September 2Sep 2 Popular Post After Week One's madness of high stakes ranked-on-ranked action, this is... not that. But it's a full fun couple days of college football with some offbeat rivalry games in an unseasonably cool early fall. Enjoy it! Friday James Madison @ Louisville (-15) - 7/6 ESPN 2: Jeff Brohm's teams are usually a lot of fun to watch - JMU probably won't be able to hang, but they're a solid program (and one that I've never met a bad alumni. Good, social folks). Miller Moss should be able to play loose out from under the psychodrama that is Lincoln Riley USC Football. Northern Illinois @ Maryland (-16) - 7:30/6:30 BTN: We all know what Northern Illinois is capable of after last year. Maryland Football in the Big Ten is a pretty joyless experience, even when Taulia Tagovailoa was slinging it around last year. Freshman QB Malik Washington looked great against FAU. Saturday Early San Jose State @ #7 Texas (-36) - 12/11 ABC: After last weeks defensive heavyweight battle in the Shoe, this is a gentle walk in the park against a lower-level G5 program that lost all of its good players from a good-by-their-standards team last year. Enjoy the demolition. Iowa @ #16 Iowa State (-3) - 12/11 FOX: El Assico returns! Matt Campbell didn't shit the bed in a major televised rivalry game in Week Zero, but the chance comes to do it again against a powerfully mid Hawkeyes squad. #11 Illinois (-2.5) @ Duke - 12/11 ESPN: Bert! Manny Diaz! Durham! This is actually a fun, good matchup of coaches Texas fans have plenty of history with (provided Duke playing with their food against Elon was just a vanilla first game and not a sign of deeper badness). Baylor @ #17 SMU (-4) - 12/11 CW: Will the wheels fully fall of the Aranda train? Is SMU a paper tiger or for real? Could be a fun one at Gerald Ford (not that one) Stadium. Mid-Afternoon Kansas @ Mizzou (-6.5) - 3:30 / 2:30 ESPN2: Border War! A pretty intense rivalry between two often overlooked schools. Neither is ranked, but neither is actually bad either, and Liepold and Drinkwitz are quality coaches. #20 Ole Miss (-9) @ Kentucky (-6.5) - 3:30 / 2:30 ABC: Kentucky annoyingly avoided the upset against Toledo (barely) but now it's definitely time for prime sad Stoops face. West Virginia (-3) @ Ohio - 4/3 ESPNU: Why on earth is this game happening. Ohio nearly upset Rutgers in Piscataway and now they get another bad P5 school, this time in Athens (the Midwestern one). As you can see by the line, The 'eers on are upset alert. South Florida @ #13 Florida (-19) - 4/3 SECN: South Florida's upset of Boise State means this game has a little more life than expected. The Gators should roll, but the USF defense can cause those talented but fragile skill players some problems. Primetime #15 Michigan @ #18 Oklahoma (-5.5) - 7:30 / 6:30 ABC: A matchup of great programs, beautiful jerseys, and mid-to-decent football teams. Here's hoping the Michigan defense pounds Mateer and Ott to dust behind that suspect OL and terrorizes their JUCO caliber WRs. #12 Arizona State (-7) @ Mississippi State - 7:30 / 6:30 ESPN2: Is ASU for real again? Does Miss State have any juice at all this year? Even if it's uncompetitive, watching Sam Leavitt made a bunch of rednecks sad is a joy. Vanderbilt (-4.5) @ Virginia Tech - 7:30 / 6:30 ACCN: A chance to watch Diego Pavia in a cool venue and another measuring stick for the bottom half of the SEC. UCLA (-2) @ UNLV - 8 / 7 CBSSN: Dan Mullen's UNLV is 2-0. Nico Iamaleava looked like butt as UCLA got smoked 43-10 by a revitalized Utah. There's a chance for some fun on Saturday in Vegas. After Dark Stanford @ BYU (-19) - 10:15/9:15 ESPN: You guys want to see a dead tree? Edited September 5Sep 5 by texifornia
September 2Sep 2 You ignore the state of Texas at your own peril, sir. Texas State at UTSA should be a fun game if you can find it on tv. Houston at Rice is one of the most celebrated rivalries in all of ... the Med Center area of Houston. ESPN+ will be blowing up for this one with tens of viewers. No love for Oklahoma State at Oregon? I know Okie State sucked last year, but maybe this one is okay? Boston College at Michigan State isn't sexy, but it interests me. I want to know if either one of these teams is capable of giving bigger conference opponents a challenge this season. I find OU being favored by 5.5 to be fascinating. In most seasons, there are usually a couple of weekends in which a number of upsets occur. At least one of those weekends usually also looks sleepy. Maybe we get a little of that this weekend for our entertainment.
