Today's Schedule of Games
A Big Ten showdown in Happy Valley, and a lot of subplot games with upset potential this week (Please don’t be us. Please don’t be us. Please don’t be us. Kthx).
Here are some highlights:
At Noon on FOX: #2 Ohio State at #13 Penn State. It’s dumb to do the “We beat team [fill in the blank] by more/less than Ohio State did” as a predictor of how we will do against them. Different teams play each other differently. But I’m going to do it anyway as I watch this game. It would be awesome to watch Ohio State struggle with Penn State in areas where Michigan had no problems, and see that maybe Ohio State does not really have it all figured out running the ball and defending the run like they claim. Penn State won’t win, but here is hoping that they can give OSU something to think about and fret over as November 26th looms ever closer.
Also at Noon on ABC: Notre Dame at #16 Syracuse. Any time Notre Dame loses a game, it is good for us. We constantly compete with them for top recruits. Any Notre Dame win is a nauseating media-driven Return To Glory ™, especially with a new coaching regime. Spare me please. So I’ll be rooting hard for a Syracuse win and a Notre Dame loss. Plus Dino Babers seems like a cool guy, and Syracuse deserves a break because they got chumped hard last week by the refs “Ohio State treatment” of Clemson. But . . . the world is not a fair place. This will be an ugly Notre Dame win.
In the Afternoon at 3:30 PM on CBS: Florida at #1 Georgia. The "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party". This has typically been a big game nationally, but it’s under the radar this year. Courtesy of Florida. They looked like they had a pulse early in the year, but it was a false dawn. I’ll take a peek at this game for the pageantry of it, but it won’t be much of an actual football game. Georgia wins big.
Also at 3:30 PM on FOX: #9 Oklahoma State at #22 Kansas State. This is a game to stay in the hunt for the Big 12 title. This game hinges on whether Adrian Martinez can play, and play 100%. He’s the difference maker (suck it, Scott Frost). If he can go effectively it will be a KSU win. If not, THE OSU will win it. I’ll be optimistic here and go with KSU to win.
Also at 3:30 PM on ABC: #17 Illinois at Nebraska. Nebraska is a quirky team that has some talent (suck it, Scott Frost). They have not put all the pieces together yet, but they are capable of it for a game. I think this will be that game. They will play inspired and focused and take down Big Ten West leader Illinois in an upset. The winner of the Big Ten West could easily have four losses when it is all over. Even Northwestern is not actually out of it. Stupid. Embarrassing. Fun.
In the Evening at 7:00 PM on ESPN: #19 Kentucky at #3 Tennessee. Kentucky specializes in these kinds of games where they look like a real ranked team in the middle of the season that looks like they could pull off a big SEC upset. But they seldom do, and by season’s end their attention is turning to basketball. They won’t do it today either, and Tennessee stays on a roll.
At 7:30 PM on ABC: Michigan State at #4 Michigan. If I’m Sparty, I am arm-punting Rocky Lombardi-style on every play and hoping for astonishing catches by Reed (or astonishing pass interference calls against Michigan). On defense I am putting 10 in the box and run blitzing like crazy to take away Harbaugh’s “favorite way to win”. There is a 95% chance they will lose in humiliating fashion doing that, but there is a non-zero chance they can pull off a win. It’s happened before. I hope that Harbaugh is not too stubborn to take what they leave on the table and club them to death with it. Our favorite way to win should be to not let them hang around and think they have a chance.
Also at 7:30 PM on SECN: #15 Ole Miss at Texas A&M. Nobody is talking about this game, but if I'm Ole Miss I am nervous as hell. Texas A&M is erratic to say the least. They lost to App State . . . but then they nearly beat Alabama. You don’t know what team you are going to get week-to-week and that’s why Ole Miss should be nervous. I’m predicting the upset here: Texas A&M in a convincing win.
