Week 2 matchups
September 8th, 2016 at 8:41 AM ^
Arkansas at TCU will be interesting to see.
September 8th, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 9:49 AM ^
because Louisiana Tech held Arkansas in check to the tune of 21...but then again TCU gave up 41 to South Dakota State. I think TCU's lack of defense prevails and Arkansas wins 38-30ish
September 8th, 2016 at 11:21 AM ^
Arkansas should have been 0-2 to start the season.
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September 8th, 2016 at 3:00 PM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 8:45 AM ^
many more good games then
FSU at Louisville
ND State at Iowa
Colorado at Michigan
Oregon at Nebraska
Bama at Old Miss
Pitt at Ok State
Western at Illinois
Miss State at LSU
A&M at Auburn
MSU at ND
OSU at OU
USC at Stanford
UCLA at BYU
Texas at Cal
why couldn't some of these be week 2
September 8th, 2016 at 9:00 AM ^
except for North Dakota State?
Zzz
September 8th, 2016 at 9:02 AM ^
ND State has won like 5 straight titles
September 8th, 2016 at 9:13 AM ^
ND State is like 8-3 vs FBS competition since 2006 and have won their last 5 in a row. That will be a tough game for Iowa.
September 8th, 2016 at 9:45 AM ^
Serious manball team, that ND State... I saw a few highlights from last years FCS championship game - that OL was a beast! A few times the OL, as a unit, pushed 6-7 yds forward. The RB just skipped along behind them until something broke open, and then was immediately into the broken down secondary. They're well coached and disciplined. And I think they'll do some damage on Iowa. I can see them winning... Don't know if they will, but I could see it.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:26 PM ^
I will be keeping tabs on these Bison.
September 8th, 2016 at 11:11 AM ^
Week 3 looks like week 1.
I won't get shit done then either.
September 8th, 2016 at 12:15 PM ^
MSU has a bye before playing ND, while ND is playing Nevada a week after going on the road to Texas. No school will ever schedule power conference or historic program matchups in a week after opening against one.
An overload of marquee matchups on opening weekend, many of which could easily double as postseason bowl contests, were scheduled leaving slim pickings in Week 2. You just can't survive playing overly tough competition week in and week out, until conference play starts.
The fact that the SEC schedules non-conference like no other conference because it never leaves the region except on rare occasions, means there are some curious matchups in the first and third weeks of every season.
Our conference, the Big Ten, actually offers some of the best games this weekend, Illinois vs. North Carolina and Iowa vs. Iowa State, in one of the best in-state rivalries in the early season.
September 8th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^
To be fair, the reason MSU has a bye is not because of Notre Dame.
It was put into effect after Alabama cancelled their series with MSU and they had to scramble last minute.
September 8th, 2016 at 8:45 AM ^
Not because of the game, but because of the alternate uniformz AF is breaking out.
September 8th, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^
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September 8th, 2016 at 8:45 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
Is it just me or has this happened a lot in the last several years in particular where the best games seem to be tucked away in second-tier slots in the TV schedule or, even worse for some, cozy corners of regional conference programming? I could be way off here, but a significant number - certainly not all of them, of course - of the marquee games in each time slot have not been as interesting as you would have thought.
