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The first weekend in October features a full slate of conference play for the first time all year in the Big 12. I for one refuse to give this Saturday a nickname (a la 'Separation Saturday', etc).
The action across the country gets going Thursday with Central Florida travelling to Houston followed by the prime-time game featuring Arizona at Oregon in Eugene. Methinks this one won't be coming down to a hail mary. Not that any of us will be watching it, anyway - Go Royals!
Friday night has Fresno State hosting San Diego State as well as #18 BYU hosting Utah State. Louisville and Syracuse also play each other, but who knows what conference either of them is in anymore so that game probably doesn't matter. Once again, I won't be watching. Go Royals!
Big 12 play kicks off early (11 AM Central) with Iowa State travelling to Oklahoma State. Baylor at Texas and Oklahoma at TCU get started at 2:30 (Central), while the new-look Mighty Mighty Jayhawks kick off at 3 PM our time. The night cap features boring Texas Tech at annoying Kansas State.
There are other games going on across the country, too. I'm sure some overrated SEC teams will be playing each other, like #15 LSU @ #5 Auburn, #6 TX A&M @ #12 Miss St, and #3 'Bama @ #11 Ole Miss. There's probably also some overrated Big 10 teams playing each other, like #19 Nebraska @ #10 Mich St. Don't forget the overrated big rivalry game this weekend, #14 Stanford @ #9 Notre Dame.
I'll let y'all decide which of those teams up there I was calling overrated. I mostly like just saying overrated. Especially when talking about the SEC.
ANYWAY - All times are EASTERN because I'm lazy. Happy football watching!
Thursday, Oct 2, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
UCF @ Houston | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
Florida Atlantic @ FIU | 7:00 PM | FSN |
Arizona @ (2) Oregon | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
Friday, Oct 3, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
Louisville @ Syracuse | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
San Diego State @ Fresno State | 10:00 PM | CBSS |
Utah State @ (18) Brigham Young | 10:15 PM | ESPN |
Saturday, Oct 4, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
Ball State @ Army | 12:00 PM | |
(20) Ohio State @ Maryland | 12:00 PM | ABC |
Florida @ Tennessee | 12:00 PM | SECN |
Purdue @ Illinois | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 |
(6) Texas A&M @ (12) Mississippi State | 12:00 PM | ESPN |
Iowa State @ (21) Oklahoma State | 12:00 PM | FS1 |
Marshall @ Old Dominion | 12:00 PM | FSN |
Southern Miss @ Middle Tennessee | 12:00 PM | AMSN |
Southern Methodist @ (22) East Carolina | 12:00 PM | ESPNU |
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina | 12:30 PM | ESPN3/ACCN |
Eastern Michigan @ Akron | 2:00 PM | ESPN3 |
North Texas @ Indiana | 2:30 PM | BTN/BTN2 |
Massachusetts @ Miami (OH) | 2:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Tulsa @ Colorado State | 3:00 PM | |
North Carolina State @ Clemson | 3:30 PM | ESPNU |
Wake Forest @ (1) Florida State | 3:30 PM | ABC/ESPN3 |
(14) Stanford @ (9) Notre Dame | 3:30 PM | NBC |
(17) Wisconsin @ Northwestern | 3:30 PM | ESPN2 |
(3) Alabama @ (11) Mississippi | 3:30 PM | CBS |
(4) Oklahoma @ (25) TCU | 3:30 PM | FOX |
(7) Baylor @ Texas | 3:30 PM | ABC |
Navy @ Air Force | 3:30 PM | CBSS |
New Mexico @ Texas-San Antonio | 3:30 PM | AMSN |
Buffalo @ Bowling Green | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Ohio @ Central Michigan | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Vanderbilt @ (13) Georgia | 4:00 PM | SECN |
Kansas @ West Virginia | 4:00 PM | FSN |
Oregon State @ Colorado | 4:00 PM | PAC12 |
Kent State @ Northern Illinois | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 |
South Alabama @ Appalachian State | 6:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Michigan @ Rutgers | 7:00 PM | BTN |
(15) LSU @ (5) Auburn | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
Texas Tech @ (23) Kansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPNU |
UTEP @ Louisiana Tech | 7:00 PM | FCS |
UAB @ Western Kentucky | 7:00 PM | |
Hawaii @ Rice | 7:00 PM | AMSN |
Toledo @ Western Michigan | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Louisiana-Monroe @ Arkansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Georgia State @ Louisiana-Lafayette | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Idaho @ Texas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Memphis @ Cincinnati | 7:00 PM | CBSS |
Miami (FL) @ Georgia Tech | 7:30 PM | ESPN2 |
South Carolina @ Kentucky | 7:30 PM | SECN |
Pittsburgh @ Virginia | 7:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Arizona State @ (16) USC | 7:30 PM | FOX |
(19) Nebraska @ (10) Michigan State | 8:00 PM | ABC |
UNLV @ San Jose State | 8:00 PM | ESNN |
Georgia Southern @ New Mexico State | 8:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Utah @ (8) UCLA | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
California @ Washington State | 10:30 PM | PAC12 |
Boise State @ Nevada | 10:30 PM | CBSS |