Friday, Sept. 6 Western Illinois at Indiana | 7 p.m. | Big Ten Network BYU at SMU | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 Duke at Northwestern | 9 p.m. | FS1 Saturday, Sept. 7 Arkansas at Oklahoma State | 12 p.m. | ABC Texas at Michigan | 12 p.m. | FOX Rhode Island at Minnesota | 12 p.m. | Peacock Bowling Green at Penn State | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network Akron at Rutgers | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network Georgia Tech at Syracuse | 12 p.m. | ACC Network Pitt at Cincinnati | 12 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2 Kansas State at Tulane | 12 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2 Troy at Memphis | 12 p.m. | ESPNU Army at Florida Atlantic | 12 p.m. | CBSSN McNeese at Texas A&M | 12:45 p.m. | SEC Network Tennessee Tech at Georgia | 2 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+ Missouri State at Ball State | 2 p.m. | ESPN+ St. Francis (PA) at Kent State | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+ Cal at Auburn | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 South Carolina at Kentucky | 3:30 p.m. | ABC Iowa State at Iowa | 3:30 p.m. | CBS Michigan State at Maryland | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network Eastern Michigan at Washington | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network South Dakota at Wisconsin | 3:30 p.m. | FS1 Northern Illinois at Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | NBC UMass at Toledo | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+ Duquesne at Boston College | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX Jacksonville State at Louisville | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX Charlotte at North Carolina | 3:30 p.m. | ACC Network Baylor at Utah | 3:30 p.m. | FOX Temple at Navy | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN UTSA at Texas State | 4 p.m. | ESPNU Middle Tennessee at Ole Miss | 4:15 p.m. | SEC Network Marshall at Virginia Tech | 4:30 p.m. | CW Network Idaho at Wyoming | 4:30 p.m. | truTV UAlbany at West Virginia | 6 p.m. | Big 12/ESPN+ Florida A&M at Miami (Fla.) | 6 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX Central Michigan at Florida International | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ Gardner-Webb at James Madison | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ East Carolina at Old Dominion | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ South Alabama at Ohio | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ Sam Houston at UCF | 6:30 p.m. | Big 12/ESPN+ South Florida at Alabama | 7 p.m. | ESPN Samford at Florida | 7 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+ Buffalo at Missouri | 7 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+ Kansas at Illinois | 7 p.m. | FS1 William & Mary at Coastal Carolina | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ Chattanooga at Georgia State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ Cal Poly at Stanford | 7 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX Virginia at Wake Forest | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 Louisiana at Kennesaw State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ San Jose State at Air Force | 7 p.m. | CBSSN Georgia Southern at Nevada | 7 p.m. | truTV Tulsa at Arkansas State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ UAB at UL Monroe | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ SE Louisiana at Southern Miss | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ Texas Southern at Rice | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ Northern Colorado at Colorado State | 7 p.m. | Mountain West Network Nicholls at LSU | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+ Tennessee vs. NC State (in Charlotte, North Carolina) | 7:30 p.m. | ABC Alcorn State at Vanderbilt | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU Colorado at Nebraska | 7:30 p.m. | NBC Western Michigan at Ohio State | 7:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network Stephen F. Austin at North Texas | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+ Houston at Oklahoma | 7:45 p.m. | SEC Network Appalachian State at Clemson | 8 p.m. | ACC Network Long Island University at TCU | 8 p.m. | Big 12/ESPN+ Southern Utah at UTEP | 9 p.m. | ESPN+ Boise State at Oregon | 10 p.m. | Peacock Northern Arizona at Arizona | 10 p.m. | Big 12/ESPN+ Texas Tech at Washington State | 10 p.m. | FOX Liberty at New Mexico State | 10:15 p.m. | ESPN2 Mississippi State at Arizona State | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN Oregon State at San Diego State | 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN Utah State at USC | 11 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Texas favored by 7.5 at the Big House. The only other top 25 matchup this weekend is #14 Tennessee at #24 NC State with Tenn favored by 8. I’ll be rooting for the underdog in both.