September 8th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 8:51 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 8:51 AM ^
Texas Tech @ Arizona State
BYU @ Utah
September 8th, 2016 at 8:53 AM ^
Time Game TV
Noon Boston College vs. Massachusetts in Foxborough, Mass. Comcast SportsNet Plus (in D.C. area)
Noon No. 5 Michigan vs. Central Florida ABC
Noon Pittsburgh vs. Penn State ESPN
Noon Nebraska vs. Wyoming ESPN2
Noon East Carolina vs. North Carolina State ESPNU
Noon Minnesota vs. Indiana State ESPNews
Noon No. 9 Georgia vs. Nicholls State SEC Network
Noon No. 20 Texas A&M vs. Prairie View SEC Network
Noon No. 22 Oklahoma State vs. Central Michigan Fox Sports 1
Noon Purdue vs. Cincinnati Big Ten Network
Noon Rutgers vs. Howard Big Ten Network
Noon Army vs. Rice CBS Sports Network
12:30 No. 2 Clemson vs. Troy WDCA-20 (in D.C. area)/ACC Network (elsewhere)
12:30 No. 3 Florida State vs. Charleston Southern Comcast SportsNet (in D.C. area)/ACC Network (elsewhere)
2 USC vs. Utah State Pac-12 Network
2:30 Kansas vs. Ohio MASN2 (in D.C. area)
3:30 Appalachian State vs. Old Dominion Comcast SportsNet Plus (in D.C. area)
3:30 Navy vs. Connecticut CBS Sports Network
3:30 Northwestern vs. Illinois State Big Ten Network
3:30 No. 10 Wisconsin vs. Akron Big Ten Network
3:30 No. 4 Ohio State vs. Tulsa ABC
3:30 No. 1 Alabama vs. Western Kentucky ESPN2
3:30 Duke vs. Wake Forest ESPNU
3:30 No. 18 Notre Dame vs. Nevada NBC
3:30 Florida vs. Kentucky CBS
3:30 No. 23 Baylor vs. SMU Fox Sports 1
4 No. 19 Ole Miss vs. Wofford SEC Network
4 Vanderbilt vs. Middle Tennessee SEC Network
4 Indiana vs. Ball State ESPNews
5 No. 8 Washington vs. Idaho Pac-12 Network
6 Richmond vs. Norfolk State Comcast SportsNet (in D.C. area)
7 No. 15 TCU vs. Arkansas ESPN
7 Mississippi State vs. South Carolina ESPN2
7 No. 11 Texas vs. UTEP Longhorn Network
7 South Florida vs. Northern Illinois CBS Sports Network
7:30 Utah vs. BYU Fox
7:30 No. 21 LSU vs. Jacksonville State ESPNU
7:30 Auburn vs. Arkansas State SEC Network
7:30 Missouri vs. Eastern Michigan SEC Network
7:30 No. 16 Iowa vs. Iowa State Big Ten Network
7:30 Illinois vs. North Carolina Big Ten Network
8 No. 17 Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech in Bristol, Tenn. ABC
8 UCLA vs. UNLV Pac-12 Network
10 Arizona State vs. Texas Tech Fox Sports 1
10:15 Boise State vs. Washington State ESPN2
10:30 San Diego State vs. California CBS Sports Network
10:30 No. 24 Oregon vs. Virginia ESPN
10:45 Arizona vs. Grambling State
September 8th, 2016 at 9:07 AM ^
impressed you know all of those off the top of your head
September 8th, 2016 at 9:08 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Maybe some of the osu you game too.... Keep thy enemies close...
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September 8th, 2016 at 8:53 AM ^
Can Oregon stifle Virginia's offense like Richmond did or will the Hoos figure things out against a defense with a lot of question marks?
September 8th, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
*They'll still win the game by 20+ though. 51-31.
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September 8th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
Bronco seemed to tailor his offense to his QBs at BYU, but I'm not sure what he's doing at UVA.
September 8th, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^
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September 8th, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^
That is a picture of a boy in a blonde wig. The director didn't want to ridicule a young girl...so he ridiculed a young boy.
September 8th, 2016 at 10:25 AM ^
Well at least he isn't sexist to women.
September 8th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
oh, so the director thought a male could handle the ridicule but not a female? so he's saying males are superior to females? sexist pig.
September 8th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
And now you're insulting those of the porcine persuassion and insinuating that sexist individuals should be equated with those selfless creatures? For shame! We need more moralistic PC outrage here!
September 8th, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
But I have Essence.
September 8th, 2016 at 9:01 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 9:43 AM ^
They're playing Akron, you probably won't garner much real deal info this week.
September 8th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
Probably not. I mean, when has a game against Akron ever yielded any meaningful information about a B1G team's later fortunes?
September 8th, 2016 at 1:38 PM ^
Never has a win haunted me as much as that one. I kept telling myself it was a fluke. Fluke. Dear God please let this game have been a fluke. Deep down inside, I knew it wasn't a fluke.
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September 8th, 2016 at 2:13 PM ^
That was the true beginning of the end for Hoke.
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September 8th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
Akron has been awful for a long time, but Bowden is doing a great rebuild there and is on the way to making them a force within the MAC. UM should never be at risk from them again, but I could see them taking down some of the other Big Ten teams in the near future (but not UW this weekend).
September 8th, 2016 at 9:05 AM ^
Florida can't score points against 11 traffic cones, and Kentucky just gave up 37 unanswered points to Southern Miss. But they're in the SEC, so one of them should be ranked.
September 8th, 2016 at 9:07 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 10:04 AM ^
to October 22nd when they play their primary/biggest/most important rival.
September 8th, 2016 at 9:15 AM ^
September 8th, 2016 at 9:17 AM ^
Week 2 sucks.