Alright, so we had a few weeks of weird posts there and skipped last week, but we are back on the road… just in time for the weakest college football week of the year. (Blame my sickness, and the finals crunch, for things being this late.) In a weird twist, every BCS conference except one has an effective title game this week… and the Big Ten had theirs a few weeks back, meaning the only two conferences in all of FBS not to have games that were considered effective title games at the time are the Mountain West and Sun Belt.
Honestly, the events of the last few weeks and missing last week have me thinking about whether or not I should keep doing the schedule. To be honest, it’s always been a bit of wankery so I can see my college football rankings next to each game (often as though they were on a ticker on some sports network), as well as see the connections between the rankings, the game, the TV, and the announcing teams. But no one has ever cared about the schedule or even the rankings, and while the schedule is never as time-consuming as the rankings, it’s still inconvenient as a piece of work I have to do in fall quarter but not the other quarters. So I’m starting a new Da Blog Poll asking you whether the schedule should stay, go, or whatever. The poll will stay up until the start of August, one of the longest polls I’ve ever done.
All times Eastern.
TOP 25 GAMES |
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#13 Nebraska |
v. |
#1 Texas |
8 PM |
ABC |
Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit, Lisa Salters |
#2 Florida* |
v. |
#5 Alabama |
4 PM |
CBS |
Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson |
New Mexico State |
@ |
#4 Boise State |
3 PM |
KTVB |
Mark Johnson, Tom Scott, Justin Corr |
#6 Cincinnati |
@ |
#11 Pittsburgh |
Noon |
ABC |
Sean McDonough, Matt Millen, Holly Rowe |
#22 Oregon State |
@ |
#10 Oregon |
9 PM TH |
ESPN |
Chris Fowler, Craig James, |
#19 Georgia Tech |
v. |
#20 Clemson |
8 PM |
ESPN |
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Erin Andrews |
South Florida |
@ |
#24 Connecticut |
8 PM |
ESPN2 |
Mark Jones, Bob Davie |
WATCHLIST AND OTHER POSITIVE B POINT TEAMS |
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Wisconsin |
@ |
Hawaii |
8 PT |
ESPN2 |
Terry Gannon, David Norrie |
West Virginia |
@ |
Rutgers |
Noon |
ESPN |
Dave Pasch, Bob Griese, Chris Spielman |
Arizona |
@ |
USC |
3:30 |
ABC |
Mike Patrick, Craig James, Heather Cox |
Houston |
@ |
East Carolina |
Noon |
ESPN2 |
Ron Franklin, Ed Cunningham |
Central Michigan |
v. |
Ohio |
8 PM FR |
ESPN2 |
Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore |
LINEAL TITLES |
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California* |
@ |
Washington |
6:30 |
CSN CA+ |
Barry Tompkins, Mike Pawlaski (CSN CA) |
THIS WEEK’S OTHER HD GAMES |
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Fresno State |
@ |
Illinois |
12:30 |
BTN |
Wayne Larrivee, Chris Martin, Charissa Thompson |
WAC |
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San Jose State |
@ |
Louisiana Tech |
2 PM |
ESPN+ |
Trey Bender, Jay Taylor |
SUN BELT |
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Arkansas State |
@ |
Western Kentucky |
7 PM TH |
CSS/CST |
Todd Kalas, Derek Rackley |
Florida Atlantic |
@ |
Florida International |
7 PM |
CSS/CST |
Todd Kalas, Derek Rackley |