Gameday and early games open thread

College Gameday is at Evanston today for Northwestern v. Ohio State at 8 PM on ABC tonight

It looks like the Northwestern crowd is up and into this game, which should lead to a great atmosphere tonight.

Some highlight-ish games for the noon slate:

MSU v. Iowa - 12 PM on Espn 2

• Iowa looks to be vastly improved from last year and their defense should be enough to stall the MSU offense. The question is whether Rudock can have time in the pocket to find his tight ends.

Maryland (25) v. FSU (8) on Espn

• Is Jameis Winston for real? Maryland has not yet played a good team and could be used to wipe the floor. On the other hand, Florida State is seemingly slow to start and struggled defensively against Boston College and Nevada to start that game. 

Illinois v. Nebraska on Espn U

• Nebraska's defense always seems to turn a corner midseason... is this the game where they do that? If not, it's going to be a long day for the Huskers as Scheelhasse in Cubit's offense seems to have found a groove and the Illinois defense can probably do enough to stall the Huskers.