Finally, your Pac-12 After Dark Special - meaningless crazy football just for the fun of it:
At 10:30 PM on ESPN: Stanford at #12 UCLA. This week is a half-off Pac-12 After Dark Special. It’s only meaningless to Stanford. UCLA is trying to stay in the Pac 12 title hunt, and will play like it. Only 200 people will be there to witness it, but UCLA will win and stay alive in the Pac 12.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 2022:
AWAY HOME TIME TV
NOON:
2 Ohio State @ 13 Penn State 12:00 PM FOX
7 TCU @ West Virginia 12:00 PM ESPN
Notre Dame @ 16 Syracuse 12:00 PM ABC
Arkansas @ Auburn 12:00 PM SECN
Oklahoma @ Iowa State 12:00 PM FS1
Boston College @ UConn 12:00 PM CBSSN
Georgia Tech @ Florida State 12:00 PM ACCN
South Florida @ Houston 12:00 PM ESPN2
Toledo @ Eastern Michigan 12:00 PM ESPNU
Miami (OH) @ Akron 12:00 PM ESPN+
AFTERNOON:
Miami @ Virginia 12:30 PM ESPN3
Charlotte @ Rice 2:00 PM ESPN3
Rutgers @ Minnesota 2:30 PM BTN
Old Dominion @ Georgia State 3:00 PM ESPN+
Florida @ 1 Georgia 3:30 PM CBS
8 Oregon @ California 3:30 PM FS1
9 Oklahoma State @ 22 Kansas State 3:30 PM FOX
10 Wake Forest @ Louisville 3:30 PM ACCN
17 Illinois @ Nebraska 3:30 PM ABC
20 Cincinnati @ UCF 3:30 PM ESPN
Northwestern @ Iowa 3:30 PM ESPN2
New Mexico State @ UMass 3:30 PM ESPN3
Temple @ Navy 3:30 PM CBSSN
SMU @ Tulsa 3:30 PM ESPN+
Robert Morris @ Appalachian State 3:30 PM ESPN+
North Texas @ Western Kentucky 3:30 PM -
Missouri @ 25 South Carolina 4:00 PM SECN
South Alabama @ Arkansas State 4:00 PM ESPNU
EVENING:
19 Kentucky @ 3 Tennessee 7:00 PM ESPN
10 USC @ Arizona 7:00 PM PAC12
Colorado State @ Boise State 7:00 PM FS1
Coastal Carolina @ Marshall 7:00 PM NFL NET
UAB @ Florida Atlantic 7:00 PM CBSSN
Michigan State @ 4 Michigan 7:30 PM ABC
15 Ole Miss @ Texas A&M 7:30 PM SECN
Arizona State @ Colorado 7:30 PM ESPNU
Baylor @ Texas Tech 7:30 PM ESPN2
Pittsburgh @ 21 North Carolina 8:00 PM ACCN
Middle Tennessee @ UTEP 9:00 PM ESPN+
LATE NIGHT:
Stanford @ 12 UCLA 10:30 PM ESPN
San Diego State @ Fresno State 10:30 PM FS1
Nevada @ San José State 10:30 PM CBSSN
Wyoming @ Hawai'i 11:59 PM -
October 29th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
That may say more about OSU than them.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:37 PM ^
PSU could field the 85 Bears defense and Frames would still manage to ruin them.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
If Penn St doesn’t score on this drive I’m gonna have to flip it over and root for Syracuse
October 29th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
That I think is the right call.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
Miyan Williams is OSU's "attempted" version of H2. How's that?
October 29th, 2022 at 12:37 PM ^
IMO OSU's defense is a lot better this year. Time will tell if they can hold up on the line against our running game, but they seem much better organized and faster than last year
October 29th, 2022 at 12:39 PM ^
I feel like PSU is shitting the bed.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
Not buying it.
Nobody has punched them in the mouth. They are getting stupid turnovers.
Is that sustainable? Don't think so if they play a team that grinds it.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
They're getting turnovers because they're putting teams in obvious passing downs. Especially in CFB that's a recipe for turnovers
Yea, there's a bit of a luck/Petras factor too
October 29th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^
Not sure Penn State has 10 points in them.
Maybe Iowa has some advice . . .
