You Know What? (The Week 4 NFL TV Schedule)

No….no, I’m not going to fucking discuss this idiocy. Schedule. Right. Fucking. Now.

American Networks

Miami at Buffalo1:00Seattle, Spokane, Buffalo, Rochester, Watertown, Burlington, Boston, Presque Isle, Detroit
Baltimore at Cleveland1:00Cleveland
Denver at Chicago1:00Detroit
LA Rams at Indianapolis1:00Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane
Minnesota at Carolina1:00Minneapolis
Washington at Philadelphia1:00Detroit, Watertown, Burlington, Boston, Presque Isle
Cincinnati at Tennessee1:00Buffalo, Rochester
Las Vegas at LA Chargers4:05Minneapolis
Arizona at San Francisco4:25Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane
New England at Dallas4:25Minneapolis, Detroit, Buffalo, Rochester, Watertown, Burlington, Boston, Presque Isle

Canadian Networks

Miami at Buffalo1:00All affiliates
Cincinnati at Tennessee1:00All affiliates (except Vancouver Island & Alberta)
LA Rams at Indianapolis1:00Vancouver Island, Alberta
Washington at Philadelphia1:00TSN1
Baltimore at Cleveland1:00TSN+
New England at Dallas4:25All affiliates
Arizona at San Francisco4:25TSN1

Primetime Games (and Morning Game)

Detroit at Green BayThursday, 8:15, Amazon Prime, CTV2, TSN 3/5/+, FOX Detroit
Atlanta vs. Jacksonville (in London)9:30 AM, TSN 1/+
Kansas City at NY Jets8:15, NBC, CTV, TSN+
Seattle at NY GiantsMonday, 8:20, ABC, TSN 1/3/4/+

Just Notes

  • Not talking about couples. Or potential couples. Nope.
  • What the fuck did the people of Detroit (and people who get their CBS affiliate out of Detroit) do to CBS? Poor people have to endure the Broncos and the Bears for THREE GOD DAMN HOURS. I am sure the ratings for that game will be through the roof!
  • Wondering about some of those TSN+ games? Well, get a load of this. The Thursday Night Football and Sunday Night Football games on TSN+ will be the NFL Data-Enhanced Feeds. Meaning a lot of stats and analytics and stuff like that all over the screen. The Monday Night Football game on TSN+ will be the ManningCast! And the Sunday Morning London game is…and I shit you not…the Toy Story Funday Football alternate broadcast. Holy shit. Look, if you know me (from here), you know I honestly despise the morning NFL broadcasts. Mostly because I am up until about 2:30 or so the night before watching college football. But this….I might actually watch a bit of this. Might be fun. Or it could be stupid. Probably no in-between with this.
  • Games not being shown here in Canada (unless you have Zone Rouge):
    • Pittsburgh at Houston
    • Tampa Bay at New Orleans
  • That’s it! Two games! That’s more like it. Variety is the spice of life after all.
  • And somehow only two games are not being shown up here with every CTV affiliate showing only two games during the day on Sunday. That never happens. Ever. Kind of an oddity.

UPDATE: Not the norm to get NFL updates but here we are. People who get FOX out of Detroit will also be able to watch the Sunday nighter on there.

UPDATE #2: Detroit-area football fans rejoice! CBS is now showing the Dolphins-Bills game in your area!!!

Alright, there you go. Getting ready for a great weekend of football. Did I miss anything? Oh, DID YOU SEE THAT TAYLOR SWIFT WAS IN KANSAS CITY TO WATCH TRAVIS KELCE……dammit. Welp…enjoy the games everyone.

The Week 5 College Football TV Schedule and an Intro that might hurt some

Hey Miami fans, remember this guy? It’s Al Golden (and Al Golden’s tie)! He parlayed a fairly decent run at lowly Temple (I mean they were really bad before he got there) into a head coaching job at Miami where he was absolutely mediocre. Canes fans couldn’t wait for this guy to get shitcanned and they finally got their wish in 2015 after four-and-a-half seasons in Coral Gables.

So where’s Al been since? He spent six seasons in the NFL before getting hired to be Marcus Freeman’s defensive coordinator at Notre Dame. The move made sense. As a DC, he was pretty good. One of those guys who probably fits best as a coordinator but should never be a head coach.

Which brings us to what happened this past Saturday in South Bend. Good god. I will say, it was a good defensive battle although both offenses did their part in the low scoring affair. Ohio State got one last chance to drive for the win. On the final two defensive plays for the Irish, they had ten men on the field. OK…to have that happen once, it sucks and chances are a player missed an assignment. For it to happen TWICE IN A ROW? What in the hell? Marcus Freeman took the blame for it. As he said, he is the head coach so it falls on him. Admirable. But not fully correct. Golden has to know what the fuck is happening and it seems like he had no clue.

Will Golden be the defensive coordinator beyond this season? Quite possibly. It was a huge fuckup that cost them a win but the Notre Dame defense has been pretty damn stout otherwise so it will take more than that for him to get fired. That’s no consolation to Irish fans who saw their team snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Also, a reminder of a not-so-good era in Miami Hurricanes football that they are still struggling to recover from.

OK enough about that. Time to think of the future. Week 5 to be exact. Let me get you your Canadian college football television information for the upcoming Saturday (and I’ll throw in Thursday and Friday for no charge).

Thursday

USCanada
Middle Tennessee at WKU7:30
Temple at Tulsa7:30
Jacksonville State at Sam Houston8:00

Interesting start to the week. Conference USA begins their no-Saturdays schedule with these games on Thursday night. It is feeling like WKU and Liberty will end up in the Conference USA Championship game but watch out for newcomer Jacksonville State. The Fighting RichRods are playing WAY better than anyone thought they would and could surprise.

Friday

USCanada
Louisville at NC State7:00
Columbia at Princeton7:00
Louisiana Tech at UTEP9:00
Cincinnati at BYU10:15

Hey, Louisville is pretty good although they better not look ahead to their huge showdown with Notre Dame. NC State has a knack for making teams struggle in games like that. Also first game between new Big XIIers (Big XII-ites?) as Cincinnati travels to Provo to face the Cougs.

Saturday Early

USCanada
Clemson at SyracuseNoon
Louisiana at MinnesotaNoon
#6 Penn State at NorthwesternNoon
Utah State at UConnNoon
Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (in Arlington)Noon
UAB at TulaneNoon
South Alabama at James MadisonNoon
#8 USC at ColoradoNoon
#22 Florida at KentuckyNoon

You read it correctly: USC and Colorado are playing at Noon. 10:00 am local time in Boulder. I guess that’s the price the Pac-12 has to pay to be in early games. Although that ends this year so not too much of a deal to do it once. A few other intriguing games with Clemson playing Syracuse and almost feeling like an underdog and Florida facing Kentucky where Kentucky feels like they should be the favourite.

Finally, there’s the story of James Madison. Huge game against USA here. As of right now, the Dukes are ineligble for the Sun Belt Championship and a bowl game. Would the Sun Belt push for them to become eligible if they end up running the table the rest of the way? It’s possible since it would put them right in the mix for that one Group of Five spot (and would be the first Sun Belt team to earn that spot if it happens). A big question as long as JMU stays undefeated.

