College football season starts Friday Aug 24 two days

[Central Floridave]

Any thoughts on this year's season in the college football landscape?

Preseason Coaches Poll
1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) Oklahoma
4) Florida St
5) Ohio St
6) LSU
7) Stanford
8) Michigan
9) Notre Dame
10) Tennessee
11) Michigan State
12) Ole Miss
13) Houston
14) TCU
15) Iowa
16) Georgia
17) USC
18) Washington
19) Oklahoma State
20) North Carolina
21) Baylor
22) Oregon
23) Louisville
24) UCLA
25) Florida

Others receiving votes: Miami 120, Wisconsin 82, Utah 73, Boise State 73, Washington State 47, Texas A&M 37, Texas 34, Arkansas 34, Northwestern 31, Navy 30, Mississippi State 19, San Diego State 18, Nebraska 17, Auburn 17, Western Kentucky 11, Pittsburgh 8, BYU 6, Appalachian State 4, Duke 3, South Florida 2, Arizona 2, Marshall 2, Toledo 2, Northern Illinois 1, Memphis 1, Indiana 1

 

[Central Floridave]

Friday, August 26

Hawaii vs California 10:00 PM ESPNWatchESPN Sydney, NSW

Thursday, September 1

Presbyterian College at Central Michigan 7:00 PM ESPN3 Mount Pleasant, MI
Charlotte at #19 Louisville 7:00 PM ESPN3 Louisville,
Tulane at Wake Forest 7:00 PM ESPN3 Winston-salem, NC
Tennessee-Martin at Cincinnati 7:00 PM ESPN3 Cincinnati, OH
Maine at Connecticut 7:00 PM ESPN3 East Hartford, CT
William & Mary at NC State 7:30 PM Raleigh, NC
Indiana at Florida Intl 7:30 PM ESPNUWatchESPN Miami, FL
Appalachian State at #9 Tennessee 7:30 PM SECNWatchESPN Knoxville, TN
South Carolina at Vanderbilt 8:00 PM ESPNWatchESPN Nashville, TN
Southern Utah at Utah 8:00 PM PAC12 Salt Lake City, UT
Weber State at Utah State 8:00 PM Logan, UT
Rice at Western Kentucky 8:00 PM CBSSN Bowling Green, KY
Oregon State at Minnesota 9:00 PM BTN Minneapolis, MN
South Dakota at New Mexico 9:00 PM Albuquerque, NM
Montana State at Idaho 9:00 PM ESPN3 Moscow, ID
Jackson State at UNLV 10:00 PM Las Vegas, NV

Friday, September 2

Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan 6:00 PM ESPN3 Ypsilanti, MI
Ball State at Georgia State 7:00 PM ESPN3 Atlanta, GA
Albany at Buffalo 7:00 PM ESPN3 Buffalo, NY
Colgate at Syracuse 7:00 PM Syracuse, NY
Army at Temple 7:00 PM CBSSN Philadelphia, PA
Furman at #12 Michigan State 7:00 PM BTN East Lansing, MI
Northwestern State at #23 Baylor 7:30 PM Waco, TX
Colorado State vs Colorado 8:00 PM ESPNWatchESPN Denver, CO
Kansas State at #8 Stanford 9:00 PM FS1 Stanford, CA
Toledo at Arkansas State 9:00 PM ESPNUWatchESPN Jonesboro, AR
Cal Poly at Nevada 9:30 PM Reno, NV