October 29th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
My prediction a couple of days ago was that OSU is going to pound PSU, and I haven’t seen anything so far to convince me otherwise.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^
This game is going to be more lopsided than expected.
And seeing happy Buckeyes is sickening.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:44 PM ^
Michigan fans have talked themselves into hyping up PSU's chances because it makes our win vs them look better and feeds hope for Michigan's chances in 4 weeks.
People don't wanna hear it but it'd be a significant upset for Michigan to win in Columbus. It's not impossible, of course, but people should also understand that OSU is a really, really good team which will have spent the better part of 12 months preparing for Michigan.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:47 PM ^
I’m not expecting a win. I’m praying for one. That game will be insanely difficult to win.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
OSU still soft.
October 29th, 2022 at 1:05 PM ^
Weird, the more I watch Ohio the more confident I get. Their offense doesn’t seem as explosive. I like our chances in a battle of ten play drives, it’s Ohio scoring in four that had me worried.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:39 PM ^
Take so far is Michigan will run on the Bucks. Without a doubt
October 29th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
Bad month for Frames.
Gets crushed on the ground by Michigan.
Getting crushed in the air by Ohio State.
They like to think they are one of the top 3 teams in the Big Ten. That's debatable.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
Mike Yurcich is a dumbass. You're gashing the OSU DL and yet you keep throwing the ball. He also did nothing to try and attack Michigan's linebackers two weeks ago. Makes sense that Frames would hire an OC who's equally as bad of an in-game coach.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
PSU had a nice run last series. Then they have 2 bad play calls with a pick. Let us see how they do now. It is still early but odds are not in PSU's favor right now.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
Nice holding job by Burke so he didn’t get his speed up to catch that
October 29th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
Holding. Twice on the same play.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
Clifford blows but how is it 2022 and still nobody can comprehend what “indisputable video evidence” means? Mike Pereira talking about how he can triangulate multiple videos gives me flashbacks to last year’s state game and the overturned fumble/TD by Aiden Hutchinson.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:44 PM ^
James Franklin drawing up today's offensive game plan
October 29th, 2022 at 12:45 PM ^
OSU isn’t getting the run blocking done. Same look as the Iowa game. Now Williams hurt. The pass is still deadly tho
October 29th, 2022 at 12:45 PM ^
Sean Clifford is terrible at American football.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:47 PM ^
OSU looks ripe for the picking.
Just as soft as last year.
Winning in the Shoe will be tough, but they soft.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:48 PM ^
"The knee, the knee... it's always the knee." No it's fucking not Gus, it's the fucking hand, and then he doubles down after his handle dangling and being held by the wrist. Clown.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:49 PM ^
The World Famous Knee.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:50 PM ^
He had his trademark remark "world famous Buckeyes"
October 29th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
That was a really awkward bend of the wrist. If he broke something that's a big loss for OSU.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
Nothing is ever a big loss for OSU. If a good player happens to get injured (which is rare) his backup will end up being 10 times better.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:49 PM ^
Amazing fake FG for a TD by OU!
October 29th, 2022 at 12:50 PM ^
Man Iowa put up a better fight than PSU
October 29th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
Franklin needs to get the hook and save the remainder of the game. Clifford is bad
October 29th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
Williams is OSU running game. They suck without him.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Glad to see Ohio states Oline is still garbage
October 29th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Ha ha OSU. You still can't run the ball.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
Meanwhile elsewhere: Syracuse threw a pick six on the first play of the game. But they are currently tied with Notre Dame 7-7.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
Yeah, let's have a Syracuse loss to reduce Clemson SoS.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
If PSUs offense could get out of its own way, this would be much closer. I know it's only a 10 point game, but you can't turn the ball over and expect to beat OSU
October 29th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
OSU player was holding his hand. Cheap bastards.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:55 PM ^
Should be running until OSU proves they can't.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
We have a game again. At least for now.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
Great job by Washington to break tackles.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
There we go PSU
October 29th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
TD PSU!!!!!
October 29th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
Ohio State's corners suuuuuuuuuck
October 29th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
That's Ohio State's world-famous tackling,
October 29th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
wow, PSU is alive!