The first true week of college football, with the NFL still yet to start, it is a full weekend of games. Decent games that could give some idea of how good some of our future opponents might be. There are certain time slots that are pretty "bleh." Bunch of FCS and directional schools this week.

* All times are Central Time Zone (the best time zone)

Thursday
6:30 - NC State @ UConn - CBSSN - Future opponent in NC State on the road, UConn is a terrible football school though.
7:00 - Florida @ #14 Utah - ESPN - The big game of the day, definitely a must watch
7:00 - Nebraska @ Minnesota - FOX - mid tier B1G game, but should be very competitive

Friday
6:00 - Central Michigan @ Michigan St - FS1 - Future opponent, but could easily be a blowout
6:30 - Louisville @ Georgia Tech - ESPN - future opponent, but looks like a competitive game on paper
10:00 - Stanford @ Hawai'i - CBSSN - Hawaii fought hard last week against Vandy, how good/bad will Stanford be?

Morning Games - Saturday (Not a good slate of games to be honest, this is mostly just if you really want to watch CFB)
11:00 - Virginia @ #11 Tennessee - ABC - Lets see how good that Tenn offense is
11:00 - Colorado @ #17 TCU - FOX - How good will Deion be in his debut? How good will TCU be this year? I think they fall off a bit.
11:00 - Arkansas St @ #20 Oklahoma - ESPN - I just want to see Oklahoma struggle...
11:00 - Utah St @ #25 Iowa - FS1 - Upset potential in my opinion, however, I have no idea how good Iowa will be this year, they are a wildcard.

Afternoon Games - Saturday
2:30 - Tennessee St @ #13 Notre Dame - NBC - Go Irish!!!
2:30 - #3 Ohio State @ Indiana - CBS - Indiana has played OSU tough most years and OSU is on the road, how good will their QB, OL, and Defense look?
2:30 - Boise State @ #10 Washington - ABC - Still not sold on Washington...

Evening Games - Saturday
6:30 - West Virginia @ #7 Penn State - NBC - How good will Penn St look against a mid-tier opponent?
6:30 - #21 North Carolina @ South Carolina - ABC - The prime game of the day in my opinion. Future opponent, Drake Maye, Spencer Rattler...

Sunday
11:00 - Northwestern @ Rutgers - CBS - Only if you want to watch football Sunday morning, should be competitive at least. lol
2:30 - #18 Oregon St @ San Jose St - CBS - Again, if you just want to watch football, I dont expect much from this game
6:30 - #5 LSU @ #8 Florida St - ABC - The big matchup of the week that will set the tone early for the CFP

Monday
7:00 - #9 Clemson @ Duke - ESPN - Two future opponents, favorite is on the road against a quality team.

This is what I will be flipping through this weekend, are there any other games that interest you? Most of the quality teams are playing FCS and bottom feeder FBS teams (like us sadly) this week.

Edited August 29, 20231 yr by NDhoosier

Yeah not a ton of interesting games. For me its:

Florida/Utah (Go Utah)

Nebraska/Minnesota - Matt Rhule intrigue

Colorado/TCU -  of course it's Deion

No Car/So Car - could be quite an interesting game

LSU/FSU - Yeah, go FSU

Clemson/Duke - is Duke for real and does anyone think that Mike Elko sez to himself, 'geez, i coulda been HC at ND?

 

1 hour ago, jimbo said:

Yeah not a ton of interesting games. For me its:

Florida/Utah (Go Utah)

Nebraska/Minnesota - Matt Rhule intrigue

Colorado/TCU -  of course it's Deion

No Car/So Car - could be quite an interesting game

LSU/FSU - Yeah, go FSU

Clemson/Duke - is Duke for real and does anyone think that Mike Elko sez to himself, 'geez, i coulda been HC at ND?

 

Agreed - not many games I really want to see. Although, I'd add Boise/Washington to the list. Washington has a ton of preseason hype and an early Heisman contender in Penix. I think Boise could give them a scare. 

I also think West Virginia/Penn State will be a fun game to watch. Curious to see how Drew Allar performs at QB for PSU.

Since Purdue is the second team I root for, I am curious how the Boilermakers will look this year with a new head coach and a ton of new transfers.

4 hours ago, tneun89 said:

 I also think West Virginia/Penn State will be a fun game to watch. Curious to see how Drew Allar performs at QB for PSU.

It could be, but I could easily see this game being a blowout. I hear WV's coach is on the hot seat already and no one is expecting much from them this year at all.

I do agree with you about Boise St

Edited August 30, 20231 yr by NDhoosier

Penn State needs a big victory. Lots of hype and haven’t really done much when it comes to Michigan and Ohio State. Curious how they look

UConn walked right down the field on their first possession and scored a TD. That may be more of a game than I thought....

Is UCONN decent this year or is NCST not that good?  Armstrong is still one of those shifty QBs that’s has given and fits in the last. 

I was interested in seeing Utah beat Florida, but apparently Spectrum and ESPN are fighting, so the game (and network) are off the air 

Utah looked pretty good today on defense.

Nebraska loses AGAIN at the last minute. Looks like another year of Nebraska being THE BEST 3-4 win team ever!

For those that didnt get/want to watch it, Stanford beat Hawai'i 37-24. Their offense was decent (against Hawai'i), but their defense left a lot to be desired in my opinion. The USC/Stanford game could be pretty high scoring.

2 hours ago, NDhoosier said:

For those that didnt get/want to watch it, Stanford beat Hawai'i 37-24. Their offense was decent (against Hawai'i), but their defense left a lot to be desired in my opinion. The USC/Stanford game could be pretty high scoring.

I watched part of it and I agree with your overall assessment. Stanford passing game looking pretty decent their tight end #84 had a great game.

3 hours ago, NDhoosier said:

For those that didnt get/want to watch it, Stanford beat Hawai'i 37-24. Their offense was decent (against Hawai'i), but their defense left a lot to be desired in my opinion. The USC/Stanford game could be pretty high scoring.

1 hour ago, ND_JACK said:

I watched part of it and I agree with your overall assessment. Stanford passing game looking pretty decent their tight end #84 had a great game.

Agreed! I felt the Stanford QB, Ashton Daniels, played really well. He has an arm and is pretty accurate. And their TE Yurosek was all over the field, and big, so he will be hard to cover.

Oh, and I also watched the Louisville vs GT game. Louisville’s did nothing in the first half, but made great second half adjustments and then dominated on both sides of the ball.

Colorado keeping it close v, TCU interesting. Up 3 now.

Buffs up 10 hurts a bit cause ND recruited  Edwards but we're good at RB too.

Edwards has been very impressive. While I do think TCU is overrated, Colorado is playing better than I thought they would.

Just now, NDhoosier said:

Edwards has been very impressive. While I do think TCU is overrated, Colorado is playing better than I thought they would.

TCU tightens it up with a 3 play TD drive. 24-21 Buffs.

Surprised by Colorado so far. But I’m not too surprised knowing how much TCU’s defense sucked last year. 

Edwards is killing me. But ND’s running back room is loaded. 
 

lastly, how does Deion get get any of his db’s to tackle. He would have a hard time showing any film of himself sticking his nose in there to make a play. 
 

great game so far 

Whoever has the ball last will probably win this game.

Love the white outs at Penn State. Just a great look. 

Watching the FSU vs LSU game, and seeing Brian Kelly and knowing he is the all time winningest coach in Notre Dame history, irritates me!

But then I think about it, and know it is what it is.

However, I do believe ND is much better off with Freeman long term due to his character and vision for the program. 🍻