Saturday Afternoon

USCanada
Virginia at Boston College2:00
Arizona State at California3:00
#24 Kansas at #3 Texas3:30
Bowling Green at Georgia Tech3:30
Indiana at Maryland3:30
Wagner at Rutgers3:30
#1 Georgia at Auburn3:30
USF at Navy3:30
Northern Illinois at Toledo3:30
#2 Michigan at Nebraska3:30
Boise State at Memphis4:00
#23 Missouri at Vanderbilt4:00

Yep, it’s time for the SEC late doubleheader ESPN windows which means no ESPN game at 3:30. I guess with the clock changes the three-hour windows would work except for the people who believe that they’ve cut 17,000 plays from every game because of the new clock rules.

KU-UT is obviously the standout game here but watch for UGA heading to Auburn and Boise State facing off against Memphis. Those two games could be sneaky good.

Saturday Primetime

USCanada
#13 LSU at #20 Ole Miss6:00
#9 Oregon at Stanford6:30
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern7:00
#11 Notre Dame at #17 Duke7:30
Charlotte at SMU7:30
Michigan State at Iowa7:30
South Carolina at #21 Tennessee7:30
Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech8:00
San Diego State at Air Force8:00
West Virginia at TCU8:00

Alright things get better but it’s not like it’s a huge jolt and a bunch of great games in the primetime slot. Two games containing ranked-on-ranked violence, two more games involving ranked teams and SDSU-AFA which will be huge in the Mountain West with no divisions this season. I still don’t agree with the short ESPN window but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. This is the final year of these SEC tripleheaders. The reason? No exclusivity around the CBS 3:30 window now that the SEC is moving fully back to ESPN and ABC and the Big Ten will pick up the afternoon mantle going forward. Thank fucking God. My prayers have been answered!

Saturday Late Night

USCanada
#12 Alabama at Mississippi State9:00
#7 Washington at Arizona10:00

An extremely light schedule. Doesn’t happen too often. Both games feature ranked teams. Might be an early bedtime (for college football season) if the latest game goes the way most believe it will.

Hey, Watch This!

Notre Dame at Duke (7:30, ABC/TSN+) – A lot of good/not great games this week. I will put this one at the top but it could really be anywhere in this section. This should be the most-watched football game in Duke history and if they can pull off the upset, the rest of the ACC will have to take notice. The Irish, however, might want to take out last week’s frustrations on the Blue Devils.

Kansas at Texas (3:30, ABC/TSN+) – I honestly don’t know why the ABC games are also being shown on TSN+. For completion’s sake I guess? Anyway, this could end up being the most exciting of the games this weekend just for the fact that almost every college football fan remembers “that upset” that the Jayhawks had over Texas a few years back. And now that the Jayhawks are actually good, the Horns cannot overlook them with the Red River Shootout coming up next week.

Utah at Oregon State (Friday, 9:00, FOX Sports One) – Well it’s about time a game that we couldn’t get up here would appear on this list. It happens less than ever but it makes sense it would happen at least a few times this season. And it’s a big Pac-12 game although any game with two of the top seven teams in the conference will be a big game this year. The Beavs probably can’t lose this game because, with two conference losses, it would pretty much eliminate them from any chance at the Pac-12 Championship game (unless true chaos happens which, considering it’s the Pac-12, could very well occur).

LSU at Ole Miss (6:00, TSN+/specialty pack) – I remember back in the days when I had to set up my PVR because I would be busy doing stuff with my kids. And this is the type of situation that would infuriate me because I’d either have to record this game and leave a bunch of games out or just forget this one because it didn’t follow the normal TV windows. This actually may be a big game for the Rebels as the rumour is that the locals are souring a bit on Lane Kiffin. As silly as it sounds, he may end up on a serious hot seat if they can’t at least keep things close with a very good Tigers squad.

Sickos Game of the Week

Virginia at Boston College (2:00, The CW) – Hey, the CW! This is the first time the CW appears on this list (or any list for that matter). Many feel this is the first leg of the ACC Basement Round Robin which also involves Virginia Tech. I still believe the Hokies are the worst of the bunch but these two teams don’t look a whole lot better so far.

Hubba Bubba Blowout of the Week

Penn State at Northwestern (Noon, Big Ten Network) – The Wildcats have somehow won two games this season. I don’t think they win any more to be honest with you and that streak will start here. Sure, the Cats beat a Minnesota team that played super-poorly last week but this is the Nittany Lions we are talking about. If this is within 40 by the end I will be shocked.

Wanna Bet?

Yeah that wasn’t the greatest showing for me last weekend that’s for sure. Good thing I don’t bet actual money on college football (anymore). Let’s move on to this week’s picks which may or may not be any better. And you know what? I’m going to do something different. I’m actually going to post my predicted final score. This will go well, right?

Tulsa 42 Temple 14

NC State 26 Louisville 25

Utah 28 Oregon State 20

Kentucky 35 Florida 13

James Madison 30 South Alabama 24

USC 52 Colorado 23

Boston College 27 Virginia 21

Maryland 39 Indiana 7

Navy 44 USF 34

Texas 45 Kansas 16

Ole Miss 34 LSU 31

Coastal Carolina 35 Georgia Southern 14

Notre Dame 44 Duke 28

As far as I can tell, everything is up as far as the specialty packs are concerned. I have to watch for what BTN shows and I’m starting to wonder if it makes a difference where you are in Canada as to which game you get. It probably shouldn’t but you never know. This is Rogers/Bell/Eastlink/Shaw/Cogeco we are talking about.

I will be on the Twitter machine on Saturday and probably Thursday and Friday night as well so follow along or join there for some college football banter and try your best to avoid the assholes (it’s a fun game albeit sometimes frustrating). Enjoy the games everyone!

What the hell is going on with the running back position? Also, the Week 3 NFL TV Schedule.

No, I won’t post the picture of the injury. You want to see it (if you haven’t already) go find it yourself. And don’t be a fucking idiot about it like Drew Magary.

So what is going on with running backs these days? Sure, football is a passing game now but running backs still had use and there are still those running backs that can top 1,500 yards in a season every so often. But man, the running back position sure has changed in the last decade…a lot. First off, running backs are almost more important in the passing game nowadays. No, I don’t mean blocking (although that is important). Running backs need to be able to catch balls out of the backfield or else they are semi-useless to most coaches.

Secondly, running backs just aren’t getting paid as much as many other positions. Kind of shocking but it is a sign of the times. And leads me into my third point…running backs are getting injured at a bit of an alarming rate. Nick Chubb is done for the season after his injury this past Monday night and Saquon Barkley got injured as well on Sunday but, luckily, is only gone for maybe up to three weeks. Other running backs who are injured right now include Marlon Mack (torn Achilles), J.K Dobbins (torn Achilles), Jonathan Taylor (ankle), and Jeff Wilson Jr. (knee). Mack and Dobbins’ seasons are over. And there are at least a dozen other running backs with various issues that are anywhere from gametime decisions to being out for a week or two. I don’t get it. Most teams have natural grass now so that can’t be an issue.

