Week 0 and Week 1 TV times and Networks
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Updating to reflect ranked teams who are playing exclusively on streaming
Thursday, August 29th:
Lindenwood at #22 Kansas - 8:00 | ESPN+
Southern Utah at #12 Utah - 9:00 | ESPN+
Saturday, August 31st:
South Dakota State at #17 Oklahoma State - 2:00 | ESPN+
Furman at #6 Ole Miss - 7:00 | ESPN+/SEC+
UT-Martin at #18 Kansas State - 7:00 | ESPN+
Additionally, some changes to the initial OP on time changes:
Thursday, August 29th:
Howard at Rutgers - 6:00 | BTN
Eastern Illinois at Illinois - 9:00 | BTN
Thursday, August 29th:
Lindenwood at #22 Kansas - 8:00 | ESPN+
Southern Utah at #12 Utah - 9:00 | ESPN+
Saturday, August 31st:
South Dakota State at #17 Oklahoma State - 2:00 | ESPN+
Furman at #6 Ole Miss - 7:00 | ESPN+/SEC+
UT-Martin at #18 Kansas State - 7:00 | ESPN+
Additionally, some changes to the initial OP on time changes:
Thursday, August 29th:
Howard at Rutgers - 6:00 | BTN
Eastern Illinois at Illinois - 9:00 | BTN
They either need to make a huge primetime game during week 0 or just do away with week 0.
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Where did week 0 touch you?
It hurts no one by having a few games early.
It's the same principle as having lower tier games on Thursday
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I don't know how it gets any bigger than Georgia Tech/Florida State.
I do. UTEP at The Corn Aggies!!!
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Before the NCAA allowed an extra 12th game, these week 0 games were pretty big matchups. Just look at all the games in the 90's. Once that happened, week 0 games have gone downhill, but you still had good games like USC vs. Virginia Tech in 2004, and Miami vs. Florida in 2019. I'm just glad there's something. Between 2005 and 2016 there weren't any week 0 games. This is honestly a pretty nice matchup for a week 0 game. I'll be watching.
FSU vs Georgia Tech in Ireland? This has the atmosphere of the NFL in London games or the MLB in London games where it's just dead and you wonder if the fans in attendance even know what's really going on. And it's Georgia Tech, maybe the most boring brand in college football along with NC State.
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Compared to other week 0 games since they started happening again in 2016? Yes, this is probably the 2nd best week 0 game, after Miami/UF in 2017. If you think it's such a crappy game, pretty easy solution is not to watch. Would this type of game get lost on a normal Saturday? Sure, but it's still a nice game to start the season IMO.
It's called FOMO my man. I dont want to watch it but the anxiety of not watching a CFB game and not cherishing every single moment becomes stressful. Also FSU is a potential playoff opponent this year for Oregon so it's a good idea to watch. I just wish it was a better match up then cruddy GT. FSU/UF or FSU/Miami, or even FSU/UNC I am excited. Not GT. I dont want to watch this game but due to FOMO I will re-organize my Saturday plans to fit it in.
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It's only an 11.5 point spread. So it could be a good game. GT, while inconsistent, wasn't a bad team last year. GT returns 8 starters on offense, and FSU has a lot of new pieces. I think GT could have a top 15/20 offense this season. Could be a good game. If anything I think it could be a shootout.
It may feel more fun if this was at a neutral site like Orlando, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. But not Ireland. It's going to feel like a US Soccer match.
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ND played their last year against Navy and it was an okay atmosphere. I'd agree, better if it were in the US, but it should still be okay.
ND in Ireland makes sense. I would be okay if the CFB market was trying to establish something in Ireland by giving them an annual team that every year had a game played there. Notre Dame may not make sense at a university level due to the losing the cost of a home game (Unless they could somehow agree to a neutral site game each year that didn't take away a home game) but one of the lesser programs could team up and agree to have a neutral site game in Ireland every year. That would at least give it some tradition and pageantry instead of random matchups every couple years.
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Yeah, ND would make sense, but that's tough to give up a home game every year. They've played Navy 3 times in Ireland, and I can't remember the game in the 90's on who lost a "home" game, but in 2012 Navy lost theirs and last year it was ND. It doesn't affect Navy though because they play the ND game at a neutral site all the time. They were supposed to play over there in 2020, which would have been a Navy "home" game, but it got cancelled. I'm guessing ND did this as a favor to Navy for them to lose their home game. I do think ND and Navy will keep playing over there at least once a decade or so.
It's always been a high activity atmosphere no matter who plays, for some reason Irish people love this stuff. And anyway unless you're actually there, you'll just see a normal ESPN CFB broadcast.
But...GT beat both Miami and UNC last year, so why are these other two teams a better match up?
The offense is great, the season mostly hinges on the defense. The good news is that it is practically impossible for the defense to have gotten worse so they are bound to have improved under the new coach.
How is Atlanta a neutral site for GT? I know we have a sluggish fan base, but come on, man!