Week 2 Viewing Guide

[IrishLion]

Alright gentlemen, here is your week 2 viewing guide. It's kind of a disappointing slate of games, but it's only week 2, so any football is still good football.

As usual, I will include the big games, but also some others that may interest only me:

Thursday, September 10th
8:00pm, FS1 - Louisiana Tech at Western Kentucky (WKU has a stellar offense. Tech has former Florida QB Jeff Driskel, and stud RB Kenneth Dixon)

Friday, September 11th
9:00pm, ESPN2 - Utah State at #24 Utah (Chuckie Keeton is very good, but didn't look great to start the season... can he upset Utah)

Saturday, September 12th
11:30am, ESPN - South Florida at #11 FSU (Golson will see a team somewhat better than Texas State, but still won't be tested.)
12:00pm, ABC - Oregon State at Michigan (Early start for Oregon State. Can they wake up before Harbaugh's guys get momentum?)
12:00pm, CBSSN - Army at UConn -(It was this, or Buffalo at PSU LOL)
3:30PM, ABC - #9 NOTRE DAME at VIRGINIA - LET THE IRISH SAVE YOU FROM A CRAPPY SLATE OF GAMES
3:30pm, CBS - #10 Georgia at Vandy (Why not. It's football.)
3:30pm, ESPN2 - Fresno State at #17 Ole Miss (UPSET ALERT)
4:45pm, FOX - Iowa at Iowa State (Only here out of curiosity to see Allen Lazard)
6:00pm, ESPN - #19 Oklahoma at #23 Tennessee (Save us, decent matchup, you're our only hope!)
7:30pm, ESPNSEC - Kentucky at South Carolina (If UK had Elijah Hood, they'd run him 40 times, unlike UNC.)
8:00pm, ABC - #7 Oregon at #5 MSU (After watching ND dismantle Virginia, enjoy an actual close game on ABC.)
8:00pm, ESPNNews - Temple at Cincinnati (Future opponent vs former QB. Do some scouting.)
9:15pm, ESPN - #14 LSU at #25 Mississippi State (Watch two overrated SEC teams clash and prop eachother up later.)
10:15pm, ESPN2 - #20 Boise State at BYU (Taysom Hill is out, but Tanner Mangum might be pretty good.)
10:30pm, FS1 - UCF at Stanford (Would be hilarious to watch Stanford drop another.)

 

[wizards8507]

I hate these weeks with garbage at noon and then an awesome lineup of primetime games all happening at the same time.

 

[IrishLion]

I hate these weeks with garbage at noon and then an awesome lineup of primetime games all happening at the same time.

The schedule is hot garbage early in the day. I wish Houston/Louisville was on TV at 12, rather than the other options. And the only thing really saving the afternoon is ND.

Tennessee/Oklahoma should be good at 6:00pm, and obviously Oregon/MSU at 8:00pm, but I don't know if I'd go so far as to consider two big games a "lineup."

I'll be at Temple/UC. Really curious to see how Temple's D holds up against the Bearcats offense.

 

[wizards8507]

Tennessee/Oklahoma should be good at 6:00pm, and obviously Oregon/MSU at 8:00pm, but I don't know if I'd go so far as to consider two big games a "lineup."

LSU - Mississippi State and Boise State - BYU is better than we usually get post-8:00.

 

[irishfan]

Who is everyone pulling for in MSU/Oregon? I don't particularly like seeing MSU win, but I also enjoy seeing Oregon lose. I think I'm pulling for Sparty.

 

[ACamp1900]

I'll root for the Pac 12 over the BIG in just about every single conceivable match up that doesn't involve USC.

 

[wizards8507]

1. I kind of like Sparty.

2. I definitely hate Oregon.

3. A Sparty win is better for Notre Dame. There's a remarkably high chance that the Big 10 champion will be undefeated Ohio State, and thus guaranteed a playoff spot. Notre Dame needs two conference champions to miss the playoff in order to get in. That means we want weak conference champions from the Pac, Big 12, SEC, and ACC. We need any potential champions from those conferences to lose out-of-conference games. Thus, we want the Big 10 to win every out-of-conference game against a Power 5 opponent as a general rule (the exception being against common opponents).

 

[IrishLion]

Who is everyone pulling for in MSU/Oregon? I don't particularly like seeing MSU win, but I also enjoy seeing Oregon lose. I think I'm pulling for Sparty.

I'd like to see Oregon win, and then drop a game later. Then, one-loss MSU can move forward and beat Ohio State. Chaos!

 

[wizards8507]

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