Today's Schedule of Games

College Football + Fans: A match made in heaven.

Wow, today is like a smorgasbord where you have been thinking about the prime rib all day, your plate is filled to overflowing, and you still haven't gotten to that station yet. I don't think I have ever seen an opening weekend with so many meaningful "November" matchups.

At noon: Michigan - Western Michigan. After watching Ohio State and MSU play already this much is clear: It does not matter what your defense does or does not do, your offense has to score points. A lot of points. Will we finally see speed in space? Will we see play calling that does not look randomly-generated? Will we let our playmakers make plays? Don't hold back the game plan for next week, get that offense some reps. Get it polished now. 

Also at noon: Penn State at Wisconsin. I'm a Big Ten West fan today. I would have liked to see Bucky schedule this as a night game, but I still think they pull it off against PSU.     

At 3:30: Alabama - Miami. This game has been getting a lot of hype, but I don't see it. The tide will roll.

Also at 3:30: Indiana - Iowa. What strange times we live in. This is a meaningful game with Big Ten East implications, and it includes Indiana. I'm legitimately glad it is at Kinnick as a difference maker.

At 4:30, I'm quite curious about Louisiana - Texas. Texas can make a lot of noise moving money and conferences around, but can that grossly underachieving program do anything on the actual field? I think today still looks ugly.

At 7:30, the big one: Georgia - Clemson in Charlotte. This is a College Football Playoff Game that got its directions wrong and wound up on the wrong end of the season. And we get to benefit. I'm going with Georgia here. You don't just seamlessly replace Trevor Lawrence at Clemson.

At 8:00, for the ten of you that get the PAC 12 network: Montana - Washington could be worth a drop in look to scout for next week.

At 8:30: LSU - UCLA. There may not be many more of these matchups of SEC teams on the road against top OOC teams in the future, so enjoy it now. Go fighting Charbonnet's!

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Temple at Rutgers   BTN   12:00 PM

UL-Monroe at Kentucky   SECN   12:00 PM

Colgate at Boston College   ACCN   12:00 PM

Fordham at Nebraska   BTN   12:00 PM

Holy Cross at Connecticut   CBSSN   12:00 PM

W. Michigan at Michigan   ESPN   12:00 PM

Penn St. at Wisconsin   FOX   12:00 PM

Stanford at Kansas St.   FS1   12:00 PM

Tulane at Oklahoma   ABC   12:00 PM

Army at Georgia St.   ESPU   12:00 PM

Lafayette at Air Force    -   2:00 PM

Fresno St. at Oregon   PACN   2:00 PM

Rice at Arkansas   ESP+   2:00 PM

West Virginia at Maryland   ESPN   3:30 PM

Marshall at Navy   CBSSN   3:30 PM

Indiana at Iowa   BTN   3:30 PM

Alabama at Miami (Fla.)   ABC   3:30 PM

Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati   ESP+   3:30 PM

Massachusetts at Pittsburgh   ACCN   4:00 PM

Montana St. at Wyoming   FCBK   4:00 PM

Louisiana Tech at Miss. State   ESPU   4:00 PM

C. Michigan at Missouri   SECN   4:00 PM

Louisiana at Texas   FOX   4:30 PM

Northern Iowa at Iowa St.   ESP+   4:30 PM

San Jose St. at USC   PACN   5:00 PM

Gardner-Webb at Ga. Southern   ESP3   6:00 PM

Campbell at Liberty   ESP3   6:00 PM

Baylor at Texas St.   ESP+   7:00 PM

Cent. Arkansas at Arkansas St.   ESP3   7:00 PM

Akron at Auburn   ESP+   7:00 PM

Abil Christian at SMU   ESP+   7:00 PM

Monmouth at Middle Tenn.   ESP3   7:00 PM

E. Illinois at South Carolina   ESP+   7:00 PM

Syracuse at Ohio   CBSSN   7:00 PM

Missouri St. at Okla. St.   ESP+   7:00 PM

Nicholls St. at Memphis   ESP+   7:00 PM

Norfolk St. at Toledo   ESP3   7:00 PM

Oregon St. at Purdue   FS1   7:00 PM

Southern U. at Troy   ESP3   7:00 PM

Texas Tech at Houston   ESPN   7:00 PM

Northwestern St. at North Texas   ESP3   7:30 PM

N. Illinois at Georgia Tech   ACCN   7:30 PM

FAU at Florida   SECN   7:30 PM

UT-San Antonio at Illinois   BTN   7:30 PM

Georgia at Clemson   ABC   7:30 PM

William & Mary at Virginia    -   7:30 PM

So. Miss at South Alabama   ESP+   8:00 PM

Montana at Washington   PACN   8:00 PM

Kent St. at Texas A&M   ESPU   8:00 PM

ETSU at Vanderbilt   ESP+   8:00 PM

Duquesne at TCU   ESP+   8:00 PM

LSU at UCLA   FOX   8:30 PM

Bethune-Cook. at UTEP   ESP3   9:00 PM

New Mexico St. at San Diego St.   CBSSN   10:30 PM

Nevada at California   FS1   10:30 PM

BYU at Arizona   ESPN   10:30 PM

Utah St. at Washington St.   PACN   11:00 PM

Portland St. at Hawaii    -   11:59 PM