I do remember when I was a running back years ago, though (a whole lot lighter and a whole lot more muscular than now that’s for sure). It did feel like every season I had an injury even if it was an annoyingly nagging one (like an ankle injury in grade 12). I still remember taking over for the running back who broke his leg and then in the next game, by the end of it, I was hobbling too after getting hit in the knee. So it comes with the territory to have nicks and bruises and cuts and shit like that. It just feels like more running backs (even at the college level) are getting injured and the average career of a running back might be shorter than ever. I don’t think the running back will go the way of the option where only a few teams use the running back often but I can see more and more teams running the ball a whole lot less in the future (or allowing their quarterback to run all the time….yeah looking at you Josh Allen…learn to fucking slide before you get killed).

Alright enough being sentimental (kind of) over running backs and my prior abilities to run without getting winded. It’s time for the NFL television schedule for Canadians.

American Networks

Tennessee at Cleveland1:00Cleveland
Buffalo at Washington1:00Buffalo, Rochester, Watertown
New England at NY Jets1:00Burlington, Boston, Presque Isle
New Orleans at Green Bay1:00All affiliates (except Minneapolis & Detroit)
LA Chargers at Minnesota1:00Minneapolis
Atlanta at Detroit1:00Detroit
Carolina at Seattle4:05Seattle, Spokane, Minneapolis, Detroit
Chicago at Kansas City4:25All affiliates

Canadian Networks

Buffalo at Washington1:00Vancouver, Alberta, Northern Ontario, Toronto
New England at NY Jets1:00Montreal, Atlantic
Atlanta at Detroit1:00Kitchener, OttawaTSN4
New Orleans at Green Bay1:00Saskatchewan, WinnipegAll affiliates
LA Chargers at Minnesota1:00TSN+
Carolina at Seattle4:05Vancouver, Alberta, Saskatchewan
Chicago at Kansas City4:25Winnipeg, Northern Ontario, Kitchener, Toronto, Ottawa, Atlantic
Dallas at Arizona4:25MontrealTSN4

Primetime Games

NY Giants at San FranciscoThursday, 8:15, Amazon Prime, CTV2, TSN 1/4/5
Pittsburgh at Las Vegas8:20, NBC, CTV, TSN 3/4/5
Philadelphia at Tampa BayMonday, 7:15, ABC, TSN 4/5
LA Rams at CincinnatiMonday, 8:15, TSN1

Canadian-Style Notes for this football schedule…an NFL schedule for the third week of the season

  • That was kind of wordy. Have to work on that.
  • Games not being shown here in Canada (unless you have the Reddest of Zones):
    • Denver at Miami
    • Indianapolis at Baltimore
    • Houston at Jacksonville
  • When is the last time a Cowboys game was barely available if you didn’t have RedZone or Sunday Ticket? That tells you how terrible the Cardinals are and that very few people want to watch them (until they get Caleb Williams and even then).
  • I think from now on with the conferences not tied to the networks, we should see better games in both windows. I say that knowing that the Bears are playing the Chiefs in a late game that everyone can watch.
  • Monday Night Football Kinda Sorta Doubleheader-ish thing this week again. Rams-Bengals only on TSN1 with the Eagles and Bucs on an extra TSN as well as ABC.
  • Big time miss with the Sunday nighter. Honestly, this shouldn’t have been picked in the first place but what can you do.

Interesting start to the NFL season so far. When you have Kirk Cousins on pace to shatter every quarterback record known to man and the Vikings on pace for an 0-16 season at the same time, you know things have been a bit wacky to start. I wondered if I would have the same excitement that I did when I played fantasy football and gambled on the games and I actually do. Surprising, I know. We shall see if that will last the entire season. But for now, let us all enjoy the games everyone!

YOU READY FOR MORE DEIONMANIA, BROTHER? (and the Week 4 College Football TV Schedule)

Actually you know what? Bad choice of theme and picture. I don’t think the Hulkster cares too much for Deionmania.

But, Deionmania is upon us. Has it got out of hand? Yes. Absolutely. There is no question about it. If we were talking about Colorado playing Oregon or USC at home then fine, it would make all the sense in the world. But they were playing Colorado State. Sure it’s a rivalry game (the Rocky Mountain Showdown for any who didn’t know the name) but it’s Colorado State. It felt like a huge case of FOMO (fear of missing out) by both networks to not strike while the iron is hot. Even the Jay Norvell hat and sunglasses comment before the game rankled Sanders to the point he was giving his signature shades to his team and that company sold more than a million dollars worth of sunglasses in just a few days.

So what did we get for the game that started at 10:00 in the Eastern time zone? It was a classic. Colorado State seemed to have figured out Shedeur Sanders. The Buffaloes’ running game was non-existent. The Rams’ offense was humming. Travis Hunter was knocked out by a dirty hit in the second quarter. Then the Buffs made their late comeback. Down 11 with four minutes to go they tied it up to send it to overtime. In the first overtime, it was shocking to see Norvell not go for two and the win. Felt like some scared coaching. Colorado ended it in the next overtime. Have to say, it was a great game.

Now…Colorado was favoured by 23 points. So they didn’t exactly look awesome. And now they lose Hunter for three weeks. So things aren’t looking rosy for their next two games. Do the networks care? No because this week they are on ABC and the following week they play in Los Angeles against USC…at Noon….in the East! A 9:00 local start time. Crazy!

OK let’s calm down from all the insanity that is anything revolving around the Colorado football program and get to what you came for: hot, nasty, college football schedules. Oh yeah.

Thursday

USCanada
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina7:30
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Alabama A&M7:30

GSU-CCU might end up being a sleeper Sun Belt hit. Top two passing offenses in the conference. Take the over. Or go over to Amazon Prime and the other TSNs (and I think the CTVs as well) and watch the Giants get slaughtered out in San Francisco. Your choice.

Friday

USCanada
NC State at Virginia7:30
Boise State at San Diego State10:30

Two games on Friday evening (with two not airing up here). Boise-SDSU could very well be for one of the Mountain West Championship spots (with Fresno State watching this game VERY closely). The other game is your run-of-the-mill ACC Friday nighter meaning there is the possibility things could get wacky.

Saturday Early

USCanada
#4 Florida State at ClemsonNoon
Army at SyracuseNoon
Rutgers at #2 MichiganNoon
Tulsa at Northern IllinoisNoon
Auburn at Texas A&MNoon
Virginia Tech at MarshallNoon
WKU at TroyNoon
#16 Oklahoma at CincinnatiNoon
Kentucky at VanderbiltNoon

Only one of two games on TSN appear here and it’s a simsub of the ABC game. Ugh. I would have thought FSU-Clemson would have ended up as the ABC Primetime game but Clemson isn’t exactly lighting it up and the Noles barely survived Boston College last weekend. FOX Big Noon Kickoff picking Cincinnati as their destination hours before the Bearcats get beat by Miami-OH was definitely a choice. Also, don’t sleep on WKU-Troy. Could low-key be one of the best games of the early part of the day.

