CFB TV Viewing this Week(end)
Thanks to a Hurricane, Wednesday AAC-tion is on this week.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
SMU at UCF, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Friday, Oct. 7
Nebraska at Rutgers, 7 p.m., FS1
Houston at Memphis, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
Colorado State at Nevada 10 p.m., FS1
UNLV at San Jose State, 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
Saturday, Oct. 8
Texas vs. Oklahoma in Dallas, Noon, ABC
Michigan at Indiana, Noon, Fox
Tennessee at LSU, Noon, ESPN
Purdue at Maryland, Noon, BTN
Louisville at Virginia, Noon, ACC Network
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan, Noon, CBS Sports Network
TCU at Kansas, Noon, FS1
Missouri at Florida, Noon, ESPNU
Arkansas at Mississippi State, Noon, SEC Network
Buffalo at Bowling Green, Noon, ESPN+
Akron at Ohio, 2 p.m., ESPN3
Georgia Southern at Georgia State, 2p.m., ESPN3
USF at Cincinnati, 2:30 p.m., ESPN+
Auburn at Georgia, 3:30 p.m., CBS
Utah at UCLA, 3:30 p.m., Fox
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m., FS1
Wisconsin at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m., BTN
Kent State at Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Virginia Tech at Pitt, 3:30 p.m., ACC Network
Middle Tennessee at UAB, 3:30 p.m., Stadium
Tulsa at Navy, 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
Ball State at Central Michigan, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Toledo at Northern Illinois, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
East Carolina at Tulane, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU
Liberty at UMass, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Ohio State at Michigan State, 4 p.m., ABC
Duke at Georgia Tech, 4 p.m., RSN/ESPN3
Washington at Arizona State, 4 p.m., Pac-12 Network
North Carolina at Miami, 4 p.m., ESPN2
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m., SEC Network
Western Kentucky at UTSA, 6 p.m., ESPN+
James Madison at Arkansas State, 7 p.m., NFL Network
UTEP at Louisiana tech, 7 p.m., ESPN+
Southern Miss at Troy, 7 p.m., ESPN+
Wyoming at New Mexico, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network
Appalachian State at Texas State, 7 p.m., ESPN+
Air Force at Utah State, 7 p.m., FS1
UConn at FIU, 7 p.m., ESPN3
Washington State at USC, 7:30 p.m., Fox
BYU vs. Notre Dame in Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m., NBC/Peacock
Iowa at Illinois, 7:30 p.m., BTN
Army at Wake Forest, 7:30 p.m., RSN/ESPN3
South Carolina at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
Kansas State at Iowa State, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
Clemson at Boston College, 7:30 p.m., ABC
Texas A&M at Alabama, 8 p.m., CBS
Florida State at NC State, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Coastal Carolina at ULM, 8 p.m., ESPN+
Oregon at Arizona, 9 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Fresno State at Boise State, 9:45 p.m., FS1
Hawaii at San Diego State, 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
Oregon State at Stanford, 11 p.m., ESPN
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:17 PM ^
Very sad that the NFL has completely monopolized Thursday nights now. Would love to see even a mountain west game start at 9 or 10.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:21 PM ^
I would watch a Mountain West game over the NFL, frankly.
On another note, a 4PM start on ABC is weird for the Meteor Bowl this weekend.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:26 PM ^
Eh longer for MSU fans to dread the impending doom, I am ok with that. Also even if the other team is OSU will still be a funny watch.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:30 PM ^
If Chris & Kirk are doing OSU/MSU (and there really aren't a ton of great ABC/Disney games this weekend - ESPN also has less games this weekend because they will be covering all the MLB playoff games), the 4 PM kickoff buys Kirk 30 more minutes on the plane ride up from Lawrence, KS.
The 2018 PSU @ U-M game had a weird kickoff time of 3:45 PM. Kirk called that game and had to fly up from Baton Rouge immediately prior.
I think that 3:45 kick was specifically because of that. Must be nice: 100K+ people literally waiting 15 extra minutes on account of 1 man.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:35 PM ^
Would assume Kirk would do the ABC night game (Clemson). 4 hours to travel from Kansas to East Lansing would be pretty difficult.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:43 PM ^
Difficult? It's a 2-2.5 hr flight on a private aircraft. He isn't going through lines waiting for Zone 3 to begin boarding...
