Today's Schedule of Games

A well-deserved Bye week for us.  The rest of college football feels like it is taking a Bye week too, as there are not many really big games today that could go either way, like there have been the last few weeks.  Still, there are a few interesting games worth taking a look at. 

Here are some highlights:

At Noon on FOX: Iowa at #2 Ohio State.  I’m not sure why, but for some reason they are letting Ohio State play on the Michigan Football Network.  So we can scout them, I guess.  Michigan beat Iowa by playing it close to the vest, not making any mistakes, and then turtling when they got a 2 score lead.  I don’t think that Ohio State has the patience to play like that, they are not built that way.  They are going to want to blast out to a 21 point lead as quickly as possible knowing that Iowa has no chance to catch up from there.  It will take longer to get that 3 score lead than Ohio State wants, but they’ll get it by the second half and that will be all she wrote.

Also at Noon on ABC: #14 Syracuse at #5 Clemson.  Is Syracuse for real?  It would be damn cool if they were, and could beat Clemson on the road to stay undefeated.  But I’m not seeing it.  Maybe if the game was at Syracuse, I could.  The Carrier Dome . . . er, JMA Wireless Dome . . . is a funky place to play.  But the game is at Death Valley and Clemson appears to have sorted itself at this point of the season.  I’d like to see a better outcome for Dino Babers, but Clemson wins big.

In the Afternoon at 3:30 PM on CBS: #7 Ole Miss at LSU.  I’ll keep a side eye on this one.  LSU is starting to show a pulse and (the other) Death Valley is a tough place to play, even during the day.  I’m going with an LSU upset in this one.

Also at 3:30 PM on FOX: #9 UCLA at #10 Oregon.  Chip Kelly takes his DTR / Zach Charbonnet show on the road for his Oregon homecoming.  Autzen Stadium under the spotlight will be a tough place to play for a UCLA team that is not used to the limelight.  But they won’t hide in the shadows and UCLA will pull off the big win.

In the Evening at 7:30 PM on ABC: Minnesota at #16 Penn State.  We get a chance to see how good (or, uh, not good) our big win over Penn State really was.  They did not look like a very good team last week, but Penn State in a White-Out night game in Happy Valley is a different critter.  Both teams have some injury questions, but it won’t matter.  Penn State will get the win.

At 8:00 PM on FS1: #17 Kansas State at #8 TCU.  I am beyond glad that we don’t have to face Adrian Martinez this year.  Because when he’s on, he’s really f . . . well, you know.  And he’s really been on this year.  Turns out that Nebraska may have had a Scott Frost problem, not an Adrian Martinez problem.  TCU, however, will have an Adrian Martinez problem, and fall short of a win.

Finally, your Pac-12 After Dark Special - meaningless crazy football just for the fun of it:

At 10:30 PM on ESPN: Washington at California.  This is a classic Pac-12 After Dark Special game, the kind of game where Cal at home at night pulls off the upset against a bewildered Washington team.  Still, I just can’t go there.  The game will be all Pac-12-After-Dark for a while, but Cal won’t have enough to close the deal.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 2022:

AWAY            HOME      TIME         TV

NOON:

Iowa @ 2 Ohio State   12:00 PM   FOX

UT Martin @ 3 Tennessee   12:00 PM   SECN

14 Syracuse @ 5 Clemson   12:00 PM   ABC

21 Cincinnati @ SMU   12:00 PM   ESPN

Kansas @ Baylor   12:00 PM   ESPN2

UL Monroe @ Army   12:00 PM   CBSSN

Indiana @ Rutgers   12:00 PM   BTN

Houston @ Navy   12:00 PM   ESPNU

Akron @ Kent State   12:00 PM   ESPN+

AFTERNOON:

Duke @ Miami   12:30 PM   ESPN3

Toledo @ Buffalo   1:00 PM   ESPN+

Bowling Green @ Central Michigan   1:00 PM   ESPN3

Eastern Michigan @ Ball State   2:00 PM   ESPN+

Northern Illinois @ Ohio   2:00 PM   ESPN+

UNLV @ Notre Dame   2:30 PM   Peacock

West Virginia @ Texas Tech   3:00 PM   FS1

Rice @ Louisiana Tech   3:00 PM   ESPN+

7 Ole Miss @ LSU   3:30 PM   CBS

9 UCLA @ 10 Oregon   3:30 PM   FOX

20 Texas @ 11 Oklahoma State   3:30 PM   ABC

Boston College @ 13 Wake Forest   3:30 PM   ACCN

Memphis @ 25 Tulane   3:30 PM   ESPN2

BYU @ Liberty   3:30 PM   ESPNU

Purdue @ Wisconsin   3:30 PM   ESPN

Northwestern @ Maryland   3:30 PM   BTN

Western Michigan @ Miami (OH)   3:30 PM   CBSSN

Marshall @ James Madison   3:30 PM   ESPN+

Georgia Southern @ Old Dominion   3:30 PM   ESPN+

Florida International @ Charlotte   3:30 PM   ESPN3

North Texas @ UTSA   3:30 PM  

Vanderbilt @ Missouri   4:00 PM   SECN

Arizona State @ Stanford   4:00 PM   PAC12

Hawai'i @ Colorado State   4:00 PM  

Florida Atlantic @ UTEP   4:00 PM   ESPN+

Arkansas State @ Louisiana   5:00 PM   ESPN+

Southern Miss @ Texas State   5:00 PM   ESPN+

EVENING:

Fresno State @ New Mexico   6:30 PM   FS2

24 Mississippi State @ 6 Alabama   7:00 PM   ESPN

Boise State @ Air Force   7:00 PM   CBSSN

Minnesota @ 16 Penn State   7:30 PM   ABC

Texas A&M @ South Carolina   7:30 PM   SECN

UCF @ East Carolina   7:30 PM   ESPNU

17 Kansas State @ 8 TCU   8:00 PM   FS1

Colorado @ Oregon State   8:00 PM   PAC12

Pittsburgh @ Louisville   8:00 PM   ACCN

LATE NIGHT:

Utah State @ Wyoming   9:45 PM  

Washington @ California   10:30 PM   ESPN

San Diego State @ Nevada   10:30 PM   CBSSN