I like Texas and will be rooting for them because of Sark. I love watching excellent coaching - in particular on offense. I realize there are many who just want to see the underdog win - or will always root against our rivals. But I try to take a different approach. As for Tennessee......I really love their QB Nico! Fun to watch play. Also give him a lot of respect for sticking with Tennessee last year and waiting for Milton to finish out. That's the way to do it....and it really does pay off, as we are seeing!
More on Nico...... Iamaleava served as the backup quarterback to Joe Milton during the 2023 regular season before being named Tennessee's starting quarterback for the Citrus Bowl, played in January. In his first career start during the Citrus Bowl, Iamaleava threw for 151 yards and recorded four total touchdowns, one passing and three rushing, leading Tennessee to a 35–0 victory over Iowa. For his performance, he was named Citrus Bowl MVP. And: https://collegefootballnews.com/new...can-lead-program-to-college-football-playoffs
I like Sark too, very impressed with what he’s done there. I’m going to throw up in my mouth a bit on this next comment, but I enjoy watching Heupel’s UToothless offense (cringe, barf, shudder, more barf). I used to root for SEC teams almost always (except TN and GA of course) but I’m taking a different tack now. It’s been demoralizing watching the Butt Sniffers lap us while they climb the mountain, and I don’t want TN having any chance of doing the same. I hope both lose every game they play. Same for Bama and LSU. Throw Kentucky, Mizzou, and Tx AM in there, too. With TX I like Sark but Longhorn fans are already a bunch of strutting peacocks. I will root for them vs. GA, but their fans will be insufferable if they win the SEC their first year in the conference.
I have cable and also an Amazon fire box (not stick) to stream w/subscriptions to ESPN+, Netflix, and Peacock. The only one I am re-considering is Netflix. As an Amazon Prime member I also get Prime on streaming. Mostly because the rate keeps going up and am some point - on principle - I say enough is enough! A lot of folks have gone the YT TV route and are happy with it. All of this stuff should be free as for as I'm concerned......but no one cares what I think...lol.....
FYI.....I have no plans to do any game threads for tonight, but if there's one someone wants just let me know. ESPN isn't even going to air any games. Just one on ESPN2 that's probably not worthy of a thread - thanks!
FINAL SCORES from Week 2 Saturday, Sept. 7 No. 16 Oklahoma State 39, Arkansas 31 (2OT) No. 3 Texas 31, No. 10 Michigan 12 Minnesota 48, Rhode Island 0 No. 8 Penn State 34, Bowling Green 27 Rutgers 49, Akron 17 Syracuse 31, No. 23 Georgia Tech 28 Pitt 28, Cincinnati 27 No. 17 Kansas State 34, Tulane 27 Memphis 38, Troy 17 Army 24, Florida Atlantic 7 Lafayette 40, Monmouth 35 South Carolina State 23, The Citadel 20 Lehigh 49, Wagner 13 Georgetown 31, Marist 10 Lycoming 48, Widener 12 American International 28, Shippensburg 3 Texas A&M 52, McNeese 10 Campbell 24, Western Carolina 16 Sacred Heart 10, St. Anselm 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 32, Bowie State 19 Anderson (SC) 51, St. Andrews 14 Bucknell 35, VMI 28 No. 1 Georgia 48, Tennessee Tech 3 Ball State 42, Missouri State 34 New Hampshire 21, Holy Cross 20 Youngstown State 59, Valparaiso 25 St. Francis (PA) 23, Kent State 17 