Today's Schedule of Games

College Football is back, Baby!

It's been off to a great start already . . . the Pitt - WVU, Penn State - Purdue, and Indiana - Illinois games were all fantastic.  Let's keep it going. 

At Noon on ABC: Colorado State at #8 Michigan.  Let's open up our present and see what we've got here.  We're all very excited and curious to see how the offense looks, and we'll certainly get at least some insight on that, but the real topic of interest toady will be what we look like on defense.  CSU's air raid offense will give us some challenges on where we have the most questions:  At linebacker.  We'll see how well the young / inexperienced LBs hold up and mature.  Michigan will win comfortably, but be prepared, it won't be by holding CSU to single digits. 

In the Afternoon at 3:30 on ABC: #11 Oregon at #3 Georgia.  Last year Oregon went on the road and took it to Ohio State in Columbus.  I'm sure Michigan spent some quality time with that film before last November 27th.  Can the Ducks do it again?  Nope.  I was really impressed with Georgia's coaching staff and schemes last year against us in the CFP.  They knew everything we were going to do.  They had counters ready for it.  They had counters ready for our counters.  They could have gotten by on talent alone, but they made sure their team had a coaching and scheme edge as well.  They will have the Dawgs more than ready for the Ducks.

In the Evening at 7:30 on ABC: #5 Notre Dame at #2 Ohio State.  I'll be rooting for Ohio St . . . er, rooting against Notre Dame in this one.  We have no say in what happens to Notre Dame this year.  But we'll certainly get a say in what happens to Ohio State.  Might as well have Ohio State take care of Notre Dame in our place.  But whoever loses, I want it to be in a humiliating, program-destroying fashion that makes them question whether they should even keep playing the sport.       

Also in the Evening at 7:00 on ESPN: #7 Utah at Florida.  This is an under the radar game that should be getting more hype.  Utah is for real, but how "for real" are they?  At night, on the road, in the Swamp, first game of the year is a good way to find out.  That would be a tall task for any team in the SEC.  It will be an even taller task for a nouveau Pac 12 team that is trying to emerge as a national program.  I'm thinking the Gators upset them here.

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NOON:

Sam Houston @ 6 Texas A&M   12:00 PM   SECN

Colorado State @ 8 Michigan   12:00 PM   ABC

13 NC State @ East Carolina   12:00 PM   ESPN

Central Connecticut @ UConn   12:00 PM    -

South Dakota State @ Iowa   12:00 PM   FS1

Buffalo @ Maryland   12:00 PM   BTN

Rutgers @ Boston College   12:00 PM   ACCN

North Carolina @ Appalachian State   12:00 PM   ESPNU

Delaware @ Navy   12:00 PM   CBSSN

Richmond @ Virginia   12:30 PM   ESPN3

AFTERNOON:

Northern Iowa @ Air Force   1:00 PM    -

S.E. Missouri State @ Iowa State   2:00 PM   BIG12|ESPN+

Bowling Green @ UCLA   2:30 PM   PAC12

11 Oregon @ 3 Georgia   3:30 PM   ABC

UTEP @ 9 Oklahoma   3:30 PM   FOX

Bethune-Cookman @ 16 Miami   3:30 PM   ACCN

23 Cincinnati @ 19 Arkansas   3:30 PM   ESPN

24 Houston @ UTSA   3:30 PM   CBSSN

Arizona @ San Diego State   3:30 PM   CBS

North Dakota @ Nebraska   3:30 PM   BTN

Norfolk State @ Marshall   3:30 PM   ESPN3

Tulsa @ Wyoming   3:30 PM   FS1

Troy @ 21 Ole Miss   4:00 PM   SECN

25 BYU @ South Florida   4:00 PM   ESPNU

UC Davis @ California   4:00 PM    -

Nicholls @ South Alabama   5:00 PM   ESPN3

Texas State @ Nevada   5:30 PM    -

EVENING:

Rice @ 14 USC   6:00 PM   PAC12

Morgan State @ Georgia Southern   6:00 PM   ESPN3

Florida Atlantic @ Ohio   6:00 PM   ESPN+

Middle Tennessee @ James Madison   6:00 PM   ESPN+

7 Utah @ Florida   7:00 PM   ESPN

Albany @ 10 Baylor   7:00 PM   BIG12|ESPN+

Illinois State @ 18 Wisconsin   7:00 PM   FS1

Miami (OH) @ 20 Kentucky   7:00 PM   ESPN+|SECN+

Mercer @ Auburn   7:00 PM   ESPN+|SECN+

Elon @ Vanderbilt   7:00 PM   ESPN+|SECN+

South Dakota @ Kansas State   7:00 PM   BIG12|ESPN+

Army @ Coastal Carolina   7:00 PM   ESPN+

Liberty @ Southern Miss   7:00 PM   ESPN+

UMass @ Tulane   7:00 PM   ESPN+

SE Louisiana @ Louisiana   7:00 PM   ESPN+

Grambling @ Arkansas State   7:00 PM   ESPN3

Utah State @ 1 Alabama   7:30 PM   SECN

5 Notre Dame @ 2 Ohio State   7:30 PM   ABC

Memphis @ Mississippi State   7:30 PM   ESPNU

Georgia State @ South Carolina   7:30 PM   ESPN+|SECN+

SMU @ North Texas   7:30 PM   CBSSN

Colgate @ Stanford   8:00 PM    -

Murray State @ Texas Tech   8:00 PM   BIG12|ESPN+

UL Monroe @ Texas   8:00 PM   LHN

Louisville @ Syracuse   8:00 PM   ACCN

Maine @ New Mexico   8:00 PM    -

LATE NIGHT:

Idaho @ Washington State   9:30 PM   PAC12

Boise State @ Oregon State   10:30 PM   ESPN

Kent State @ Washington   10:30 PM   FS1

Western Kentucky @ Hawai'i   11:59 PM    -