Today's Schedule of Games

November "playoff" football in the Big Ten is here.  Win and advance.

At noon: Michigan - Penn State (ABC).  Even with injuries, Michigan matches up pretty well with Penn State.  Especially if Clifford is not 100%.  And especially, especially if Clifford is not 100%, but thinks he is.  This will be a game Harbaugh was born for: run the ball, play-action pass, play disciplined defense, limit turnovers.  Learn from the mistakes of others (Hi Maryland) and keep Dotson contained, contained, contained.  Clifford will try to run, healthy or not, so don't leave open lanes for him on third downs.  On the road at Penn State is a hard place to play, and our recent history there has not been good.  Things can and do go south in a hurry.  So I am nervous about this game.  But still, my gut says this will be a sound methodical win for Michigan.

Also at noon: Oklahoma - Baylor (FOX).  Oklahoma had been living on the edge for a while, until the switch to Caleb Williams at QB.  Now they look like a complete team.  But Baylor will be a challenge in Waco.  They got caught looking ahead to this game against TCU, but they will be fully engaged for this one.  In the end however, Oklahoma will have too much fire power for Baylor to keep pace.

In the afternoon at 3:30: Purdue - Ohio State (ABC).  Can Purdue do it again?  They have beaten #2 Iowa on the road and #3 Michigan State at home so far.  Now #4 Ohio State looms.  David Bell can have a field day against the Ohio State secondary and put a scare into the Buckeyes.  I doubt it will be enough, but you still have to watch just in case.       

Also at 3:30: Minnesota - Iowa (BTN).  Two teams you had written off weeks ago are actually stil alive for the Big Ten West title.  So this is a (really bad) playoff game of sorts.  But even bad meaningful November football is good football.  Minnesota will beat Iowa by scoring actual points, something Iowa has not yet considered.

Also at 3:30: Georgia - Tennessee (CBS).  Tennessee is starting to show a pulse.  That's nice, but it will take a full on aneurysm to beat Georgia.  Still, Tennessee will give Georgia some fits early on before Georgia pulls away in the second half.

Also at 3:30: Miami - Florida State (ESPN).  Oh how the mighty have fallen.  This used to be the game of the year in its prime in the '80s and '90s.  Now, not so much.  I blame it on tearing down the Orange Bowl.  But I'll take a peek at it for a bit anyway, just for nostalgia sake.

Also in the afternoon at 4:00: Maryland - Michigan State (FOX).  I don't like watching Sparty any more than I have to.  But thanks to overturned video review shenanigans, here we are.  Maryland can test Sparty's porous secondary, so it could get interesting.  But they can't do it enough, so I will ultimately be wasting my time.  Oh well, consider it a Maryland scouting exercise.  

In the evening at 7:00: Texas A&M - Ole Miss (ESPN).  I don't really care about this game all that much.  I just like the idea that by the time it starts, people will have been tailgating at the Grove the entire day.  Bucket list.  Ole Miss will win the tailgate, but Texas A&M will win the game.  Kiffin will say something stupid.

Also in the evening at 7:30: Notre Dame - Virginia (ABC).  Virginia will typically plod through a season in unspectacular fashion, but every once in a while they will rise up and bite someone in the ass.  This could be one of those games.  I think this will be a fourth quarter game, but Notre Dame pulls it out in the end.

Also in the evening at 7:30: NC State - Wake Forest (ACCN - no I don't know how you get it either).  If for some strange reason you can actually get this, it should be a pretty good game to stay at the top of the ACC Atlantic division (no I don't know who is in it either).  I'm going with NC State.  I may have to read a newspaper on Sunday morning to find out who won.      

Late evening at 10:30: Your Pac 12 After Dark Special - crazy meaningless football just for the fun of it - Washington State - Oregon (ESPN).  If this was at Pullman it could actually be a meaningful game.  Weird juju stuff happens at Pullman in the Pac 12.  But at Eugene, the Ducks will get along just swimmingly.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2021:

AWAY                               HOME        TIME        TV

NOON:
New Mexico State at #2 Alabama   12:00 PM   SECN

#6 Michigan at Penn State   12:00 PM   ABC

#8 Oklahoma at #13 Baylor   12:00 PM   FOX

Mississippi State at #17 Auburn   12:00 PM   ESPN

Northwestern at #18 Wisconsin   12:00 PM   ESPN2

Samford at Florida   12:00 PM   ESPN+

UConn at Clemson   12:00 PM   ACCN

Syracuse at Louisville   12:00 PM   ESPN3

Rutgers at Indiana   12:00 PM   BTN

Maine at UMass   12:00 PM    -

West Virginia at Kansas State   12:00 PM   FS1

UCF at SMU   12:00 PM   ESPNU

East Carolina at Memphis   12:00 PM   ESPN+

Houston at Temple   12:00 PM   ESPN+

Bucknell at Army   12:00 PM   CBSSN

AFTERNOON:
#24 Utah at Arizona   2:00 PM   PAC12

Western Kentucky at Rice   2:00 PM   ESPN+

Georgia State at Coastal Carolina   2:00 PM   ESPN+

South Alabama at Appalachian State   2:30 PM   ESPN+

Georgia Southern at Texas State   3:00 PM   ESPN+

#1 Georgia at Tennessee   3:30 PM   CBS

#19 Purdue at #4 Ohio State   3:30 PM   ABC

Minnesota at #20 Iowa   3:30 PM   BTN

Southern Miss at #23 UTSA   3:30 PM   ESPN+

Charlotte at Louisiana Tech   3:30 PM    -

Florida International at Middle Tennessee   3:30 PM   ESPN3

Florida Atlantic at Old Dominion   3:30 PM   ESPN+

UAB at Marshall   3:30 PM   CBSSN

Miami at Florida State   3:30 PM   ESPN

Boston College at Georgia Tech   3:30 PM   ESPN3

Duke at Virginia Tech   3:30 PM   ACCN

Iowa State at Texas Tech   3:30 PM   ESPN2

Louisiana at Troy   3:30 PM   ESPN+

Maryland at #7 Michigan State   4:00 PM   FOX

South Carolina at Missouri   4:00 PM   SECN

UTEP at North Texas   4:00 PM   ESPN+

Tulsa at Tulane   4:00 PM   ESPNU

Hawai'i at UNLV   4:00 PM    -

Arkansas State at UL Monroe   5:00 PM   ESPN+

Stanford at Oregon State   5:30 PM   PAC12

EVENING:
#11 Texas A&M at #15 Ole Miss   7:00 PM   ESPN

Kentucky at Vanderbilt   7:00 PM   ESPN2

Arizona State at Washington   7:00 PM   FS1

Air Force at Colorado State   7:00 PM   CBSSN

New Mexico at Fresno State   7:00 PM    -

#9 Notre Dame at Virginia   7:30 PM   ABC

#16 NC State at #12 Wake Forest   7:30 PM   ACCN

#25 Arkansas at LSU   7:30 PM   SECN

Kansas at Texas   7:30 PM   ESPNU

TCU at #10 Oklahoma State   8:00 PM   FOX

Colorado at UCLA   9:00 PM   PAC12

LATE EVENING:
Washington State at #3 Oregon   10:30 PM   ESPN

Nevada at #22 San Diego State   10:30 PM   CBSSN

Utah State at San José State   10:30 PM   FS1