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
| US | Canada | ||
| Murray State at Louisville | 7:30 |  |   |
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
| US | Canada | ||
| Indiana State at Indiana | 7:00 |  | |
| Illinois at Kansas | 7:30 |  |  |
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
| US | Canada | ||
| Vanderbilt at Wake Forest | 11:00 AM | | |
| #10 Notre Dame at NC State | Noon |  | |
| Youngstown State at #5 Ohio State | Noon | | |
| Delaware State at Army | Noon |  | |
| #12 Utah at Baylor | Noon |  | |
| Purdue at Virginia Tech | Noon | | |
| James Madison at Virginia | Noon |  | |
| Nebraska at #22 Colorado | Noon |  | |
| Ball State at #1 Georgia | Noon |  | |
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
| US | Canada | ||
| Charleston Southern at #25 Clemson | 2:15 | | |
| #23 Texas A&M at Miami | 3:30 | | |
| UTEP at Northwestern | 3:30 | | |
| Richmond at Michigan State | 3:30 | | |
| UNLV at #2 Michigan | 3:30 |  | |
| Wagner at Navy | 3:30 | | |
| #20 Ole Miss at #24 Tulane | 3:30 | | |
| Iowa at Iowa State | 3:30 | | |
| Marshall at East Carolina | 4:00 | | |
| Kent State at Arkansas | 4:00 | | |
| Tulsa at #8 Washington | 5:00 |  | |
| Appalachian State at #17 North Carolina | 5:15 | | |
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
| US | Canada | ||
| Ohio at FAU | 6:00 |  | |
| Cincinnati at Pittsburgh | 6:30 |  | |
| #11 Texas at #3 Alabama | 7:00 | | |
| #13 Oregon at Texas Tech | 7:00 | | |
| Houston at Rice | 7:00 |  | |
| #19 Wisconsin at Washington State | 7:30 | | |
| Eastern Michigan at Minnesota | 7:30 | | |
| Temple at Rutgers | 7:30 | | |
| UCLA at San Diego State | 7:30 | | |
| Grambling at #14 LSU | 7:30 | | |
| McNeese State at Florida | 7:30 | | |
| Charlotte at Maryland | 7:30 |  | |
| Arizona at Mississippi State | 7:30 | | |
| Air Force vs. Sam Houston (in NRG Stadium) | 8:00 | | |
| Southern Miss at #4 Florida State | 8:30 | | |
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
| US | Canada | ||
| UC-Davis at #16 Oregon State | 9:00 | | |
| Auburn at California | 10:30 | | |
| Stanford at #6 USC | 10:30 | | |
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!
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