Sept. 2nd - 6th college football games
I was looking at the full Labor Day weekend schedule of college football games and I have to admit, it looks much more appetizing than previous years. A big reason for this is because half of the B1G is doing the mid-90's thing by opening their seasons with a conference opponent.
Thursday, Sept. 2nd -
Ohio State @ Minnesota (8:00 p.m.)
Friday, Sept. 3rd -
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech (6:00 p.m.)
Michigan State @ Northwestern (9:00 p.m.)
Saturday, Sept. 4th -
Penn State @ Wisconsin (Noon)
Indiana @ Iowa (3:30)
West Virginia @ Maryland (3:30)
Georgia @ Clemson (7:30)
Sunday, Sept. 5th -
Notre Dame @ Florida State (7:30)
I guess I should add that Alabama plays at Miami-Florida on Saturday, the 4th, if you're into that. Me personally, I've reached the point that watching the Tide, even on opening weekend, is pretty disheartening given that their talent is so head and shoulders above everybody else that you already know they're going all the way. Unless they're doing something for the greater good, like beating the tar our of Ohio State, I've found very little reason to watch them.
Unfortunately, Penn State's game against Wisconsin is the same time as our game with Western. So I'll be too busy saying a hundred prayers to GOD that we look nothing like last year. But Indiana/Iowa follows and that game sounds like it will be fun. And Clemson/Georgia sounds like an amazing night game for the first full Saturday of college football.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ^
Wow, this is a great slate for week 1
August 19th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
I have enjoyed that it seems like more big games are happening week 1. What seems to have happened at the same time is week 2 becoming increasingly dead
August 19th, 2021 at 5:34 PM ^
Week 2 will have OSU hosting #11 Oregon at noon and we're playing Washington under the lights. College gameday will be in Annapolis as Navy hosts Air Force. It's 9/11.
Also, a couple of good late games with BYU hosting Utah and USC hosting Stanford. If UM wins, I'll be reveling and watching until 2AM. If we lose, I'll skip the TV and just keep drinking.
August 19th, 2021 at 10:04 PM ^
Wow. I hope you are watching the TV late into the evening. I don't know how much uglier it could get otherwise.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ^
But Indiana/Iowa follows and that game sounds like it will be fun.
Does it though? lol Honestly, I'm racking my brain trying to think of a non-Michigan (and usually Michigan) involved Iowa game that was "fun" to watch. I guess it depends on your particular brand of tea. But, to me, Iowa football is a great 3.5 hour nap on Saturday.
Maybe this?
August 19th, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
Fair point. But it IS a conference game. Probably much better than if Iowa were playing somebody like Norfolk State. And I witnessed a lot of people here last year having orgasms over Tom Allen, even after we thought he was pretty much an ass for two seasons.
That game sounds like it has more potential, so to speak.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:14 PM ^
Hey, let's be honest, a 3.5 hour Saturday nap sounds pretty enticing on it's own merits. I'm down for a complete overreaction hypefest after a sound drubbing of a mediocre to bad WMU squad, followed by a well-deserved nap.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
I like watching good sound fundamental football, so watching Iowa is always fun. Every time I watch them I think "Michigan has a starter at almost every position better than these guys, if we just ran the same systems, we'd win a LOT of games".
Why that doesn't seem to ever happen, I have several dozen competing theories about.
August 19th, 2021 at 3:01 PM ^
Iowa was pretty fun to watch (when they weren't playing Michigan) during the Tavian Banks and Brad Banks (no relation) eras.
August 19th, 2021 at 4:37 PM ^
Iowa- boring as fuck. Indiana hopefully sticking it to the perennial B1G coach of the year on week one- fun to watch.
August 19th, 2021 at 5:20 PM ^
I liked watching the Iowa/OSU game in 2017 when Iowa won 55-24.
August 19th, 2021 at 9:16 PM ^
Ferentz hid that playbook for 20 years before unleashing it on one fateful Saturday afternoon.
August 19th, 2021 at 6:40 PM ^
Iowa vs PSU is usually a good watch.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:07 PM ^
Week zero Saturday is my wife's birthday so not sure how much I will catch, but there were a few good games set up there as well.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:10 PM ^
Sucks that PSU and Wisconsin game is at noon. I was hoping it would be 330 but at least Clemson/Georgia is late so I'll catch that full game after going to Michigan.
Don't sleep on week 0. Nebraska @ Illinois at 1pm next Saturday.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
Nebraska vs. Illinois, you say?
August 19th, 2021 at 3:26 PM ^
Hey I'll take it. Beats the crap out of most of the matchups that we tend to get for week 0. Although that 2019 game between Florida and YTM was pretty fun.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:46 PM ^
Same wrt Wisky/PSU. I’d DVR it but you know the score will be running on the chryon the whole UofM game.
