I have and it is somewhere very near zero
Week 1
Some good looking games, mixed in with plenty of chicken crap scheduling of weak-sister teams by the big boys for easy non-conference wins.
No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 1 Georgia (in Atlanta, Georgia) | 12 p.m. | ABC
The headliner game. No easy task for Georgia. Big rival game going a long ways back.
Virginia Tech vs. Vanderbilt (in Nashville, Tennessee) | 12 p.m. | ESPN
The Hokies aren't what they used to be, but they're still good enough to waltz by the Commodores
Illinois State at No. 25 Iowa | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Iowa shuts them out. An easy, but low scoring victory for the Hawks.
Bucknell at Navy | 12 p.m. | CBSSN
Just the sort of game the Middies need to kick off the year.
UConn at Maryland | 12 p.m. | FS1
???
No. 8 Penn State at West Virginia | 12 p.m. | FOX
A lot tougher than Penn St bargained for.
Chattanooga at No. 15 Tennessee | 12:45 p.m. | SEC Network
BS scheduling by little UT.
Upper Iowa at Butler | 1 p.m. | FloSports
Who TF is "Upper Iowa"?
South Dakota State at No. 17 Oklahoma State | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
More BS scheduling. Still, the Pokes have a bad habit of dropping easy games early in the year.
Portland State at Washington State | 3 p.m. | CW Network
Easy victory on the Palouse.
No. 19 Miami (Fla.) at Florida | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
The other semi-headliner. Florida hasn't been themselves recently, and Miami is ranked. Watch for a Gator upset in the Swamp.
North Dakota at Iowa State | 3:30 p.m. | FS1
More early season chicken poop scheduling.
Merrimack at Air Force | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN
"Merrimack". Maybe if they played Navy--that was a ship in a famous naval battle in the Civil War.
UTEP at Nebraska | 3:30 p.m. | FOX
It would be funny if the Miners upset the Huskers. But don't count on it.
Akron at No. 2 Ohio State | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
Miami (Ohio) at Northwestern | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Little Miami could get the upset here.
Old Dominion at South Carolina | 4:15 p.m. | SEC Network
There visiting crowd will be very well dressed.
UC Davis at Cal | 5 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX
Cal
Ave Maria University at Stetson | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
The Catholics vs. the Cowboy Hats.
Idaho State at Oregon State | 6:30 p.m. | CW Network
Beavs munch
Western Kentucky at No. 5 Alabama | 7 p.m. | ESPN
W. Ky is actually not a bad team. Bama will still spank them.
Furman at No. 6 Ole Miss | 7 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+
Ole Miss is good this year, really good. Crank up the generator for that scoreboard.
Tarleton State at Baylor | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Cow milkers vs. people who drink milk at a sports bar.
UNLV at Houston | 7 p.m. | FS1
Coogs
UT Martin at No. 18 Kansas State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
KSU - Kleiman's stock will keep steadily trending up until KSU is a perennial ranked team. Maybe a usual Top 15 team. They've got the coaching down up there.
Sam Houston at Rice | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Surely the MOB would never stoop so low as to mock the police...
Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Good bands.
Alabama A&M at Auburn | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+
What kind of chicken crap scheduling is this!
No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 20 Texas A&M | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
Irish. A&M finds a way to self-destruct.
Fresno State at No. 9 Michigan | 7:30 p.m. | NBC
Wolves could start slow, but they'll get on a roll and overwhelm the Bulldogs.
Idaho at No. 3 Oregon | 7:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
High scoring a$$ whipping here.
UCLA at Hawai'i | 7:30 p.m. | CBS
Bruins have too many horses for Da' Bows. Bows should be better than last year, but that ain't saying much. Long term, not only do they have to recruit against what used to be the PAC, now they have to recruit against UT.
Abilene Christian at Texas Tech | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+
An interesting cultural battle of West Texas here. Tech will obviously whip their tight hineys. The non-drinking West Texans vs. the heavy drinking West Texans.
Southern Miss at Kentucky | 7:45 p.m. | SEC Network
Interesting matchup. KY wears them down for the W.
Houston Christian at SMU | 8 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX
A religious battle (well, not really...)
Grambling at Louisiana | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
2 interesting subsets of the residents of The Boot meet. Cajuns prevail in this one.
New Mexico at No. 21 Arizona | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN
Zona. Even without the guys that transferred to UT.
Wyoming at Arizona State | 10:30 p.m. | FS1
WYO in the upset.
Weber State at Washington | 11 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Please.
Sunday, Sept. 1
No. 23 USC vs. No. 13 LSU (in Las Vegas, Nevada) | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
This is a VERY interesting one, as either of these 2 teams this year could break out and restore their great winning traditions, or break down into oblivion. USC has a long history of travelling to big games in the Deep South, against higher ranked Southern teams, and kicking the absolute sh!t out of the host Southern team. There is much more high school football top-end talent in California than in Louisiana. Then there's the coaching... Look for the Trojans to upset the Bayou Bengals.
Monday, Sept. 2
Boston College at No. 10 Florida State | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
FSU is still mad from the playoff selection last year. They have a statement to make.
GT jumped up and bit them. I think they rebound and get the W over BC. .But I could be wrong...
OU 51
I figure Sonny will bounce back this year. Not 11-1 or 10-2, but maybe 9-3 or so.
I don't know. I haven't talked to Bucky in a while. Even though he is an Aggie legend, Bucky never acted like an Aggie. Great family
After scoring three times, they got one called. That first attempt was a TD anywhere but Palo Alto. These guys are bad by Big XII standards.
Unexpectedly had coffee with him in Hobby several years ago. Great conversation and was very humble about everything we discussed especially football. Good dude.
* Predict TEXAS-GEORGIA *
Sat, Oct 19 • 6:30 PM on ABC
