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It is October! Can you believe it? That means we’re already a month into college football season. Les Miles has already been fired. Brian Kelly threw his entire team of amateurs under surely not the last of many buses. Then fired his defensive coordinator. Lamar Jackson made you forget about everyone else. And conference action is underway all over the country.
Before the Bruins late-night game against the Wildcats (Full disclosure: I’m from Tucson, so this is the family rivalry game), here are the big ones:
#8 Wisconsin at #4 Michigan, 12:30 PDT, ABC. After knocking off LSU and Michigan State, Bucky goes to the Big House to face the Wolverines. Justin Wilcox’s defensive scheme looks better under head coach Paul Chryst than it ever did under Sark, but can it handle the nation’s #4 scoring offense lead by Michigan QB Wilton Speight? Michigan is favored by 11.
#11 Tennessee at #25 Georgia, 12:30 PDT, CBS. I know what you’re thinking, Georgia’s still ranked after getting thrashed by Ole Miss? But anyway, they are and this is a game between ranked teams. Tennessee rallied from down 21 to come back and beat Florida last week, giving them the leg up in the SEC East. Nick Chubb is out. Georgia fired a guy who consistently won 9-10 games a year for the product they have on the field right now.
#3 Louisville at #5 Clemson, 5:00PDT, ABC. Have you guys heard about this Lamar Jackson guy? He’s only thrown for 13 touchdowns, run for 12. Ho hum. How many touchdowns has UCLA scored? Let’s not talk about that. Brent Venables is running a top five defense at Clemson, but I bet he didn’t get much sleep this week trying to figure out how to slow down Jackson. Clemson has a pretty good quarterback, too. You may remember him from last year, Deshaun Watson?
Here's today's full schedule.
| Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
| (22) Texas at Oklahoma State | 12:00 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| (14) Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Rutgers at (2) Ohio State | 12:00 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| (23) Florida at Vanderbilt | 12:00 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (13) Baylor at Iowa State | 12:00 p.m. | FS1 / FSGo |
| Alcorn State at (20) Arkansas | 12:00 p.m. | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Notre Dame vs. Syracuse (East Rutherford, NJ) | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Northwestern at Iowa | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| UCF at East Carolina | 12:00 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| SMU at Temple | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| Georgia State at Appalachian State | 12:00 p.m. | ASN / ESPN3 |
| Virginia at Duke | 12:30 p.m. | ACCN / WatchESPN |
| Buffalo at Boston College | 1:00 p.m. | WatchESPN |
| Oregon State at Colorado | 2:30 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Ohio at Miami (OH) | 2:30 p.m. | BCSN/TWCS / ESPN3 |
| Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green | 3:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| (8) Wisconsin at (4) Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| (11) Tennessee at (25) Georgia | 3:30 p.m. | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| North Carolina at (12) Florida State | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Illinois at (15) Nebraska | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Kansas State at West Virginia | 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn | 3:30 p.m. | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Minnesota at Penn State | 3:30 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Purdue at Maryland | 3:30 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Wake Forest at NC State | 3:30 p.m. | RSN / WatchESPN |
| Navy at Air Force | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Tulane at UMass | 3:30 p.m. | ASN/NESN / ESPN3 |
| Akron at Kent State | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Northern Illinois at Ball State | 3:30 p.m. | ASN / ESPN3 |
| (9) Texas A&M at South Carolina | 4:00 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| San Jose State at New Mexico | 4:00 p.m. | ROOT SPORTS / CampusInsiders |
| Oklahoma at (21) TCU | 5:00 p.m. | FOX / FSGo |
| Troy at Idaho | 5:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| (18) Utah at California | 6:00 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Old Dominion at Charlotte | 6:00 p.m. | CUSA.TV |
| Kentucky at (1) Alabama | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Memphis at (16) Ole Miss | 7:00 p.m. | SECN Alt. or ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| USF at Cincinnati | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| UTEP at Louisiana Tech | 7:00 p.m. | ASN |
| Western Michigan at Central Michigan | 7:00 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Florida Atlantic at FIU | 7:00 p.m. | beIN Sports / Stream |
| Middle Tennessee at North Texas | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Houston Baptist at WKU | 7:00 p.m. | CS Live |
| Incarnate Word at Texas State | 7:00 p.m. | TSSP/KEYE-TV / ESPN3 |
| Missouri at LSU | 7:30 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| Marshall at Pittsburgh | 7:30 p.m. | RSN / WatchESPN |
| (3) Louisville at (5) Clemson | 8:00 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| (17) Michigan State at Indiana | 8:00 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| (19) San Diego State at South Alabama | 8:00 p.m. | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| UL Lafayette at New Mexico State | 8:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Arizona State at USC | 8:30 p.m. | FOX / FS Go |
| Oregon at Washington State | 9:30 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Utah State at (24) Boise State | 10:15 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Wyoming at Colorado State | 10:15 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Arizona at UCLA | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Fresno State at UNLV | 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Nevada at Hawaii | 12:00 a.m. | Oceanic PPV |
This is your Saturday open thread!
GO BRUINS.