August 19th, 2021 at 3:28 PM ^
I'll still probably tape it to watch through. Especially with no NFL games on Sunday and being off work Monday. PSU one of the most intriguing teams in the B1G to me this year.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:21 PM ^
Good shit Jedd. Bring on college football!
August 19th, 2021 at 5:52 PM ^
Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to following Arizona this year.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
UNC @ Va Tech is such a good game for a Friday night.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:30 PM ^
Friday night's a great night for football.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:31 PM ^
I feel the same as you about the Alabama Miami game, and Miami is a top 10 (to SP+ at least) team! It's a road game against a top 10 team with a brand new starting QB and I am incredibly confident Bama will win.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:47 PM ^
Bama will dominate. I am not sold on Miami (YTM) being a top 10 team.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
That game is actually a neutral site affair at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, so all the more reason for Bama to roll.
August 19th, 2021 at 4:17 PM ^
I mean, the games fine, but free fountain drink refills and the opportunity to see hobo Yeezy is all I need.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:33 PM ^
I just gave this rundown to my 9 and 7-year-old boys last night. We agreed that we will convince Mom we're watching football from 12pm-11:30pm on Saturday the 4th but promise to be outside all day on Sunday and do one fun thing she likes to do.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:37 PM ^
I'm excited, Michigan football is my soulmate and college football and I are kindred spirits!!!
August 19th, 2021 at 2:42 PM ^
Row the boat!
August 19th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
He needs to change that to "Sit on the Lap"
August 19th, 2021 at 3:21 PM ^
If she fell on her face she'd be bouncing up and down for a full ten minutes.
August 19th, 2021 at 3:30 PM ^
....either that or the ground will break.
August 19th, 2021 at 9:25 PM ^
Damn, look at the personality on that
August 19th, 2021 at 2:56 PM ^
That is fun, and I appreciate your making us aware.
August 19th, 2021 at 2:57 PM ^
Bama/Miami is actually in Atlanta and Clemson/UGA is in Charlotte.
August 19th, 2021 at 3:16 PM ^
Georgia-Clemson should be a good game, at least on paper. But UGA is getting hit pretty bad by the injury bug. Their best WR, George Pickens, is still recovering from an ACL tear, they just lost one of their starting TEs and DBs for a few weeks and the local radio down here in Atlanta feels fairly certain they won't be back by the time of the Clemson game, and then plenty of their other receivers are limited in practice or are just flat out not there for "personal reasons."
Not that UGA doesn't have talent elsewhere, but they're down quite a handful of bodies. And then even though Clemson doesn't have Trevor Lawrence anymore, their incoming starter got his feet wet plenty last year, especially in the game against ND. So it won't be his first rodeo.
I'm hoping its a close, fun-to-watch game, mostly because the wife is a die-hard UGA fan, but honestly it would not surprise me to see them lose by a couple TDs.
Alabama-Miami will be a snoozer. That game is over by halftime. But PSU-Wisconsin could be a fun one to watch. Hoping Michigan is up by enough in the second half where I can switch over to that game for a while.
August 19th, 2021 at 4:06 PM ^
Yeah, Clemson should cover easily given how Georgia's fall camp has gone thus far.
August 19th, 2021 at 4:33 PM ^
Georgia has no worse than a puncher's chance. They've still got a good shot, if for no other reason than they've got a ton of talent on that team. But they'll be asking a lot of guys who have proven nothing at the college level to step up and make plays against the second or third best team in America.
Georgia could win this game if Smart presses all the right buttons, or if someone emerges in the passing game and just takes over. But its more likely that Clemson wins by double digits.
August 19th, 2021 at 4:07 PM ^
That penis with ears who shills for the SEC on ESPN, Paul Whatever, is spending a lot of time painting a picture of two SEC teams in the playoff if Georgia beats Clemson early. His rationale: Clemson plays no one else.
Go Clemson.
August 19th, 2021 at 7:54 PM ^
I see what you mean, but that just means Clemson gets the guaranteed playoff spot instead Georgia or SEC team X. Actually if Clemson goes down, it miiiight open the door for a non power conference team to sneak in.
August 19th, 2021 at 3:28 PM ^
"There are ..."
(Gettin' excited.)
August 19th, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
I'm pretty pumped, already highlighted games to follow in week 1 from gameviewingguide.com (which is awesome btw). Besides the games mentioned, I also marked
Louisiana, who is ranked, vs Texas for the schadenfreude potential
N. Illinois vs Ga Tech, for the preview of our week 3 opponent
LSU UCLA for the rare PAC-SEC game
August 19th, 2021 at 5:40 PM ^
cant wait gif....too lazy to find it
THANKS FOR POSTING!
August 19th, 2021 at 5:49 PM ^
I'm there for all of it. Gimme FOOTBAW!!
August 19th, 2021 at 11:38 PM ^
WI vs PSU could be interesting. If WI steam roles PSU, then we may not have an on the road upset!