Saturday, September 3

Georgia Tech vs Boston College 7:30 AM ESPN2WatchESPN Dublin
#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston 12:00 PM ABCWatchESPN Houston, TX
Fordham at Navy 12:00 PM CBSSN Annapolis, MD
Eastern Kentucky at Purdue 12:00 PM ESPNNWatchESPN West Lafayette, IN
Bowling Green at #6 Ohio State 12:00 PM BTN Columbus, OH
Western Michigan at Northwestern 12:00 PM ESPNUWatchESPN Evanston, IL
Hawaii at #7 Michigan 12:00 PM ESPNWatchESPN Ann Arbor, MI
Boise State at Louisiana Lafayette 12:00 PM ESPN3 Lafayette, LA
South Alabama at Mississippi State 12:00 PM SECNwatchESPN Starkville, MS
Missouri at West Virginia 12:00 PM FS1 Morgantown, WV
Howard at Maryland 12:00 PM BTN College Park, MD
Liberty at Virginia Tech 12:30 PM ESPN3 Blacksburg, VA
Villanova at Pittsburgh 1:30 PM Pittsburgh, PA
Abilene Christian at Air Force 2:00 PM CAMP Usaf Academy, CO
Rutgers at #14 Washington 2:00 PM PAC12 Seattle, WA
#16 UCLA at Texas A&M 3:30 PM CBS College Station, TX
#5 LSU vs Wisconsin 3:30 PM ABCWatchESPN Green Bay, WI
Richmond at Virginia 3:30 PM Charlottesville, VA
Kent State at Penn State 3:30 PM BTN University Park, PA
Miami (OH) at #17 Iowa 3:30 PM ESPNUWatchESPN Iowa City, IA
Texas State at Ohio 3:30 PM CBSSN Athens, OH
Murray State at Illinois 3:30 PM BTN Champaign, IL
Southeastern Louisiana at #21 Oklahoma State 3:30 PM Stillwater, OK
Louisiana Tech at Arkansas 4:00 PM SECNWatchESPN Fayetteville, AR
UC Davis at#24 Oregon 5:00 PM PAC12 Eugene, OR
#18 Georgia vs #22 North Carolina 5:30 PM ESPNwatchESPN Atlanta, GA
Southern Illinois at Florida Atlantic 6:00 PM Boca Raton, FL
Hampton at Old Dominion 6:00 PM Norfolk, VA
North Carolina Central at Duke 6:00 PM Durham, NC
Western Carolina at East Carolina 6:00 PM ESPN3 Greenville, NC
Florida A&M at Miami 6:00 PM Miami, FL
Savannah State at Georgia Southern 6:00 PM ESPN3 Statesboro, GA
Austin Peay at Troy 6:00 PM ESPN3 Troy, AL
VMI at Akron 6:30 PM ESPN3 Akron, OH
Alabama A&M at Middle Tennessee 7:00 PM Murfreesboro, TN
SMU at North Texas 7:00 PM Denton, TX
San José State at Tulsa 7:00 PM CBSSN Tulsa, OK
Towson at South Florida 7:00 PM ESPN3 Tampa, FL
South Carolina State at UCF 7:00 PM ESPN3 Orlando, FL
Rhode Island at Kansas 7:00 PM ESPN3 Lawrence, KS
Southeast Missouri State at Memphis 7:00 PM ESPN3 Memphis, TN
Alabama State at Texas San Antonio 7:00 PM San Antonio, TX
Southern at Louisiana Monroe 7:00 PM ESPN3 Monroe, LA
Southern Mississippi at Kentucky 7:30 PM ESPNUWatchESPN Lexington, KY
Massachusetts at #25 Florida 7:30 PM SECNWatchESPN Gainesville, FL
#20 USC vs #1 Alabama 8:00 PM ABCWatchESPN Arlington, TX
Northern Iowa at Iowa State 8:00 PM Ames, IA
Fresno State at Nebraska 8:00 PM BTN Lincoln, NE
Eastern Washington at Washington State 8:00 PM PAC12 Pullman, WA
New Mexico State at UTEP 8:00 PM El Paso, TX
South Dakota State at #13 TCU 8:00 PM Fort Worth, TX
Stephen F Austin at Texas Tech 8:00 PM Lubbock, TX 3,056
New Hampshire at San Diego State 8:30 PM San Diego, CA
#2 Clemson at Auburn 9:00 PM ESPNWatchESPN, Auburn, AL
Arizona vs BYU 10:30 PM FS1 Glendale, AZ
Northern Illinois at Wyoming 10:30 PM CBSSN Laramie, WY
Northern Arizona at Arizona State 10:45 PM PAC12 Tempe, AZ

Sunday, September 4

#10 Notre Dame at Texas 7:30 PM ABCWatchESPN Austin, TX


Monday, September 5


#11 Ole Miss vs #4 Florida State 8:00 PM ESPNWatchESPN Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL

 

[SublimeKnight]

Is Hawaii vs California a spring game?

 

[Central Floridave]

LOL. Yes, It will be spring time in Australia.

 

[SCKnight]

Hey at least we are ESPN 3

 

[UCFProf]

The national sports show, Colin Cowherd, was saying what a coup this was for college football to dominate the entire Labor Day weekend in a month that has always been owned by the NFL.

 

[Ucfmikes]

The national sports show, Colin Cowherd, was saying what a coup this was for college football to dominate the entire Labor Day weekend in a month that has always been owned by the NFL.

Good

 

[Ucfmikes]

I'll watch all the sept 10th games in Ann Arbor after 4!

 

[Knight_Light]

The national sports show, Colin Cowherd, was saying what a coup this was for college football to dominate the entire Labor Day weekend in a month that has always been owned by the NFL.

What is Cowherd going to tell the world next? Water is wet?

NFL hasn't opened up a season on Labor Day Weekend since 2001...so College Football has dominated that weekend ever since.

 

[Central Floridave]

What is the reason FSU is playing the citrus bowl? Is their stadium being worked on?

This game will be huge for the American conference if Houston can pull the upset:
#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston 12:00 PM ABCWatchESPN Houston, TX

 

[Central Floridave]

Check out Hawaii travelling the first week. Friday night playing in Sidney Australia, then the next Saturday @Michigan. Hope they are collecting frequent flier miles! And, hope Hawaii softens up Michigan before UCF visits. (but doubt that).

 

[UCFProf]

What is Cowherd going to tell the world next? Water is wet?