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:47 PM ^
Nearest airport is 20-30 minutes from each stadium, more in game day traffic.
Can it be done? Sure. Is there a reason to when both are a top 5 team playing in expected blowouts? More people will watch the primetime game.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:08 PM ^
rc - a helicopter to/from "near the broadcast" - and, a private flight from Lawrence to Willow Run. Time won't be an issue.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:43 PM ^
We'll see. ABC scheduled it for 4 PM for some reason. It is doable: Lawrence-Lansing is a flight that's 280 miles shorter than Baton Rouge-Ann Arbor.
I remember someone tracked his 2018 journey on FlightAware: Kirk flew directly into ARB on a freaking turboprop (as opposed to a faster plane, but ARB is limited in handling jets). But he made it.
I do wonder whether ABC/ESPN had contingencies, though, if he didn't make it. E.g., if there's weather that delays a take-off or en-route.
October 3rd, 2022 at 5:41 PM ^
Turboprops are fine. If you can fly at 300 knots true the eastern United States gets pretty small really fast.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:23 PM ^
OSU/Sparty should be funny for the first quarter.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:36 PM ^
Day has been keeping Stroud in the game WAY too long to pad his stats for the Heisman. Would not be surprised to see MSU take a cheap shot when down 50 in the 3rd quarter.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:09 PM ^
rc - do you think they'll only be down 50 in the 3rd?
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:18 PM ^
Someone else mentioned this in another thread, but as the visitor OSU travels with 80 or so players so they can’t run the walk-ons out there in the 2nd half. This one could be a blood bath.
October 3rd, 2022 at 3:51 PM ^
If Sparty can't move the ball early, and hits a few three-and-outs, this one could be another 35-0 at the half. Hard to see anything but OSU mistakes keeping OSU out of the end zone nearly every series, and quickly.
October 3rd, 2022 at 9:41 PM ^
That's a 2-touchdown improvement over last year....
October 3rd, 2022 at 4:26 PM ^
Those OSU WRs are going to be expensive AF on FanDuel.
October 3rd, 2022 at 9:37 PM ^
It’ll be like a snuff flick
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:24 PM ^
I think my Saturday will read as follows:
Michigan at Indiana, Noon, Fox
Then:
Auburn at Georgia, 3:30 p.m., CBS
Second Screen/Surfing:
Utah at UCLA, 3:30 p.m., Fox
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m., FS1
Ohio State at Michigan State, 4 p.m., ABC
North Carolina at Miami, 4 p.m., ESPN2
Then some variation of...
Washington State at USC, 7:30 p.m., Fox
BYU vs. Notre Dame in Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m., NBC/Peacock
Iowa at Illinois, 7:30 p.m., BTN
Texas A&M at Alabama, 8 p.m., CBS
Florida State at NC State, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Oregon on upset alert?
Oregon at Arizona, 9 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Pac12 After Dark for the true insomniacs
Oregon State at Stanford, 11 p.m., ESPN
This kinda feels like one of those "die hard" college football fan weekends.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:11 PM ^
Iowa at Illinois will be of interest. How hot is this IL team is one question and can the IA defense handle them on the road. The IA offense has shown signs of life with there 2 TD drives in the late 3rd and late 4th quarters against Michigan. They'll need to keep that up. IL is another good defensive team so it could be tough going for he Hawkeyes. Since IL is on our schedule, Nov 19th at home, I'll be keeping a close eye on them until then.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:31 PM ^
Fairly bad week of football. Oklahoma vs Texas 'should' have been a big game.
When Michigan fans complain about beating Iowa at Iowa, just remember Oklahoma went from #5 to #40 in like 2 weeks. Just win.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:19 PM ^
Both unranked, who would have guessed?
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:34 PM ^
Geek - I can hardly wait until both Texas and Oklahoma are in the SEC.
My gut says - the SEC "as a whole" - will collectively be asking - "how did you play de-fense in the Big 12?" Yes - this is how we play de-fense here. Welcome to the SEC.
