Today's Schedule of Games
We started this wacky COVID season without a dog in the hunt, and we might finish it that way. We certainly don't have a dog in the hunt today, as Michigan - Maryland is cancelled for COVID.
But college football mercifully moves on without us, and there are a few games of interest today.
At noon, not much. Texas A&M at Auburn, I guess, but I don't think it will be close. There are some morbid-curiosity games, to see who winds up the most miserable if 1-5 Penn State loses to Rutgers, or 1-4 Nebraska loses to Purdue, or Ohio State looks bad against MSU after all the fuss about getting all their games in.
In the afternoon, Iowa State/Matt Campbell can play their way into an unprecedented Big 12 Championship game with a win over WVU. Indiana at Wisconsin should be interesting, but Indiana losing QB Penix will be tough to overcome.
In the evening, an impromptu meeting of undefeated teams caused by a Liberty COVID cancellation - BYU at Costal Carolina. Costal Carolina is a great story (admit it, you didn't know they were D1 either), and I hope they win. In this week's edition of "How Great Players Can Make Ordinary Coaches Look Like Great Coaches", a Joe Burrow-less Coach O and LSU will get crushed by Alabama. Cajun Brady Hoke indeed.
This week's Pac 12 After Dark Special(s) - meaningless and wacky games played just for the fun of it - UCLA at Arizona State and Oregon St. at Utah.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020:
AWAY HOME TIME TV
#4 Ohio State at Michigan State 12:00 PM ABC
#5 Texas A&M at Auburn 12:00 PM ESPN
#15 Oklahoma State at TCU 12:00 PM ESPN2
Western Carolina at #17 North Carolina 12:00 PM ACCN
Rice at #21 Marshall 12:00 PM ESPN+
Toledo at Northern Illinois 12:00 PM ESPN3
Kansas at Texas Tech 12:00 PM FS2
Texas at Kansas State 12:00 PM FOX
Nebraska at Purdue 12:00 PM BTN
Penn State at Rutgers 12:00 PM FS1
Memphis at Tulane 12:00 PM ESPN+
Arkansas at Missouri 12:00 PM SECN
Troy at South Alabama 2:00 PM ESPN3
Bowling Green at Akron 2:00 PM ESPN3
Ball State at Central Michigan 2:00 PM ESPNU
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan 2:00 PM ESPN+
Syracuse at #2 Notre Dame 2:30 PM NBC
UL Monroe at Arkansas State 3:00 PM ESPN3
#6 Florida at Tennessee 3:30 PM CBS
West Virginia at #9 Iowa State 3:30 PM ESPN
#12 Indiana at #16 Wisconsin 3:30 PM ABC
#19 Iowa at Illinois 3:30 PM FS1
#24 Tulsa at Navy 3:30 PM ESPN2
Boston College at Virginia 3:30 PM ESPN3
Stanford at #22 Washington 4:00 PM FOX
Georgia Tech at NC State 4:00 PM ACCN
#13 BYU at #18 Coastal Carolina 5:30 PM ESPNU
San José State at Hawai'i 6:00 PM -
Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern 6:00 PM ESPN+
#23 Oregon at California 7:00 PM ESPN
Colorado State at San Diego State 7:00 PM CBSSN
Colorado at Arizona 7:00 PM FS1
#3 Clemson at Virginia Tech 7:30 PM ABC
South Carolina at Kentucky 7:30 PM SECN
#1 Alabama at LSU 8:00 PM CBS
#10 Miami at Duke 8:00 PM ACCN
Baylor at #11 Oklahoma 8:00 PM FOX
Fresno State at Nevada 9:00 PM FS1
Wyoming at New Mexico 10:30 PM CBSSN
Oregon State at Utah 10:30 PM ESPN
UCLA at Arizona State 10:30 PM FS1
December 5th, 2020 at 1:19 PM ^
The Big Ten's about to give MSU the death penalty for daring hurt Justin Fields and the conference's crown jewel. Didn't you guys get the memo that goal #1 for this league is just to get OSU in the playoffs???
December 5th, 2020 at 1:37 PM ^
Lol. OSU just did the same thing to Lombardi and no penalty.