September 2Sep 2 Author 10 minutes ago, closetojumping said: You ignore the state of Texas at your own peril, sir. Texas State at UTSA should be a fun game if you can find it on tv. Houston at Rice is one of the most celebrated rivalries in all of ... the Med Center area of Houston. ESPN+ will be blowing up for this one with tens of viewers. No love for Oklahoma State at Oregon? I know Okie State sucked last year, but maybe this one is okay? Boston College at Michigan State isn't sexy, but it interests me. I want to know if either one of these teams is capable of giving bigger conference opponents a challenge this season. I find OU being favored by 5.5 to be fascinating. In most seasons, there are usually a couple of weekends in which a number of upsets occur. At least one of those weekends usually also looks sleepy. Maybe we get a little of that this weekend for our entertainment. I'm kind of assuming Oregon blows out Okie Lite by a whole lot but I'd love if that game was competitive. Thoughts @oSuJeff97 or @'stache? I just missed BC @ MSU, I've got some light family ties to both schools. Hoping Sparty can bring back their Dantonio edge and cause a little chaos this year.
September 2Sep 2 28 minutes ago, texifornia said: #11 Illinois (-2.5) @ Duke - 12/11 ESPN: Bert! Manny Diaz! Durham! This is actually a fun, good matchup of coaches Texas fans have plenty of history with (provided Duke playing with their food against Elon was just a vanilla first game and not a sign of deeper badness). This line seems wild to me. Duke was tied 10-10 with Elon at halftime, and they really didn't pull away until the 4th quarter. If Illinois is anywhere near the #11 team in the country, they should cover easily.
September 2Sep 2 The strange line has already been mentioned but it must be noted that OU's jerseys are ugly as fuck.
September 3Sep 3 Author 1 hour ago, Burt Macklin said: This line seems wild to me. Duke was tied 10-10 with Elon at halftime, and they really didn't pull away until the 4th quarter. If Illinois is anywhere near the #11 team in the country, they should cover easily. I asked my Duke fan friend - not sure I buy it, but that's where he's coming from: Duke ended up dominating the second half, stacking up a few late TDs. My take has been we’ve got a top 25 defense and a top 25 QB which is usually enough to be a top 25 team. I feel like Duke just came out flat to a half empty stadium
September 3Sep 3 1 hour ago, texifornia said: I'm kind of assuming Oregon blows out Okie Lite by a whole lot but I'd love if that game was competitive. Thoughts @oSuJeff97 or @'stache? I just missed BC @ MSU, I've got some light family ties to both schools. Hoping Sparty can bring back their Dantonio edge and cause a little chaos this year. Okst QB is out for 5 weeks with a broken bone in his foot.
September 3Sep 3 3 hours ago, texifornia said: Iowa @ #16 Iowa State (-3) - 12/11 FOX: El Assico returns! Matt Campbell didn't shit the bed in a major televised rivalry game in Week Zero, but the chance comes to do it again against a powerfully mid Hawkeyes squad. Iowa views ISU like we do aggy:
September 3Sep 3 Author Uh oh (Purdue did blank Ball State last week 31-0, but I need more data points before this isn't a scary game for them) Edited September 3Sep 3 by texifornia
September 3Sep 3 43 minutes ago, The Dog said: Iowa views ISU like we do aggy: Counterpoint: redhead Iowa State coed.gif
September 3Sep 3 3 hours ago, texifornia said: I'm kind of assuming Oregon blows out Okie Lite by a whole lot but I'd love if that game was competitive. Thoughts @oSuJeff97 or @'stache? I just missed BC @ MSU, I've got some light family ties to both schools. Hoping Sparty can bring back their Dantonio edge and cause a little chaos this year. I don’t see any path to it being competitive. Our OL is still as bad as I’ve ever seen carried over from last year. Cannot open holes for the RBs or give the new QB enough time to be consistent. The defense looks better but will be in the field nonstop. It’s going to be ugly af.
September 3Sep 3 16 hours ago, Burt Macklin said: This line seems wild to me. Duke was tied 10-10 with Elon at halftime, and they really didn't pull away until the 4th quarter. If Illinois is anywhere near the #11 team in the country, they should cover easily. I thought about that one. Part of just thinks it's really hard to trust Bielema in consecutive seasons. Then I realize that he'll be up against Manny Diaz and my head just wants to explode.
September 3Sep 3 13 hours ago, TrashMaster G said: Counterpoint: redhead Iowa State coed.gif You can't invoke her and not post the gif.
September 3Sep 3 2 minutes ago, Park Gothic said: You can't invoke her and not post the gif. I have never figured out how to post gifs from my cell phone. Thanks for the assist.
September 3Sep 3 Just now, TrashMaster G said: I have never figured out how to post gifs from my cell phone. Thanks for the assist. Teamwork makes the dream work
September 3Sep 3 Author Just now, DFW Horn said: Don't sleep on the Salukis! That's a dog breed, BTW They were one my favorite March Madness teams as a kid because the mascots are so cool looking
September 3Sep 3 Fehrens can become the conference's all-time winning coach on Saturday. 26 years. One Rose Bowl in his career. Probably should get the Outback Bowl named after him at some point. Unlike his son, Kirk hasn't had a scoring quota to maintain his job. Limited success but not longevity.
