Terrible CFB Scheduling this Saturday

So the best game in the Noon timeslot is Michigan 15 v. Iowa

That's good emough for me

I would have to say the Michigan 15 v. Iowa wins by default because, well, it's Michigan.  What other game would any of us at this site watch?

I wasn't exactly going to watch another game at noon anyway...

even think the ARK or OKST game are even a game.....LSU v ALA game is gonna set records so good luck to whomever wants to compete. I can't see the bama offense doing too much even with trent richardson but the bama defense is flawed. I'm guessing the game ends LSU 17 ALA 10

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/10/cbs_catches_lightning_in_a_bot.html

It's actually something ESPN and CBS worked out together. CBS wanted to improve their ratings so they had to give up some future negotiating rights to ESPN or something. 

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I wouldn't blame the schedule (the times that the games are scheduled) so much as the match ups. Obviously, the two games that are most interesting to us are the Michigan game and the LSU-Alabama game. Besides that, what are they supposed to do? Pretty much everyone of the other games are mismatches. I'm sort of intrigued to see how Kansas State does at Oklahoma State, but even that, I would guess, might not be a great game. It won't matter to me. On Saturday, I'm going to consume as much college football as possible.

SEC night game is inaccurate.  ESPN carries a night SEC game just about every weekend.  It's CBS who is stepping on ESPN's territory here.

CBS's timeslots for SEC games are usually noon and 3pm.  CBS opted to claim Air Force/Army away from VS for their usual 3:30 slot.

The ABC/ESPN night game depends on your market, and ABC has a night game every week.  This week you either get  Wake Forest/Notre Dame or you get Oklahoma State/Kansas State.  Whichever is on ABC, the other is on ESPN, its like this every week.

penn state at nebraska will be a good game

A&M-OU>Stanford-Oregon St. OSU is god awful. A&M has at least been competitive in every game this season.

That's the only game I wrote down on the "Games To Watch" list, so I think we are in agreement here. Apart from that, Oregon vs.Stanford might get a peek only because I wonder what's in this fall at Phil Knight's House Of Discounted Uniforms. 

I am glad cbs moved the game to 8. I would have had to watched ND vs Wake Forest if that wasn't on.

?? OK is 7-1 and ranked #6 in the BCS standings. If the Sooners run the table from here on out—not an impossible thing—at worst they'll end up in a BCS bowl game, and there's still an outside chance they could end up in the BCS championship game, if enough teams in front of them lose a game or two.

Is everyone forgetting that the Minnesota/MSU upset special is playing at noon as well? That should be a game to remember for the ages.

When did 7-8 pm become the major timeslot for big college games?  Didn't it used to be 3:30?  There really does seem to be a lack of good day games this year.  

I prefer to leave the ESPN/CBS politics out of it. I don't have all day to watch all the games. I'm not sure about you, but I only flip to other games when the main game I want to watch is on commercial, so I could really care less about having two high caliber games on at once.

I'm perfectly satisfied with Kansas St vs Oklahoma St as the alternate for the 8pm game. I think the LSU vs Alabama game is going to be awesome.

I could care less about the mid-day games since I normally have stuff to do between a noon game and the night game. I could really care less about what other games are on in the same time slot as the Michigan game.

Do you really sit down and watch all the games from Saturday to where this is really bothering you?

My schedule says only two games are being played this weekend anyway: UM-Iowa and LSU-Bama.

Dude, Michigan v Iowa at noon. Air Force v Army at 3:30 and then LSU-Bama at night. I doubt this day could line up any more perfectly.

Anytime Michigan is on TV in my market is good in my book.

Count yourself lucky, buddy. Up here in remote Alaska I can't get the BTN and therefore missed 4 Michigan games so far this year. So, I am THRILLED to see Michigan play this Saturday at 8AM, Alaska time. In fact, I'd be thrilled to watch them at 1AM! Be thankful for what you have.

For Example:

For the CBS game you don't even need another cable box, just a splitter.

I really like the primetime schedule this weekend

A lot of great games for all my TVs

Whats the problem again?

Again ESPN trying to show it's muscle....

Great article over on USA Today questioning if ESPN is behind the whole conference realignment mess going on. I cant link but a very good read....

I think it sets up perfectly. I can watch the M game, go do some stuff with the fam and be back the the house in front of the TV for the Bama v LSU  contest and get drunj. 

I don't know if any y'all are like me, but it really depends on how M does. If they lose, I can't stand football. I freaking hate it and never want to see it again. I was such a pissy baby, I'm not even sure I'd have watched LSU v. Bama after the loss. In fact, it was a good thing for me that the bye came when it did, cuz I didn't even miss football that week. But when they win, I will watch any craptastic disgusting game of football I can lay my eyes on, no matter what the matchup. Its weird.

The Washington-Oregon game starts at 10pm. Last game at husky stadium until 2013.