UPDATE: I guess TSN forgot they had a contract to show La Liga games? The FSU-Clemson game will not be shown on TSN2 now and is being replaced by FC Barcelona hosting RC Celta de Vigo.

UPDATE #2: I should go over the entire schedule before making updates. FSU-Clemson has been moved to TSN3.

Saturday Afternoon

USCanada
#19 Colorado at #10 Oregon3:30
Boston College at Louisville3:30
FAU at Illinois3:30
Louisiana Tech at Nebraska3:30
#15 Ole Miss at #13 Alabama3:30
#18 Duke at UConn3:30
BYU at Kansas3:30
Ohio at Bowling Green3:30
#20 Miami at Temple3:30
#22 UCLA at #11 Utah3:30
Maryland at Michigan State3:30
Rice at USF4:00
UTSA at #23 Tennessee4:00

Business seriously picks up here. The best timeslot of the season so far and it’s not even close. Three games between ranked teams at one time doesn’t happen very often so savour it. Plus there is UTSA-UT and BYU-KU that should be added to the games to watch category. I wonder how far I can stretch it this week.

UPDATE #3: You can now also see Colorado-Oregon on TSN3.

Saturday Primetime

USCanada
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest6:30
Appalachian State at Wyoming7:00
Arkansas at #12 LSU7:00
#14 Oregon State at #21 Washington State7:00
Arizona at Stanford7:00
#3 Texas at Baylor7:30
Minnesota at Northwestern7:30
Akron at Indiana7:30
#24 Iowa at #7 Penn State7:30
UAB at #1 Georgia7:30
Memphis at Missouri7:30
#6 Ohio State at #9 Notre Dame7:30
Mississippi State at South Carolina7:30
#17 North Carolina at Pittsburgh8:00

Sweet God Damn Jesus! Three more games in this timeslot between ranked teams. Maybe this is the best timeslot. Either way, we are getting a hell of a day of college football. If you feel like also showing another game on one of your other screens, consider Appalachian State-Wyoming for the possible sheer insanity.

Saturday Late Night

USCanada
Kent State at Fresno State10:30
California at #8 Washington10:30
#5 USC at Arizona State10:30

Another FOX quadrupleheader. Good stuff. Will it be close? Highly doubtful. Same with the other Pac-12 After Dark matchup in Seattle. Actually, to be honest, all three games shouldn’t be that close. Not gonna lie.

(An expanded) Hey, Watch This!

Ohio State at Notre Dame (7:30, NBC) – So many good games but I am putting this game at the top and the rest of this section can fight to be 2A, 2B, 2C, etc. This really is a prove-it game for both squads. Neither team has been tested yet so let’s see how Sam Hartman and Kyle McCord do against much better defenses. Don’t be surprised if this ends up being a bit of a defensive struggle, regardless of the wealth of talent both offenses possess.

Ole Miss at Alabama (3:30, CBS) – This could end up being the most exciting game of the week just for the fact that Ole Miss and Bama have played a couple of great ones in recent history and they are so closely ranked. Bama doesn’t feel like Bama. Ole Miss, on the other hand, feels exactly like Ole Miss. Which could spell a lot of trouble for the Tide if the Rebels can pile the points on because I don’t think Alabama has the offense to compete that way.

Colorado at Oregon (3:30, ABC) – In terms of most viewers, this game is going to give the rest a run for their money for sure. Oregon has a hi-octane offense and we’ve seen that Colorado can score points in bunches. Definitely take the over. And if the Buffaloes win this one, watch out since they would have to be considered a dark horse contender for at least the Pac-12 Championship game and the New Year’s Six.

Iowa at Penn State (7:30, CBS) – First time ever for the B1G on CBS to appear on this list. Huge Whiteout game so already the Nittany Lions have an advantage. Honestly, I can’t see Brian Ferentz’s offense putting up that many points against PSU but I guess stranger things have happened.

Oregon State at Washington State (7:00, FOX) – That’s right…it’s the Pac-2 Championship on FOX! Kind of wish who was announcing the game (probably Tim Brando) would start with that. The two remaining Pac-12 schools face off with both undefeated, both ranked and the winner staying in the hunt in a crazy final Pac-12 season.

UCLA at Utah (3:30, FOX) – No specialty pack. All network games. Like the good ol’ days. Kind of. Anyway, it could be argued that this is the “worst” of the six games on this list. It’s why I put it last. But these are two teams that are still serious Pac-12 contenders and are one of eight undefeated conference teams at the moment. Something has to give and I feel this is going to be the start of another season where the Pac-12 teams beat up on each other and no team comes out unscathed. Sucks for the conference but until a team gets to like 6-0 or 7-0 I won’t believe one can make it out alive, so to speak.

Sickos Game of the Week

Akron at Indiana (7:30, specialty pack) – This probably won’t end up on BTN for anyone since they have Minnesota-Northwestern on at the same time. You know it’s bad when a game featuring Northwestern is light years better than the other game. I could honestly see Akron winning here. Look, you have much better choices so don’t punish yourselves by even looking for this game.

Hubba Bubba Blowout of the Week

USC at Arizona State (10:30, FOX) – UAB-UGA would have been the easy, albeit lazy, choice. This one could end up being a lot worse since I can’t see the Trojans letting up on the Sun Devils like Georgia will probably eventually do with UAB. Forks Down.

Wanna Bet?

Interesting week last week for the Bossman. Some good picks that I didn’t follow through on (Florida to cover but not beat Tennessee) and some I absolutely regret (UConn over FIU). Anyway, maybe I will think a little harder before making these picks and not just ALRIGHT HERE WE GO!!!!!!

Boise State (-7) over San Diego State

Troy (-3.5) over WKU

Auburn (+7.5) over Texas A&M (but the Aggies to pull it out)

Temple (+23.5) over Miami (the U will win by about 10)

Duke (-21.5) over UConn

Utah (-4.5) over UCLA

Colorado (+21) over Oregon (but I do have the Ducks winning a fairly close affair)

Ole Miss (+6.5) over Alabama (Bama survives by a field goal)

Tennessee (-21) over UTSA

Wake Forest (-4) over Georgia Tech

Oregon State (-3) over Washington State

Notre Dame (+3) over Ohio State (with the big win)

Iowa (+15) over Penn State (PSU wins in the final minute)

Last I checked, everything is up except for that fact that most of the schedules I look at have FAU-Illinois going to the specialty pack rather than LaTech-Nebraska. I’ll have to watch for that on Saturday.

Look, it could end up being an all-timer of a college football weekend. Let’s hope so. Enjoy the games everyone!

Well that didn’t last long (and the Week 2 NFL TV Schedule)

Four plays. That’s all Aaron Rodgers got before this play ended in him injuring his Achilles tendon. Season over. Just like that, all the hype toward the New York Jets went down the toilet. As for how the rest of the game went, I’d rather not talk about it.