NFL hasn't opened up a season on Labor Day Weekend since 2001...so College Football has dominated that weekend ever since.

I believe his point was how they put games on every single day to blanket the extended weekend.

 

[ks2-1]

What is the reason FSU is playing the citrus bowl? Is their stadium being worked on?

This game will be huge for the American conference if Houston can pull the upset:
#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston 12:00 PM ABCWatchESPN Houston, TX

It will be big for the Big 12. American conference not so much. Since O'Dreary left the cupboards bare we laid an egg last year and screwed our shot at P5. Somehow the asshat is getting a statue anyhow.

 

[SCKnight]

It will be big for the Big 12. American conference not so much. Since O'Dreary left the cupboards bare we laid an egg last year and screwed our shot at P5. Somehow the asshat is getting a statue anyhow.

 

[ucfversusbcs]

It will be big for the Big 12. American conference not so much. Since O'Dreary left the cupboards bare we laid an egg last year and screwed our shot at P5.

If Houston can beat Oklahoma, the American will have a big season again. The east may not be like it was last year due to new coaches across the board, so it all depends on Navy and Houston to carry the torch. That sucks that the TV deal isnt ending this year or the next. We need to cash in on our momentum. Navy's membership has really helped our conference.

 

[crambone]

I think Houston will give OU all they can handle. Let's hope they pull it off!!

 

[UCFProf]

UH's qb has added weight to 188 lbs, but most of their offense and all their fortunes depend on this highly exposed guy staying healthy another season. I can bet Stoop will have a scheme contain him and force him to a traditional dropback passer. This may not be pretty.

 

[Central Floridave]

Some American Conf games this Thursday:
Tennessee-Martin at Cincinnati 7:00 PM ESPN3 Cincinnati, OH
Maine at Connecticut 7:00 PM ESPN3 East Hartford, CT
And future UCF foe FIU:
Indiana at Florida Intl 7:30 PM ESPNUWatchESPN Miami, FL


UCF #111

Alabama tops the preseason 1-128 NCAA Re-rank

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ma-ohio-state-florida-state-clemson/89537594/

 

[Central Floridave]

Thursday night, Kick off! Just watched Louisville qb scramble for the first drive TD.

 

[UCFProf]

UCF #111
Alabama tops the preseason 1-128 NCAA Re-rank

The saddest part is that half the schools in the top 10 didn't change ranking at all!
A little bit of compelling trivia: in 2013, a terrible UF remained ranked until UCF started getting lots of votes. Then they fell out and we rose thereafter. Some of that must have been regional voting by Southern voters switching their favorite and non-Southerners who would only vote for a limited number of Southern schools.

 

[Central Floridave]

Appalachian State 7 Tennessee 3 mid-2nd. The Mountaineers are playing pretty tough so far.

 

[Central Floridave]

Appy State 13 Tenn 3 at the Half. Like to see the underdogs up and shocking college football!

 

[Central Floridave]

Tennessee-Martin up on Cincy 7-6 3rd
Maine and UCONN tied at 7. 3rd.

 

[Central Floridave]

UCONN had a pretty good last minute drive and field goal to beat Maine 24-21.

 

[Central Floridave]

Apply state and Tenn are tied late in the 4th. 13-13. Been a great game.

 

[Central Floridave]

OT for Tennessee and Appalachian State. 13-13.

 

[Central Floridave]

The Vols pull of a close one and win in OT.

SoCarolina tied with Vandy 10-10, late 4th.

 

[Central Floridave]

S.Carolina kicks a 55 yard field goal at the end to beat Vandy. 13-10

 

[Mikesi]

App. state missed a field goal, extra point and another opportunity for a last second field goal was wasted when the QB let the clock run out. Those are the plays that lesser teams often do to blow an upset bid.

 

[HammerB08]

Uconn basically had our Furman game from last year right there, but found a way to pull it out.

Bobby Puyol hit a 37-yard field goal with 11 seconds left and UConn avoided a season-opening upset with a 24-21 win over Maine from the Football Championship Subdivision on Thursday night.

 

[pittstoner74]

Check out Hawaii travelling the first week. Friday night playing in Sidney Australia, then the next Saturday @Michigan. Hope they are collecting frequent flier miles! And, hope Hawaii softens up Michigan before UCF visits. (but doubt that).

As part of their recruiting pitch, Hawaii is letting the players keep frequent flyer miles.

 

[Central Floridave]

Do you guys like this type of thread? Should I do one each week of all the scheduled games? I kind of enjoy it as it keeps me up to date and see what's on quickly. #banweeklyfootballschedulethreads or #yeahweeklyfootballschedulethreads

Friday night games:

Army at Temple 7:00 PM CBSSN Philadelphia, PA
Furman at #12 Michigan State 7:00 PM BTN East Lansing, MI

 

[pittstoner74]

I probably won't watch much Furman but Ill probably want to see Temple.