Prayers answered. Wishes granted. The wait is over...college football is here. (Thursday Night OPEN Thread)
Technically Georgia State played last night, but the real college football starts tonight. 4 hours until kickoff...plenty of pregame coverage...time to discuss. It's go time!
Here's the lineup:
| Thursday, August 28 | ||
| TIME (ET) | MATCHUP | TV |
| 6:00 PM | No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 9 South Carolina |
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| 7:00 PM | Wake Forest at Louisiana-Monroe |
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| 7:00 PM | Eastern Illinois at Minnesota | BTN |
| 7:00 PM | Howard at Akron |
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| 7:00 PM | Presbyterian at Northern Illinois |
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| 7:00 PM | Chattanooga at Central Michigan |
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| 7:30 PM | Idaho State at Utah | Pac-12 Network |
| 8:00 PM | Boise State vs. No. 18 Ole Miss* |
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| 8:00 PM | Cal Poly at New Mexico State |
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| 8:00 PM | Tulane at Tulsa | CBS Sports Network |
| 9:15 PM | Temple at Vanderbilt |
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| 10:00 PM | Rutgers at Washington State | FOX Sports 1 |
| 10:00 PM | North Dakota at San Jose State |
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| 10:30 PM | Weber State at No. 19 Arizona State | Pac-12 Network |
August 28th, 2014 at 4:17 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
Tebow is actually pretty good, Spears is meh, Fienbaum or whatever his name is...he sucks. He's too shock radio for TV.
They've got decent chemistry for Day 1, but it's just too much SEC slurping for me to ever watch this seriously.
Now I know I'm not missing anything.
August 28th, 2014 at 5:56 PM ^
Say what you want about Mus...I'll miss him on Saturday nights.
August 28th, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
Football is back!!! I'm in heaven!!!
No... wait.... an hour pregame with Tebow and Palmer/Mussberger combo in the booth!!! SEC Network!?!?! I'm in hell!!
Ah well... quoting AC/DC - "Hell ain't a bad place to be..." Just glad football is back.
August 28th, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^
This is so exciting. Even more exciting: South Carolina isn't playing NC St. Those games were brutal.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:02 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:05 PM ^
but that intro was pretty hype with towels and such.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^
????
August 28th, 2014 at 6:30 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:05 PM ^
I love college football so much.
What game socks and alternate gloves are to Wolverine Devotee...college football (any game) is to me. Such an amazing sport and level of competition.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
Could easily end in the high 40's, IMO. I think SC has a VERY good offense and this speed of the TAMU offense is an equalizer no matter who is at QB.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
can coach him some offense, impressive opening drive in a hostile environment with a new QB
August 28th, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
The guy creates space and mismatches in this conference where people said it would never be possible.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^
I haven't been this excited for Michigan football since 2007/2008.
This team is going to be solid and our rivals are suffering big time suspensions and injuries. I hate to bank on that...but we've got a real shot to win every game right now. That doesn't mean we will, but it was clear going into a few of these years that beating Alabama, OSU, MSU on the road, etc. was just going to be tough.
It was the same this year and then these suspensions and injuries happened.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:43 PM ^
Damn bro, you don't have to be a dick about it. The mods will take care of it if there is a need for them to.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
Great game thus far.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:47 PM ^
Jacksonville State set a whopping 49 school records in 2013. They also set 13 Ohio Valley Conference records and three NCAA records. Needless to say, it was an historic season for the FCS school in Northeast Alabama. The Gamecocks scored 24 times on drives of less than one minute last season, amassed 6,637 yards of total offense (1,755 yards more than any team in school history) and racked up 528 points (107 more than the previous record set in 1991). JSU's 65 touchdowns were a new school record, while its school record 48 rushing touchdowns also broke the OVC mark.I'm not going to get my hopes up too high for JSU to pull an upset, but it's pretty bizarre how similar the situation is for Sparty entering this season when compared to Michigan in 2007. Just played in Rose Bowl, highly ranked, big expectations and possibility to compete for a NC, home opener against a top tier FCS team, Oregon in week 2.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:47 PM ^
How does JSU's team look this year? Do you know if they lost a lot of players from a season ago?
August 28th, 2014 at 7:08 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
Okay, I have a confession to make.
I like Steve Spurrier. I don't know what it is. I can't put my finger on it. But I like the OBC.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:47 PM ^
Musberger called Connor Shaw a scrub!
August 28th, 2014 at 6:48 PM ^
/Bacari'd
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August 28th, 2014 at 6:52 PM ^
Everyone said that even when they played together. Doesn't seem far fetched to me.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:05 PM ^
I think that's because he is.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:16 PM ^
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August 28th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
Watch highlight video. Davis has better straight line speed.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:01 PM ^
and the Aggies' offense is looking rather impressive.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:12 PM ^
First drive is pure Gopher. Big run, dropped pass, dropped pass, third and long draw play that gets stuffed.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:17 PM ^
Wow Kenny Campbell looks good. Or maybe Sumlin's offense is just that good....or both
August 28th, 2014 at 7:17 PM ^
TAMU's offense is something else to watch. Good grief.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:23 PM ^
was live on every thread like SNNation sites are, it's just a much better system, I don't have to refresh to see who responded and possibly having an interesting chat with someone(s).
So which thread should we all be on?
Sorry for disrespecting your blog that way Brian, just sayin' man
August 28th, 2014 at 7:33 PM ^
Gopher offense is like the anti-A&M. They look terrible so far.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
...but I want S. Carolina to get 3 here and get 7 on the first drive of the 2nd half...let's have a good game.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
Watts!
August 28th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^
Myles Garrett is a freshman too with that sack at the end.
August 28th, 2014 at 7:55 PM ^
can't wait to see Peppers on Saturday
August 28th, 2014 at 8:08 PM ^
Is ole miss playing syracuse?
August 28th, 2014 at 8:22 PM ^
Sheesh. What a let down this USCe/TAMU game has been. I was really hoping for a close game, but man, TAMU is dominating.
August 28th, 2014 at 9:58 PM ^
good quarterbacking
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at the Akron game
August 29th, 2014 at 10:24 AM ^
as happy as I am about the Ol Ball Coach getting steam rolled last night?