My guess - it will be at least eight years before either Texas or Oklahoma make it to the SEC CCG - assuming it's still played after the CFP expands to 12 teams.
October 3rd, 2022 at 3:54 PM ^
Agree. Feels like some of what happened when PSU and Nebraska entered the B10. Both fan bases thought an extended term of running the table was ahead of them. Not so much.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:35 PM ^
Kinda wish that Tenn/LSU game was later in the day. Those 3:30 matchups don't look too appealing. TT vs Okie St might be decent. OSU vs MSU will be disgusting. Sparty better hope for monsoon like conditions.
October 3rd, 2022 at 1:45 PM ^
That Friday night schedule... There's also actual high school football being televised that night, not just high school wannabe's.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:04 PM ^
#1 concern is Michigan at Indiana then OSU @ MSU at 4 PM. Penn Sate has a bye this week.
Near perfect October weather in Bloomington so I want to see a better than 21 point victory by the Maize and Blue. Go down there and handle business.
Any rain that falls in E Lansing will be OSU TD passes. Might as well root for another sparty blowout loss.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:11 PM ^
73 - like several others - I'll be cheering for the meteor on Saturday - around 4:00 pm.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:08 PM ^
Watching OSU drag MSU into the deep end/woodshed and reenact the denouement of Thermopylae is going to be hilarious.
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:09 PM ^
I’m really looking forward to Nebraska - Rutgers.
October 3rd, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
Sick bastard. There are children that read these posts!
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:47 PM ^
Appears to me that ESPN got suckered in by the same "Tuck Comin" sh$% as most of Spartan Nation.
Night games for both OSU-MSU and MSU-M (heavily rumored if not official yet) indicates that ESPN spent their "first choices" on these games assuming they were going to get some classic battles by involving the Spartans.
(I do think there is a strong chance that MSU may provide some classic games - but only for the opposing OSU and M fanbases.......)
October 3rd, 2022 at 2:48 PM ^
Tuck comin’?
October 3rd, 2022 at 3:55 PM ^
Geez -- he was here earlier. I swear. Did he leave?
October 3rd, 2022 at 3:01 PM ^
Oooh. That Utah - UCLA game...
October 3rd, 2022 at 3:01 PM ^
I thought Nebraska and Rutgers had already been played this season. Oh wait im thinking:
Iowa/Rutgers
Northwestern/Nebraska
Nebraska/Indiana
Honestly outside of the Iowa defense these are kinda the same teams.
October 3rd, 2022 at 4:02 PM ^
I separate away game weekends into two categories - A) watch, and B) score track.
Early game - Watching Michigan vs Indiana. Score track: Purdue at Maryland, TN at LSU, and TCU at Kansas.
Afternoon - watching for the first quarter - Bucks at Spartans. Score track: Utah at UCLA, other Top 25.
Evening - watching BYU at ND in Las Vega$ - hoping for a BYU win. Score track - other Top 25, cheering for Boston College, Washington State, and the meteor for A&M at Bama.
October 3rd, 2022 at 4:36 PM ^
Who to root for at 4pm on abc? Hmm what a predicament!
October 3rd, 2022 at 4:45 PM ^
VERY FUN week to see teams lose.
Either Sparty will get their 4th loss or (nevermind).
Either Texas will get their 2nd loss (and still not be “back”) or Oklahoma will get their 3rd (and go spiraling into the SEC move).
Either Tennessee will finally lose (cause they’re not “back”) or LSU and Brian Kelly will get their 2nd loss (with Bama, Florida, A&M and Ole Miss yet to come).
Either Utah gets loss #2 (ends playoff hopes) or UCLA gets one (ends playoff hopes).
Maybe A&M shocks Alabama again?
Maybe Auburn gets past Georgia?
Maybe Wash State takes out USC?
Hopefully BYU beats ND (making them 2-3 to start the year). Because to hell with Notre Dame.
October 3rd, 2022 at 9:01 PM ^
Can this one be pinned?
October 4th, 2022 at 2:11 AM ^
What happened to MACtion on weeknights? Is that a thing of the past?