It always sucks when a team’s star player goes down to a season-ending injury. Especially when its that player’s first year with a team. And Aaron Rodgers is no spring chicken. He will be 40 before the end of the season. Now will he be back? Almost certainly. Will he be as good? Eh, who knows. Also, for all the sad Jets fans, how much more can you take? I’m a big Bills fan and I have taken a bunch of huge helpings of bullshit over the years. They are a frustrating team to be a fan of for sure. But I don’t think they can hold a candle to what the Jets have done, especially in the last couple of decades. Maybe they will surprise everyone and still be competing for a playoff spot come late December. Stranger things have happened.

OK enough of that since I don’t feel like even thinking about that game…ugh. Here is the NFL TV sked for us Canucks.

American Networks

Las Vegas at Buffalo1:00Seattle, Spokane, Buffalo, Rochester, Watertown, Burlington, Boston, Presque Isle
Kansas City at Jacksonville1:00Minneapolis, Detroit
Baltimore at Cincinnati1:00Cleveland
Seattle at Detroit1:00Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane, Detroit
Green Bay at Atlanta1:00Minneapolis, Burlington, Presque Isle
NY Giants at Arizona4:05Buffalo, Rochester, Watertown, Burlington
NY Jets at Dallas4:25All affiliates

Canadian Networks

Las Vegas at Buffalo1:00Saskatchewan, Toronto, Montreal, AtlanticVancouver Island, Alberta
Kansas City at Jacksonville1:00Winnipeg, Northern Ontario, Kitchener, Ottawa
Seattle at Detroit1:00Vancouver, AlbertaLondon, Toronto, Ottawa
Green Bay at Atlanta1:00AtlanticTSN1, TSN4
Baltimore at Cincinnati1:00TSN+
NY Giants at Arizona4:05TSN1, TSN4
NY Jets at Dallas4:25All affiliates

Primetime Games

Minnesota at PhiladelphiaThursday, 8:15, Amazon Prime, CTV2, TSN 1/3/4/5/+
Miami at New England8:20, NBC, CTV, TSN 1/4/5*
New Orleans at CarolinaMonday, 7:15, TSN 1/3
Cleveland at PittsburghMonday, 8:15, ABC, CTV2, TSN 3*/4/5

Injury-less Notes

  • I mean I hope I don’t tear my quadriceps muscle or anything like that typing up this blog post. That would be brutal.
  • You will see some asterisks in the schedule. On Sunday night, TSN5 will get to Miami-NE around 11:00 (so sometime in the fourth quarter) after an MLS game. On Monday night, TSN3 will go to the Browns-Steelers game in progress after being done with the Saints-Panthers game. Wait….does that mean……
  • Yes, two Monday nighters! I am still not totally sold on this idea but at least they aren’t doing it one after another. That felt disastrous and I never watched the entirety of the second game. This will be interesting and I have a feeling this is what the NFL wants going forward, especially if they plan to expand in the next decade since they really can’t have fifteen or sixteen games during Sunday afternoon since some games will get almost no coverage (and some have that issue already).
  • Games not being shown here in Canada (unless you have the Zone of Reds):
    • LA Chargers at Tennessee
    • Washington at Denver
    • Chicago at Tampa Bay
    • Indianapolis at Houston
    • San Francisco at LA Rams
  • Now do you see why they are doing stuff like putting two games on Monday night? It never used to be (at least for the past decade) that you would have five games that can’t be seen up here two weeks in a row. Sure it would happen a few times a season but this sounds like it will be the norm. Which is fine for people who have Sunday Ticket or RedZone. If not, you might miss one of your team’s games. No, there aren’t many Colts fans up in this neck of the woods but I assure you there are still quite a few Niners fans scattered around Canada.
  • Again, TSN+ gets a game that isn’t being shown anywhere else. Smart. That’s the kind of small thing that people like.
  • I am sure CBS execs are not pleased that Rodgers went down since most of the States and Canada get the Jets and Dallas this Sunday afternoon. Ouch. And the Jets have a lot of national games going forward so if they struggle, watch for a lot of games to be flexed out. Not great for ticket holders so just have to be watchful about scheduling changes.

There you go. The schedule…it is complete. Like A-A-Rod’s season. Hi-Yo! OK that was mean. I honestly hate to see anyone lose their season to a bad injury. If they fuck up and do something illegal? Then they can lose their season, that’s fine by me. Enjoy the rest of your week and enjoy the games starting tonight!

What is wrong with the Week 3 College Football TV Schedule?

Nothing, really.

Now if you asked me what is wrong with Mel Tucker? Or Jeff Lebby? Or a host of past football coaches? I’d say plenty. I mean what the fuck is up with some people?

If you haven’t heard about ol’ Tucks, here’s a brief rundown:

Brenda Tracy, a well-known rape victim advocate (and victim herself), was hired to speak to the Spartans football team two years ago. Depending on who you believe, Tucker and Tracy became friends and then developed a bit of a romantic interest in each other. Tucker says this is true, Tracy denies this. He said, she said. Then last April, there was a phone call between the two where Tucker decided it should be phone sex (Tucker says they were both speaking in that manner) and then decided to whip it out and jerk off on the phone.

Tracy filed a formal complaint in December and then a report was filed in July to say that they should have a hearing to discuss whether Tucker violated a school policy on sexual misconduct. This hearing was to be next month. Now Tucker is suspended and probably will be fired with cause.

Crazy. And ridiculous. And even if it isn’t all true, the stuff Tucker admits paints him as a guy who can’t control himself. Then his letter on the matter makes him sound like a fucking idiot. No matter what, this is not going to turn out well for someone.

As for Jeff Lebby, he decided this was a perfect time to let his father-in-law, disgraced piece of shit former head coach Art Briles, on to the field after an Oklahoma victory on Saturday. Lebby just wanted his family on the field. Which includes Briles. I don’t know if Lebby understood the whole situation which makes him a complete dummy. He did apologize, though. Whether he meant it or did it while Brent Venables held a gun to his nuts, we will never know.

All of this is to say that there are some college football head coaches, past and present, who seem to think they can do whatever the fuck they feel like and get away with it. Again, even if Tucker is deemed not guilty, he admitted to cheating on his wife and pretty much seems OK with it. Lebby didn’t think once that “hey, my father-in-law, who has not been hired anywhere else since he was fired from Baylor for pretty fucking terrible reasons, should get to have Sooners gear on and come on the Sooners field and celebrate with the Sooners because…”…..why exactly? Oh, because he pretty much doesn’t give a shit. That’s why some of these players need to be told “Don’t be like your coach. He’s an asshole.”

Alright, enough of that nonsense. It’s schedule time.

Thursday

USCanada
Bethune-Cookman at #22 Miami7:30
Navy at Memphis7:30

Nothing much of note here but I am interested in seeing Navy truly for the first time this season (after watching very little of them earlier on).

Friday

USCanada
Army at UTSA7:00
Utah State at Air Force8:00

Interestingly enough, the other two military academies play on Friday night. So all three are done before Midnight on Friday. Odd. But fun that they are all pretty much getting national play on their own.