December 5th, 2020 at 1:50 PM ^
Fields threw the ball.
Lombardi was a ball carrier, so running back rules apply
December 5th, 2020 at 1:51 PM ^
I dont think the one on Fields should have been a penalty either but Fields had already passed the ball. Lombardi was running off his life when he got taken down.
December 5th, 2020 at 1:36 PM ^
Penn State is beating Rutgers 17-0 at halftime, literally the opposite of our game! If Cade doesn't have a perfect game, we would've lost. There's nothing about harbaugh and this staff that suggests they deserve another season.
December 5th, 2020 at 2:04 PM ^
I still think we’re the worst team in the East. If Cade wouldn’t have made every play he made and Schiano doesn’t turtle up and plays for a win instead of a field goal I think we’d be winless in the East. Jim is doodoo baby.
December 5th, 2020 at 4:02 PM ^
I agree. My God even Illinois looks much better coached, and overall better team. How the hell did we fall this fast.
December 5th, 2020 at 1:47 PM ^
With nothing to play for, Auburn does anyway and goes back up on top of TA&M.
December 5th, 2020 at 1:55 PM ^
I know it's a weird year....but Texas A&M at #5 has to be one of the most preposterously overrated teams of recent years
December 5th, 2020 at 2:22 PM ^
We lost to this MSU team that is getting pasted by OSU’s 2nd string???
December 5th, 2020 at 2:50 PM ^
Yup. We did. And the sad part about our game with MSU was that it was not as close as the score indicated. Michigan got out-coached, out-muscled, and out-classed by a mediocre MSU team.
That tells us exactly what we’re in store for next week. And all of OSU’s starters who are out this week will undoubtedly be healthy for the game next week.
72-3 OSU. Next week’s game will set Michigan Football back 5-10 years just by itself.
December 5th, 2020 at 2:23 PM ^
Nothing like being down 28-0 and punting from Ohio State's 41 on 4th and 5.
December 5th, 2020 at 2:54 PM ^
sounds like every Michigan team since 1997
December 5th, 2020 at 3:25 PM ^
Then you hit that putt into a sand trap. Now it's Michigan football...
December 5th, 2020 at 3:00 PM ^
lol, how many players is OSU missing again?
Making Tucker look like a first year coach with no spring practice and a decimated roster... which he is.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:10 PM ^
If you’re ever feeling bad about your program just pencil in a Jim Harbaugh coached Michigan team. That’ll help with the pain.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:51 PM ^
If Fields wants any chance at the Heisman then he absolutely needs to play Michigan next week. Hell, Lombardi was a Heisman hopeful after the Michigan game. /Isad
December 5th, 2020 at 3:02 PM ^
Amazing how MSU 3* QB, #1096 ranked player, is clearly better than Michigan's "once a generation" QB. Good god, Harbaugh has to fucking go.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:41 PM ^
Lol what? Dude came in when the game was already decided. Then OSU adjusted and he has been shut down since.
December 5th, 2020 at 4:21 PM ^
That has nothing to do with him clearly looking better than Milton.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:50 PM ^
Like Salvatore says above - OSU clearly prepped for Lombardi - stop the deep ball and the power run game. Once Thorne came in it took a bit for them to figure he can’t throw deep with any consistency and now they have basically shut down MSU sans the occasional Thorne scramble.
MSU fans have been screaming for Thorne most of the year but MSU coaches see the QBs all week and clearly feel Lombardi gives them the better chance to win. Essentially both of them are marginal but MSU feels there is a better chance for the occasional bomb by Lombardi than any consistent dink and dunk drives with Thorne.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:23 PM ^
Notre Dame looks like ass!
December 5th, 2020 at 3:28 PM ^
I haven't been watching. I just wanted to check the score.
The luxury of being up 45-10 early in the 4th quarter despite missing 23 players. It truly never ends for OSU unless they're playing Clemson or an SEC team.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:37 PM ^
Same team that almost lost at home to Indiana just a few weeks ago (with all their starts playing, too).
Let's see how OSU matches up against a "good" team this year (sadly, no one else in the Big Ten qualifies this season - with IU being the closest pre-injured Penix).
