What to Watch: Week 1

Thursday, August 31
8 PM
#2 Ohio State at Indiana, ESPN, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN3.  Megacast in week 1.

Friday, September 1
8 PM
#8 Washington at Rutgers, FS1.

9 PM
Utah State at #9 Wisconsin, ESPN.

Saturday, September 2
Noon
Akron at #6 Penn State, ABC.

Kent State at #5 Clemson, ESPN.

Maryland at #23 Texas, FS1.

12:20 PM
Cal at UNC, ACC Network.

3 PM
NC State vs. South Carolina, ESPN.  The Belk Kickoff game is Charlotte, NC.  The Championship of Life is up for grabs.

3:30 PM
UTEP at #7 Oklahoma, FOX.

#11 Michigan vs. #17 Florida, ABC.  The Cowboys Kickoff Classic.  One of three ranked vs. ranked matchups this weekend

Temple at Notre Dame, NBC.

6:15 PM
App State at #15 Georgia, ESPN.

7:30 PM
#16 Louisville vs. Purdue, FOX.  From the Colts stadium in Indy.

8 PM
#3 FSU vs. #1 Alabama, ABC.  The first Chick-fil-a Kickoff game, from the new stadium in Atlanta, which will also be host to the national championship game.  The second of three ranked vs. ranked matchups.

9:30 PM
BYU vs. #13 LSU, ESPN.  From Houston New Orleans.

Sunday, September 3
7:30 PM
#22 WVU vs. #21 Virginia Tech, ABC.  From the Redskins stadium.  The third and final ranked vs. ranked matchup.

Texas A&M at UCLA, FOX.

Monday, September 4
8 PM

#25 Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech, ESPN.  The second Chick-fil-a Kickoff game, from Atlanta.

The Championship of Life

On November 21, 2016, as Tennessee was already out of contention for the national and SEC championships, Butch Jones referred to his team as "Champions of Life".  Of course, he didn't wait until the season was over, having made this claim prior to the regular season finale against Vanderbilt.

Naturally, Vanderbilt won that game, and became the new "Champions of Life".  We're here to track the "Champions of Life" as they defend that title game by game.

What to Watch: Week 0

A new rule has basically added another week to the football season.   As you probably know, any team that travels to Hawaii gets a 13th game, an extra home game to offset the expense.  Now, they can play that game the weekend before Labor Day.  Add that to the new Australian kick off game, and we have Week Zero.

Saturday, August 26
2:30 PM
Oregon State at Colorado State, CBS Sports Network.

3 PM
Portland State at BYU, ESPN.

6 PM

Hawaii at Massachusettes, 11 Sports.  I literally just found this channel on my guide.  It's 597 on Verizon Fios.

7:30 PM
USF at San Jose State, CBS Sports Network.

10 PM
Stanford vs. Rice, ESPN.  This is the Australian kick off game.

Tony's 2017 Predictions

Well, the preseason AP Poll was just released today - and we are just 5 days from the beginning of "Week Zero" (10 days from the start of the season proper). With the season now upon us, it's time for me to make my predictions for the 2017 season.

Power 5 Non-Conference Games

Let's keep a scorecard of how the Power 5 conferences do against each other this year.

UPDATED on September 19.  All conference match-ups are complete outside of the ACC/SEC Challenge.

The ACC/SEC Challenge (9 games)

September 2
NC State vs. South Carolina
Florida State vs. Alabama

September 4
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech

September 9
Auburn at Clemson

September 23
Syracuse at LSU

November 25
Florida State at Florida
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Louisville at Kentucky
Clemson at South Carolina

SEC leads, 3-1


ACC vs. Big Ten (4 games)

September 2
Louisville vs. Purdue

September 9
Northwestern at Duke
Pitt at Penn State
Indiana at UVA

Tie, 2-2.


ACC vs. Big 12 (3 games)

September 3
West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech

September 16
Baylor at Duke
Oklahoma State at Pitt

ACC wins, 2-1.


ACC vs. Pac-12 (1 game)

September 2
Cal at UNC

Pac-12 wins, 1-0


SEC vs. Pac-12 (2 games)

September 3
Texas A&M at UCLA

September 16
Ole Miss at Cal

Pac-12 wins, 2-0.


SEC vs. Big Ten (2 games)

September 2
Michigan vs. Florida

September 16
Purdue at Missouri

Big Ten wins, 2-0.


SEC vs. Big 12 (2 games)

September 9
TCU at Arkansas

September 16
Kansas State at Vanderbilt

Tie, 1-1.


Big Ten vs. Pac-12 (3 games)

September 1
Washington at Rutgers

September 9
Nebraska at Oregon
Minnesota at Oregon State

Pac-12 wins, 2-1.


Big Ten vs. Big 12 (3 games)

September 2
Maryland at Texas

September 9
Iowa at Iowa State
Oklahoma at Ohio State

Big Ten wins, 2-1.


Big 12 vs Pac-12 (2 games)

September 16
Texas at USC
Arizona State at Texas Tech

Tie, 1-1.

#CFB special: Closest Schools by County

Courtesy of RedditCFB and Twitter, the closest school in each conference to every county in America.

2017 Predictions

These predictions are purely from a fan perspective and really don't have a lot of information behind them.

#CFB - 8/7/17

I saved up a few tweets from the past month or so.

2017 Season Look-Ahead

Hello, once again. With the preseason Coaches Poll just released, and the AP due in about 2 weeks, I thought I'd start looking ahead to the 2017 season.