Saturday Early

USCanada
#3 Florida State at Boston CollegeNoon
Louisville vs. Indiana (in Indianapolis)Noon
Georgia Southern at WisconsinNoon
Liberty at BuffaloNoon
#14 LSU at Mississippi StateNoon
Wake Forest at Old DominionNoon
Iowa State at OhioNoon
#7 Penn State at IllinoisNoon
#15 Kansas State at MissouriNoon

Big games? Ah no. So devoid of big games that Big Noon Kickoff decided not to stick with Champaign as the site before the Illini host Penn State. They moved it to Colorado so they can keep that Deion Boner going. I guess you got to strike while the iron is hot.

Saturday Afternoon

USCanada
VMI at NC State2:00
Weber State at #12 Utah2:00
#10 Alabama at USF3:30
Northwestern at #21 Duke3:30
Western Michigan at #25 Iowa3:30
Virginia Tech at Rutgers3:30
South Carolina at #1 Georgia3:30
FIU at UConn3:30
Minnesota at #20 North Carolina3:30
East Carolina at Appalachian State3:30
#19 Oklahoma at Tulsa3:30
Tulane at Southern Miss4:00
WKU at #6 Ohio State4:00
ULM at Texas A&M4:00
NC Central at #24 UCLA5:00

A ton of choice here. The CW gets to show an afternoon game. Also a Pac-12 Network quardrupleheader. Well, a quadrupleheader here if you watch Pac-12 International on YouTube. See, the games on Pac-12 International are the Pac-12 Network national feed games. There are a couple other games that won’t be shown in Canada because they are regional only. Again, no big games here but we all remember what South Carolina did Between the Hedges back in 2019. If an upset of that magnitude happened again, it immediately changes the season and turns it on its head. Finally, Notre Dame is playing today…at home. But it’s on Peacock so no getting it here.

UPDATE: Thanks to reader William, I have found out about Fighting Irish TV (https://fightingirishtv.live/login). If you want to watch the game on Peacock, there’s your ticket.

Saturday Primetime

USCanada
Vanderbilt at UNLV7:00
#11 Tennessee at Florida7:00
James Madison at Troy7:00
Pittsburgh at West Virginia7:30
Bowling Green at #2 Michigan7:30
BYU at Arkansas7:30
Akron at Kentucky7:30
Syracuse at Purdue7:30
Georgia Tech at #17 Ole Miss7:30
FAU at Clemson8:00
TCU at Houston8:00
Wyoming at #4 Texas8:00
Hawaii at #13 Oregon8:00

No massive games but Tennessee travelling to The Swamp to face Florida bears some interest since the Vols have struggled there a lot in years past. Still no Harbaugh on the sidelines (unless you count Jack) as the Wolverines host Bowling Green who hopes to keep things relatively close. And lookie here…the Longhorn Network? That’s right. For the first time ever (as far as I can tell), LHN can be viewed (legally) in Canada. Hopefully Wyoming can play like they did against Texas Tech and keep this game competitive.

Saturday Late Night

USCanada
Colorado State at #18 Colorado10:00
Kansas at Nevada10:30
UTEP at Arizona11:00

Finally, the game that’s being played where both ESPN and FOX’s pregame shows were at…Colorado hosting mighty Colorado State. It must be since both networks were there. Don’t get me wrong, I totally get the hype but with two much bigger games coming up for the Buffaloes you think they would save this for the next couple of weeks. Or they might just camp out there until October. I mean why take the set down if you are just going to put it back up again a few days later?

Hey, Watch This!

South Carolina at Georgia (3:30, CBS) – Yes this is, arguably, the best game of the week. Kind of sad, not gonna lie. Saying that, if 2019 happens again, the SEC is seriously wide open. Don’t bet against the Gamecocks, even if they did look mediocre against North Carolina earlier this year. Or do because you think UGA will win. Either way.

Washington at Michigan State (5:00, Peacock) – This feels a bit icky but there is a ton of intrigue now with this one. A very good Huskies team against a team that will have to fight some adversity without their disgraced head coach. And it’s on Peacock of all places. NBC might have inadvertantly struck it rich by putting this game on the streaming service a while back.

Tennessee at Florida (7:00, TSN+/SP) – As I said above, the Vols, and many teams, have struggled in the hot and humid Swamp in Septembers past. Will it happen here? Eh, probably not. Man, how can a week be that devoid of big games?

Minnesota at North Carolina (3:30, TSN+/SP) – Um……well, it’s two undefeated teams so there’s that. Yeah, I got nothing.

Sickos Game of the Week

Vanderbilt at UNLV (7:00, CBSSN) – Look, there is a possibility that we see a 3-0 UNLV team by the end of Saturday night. So yeah, you could say the season is already a bit strange. And if Barry Odom wants a signature victory of sorts, this game is ripe for the picking. Or…OR…this could be a hilariously bad game that one team has to win. I am morbidly curious.

Hubba Bubba Blowout of the Week

Alabama at USF (3:30, ABC/TSN2) – Why is this game on ABC? Well, it’s not like there are a ton of strong contenders *waves wildly at the Games of the Week list*. Coming off a loss, Nick Saban is going to be uber-pissed. Which will make the rest of the coaches pissed. Which will make the players very angry. And they are going to take it out on a Bulls team who might not know what hit them until long after this one is over.

Wanna Bet?

Will this list be decent? After looking back at my picks last week, I am going to venture to say that’s a no.

Bethune-Cookman (+53.5) over Miami (but the U wins by 40)

Buffalo (+3.5) over Liberty (and the outright win)

LSU (-9.5) over Mississippi State

UConn (-7) over FIU

North Carolina (-7.5) over Minnesota

South Carolina (+27.5) over Georgia (and I think this will be relatively close but the Dawgs will hold on for the W)

Tulane (-13) over Southern Miss

Florida (+6.5) over Tennessee (the Vols win a VERY close one)

Vanderbilt (-4.5) over UNLV

Michigan (-40.5) over Bowling Green

Clemson (-24.5) over FAU

Oregon (-38) over Hawaii

Colorado (-23) over Colorado State

Spotty information so far for the specialty packs as I see some information but not all of it. It should all be up by tomorrow and should match what I have. Funny enough, TSN+ has their shit together and has their full schedule up (and has since Monday).

I’ll be on the TwiXter machine this Saturday (@TheBauceman) so you can interact mwith me there if you like. Or you can just sit in your favourite chair like a normal person and watch more than 14 hours of football unlike a normal person. Enjoy the games everyone!

Man, oh man, were there some overreactions this week…oh and the Week 2 College Football TV Schedule

Look, did Colorado surprise a lot of people this past weekend? Absolutely. No doubt about it. Deion Sanders is proving, whether you like him or not, that he can flat-out coach. And overhauling the roster like he did was not a bad idea at all. It does suck for the players that had to transfer out but unfortunately it’s football and the name of the game is winning.

Saying that………the amount of people I saw on Twitter that said Colorado will win 10 or 11 games this season was way too much. It should have been zero. Colorado may be better than advertised but they aren’t all of a sudden a New Year’s Six possibility. But hey, that’s the reactions from Week 1 of college football. Every. Single. Fucking. Year.

