murray State @ Texas Tech 8:00 PM BIG12|ESPN+
UL Monroe @ Texas 8:00 PM LHN
Louisville @ Syracuse 8:00 PM ACCN
Maine @ New Mexico 8:00 PM -
LATE NIGHT:
Idaho @ Washington State 9:30 PM PAC12
Boise State @ Oregon State 10:30 PM ESPN
Kent State @ Washington 10:30 PM FS1
Western Kentucky @ Hawai'i 11:59 PM -
September 3rd, 2022 at 11:06 AM ^
Here's a fancy schmancy schedule link with some nice aesthetically pleasing graphics:
September 3rd, 2022 at 11:10 AM ^
Rooting against OSU... forever and always.
September 3rd, 2022 at 12:05 PM ^
Catch, not sure about your position here. I’ve always been fond of beavers and appreciated their seductive qualities.
Oh, it might be the Bucks you’re referring to. Eff ‘em.
September 3rd, 2022 at 11:11 AM ^
Oh, boy. I'm not getting anything done today and not leaving my TV screens.
Glorious.
September 3rd, 2022 at 11:17 AM ^
My body is ready, although I may need a nap later on!!
September 3rd, 2022 at 11:24 AM ^
I wish both ND and OSU could both lose. But I don't want ND sneaking into the playoffs. We play OSU and if we take care of business beat OSU, we will easily defeat the west division winner and make it into the playoffs. I don't want to see a 1 or 2 loss ND making the playoffs. A loss against OSU will dash those playoff dreams of ND.
September 3rd, 2022 at 11:47 AM ^
I don't think ND will end up with only 1 or 2 losses. I think they will be a 9-3 or 8-4 team this season. I think they could easily lose to not only OSU but also @BYU, Clemson and @USC.
September 3rd, 2022 at 11:41 AM ^
Good point about that Florida/Utah. That should be interesting to watch before clicking over to see Team Assholes A vs. Team Assholes B in Columbus.
September 3rd, 2022 at 1:49 PM ^
Iowa in a real barnburner with SDSU at the half, 3-3.
Oh, that's South Dakota State, you say, and not San Diego State?
Yikes. /collarpull
September 3rd, 2022 at 1:58 PM ^
What can we say about this Iowa offense? PUTRID! I hope they keep playing like this into October.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
I'm no Iowa fan, but man their fans deserve better than Brian Ferentz. Their defense has outscored their offense against an FCS team at home. Ridiculous.
September 3rd, 2022 at 2:54 PM ^
Are they playing baseball? Iowa leading 5-3 in the 4th.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:16 PM ^
Foam, that’s exactly what I was thinking.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:17 PM ^
Seeing Iowa score 5 vs a FCS team is kinda amusing, but then you realize that Ferentz is probably keeping like 2 or 3 dagger plays in the backpocket just for the Michigan game so they'll score like 13 against us, and we could easily lose 13-10 to them.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:25 PM ^
No way Iowa holds this offense to 10. But it’s Iowa, so who really knows.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:32 PM ^
Even if they do, Iowa's offense has only scored a field goal today against FCS competition. 10 should be enough to beat them.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
I don't think this game means anything--it's not at all uncommon for Iowa to have at least one bad game against a terrible non-conference opponent. Hell, that 2016 Iowa team lost to North Dakota State.
I was kind of hoping SDSU would come back to win 6-5, but I see Iowa made it look a football score with another safety, 7-3.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:24 PM ^
If you said Iowa was up 7-3, I'd assume a TD.
Nope. Two safeties and an FG. Ridiculous.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:24 PM ^
Iowa experimenting with the "all safeties" offense
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:25 PM ^
Iowa's defense has four points. Its offense has three points.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
Brian Ferentz is guilty of football malpractice.
September 3rd, 2022 at 3:41 PM ^
Devin Gardner doing the Wyoming/Tulsa game.