December 5th, 2020 at 4:20 PM ^
agreed, if Wisconsin loses today there is literally 2 fucking teams in the west with winning records...
The east is equally as fucking trash. only 2 teams with winning records in the east.
So the big ten this year has 4 teams with winning records
December 5th, 2020 at 4:25 PM ^
Ohio State was up 35-7 in the third quarter against Indiana. Justin Fields, who has thrown 3 interceptions in his 18 other games combined, threw 3 against IU alone.
So it's possible that the final score is a true reflection of the teams' strength. I think it's equally likely that OSU lost focus with a large lead in the second half, and that IU benefited from a very uncharacteristic, unlikely to be repeated performance from OSU's QB.
Unless you think OSU is poorly coached, it's difficult to imagine how they could not be one of the top 4 teams in the country, given the recruiting ratings of their players, and the presumed #2 pick in the NFL draft playing QB.
Next year they'll be in a much different spot, with a new QB with virtually no game experience as the starter, another one as the backup, and a true Freshman at 3rd string.
December 6th, 2020 at 6:22 AM ^
Did IU benefit from some luck? Absolutely, but IU isn't a team of superstars either. If they could come back and nearly tie the game on the road, think what a team full of NFL draft players (Bama, etc.) would do.
OSU strikes me as a medium-large fish in a small pond this season - they put up gaudy numbers against bad teams but probably couldn't keep up with the "big" fish.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:55 PM ^
It also highlights the poor athleticism on this MSU roster. Every time a play was in space, the OSU guys just ran around or away from the MSU defenders. MSU will actually get worse athletically after this senior class.
Unfortunately, it also shows the coaching malpractice by the UM O staff in the 2nd game. The inside runs were a waste because they didn’t set up enough plays on the edge or downfield to exploit MSU’s lack of talent. The D coaching was a travesty as well.
December 5th, 2020 at 4:05 PM ^
What was the score the last time OSU played an SEC team?
December 5th, 2020 at 4:08 PM ^
You're on the wrong blog, bud
December 5th, 2020 at 3:46 PM ^
That color commentator for OSU-MSU. . . my god is he insipid.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:54 PM ^
I hate osu. Even if we play them next week or not, they will change the rules for them as always.
December 5th, 2020 at 3:56 PM ^
Matt Campbell and Iowa State officially headed to Big XII title game with Texas beating Kansas State!
December 5th, 2020 at 4:11 PM ^
Iowa State, with a chance to lock-in a regular season Big XII title and a title game appearance look polished and motivated, despite one of the lowest ranked rosters by "stars". Yet they still have a running back in the Heisman race, a QB with nearly every record in school history, and big wins over the top teams in the conference.
If we haven't already had a talk with Matt Campbell or his agent, we're fucking buffoons. He's gonna do damage at whatever school he ends up with next year
December 5th, 2020 at 4:39 PM ^
He doesn't have an agent so it better have been him!
December 5th, 2020 at 4:12 PM ^
Campbell and ISU come out to play in 1st. Nice to see a squad kick you in the teeth from opening kickoff. Anyone who thinks Harbaugh is better coach now than Campbell is clueless! If we don’t get Campbell this year, we will regret it in a few years.
December 5th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
I hope if we are good again, we start getting calls like ND does.
December 5th, 2020 at 4:37 PM ^
You must be new to the B1G.
December 5th, 2020 at 5:27 PM ^
IUs backup is better than any QB on M’s roster
December 5th, 2020 at 5:57 PM ^
With every Big10 game I watch, the worse I feel about our team and the current state the program.
December 5th, 2020 at 6:10 PM ^
Wisconsin with another attempt to knock out a QB. Vicious hit to the head. I have no idea how they don't call that targeting. Yes it wasn't helmet to helmet but it was a shot to the head on a player that was down. Wisconsin is rising up to near-MSU level dirty play. Funny how when things aren't looking great, they suddenly knock out the opponent's QB.
December 5th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
Watching this game... refs have been helping out Wisc at almost every juncture.
December 5th, 2020 at 8:53 PM ^
Coastal Carolina with the upset. Their center is 5'9". Chadwell has these guys coached up and believing. He'll be coaching in the SEC next year. Fun close game to the very last second!