So let’s do it again on here! It’s overreaction time! Let’s look at some of the other overreactions you may (or may not) have heard after the Week 1 games were complete:

  • Ohio State is just an average team. Do we expect more from the Buckeyes against a team like Indiana? Sure. But they are bringing in a new quarterback and their best receiver was not 100%. The defense was amazing. Now the offense does have to be ready since in about a week and a half they get Notre Dame and that could get ugly if they don’t produce more points.
  • Colorado will have not one, but TWO Heisman finalists. What in the fuck? Who are the morons saying this? They are out there for sure. I saw them. Sure, they did great in their opening week win over TCU but calm the fuck down. TCU isn’t the TCU of last season for one and it’s only WEEK ONE. Anyway, moving on…
  • Gene Chizik has finally got the defense cooking in Chapel Hill. Again, it’s one game. Do the Heels look improved? Sure. But it’s not like South Carolina played well at all because, for the most part they didn’t. That, and the chain gang wouldn’t eat their hot dogs fast enough. Let’s see how UNC does when a top-notch offense is staring them in the face.
  • Jalen Milroe is already looking like another Alabama Jalen…that being Hurts. My God where do these people come up with this shit? Milroe looked OK but it was Middle Tennessee and he’s playing for Ala-frickin-Bama. We will see how he handles SEC competition before crowning him anything.
  • Washington has the best offense in the country. Could that end up being the case? Possibly. Michael Penix Jr. has already started his Heisman campaign in style. But let’s slow our roll here. There are at least four teams who looked better on offense (Colorado, Florida State, Oklahoma, Oregon) during Week 1. And I wouldn’t even say any of those teams will be the best offense in the country so why go ahead and put the Huskies at #1?
  • Book the Sooners for the Big XII Championship NOW! As I said, their offense was on fire but they were playing Arkansas State. We are all waiting to see if Brent Venables can have a Venables-type defense in Norman. If that happens, this could very well happen. But for now, I wouldn’t book any tickets yet if I were a Sooners fan.
  • Miami is BACK. Ho boy. Pump the damn brakes.

Let’s just put Week 1 behind us, shall we? Let’s move on to Week 2 which…oh my. Well, it’s better than Week 1. That’s really all I can say. But you know what that usually means. That’s right…chaos!

Thursday

USCanada
Murray State at Louisville7:30

Yep, that’s a new logo you see. TSN+ will be showing college football games this year. It kind of mimics the specialty pack but there are a few differences. But if you want to get TSN+ rather than the specialty pack for your college football fix, you are getting close to the same. Not a bad alternative and a good move by TSN to copy ESPN for the 10,000th time.

Friday

USCanada
Indiana State at Indiana7:00
Illinois at Kansas7:30

It kind of feels like this could be a relatively important game when the Illini travel to Lawrence to face the Jayhawks. Imagine saying that even two years ago. You’d be laughed out of whatever building you were in.

Saturday Early

USCanada
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest11:00 AM
#10 Notre Dame at NC StateNoon
Youngstown State at #5 Ohio StateNoon
Delaware State at ArmyNoon
#12 Utah at BaylorNoon
Purdue at Virginia TechNoon
James Madison at VirginiaNoon
Nebraska at #22 ColoradoNoon
Ball State at #1 GeorgiaNoon

Is the quality there? Eh, not really. But there’s choice. A lot of it. Can’t ask for much else. Also…MORNING FOOTBAW! The ACC Network’s weird annual Week 2 quadrupleheader hits again with the odd three hour-and-fifteen-minute windows. This will be a lot easier to do next year when Stanford and California join as you know one of them will host the ACC After Dark Week 2 matchup, guaranteed.

Saturday Afternoon

USCanada
Charleston Southern at #25 Clemson2:15
#23 Texas A&M at Miami3:30
UTEP at Northwestern3:30
Richmond at Michigan State3:30
UNLV at #2 Michigan3:30
Wagner at Navy3:30
#20 Ole Miss at #24 Tulane3:30
Iowa at Iowa State3:30
Marshall at East Carolina4:00
Kent State at Arkansas4:00
Tulsa at #8 Washington5:00
Appalachian State at #17 North Carolina5:15

Is the afternoon slate better than the Noon slate? Sure. Not by much though. Some intriguing matchups though. As per the rules, one of Texas A&M or Miami must win their game against each other. Ties were outlawed almost three decades ago. Will CyHawk feature more than 30 points? Can App State and UNC put up ridiculous numbers like last year? And this will be Tulane’s opportunity to get a huge leg up in the Group of Five. A win over Ole Miss would be massive.

Saturday Primetime

USCanada
Ohio at FAU6:00
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh6:30
#11 Texas at #3 Alabama7:00
#13 Oregon at Texas Tech7:00
Houston at Rice7:00
#19 Wisconsin at Washington State7:30
Eastern Michigan at Minnesota7:30
Temple at Rutgers7:30
UCLA at San Diego State7:30
Grambling at #14 LSU7:30
McNeese State at Florida7:30
Charlotte at Maryland7:30
Arizona at Mississippi State7:30
Air Force vs. Sam Houston (in NRG Stadium)8:00
Southern Miss at #4 Florida State8:30

FIFTEEN GAMES! Holy shit! I think this has to be the most in one timeslot ever on this blog. I don’t feel like checking so let’s just say we have a new record! Plenty of games but most people will be watching one game in particular, that being the Longhorns and the Crimson Tide. If Texas can somehow do what they were robbed of last season and upset Bama, this season turns on its head. This game is so big that they are also showing it on ESPN2 in the US and on TSN+ and the specialty packs. But it’s not the same broadcast. It’s the Pat McAfee Show alternate broadcast. So if you like that kind of thing, have at it.

Also, you will notice we have a new network showing college football. That’s right, the CW, with such hits as 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, Smallville and LIV Golf (well it was a hit with the golfers who got fucking PAID with that Saudi blood money) will be showing ACC football (and later on, ACC basketball) this year. This replaces Bally which, for all intents and purposes, is flat broke. There will be games most weeks and, it looks like, at odd times. 6:30? Weird.

Saturday Late Night

USCanada
UC-Davis at #16 Oregon State9:00
Auburn at California10:30
Stanford at #6 USC10:30

FOX quadrupleheader? Don’t mind if I do. TSN2 quadrupleheader? Yes, please. A good week if you are a Canadian as I don’t remember seeing this much college football being shown up here in a while. Maybe things are turning around. Looks like TSN finally gives a shit about things that aren’t the CFL, NFL, and NHL (which they don’t even have the national broadcasting rights to).

Hey, Watch This!

Texas at Alabama (7:00, TSN2/TSN+/specialty pack) – Unequivocally the game of the week and there’s nothing else close. That also means there will be some wild and wacky finishes that might overshadow this game. That is, unless, this is a close one and the Longhorns pull off the upset. Then it will be THE story in college football no matter what else happens.

Ole Miss at Tulane (3:30, TSN+/specialty pack) – As I mentioned above, if the Green Wave pull off a win here in front of what should be a raucous crowd in hot and humid New Orleans, there’s not a whole lot that will prevent them from a perfect regular season and another New Year’s Six spot. Normally I would say this is a lose-lose situation for any Power Five team in this situation but when the Group of Five team is ranked it can count as a big win (as long as that team doesn’t totally shit the bed the rest of the way).