UNLV 72, Utah Tech 14 Cal 21, Auburn 14 South Carolina 31, Kentucky 6 Iowa State 20, No. 21 Iowa 19 Michigan State 27, Maryland 24 Washington 30, Eastern Michigan 9 Wisconsin 27, South Dakota 13 Northern Illinois 16, No. 5 Notre Dame 14 Toledo 38, UMass 23 Boston College 56, Duquesne 0 No. 22 Louisville 49, Jacksonville State 14 North Carolina 38, Charlotte 20 No. 11 Utah 23, Baylor 12 Navy 38, Temple 11 Wofford 26, Richmond 19 Stony Brook 81, Stone Hill 63 North Dakota State 52, Tennessee State 3 Texas State 49, UTSA 10 Bryant 21, Franklin Pierce 17 Virginia State 33, Norfolk State 24 Ole Miss 52, Middle Tennessee 3 Virginia Tech 31, Marshall 14 Idaho 17, Wyoming 13 East Tennessee State 61, UVA Wise 0 West Virginia 49, UAlbany 14 No. 12 Miami (Fla.) 56, Florida A&M 9 Florida International 52, Central Michigan 16 James Madison 13, Gardner-Webb 6 East Carolina 20, Old Dominion 14 Ohio 27, South Alabama 20 Elon 41, North Carolina Central 19 Towson 14, Morgan State 9 Villanova 28, Colgate 3 Hampton 33, Virginia Union 21 Alabama State 24, Miles College 3 Charleston Southern 24, Furman 20 Idaho State 50, Western Oregon 10 Morehead State 48, Kentucky Christian 7 Stetson 35, Warner 0 Shaw 43, Albany State 40 UCF 45, Sam Houston 14 No. 4 Alabama 42, South Florida 16 Florida 45, Samford 7 No. 9 Missouri 38, Buffalo 0 Illinois 23, No. 19 Kansas 17 Coastal Carolina 40, William & Mary 21 Western Kentucky 31, Eastern Kentucky 0 Georgia State 24, Chattanooga 21 Stanford 41, Cal Poly 7 Virginia 31, Wake Forest 30 Louisiana 34, Kennesaw State 10 San Jose State 17, Air Force 7 Georgia Southern 20, Nevada 17 Arkansas State 28, Tulsa 24 UL Monroe 32, UAB 6 Southern Miss 35, SE Louisiana 10 Rice 69, Texas Southern 7 Colorado State 38, Northern Colorado 17 North Carolina A&T 27, Winston-Salem 20 Central Arkansas 34, Lindenwood 13 Southern Illinois 31, Austin Peay 17 SE Missouri State 42, UT Martin 35 Illinois State 24, North Alabama 17 Eastern Illinois 27, Indiana State 20 Butler 19, Murray State 17 | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ North Dakota 27, Montana 24 South Dakota State 45, UIW 24 Prairie View A&M 37, Northwestern State 31 Lamar 28, Mississippi Valley State 14 Tarleton State 35, Houston Christian 18 Drake 35, Eastern Washington 32 Davidson 49, Catawba 14 Presbyterian 31, Erksine 14 Howard 32, Mercyhurst 31 Delta State 55, Missouri S&T 18 Valdosta State 27, Newberry 14 West Alabama 45, Tusculum 9 No. 18 LSU 44, Nicholls 21 No. 14 Tennessee 51, No. 24 NC State 10 Vanderbilt 55, Alcorn State 0 Nebraska 28, Colorado 10 No. 2 Ohio State 56, Western Michigan 0 No. 15 Oklahoma 16, Houston 12 TCU 45, Long Island University 0 Montana State 41, Maine 24 North Texas 35, Stephen F. Austin 20 Weber State 43, Portland State 16 No. 25 Clemson 66, Appalachian State 20 Abilene Christian 38, West Georgia 24 Eastern New Mexico 36, Sul Ross State at 17 Southern Utah 27, UTEP 24 No. 7 Oregon 37, Boise State 34 Pomona Pitzer 28, Carleton State 12 No. 20 Arizona 22, Northern Arizona 10 Washington State 37, Texas Tech 16 UC Davis 36, Texas A&M-Commerce 22 George Fox at Redlands | Postponed Liberty 30, New Mexico State 24 Arizona State 30, Mississippi State 23 Oregon State 21, San Diego State 0 No. 13 USC 48, Utah State 0 Friday, Sept. 6 Indiana 77, Western Illinois 3 BYU 18, SMU 15 SUNY Maritime 22, Mass Maritime 14 Springfield 38, Western New England 32 Duke 26, Northwestern 20 (2OT)
