WEEK 2 - 2018 NCAA TV SCHEDULE plus BIG TEN, TOP 25 RANKINGS and other interesting and fun stuff....

[mjp28]

On the TOP 25, a lot of big lines and no line warm up games:

Friday, Sept. 7, from The Sporting News

No. 16 TCU (-22.5) at SMU  8 p.m., ESPN2

Saturday, Sept. 8

New Mexico at No. 5 Wisconsin (-35)  Noon, Big Ten Network

Western Michigan at No. 21 Michigan (-27.5) oon, Fox Sports 1

No. 18 Mississippi State (-9.5) at Kansas State Noon, ESPN

UCLA at No. 6 Oklahoma (-29.5) 1 p.m., FOX

William & Mary at No. 12 Virginia Tech (no line) 1 p.m., ACC Network

MORE: Week 2 AP, Coaches polls

Portland State at No. 23 Oregon (no line) 2 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Arkansas State at No. 1 Alabama (-36.5) 3:30 p.m., ESPN2

No. 3 Georgia (-9.5) at No. 24 South Carolina 3:30 p.m., CBS

Rutgers at No. 4 Ohio State (-35) 3:30 p.m., BTN

Ball State at No. 8 Notre Dame (-33.5) <--- what a come down after Michigan 
3:30 p.m., NBC

MORE: Week 2 College Football Playoff picture

North Dakota at No. 9 Washington (no line)5 p.m., PAC12

Savannah State at No. 22 Miami (no line) 6 p.m., ACCN

Youngstown State at No. 14 West Virginia (no line) <--- my Penguins after screwing up last week
Not televised - might be on local TV?

South Carolina State at No. 19 UCF (no line) 6 p.m., ESPN3

No. 2 Clemson (-12.5) at Texas A&M 7 p.m., ESPN

MORE: Week 1 overreactions

Southeastern Louisiana at No. 11 LSU (no line) 7 p.m., ESPN2

Alabama State at No. 7 Auburn (no line) 7:30 p.m., SEC Network

Kentucky at No. 25 Florida (-14)7:30 p.m., SECN

No. 13 Penn State (-8.5) at Pitt 8 p.m., ABC - might be an interesting game! 

No. 17 USC at No. 10 Stanford (-3.5) 8:30 p.m., FOX

UConn at No. 20 Boise State (-33.5) 10:15 p.m., ESPNU

No. 15 Michigan State (-6.5) at Arizona State 10:45 p.m., ESPN

 

[MLD Woody]

MSU vs ASU could be a very good game

[The Gipper]

@mjp28 said:

WEEK 2 - 2018 NCAA TV SCHEDULE plus BIG TEN, TOP 25 RANKINGS and other interesting and fun stuff....

In my quest to bring you TBB sports fans interesting stuff I run across other sources of information, from the NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN :

Friday - NCAA TV SCHEDULE 

7 p.m. — TCU at SMU, ESPN <--- the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY opponent next week on Urban's 3 week vacation TCU

Saturday

11 a.m. — Mississippi State at Kansas State, ESPN

11 a.m. — Georgia Tech at South Florida, ABC  (WKRN-2)

11 a.m. — Arizona at Houston, ESPN2

11 a.m. — Duke at Northwestern, ESPNU

11 a.m. — Nevada at Vanderbilt, SEC Network

11 a.m. — Western Michigan at Michigan, FOX Sports 1 <--- our rival up north!

11 a.m. — New Mexico at Wisconsin, Big Ten Network

11 a.m. — Eastern Michigan at Purdue, Big Ten Network

11 a.m. — Liberty at Army, CBS Sports Network

11:30 a.m. — Georgia State at NC State, Fox Sports South

12 p.m. — UCLA at Oklahoma, FOX

2:30 p.m. — Georgia at South Carolina, CBS

2:30 p.m. — Colorado at Nebraska, ABC (WKRN-2)

2:30 p.m. — Ball State at Notre Dame, NBC

2:30 p.m. — Arkansas State at Alabama, ESPN2

2:30 p.m. — North Carolina at East Carolina, ESPNU

2:30 p.m. — Rutgers at Ohio State, Big Ten Network <--- THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BUCKEYES! 

2:30 p.m. — Memphis at Navy, CBS Sports Network

3 p.m. — East Tennessee State at Tennessee, SEC Network

3 p.m. — Southern Illinois at Ole Miss, SEC Network Alternate

3 p.m. — Lamar at Texas Tech, Fox Sports Southeast

4 p.m. — Iowa State at Iowa, FOX

4 p.m. — North Dakota at Washington, Pac-12 Network

6 p.m. — Clemson at Texas A&M, ESPN

6 p.m. — Wyoming at Missouri, ESPN2 or ESPNU

6 p.m. — Southeastern Louisiana at LSU, ESPN2 or ESPNU

6:20 p.m. — Samford at Florida State, ACC Network (MYTV-30)

6:30 p.m. — Kentucky at Florida, SEC Network

6:30 p.m. — Alabama State at Auburn, SEC Network Alternate

6:30 p.m. — Virginia at Indiana, Big Ten Network

6:30 p.m. — Western Illinois at Illinois, Big Ten Network

6:30 p.m. — Arkansas at Colorado State, CBS Sports Network

6:30 p.m. — Fresno State at Minnesota, FOX Sports 1

6:30 p.m. — Utah at Northern Illinois, ESPNEWS

7 p.m. — Penn State at Pittsburgh, ABC (WKRN-2)

7 p.m. — South Alabama at Oklahoma State, Fox Sports Southeast

7 p.m. — Tulsa at Texas, Longhorn Network

7 p.m. — Southern Utah at Oregon State, Pac-12 Network

7:30 p.m. — USC at Stanford, FOX

9:45 p.m. — Michigan State at Arizona State, ESPN

10 p.m. — San Jose State at Washington State, Pac-12 Network

Highlighted what I consider to be some pretty good games on the schedule.