Texas A&M at Miami (3:30, ABC/TSN2) – I made the joke above that one of these teams has to win, as per the rules of college football. We may actually see which one of these teams is back (for the most part) and which team still has some work to do. Now watch it be a 13-10 almost-unwatchable slog.

Nebraska at Colorado (Noon, FOX) – Alright, I’ll bite. Let’s see if the hype matches what ends up happening. Some might have put this higher but that’s crazy. It makes this list because of the talk, not because of the teams involved. And Colorado can’t just win this game by a little. That would prove nothing. If they beat the brakes off the Huskers, then we all have to take notice and maybe think the Buffs could be for real.

Sickos Game of the Week

Temple at Rutgers (7:30, specialty pack) – Look, Rutgers is probably going to start 2-0 which really doesn’t mean a whole lot considering their schedule but still, that’s something right? With everything on at this time, you would have to be a complete psychopath to watch this game. I will make sure to tune in and watch at least a few plays. I feel like I owe it to everyone and myself.

Hubba Bubba Blowout of the Week

Ball State at Georgia (Noon, TSN+/specialty pack) – Time to bring back the blowout of the week segment. And this could be the dictionary definition of blowout. I could see UGA putting up 60 on the poor Cardinals.

Wanna Bet?

Nebraska was actually a good bet. That game ended up exactly how I thought it would (for the most part). Florida, however….well the less said about that one the better. Time for my gambling picks for the second week of the college football season. Use them at your own peril.

Indiana (-30.5) over Indiana State

Purdue (+3) over Virginia Tech (and the outright win)

Ohio State (-41.5) over Youngstown State

Utah (-8) over Baylor

Nebraska (+2.5) over Colorado (and the upset win…definitely going out on a limb with this one)

Michigan (-37.5) over UNLV

Tulane (+7.5) over Ole Miss (but the Rebs will hold on for a close victory)

Texas A&M (-4) over Miami

Alabama (-7) over Texas

Washington State (+6) over Wisconsin (with the Badgers winning a tight affair)

Minnesota (-20.5) over Eastern Michigan

Mississippi State (-9) over Arizona

Stanford (+29.5) over USC (I feel a backdoor cover in this one)

I will be on the Twitter/X machine again this weekend. Even without Tweetdeck I am figuring out how to navigate fairly well. We shall see if I can make it two Saturdays in a row making it all the way to the end. Enjoy the games everyone!

Week 1 NFL TV Schedule – Dan Campbell Edition

Going to be perfectly honest: this guy looks like could be the next lead singer for Creed. Instead, he is now the head coach of the most hyped team of the season not named the New York Jets, the Detroit Lions. He looks happy here. And kind of sane. I assure you, he is not. Sane that is. Or perhaps even happy.

This is what Dan looks like now:

Not your typical head coach right? He looks like he would eat a locker during a pregame speech just to prove a point. And sometimes that is very effective. He’s the kind of guy you’d run through a brick wall to play for, so to speak.

And his attitude and anger and honesty and differences are one of the big reasons why the Lions will probably be the class of the NFC North this season. Yes they have a fairly talented team but having a coach like this is boom or bust for most football teams. And it has been working in Detroit.

So in honour (I guess) of Detroit (and possibly the New York Jets) making the playoffs this year (which is crazy in and of itself), I will follow this schedule with some Campbell-ian style quotes.

American Networks

Cincinnati at Cleveland1:00All affiliates (except Minneapolis & Detroit)
Tampa Bay at Minnesota1:00Minneapolis, Detroit
San Francisco at Pittsburgh1:00All affiliates
Las Vegas at Denver4:25Seattle, Spokane
Philadelphia at New England4:25All affiliates (except Seattle & Spokane)
LA Rams at Seattle4:25Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane
Green Bay at Chicago4:25Minneapolis, Detroit, Buffalo, Rochester, Watertown, Burlington, Boston, Presque Isle

Canadian Networks

San Francisco at Pittsburgh1:00All affiliates (except Ottawa & Winnipeg)Ottawa
Cincinnati at Cleveland1:00OttawaAll affiliates (except Ottawa)
Tampa Bay at Minnesota1:00WinnipegTSN3
Jacksonville at Indianapolis1:00TSN+
Philadelphia at New England4:25Northern Ontario, Kitchener, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Atlantic
Green Bay at Chicago4:25WinnipegTSN3
LA Rams at Seattle4:25Vancouver, Alberta, Saskatchewan

Primetime Games

Detroit at Kansas CityThursday, 8:20, NBC, CTV, TSN 1/3/4/5
Dallas at NY Giants8:20, NBC, CTV, TSN 1/3/4/5
Buffalo at NY JetsMonday, 8:15, ABC, CTV, TSN 1/3/4/5

NOTES ON THE DAMN GAMES!

  • When is the last time the Detroit Lions have been in a marquee game at the start of the season? I’m gonna go with ever. Oh wait, I have a message from Dan Campbell. Ah. OK, Dan. I will relay that message. Dan wants to tell everyone to watch out for the Detroit Lions this year and if you don’t like what he’s doing there then you can go fuck yourself. I may be paraphrasing.
  • I am wondering if I should be adding other columns to the charts. There’s now TSN+, which I can still put under TSN. There’s also those other weird channels that aren’t CTV but either were CTVs or act like CTVs or want to be CTVs or something. I’ll have to think about it. Dan’s telling me to stop wasting time. Got it, Dan.
  • Games not being shown here unless you have RedZone (which is now available through TSN+ along with DAZN):
    • Houston at Baltimore
    • Tennessee at New Orleans
    • Arizona at Washington
    • Carolina at Atlanta
    • Miami at LA Chargers
  • Jesus Christ, five games? That’s not good but that’s what happens when you have a few games that end up being near-nationwide games. Dan is kind of perplexed as to the amount of games only being shown on RedZone. “I thought you did things better up here in Canada, Bossman? WHAT THE GOD DAMN FUCK?” I agree, Dan.
  • One more point on that list of games that are RedZone-exclusive: who really wants to see the Cardinals and the Commanders?
  • No multiple Monday Night Football games on opening night. This is good. There will, however, be three doubleheaders on Monday night during the season. Not a fan.
  • I am not doing fantasy football this year. Focusing on other things. This means I didn’t need to spend time coming up with a fun fantasy football team name. So if you haven’t named your team, here are some possibilities for you:
    • Nathan Peterman Quarterback Camp
    • Cardinals Tank Express
    • Hendon Cheap Hooker
    • Mitch Trubisky (or Trey Lance) Draft Day Party
  • Just don’t be the generic name you are given for your team. “If you do that, you are a fucking lazy ass and I wouldn’t want you anywhere near my team!” I concur, Dan.
  • Back to TSN+, it looks like they will have an exclusive game every week. So if you subscribe, there’s an extra game you can’t get anywhere (at least I hope that’s how it would work).

Football is completely back, folks! Man, I am going to get nothing done over the next few months.

“ENJOY THE FUCKING GAMES!” – Dan