ESPN Schedule and Other Stuff

[Eric]

Thu., Aug. 30 Tulsa at Louisiana-Monroe 7 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Aug. 30 Murray State at Louisville 7:30 p.m. ESPNU

Thu., Aug. 30 LSU at Mississippi State 8 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Aug. 31 Washington at Syracuse 8 p.m. ESPN

Mon., Sept. 3 Texas Tech at SMU 4 p.m. ESPN

Mon., Sept. 3 Florida State at Clemson 8 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Sept. 6 Middle Tennessee at Louisville 7 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Sept. 6 Oregon State at Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 7 Navy at Rutgers 7 p.m. ESPN

Sat., Sept. 8 West Virginia at Marshall TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Thu., Sept. 13 West Virginia at Maryland 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 14 Oklahoma State at Troy 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 15 Texas at Central Florida TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Thu., Sept. 20 Texas A&M at Miami 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 21 Oklahoma at Tulsa 8 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Sept. 27 Southern Miss at Boise State 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Sept. 28 West Virginia at South Florida 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 29 LSU at Tulane TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Tue., Oct. 2 Marshall at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN2

Wed., Oct. 3 Rice at Southern Miss 8 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Oct. 4 Kentucky at South Carolina 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Oct. 5 Utah at Louisville 8 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Oct. 11 Florida State at Wake Forest 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Oct. 18 South Florida at Rutgers 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Oct. 19 Louisville at Connecticut 8 p.m. ESPN

Sun., Oct. 21 Southern Miss at Marshall 8 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Oct. 25 Boston College at Virginia Tech 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Sun., Oct. 28 Central Florida at Southern Miss 8 p.m. ESPN

Thu., Nov. 1 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Nov. 2 Akron at Bowling Green 7 or 7:30 p.m. ESPNU

Sun., Nov. 4 SMU at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN

Tue., Nov. 6 Central Michigan at Western Michigan 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Wed., Nov. 7 Ohio at Akron 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Nov. 8 Louisville at West Virginia 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Nov. 9 Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan 7 or 7:30 p.m. ESPNU

Fri., Nov. 9 Rutgers at Army 8 p.m. ESPN2

Tue., Nov. 13 Toledo at Ball State 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Wed., Nov. 14 Akron at Miami (Ohio) 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Nov. 15 Oregon at Arizona 9 p.m. ESPN

Tue., Nov. 20 Middle Tennessee at Troy 7 p.m. ESPN2

Thu., Nov. 22 USC at Arizona State 8 p.m. ESPN

Fri., Nov. 23 Central Michigan at Akron 11 a.m. ESPNU

Fri., Nov. 23 Toledo at Bowling Green 2:30 p.m. ESPNU

Thu., Nov. 29 Rutgers at Louisville 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Sat., Dec. 1 Pittsburgh at West Virginia TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Sat., Dec. 1 C-USA Championship Game TBD ESPN or ESPN2

Sat., Dec. 1 MAC Championship Game TBD ESPN or ESPN2



This is what they have so far.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2790303

I thought Billybud might be interested in this. It's a Spring Lookaround of the ACC. It talks a lot about the QB situations and I think that's what really held the conference back last year. Proctor struggled down the stretch and he's gone, Glennon was horrible, Duke never has anybody that can play QB, Reggie Ball was inconsistent as usual, Hollenbach was efficient but he had a tendency to make mistakes, FSU's QB situation was not settled, and Miami had nothing to offer at the QB position.

I think that should change somewhat this year. If you had a QB that could lead a team and score bundles of points and combine that with some of the defenses that those teams in that conference brought to the table, it would certainly be in the top 2 on the conference list.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2800023

I don't know if you guys even care, but Samford will be leaving the Ohio Valley Conference for the SoCon.


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2795194

What do you think of Oregon State's chances this year? They seem to be the #2 "It" team behind Wisconsin. Everybody thinks that they will be the top contender for USC's throne. I don't buy all of it. UCLA will be pretty good, Cal will be decent as usual, and then you have to throw in Oregon, Arizona State, and don't sleep on Arizona. With Sonny Dikes coming to Tuscon, I think the offense will find that spark that was lacking entirely throughout last season. Tuitama should be healthy enough. I see them either shocking everybody and going to the BCS or, more likely, the Holiday Bowl.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2790806

Is it just me, or will the Big 10 be one of the more interesting conference races? It seems like Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and Wisconsin are pretty much equals and it seems like they all play eachother. I think that the Big 10 is going to end up with a huge logjam at the top with 2 loss teams. And don't forget about Iowa or Purdue; they could end up being a thorn in the sides of some teams.