[The Gipper]

@mld-woody said:

MSU vs ASU could be a very good game

Herm Edwards had ASU smoking pretty good last week.

I suppose I should have some loyalty to Az St.    My father  in law got his Master's degree from there. 

Just thinking, what other schools, based on familial grounds that I should have "allegiance" to:

Father in law:  Illinois UG, and AZ St. Master's degree (he attended Wittenberg before WWII....but quit when the war broke out, then went to Ill.  )

Mother in law: Wittenberg  UG, Case Tech (now Case Western Reserve)....nursing

(neither of my parents attended college)

Me:  Akron U UG and Cleveland State (Cleve-Marshall College of Law) J.D.

Wife:  Wisconsin Stevens Point

Son:  Kenyon UG  and Cornell...

Daughter: Trinity Univ. (Texas)

Nephew:  Dayton UG,    Johns Hopkins, nursing

6 kids in my family, I am the only one with a degree, plus just the one nephew with a degree. though, perhaps one of my nieces may have gotten some kind of associates degree through her husband's military career. I would have to check.  A couple of my nieces/nephew's spouses have Akron U degrees..    Only one currently attending school:  my son at Cornell, working on PhD.

Have I "rooted" for these schools in the past?  Yes, all really except probably AZ St. , Illinois, and Dayton which I have not paid much attention to, even though my father in law played football for Illinois!  I know he earned  a letter. But I also understand that he got injured in a game against Notre Dame that pretty much ended his college football career.  My daughter was a cheerleader for Trinity for 4 years, and at senior day she got her recognition right along with the football players.  I actually attended that game, plus I attended a game where CWRU played Trinity, here in Cleveland, (though the school did not have the cheerleaders travel with the team from Texas).  (Grandmother had already passed away when her school met my daughter's school.....no mixed loyalty there, Trinity all the way....though they did lose that game)

Go ahead and give your familial allegiances to colleges. 

[wargograw]

Nah. 

[The Gipper]

@wargograw said:

Nah. 

Why, because as an Austin native (or resident at least), your family are all TU...or is it UT,  people, and you are the black sheep?

[wargograw]

Uh no, my family’s not from here and none went to tu. 

[The Gipper]

@wargograw said:

Uh no, my family’s not from here and none went to tu. 

Then why the apparent embarrassment?  It is perfectly alright to say that your family does not have a history of higher education.  (it is my wife's family, not mine that has that history).   My dad went through all of 6th grade.  My mom got the equivalent of a HS education...in England, whatever that is.  Like I said, out of 6 kids in my family, only I graduated college. (a couple of my sisters took a few classes, but none even completed as much as their freshman year).

Out of my entire extended family, me, my wife and my two kids have more  college degrees than all of the rest of them combined...not even counting the PhD. my son is working on. 

So, don't be afraid.  TAMU is cool.  (as for my busting your chops about UT....that is just a friendly busting of your chops.  The only Texas school I care about really is Trinity.....and honestly, I don't like them much because of their shite financial aid policy....which has left my daughter with massive student load debt, and because I think they did fuyuck all to help her get a job. 

[mjp28]

@mld-woody said:

MSU vs ASU could be a very good game

I like PITT +8' vs PSU but other than that a lot of big point ts games this week.

[mjp28]

After a casual look only one top 25 matchup? Not a really overly exciting week 2.

No. 3 Georgia (-9.5) at No. 24 South Carolina 3:30 p.m., CBS

[mjp28]

Outside of the usual top 4 teams there are:

Four to watch

Wisconsin will continue to cruise in the Big Ten West. Jonathan Taylor will pad his stats this week against New Mexico, but we're still watching Alex Hornibrook's development. Penn State survived the upset big against Appalachian State. We'll hang on to the Nittany Lions, but we need to see them make a statement at Pitt on Saturday. Notre Dame is back in the conversation after a win against Michigan. We know this happens every year, but the Irish have the offensive and defensive lines now. That helps. West Virginia's offense can score 40 on anybody with Will Grier. The Vols were simply the first team in line.

[mjp28]

@mjp28 said:

I like PITT +8' vs PSU but other than that a lot of big point ts games this week.

Michigan 35-0 halftime, looks like a scrimmage with a high school team. Just turned it on start of 3rd.

[MLD Woody]

@mjp28 said:

Michigan 35-0 halftime, looks like a scrimmage with a high school team. Just turned it on start of 3rd.

Would have been nice to start the year with that like you guys. Eh, it is what it is.

[mjp28]

Bump.