September 3Sep 3 Author 2 hours ago, Wally Pryor said: Fehrens can become the conference's all-time winning coach on Saturday. This is a @SydneyCarton caliber spelling job. Unrelatedly
September 4Sep 4 Author 36 minutes ago, Beau Vine said: Why the hell are there no Thursday games this week? They never schedule games against the NFL opener
September 4Sep 4 6 minutes ago, texifornia said: They never schedule games against the NFL opener Yeah, we're stuck with watching the Cowboys getting embarrassed during prime time. Spike to me head
September 4Sep 4 2 hours ago, cactusflinthead said: Yeah, we're stuck with watching the Cowboys getting embarrassed during prime time. Spike to me head I expect to have a pretty good time tomorrow night watching that one, pretty much enough to be okay with not having CFB. Do Cowboys fans post a game thread? I might have to check that one out.
September 4Sep 4 6 minutes ago, closetojumping said: I expect to have a pretty good time tomorrow night watching that one, pretty much enough to be okay with not having CFB. Do Cowboys fans post a game thread? I might have to check that one out. You've going to have to put up with a lot of Drew. Would not recommend
September 4Sep 4 9 minutes ago, closetojumping said: I expect to have a pretty good time tomorrow night watching that one, pretty much enough to be okay with not having CFB. Do Cowboys fans post a game thread? I might have to check that one out. Need a week 1 NFL thread for the non-cowboy fans so we don’t have to read Drew or look at Vic’s dumb memes from Facebook
September 4Sep 4 3 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said: You've going to have to put up with a lot of Drew. Would not recommend Just now, Js1 said: Need a week 1 NFL thread for the non-cowboy fans so we don’t have to read Drew or look at Vic’s dumb memes from Facebook Who is this Drew character? I like the non-Cowboy fan NFL thread idea.
September 4Sep 4 4 minutes ago, closetojumping said: Who is this Drew After some consideration the best description I can muster up is a Yorkie. Insistent.yappy, but mostly harmless. He annoyed the hell out of Rex which made for some fine entertainment though.
September 4Sep 4 2 hours ago, cactusflinthead said: Yeah, we're stuck with watching the Cowboys getting embarrassed during prime time. Spike to me head Fuck that. I'm either gonna PPV some D2 football or find a local high school game.
September 4Sep 4 College football has milestone opening weekend as “Big Data” era begins Week one TV ratings: 16.6 Texas @ Ohio State 10.8 Notre Dame @ Miami 10.7 Alabama @ FSU 10.4 LSU @ Clemson https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/09/college-football-opening-weekend-ratings-milestones-big-data/
September 4Sep 4 Some line movement - just looking at ESPN: Illinois over a FG now -3.5 @Duke SMU under a FG -2.5 against Baylor OU down to -4.5 against MICH Oregon now up to over 4 TDs -28.5 against Okie Lite. That one opened at -23.5. I mean... Jesus Christ, pokes. Good luck I guess.
September 4Sep 4 Gamblers gonna gamble. Gundy making an NIL comment about Oregon's payroll drew attention to the game and therefore the gamblers. I think our defense can keep it within 28 points (lol) but it ain't gonna be pretty either way.
September 4Sep 4 15 hours ago, closetojumping said: Who is this Drew character? I like the non-Cowboy fan NFL thread idea. @shadow_operative2.0 usually starts an "NFL Week (X)" thread as a catch-all for the non-Cowboys/Texans games and for people watching who aren't fans of those teams to discuss those games. I'm sure he will start one today for NFL Week 1, since we have Cowboys-Eagles tonight and Chargers-Chiefs tomorrow in Brazil
September 4Sep 4 I just paid $20 to something called FloSports so that I can watch Colorado Mines @ West Texas aggy tonight. Edited September 4Sep 4 by Beau Vine
September 4Sep 4 Ha, you get it for a month, right? I do know they will kick you off if a second user tries to login from elsewhere.
September 4Sep 4 18 minutes ago, Beau Vine said: I just paid $20 to something called FloSports so that I can watch Colorado Mines @ West Texas aggy tonight. Go Buffs!
September 5Sep 5 1 hour ago, Beau Vine said: Mines won 33-31 in case you were wondering. Not really but thanks for the update. Have a lot of family ties to WTAMU.
September 5Sep 5 1 hour ago, texifornia said: I missed it somewhere along the timeline, but what is the story behind the name "El Assico" for the Iowa vs ISU game each year? Is it just because those games are usually so ugly? What's the origin story?
September 5Sep 5 Just now, closetojumping said: I missed it somewhere along the timeline, but what is the story behind the name "El Assico" for the Iowa vs ISU game each year? Is it just because those games are usually so ugly? What's the origin story? It’s a play on the Real Madrid-Barcelona soccer rivalry that is called “El Classico.” The games are usually good. Iowa-ISU games are the opposite of that.
September 5Sep 5 1 minute ago, closetojumping said: I missed it somewhere along the timeline, but what is the story behind the name "El Assico" for the Iowa vs ISU game each year? Is it just because those games are usually so ugly? What's the origin story? It's a parody of El Clásico (between Barcelona and Real Madrid) because the two teams are usually ass.
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