Games ranked on a scale of what you must do to watch it
1* - Games that really shouldn't be televised. Likely some sort of grizzly blowout or a low quality game that is only on basically because it can be. Hard even for people like me to stomach for the entire game.
2* - Casual fans should only watch if its their team or they are watching with hardcore fans. Hardcore fans, you know you will watch, but if other plans get in the way then so be it.
3* - A solid matchup that has the potential to have an impact. The hardcore college football fan will watch no matter and the casual fan will find quite a bit of enjoyment out of this game.
4* - Well worth building a day around and if you are a fan of a specific team these can trump a five-star game. Most weeks have at least one of these if not two or three, sometimes more depending on the circumstances.
5* - Everything possible. If this means watching on your phone at a wedding, you do it. If this means working all night on either a work or school project on Friday and/or Saturday, you do it. There aren't too many of these in any given year. Last season included all of four regular season games that fit (Boise St.-Virginia Tech, Oregon-Stanford, Auburn-LSU, Auburn-Alabama). These are rare indeed.
All games are Saturday unless otherwise noted
5* Games
Oregon vs LSU – 8ET/5PT ABC; Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
4* Games
Boise St. vs Georgia – 8ET/5PT ESPN; Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge
3* Games
Notre Dame vs South Florida – 3:30ET/12:30PT NBC; Dan Hicks, Mike Mayock
Houston vs UCLA – 3:30ET/12:30PT FSN; Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt
USC vs Minnesota – 3:30ET/12:30PT ABC/ESPN2; Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
Baylor vs TCU – 8ET/5PT ESPN Friday; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
Maryland vs Miami – 8ET/5PT ESPN Monday; Sean McDonough, Matt Millen
Texas A&M vs SMU – 7:30ET/4:30PT FSN Sunday; Joel Meyers, Joel Klatt
Ole Miss vs BYU – 4:45ET/1:45PT ESPN; Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie
Boston College vs Northwestern – Noon ET/9AM PT ESPNU; Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
Missouri vs Miami (OH) – Noon ET/9AM PT FSN; Bill Land, Dave Lapham
2* Games
Wisconsin vs UNLV – 8ET/5PT ESPN Thursday; Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer and Craig James
Auburn vs Utah St. - Noon ET/9AM PT ESPN2; Beth Mowins, Mike Belotti
Memphis vs Mississippi St. - 8ET/5PT FSN Thursday; Ron Thulin, J.C. Pearson
Oklahoma vs Tulsa – 8ET/5PT FX; Gus Johnson, Charles Davis
Ohio St. vs Akron – Noon ET/9AM PT ESPN; Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman
Southern Miss vs Louisiana Tech – 10ET/7PT FSN; Ron Thulin, J.C. Pearson
Hawaii vs Colorado – 10:15ET/7:15PT ESPN2; Dave Lamont, David Diaz-Infante
1* Games
Louisville vs Murray St. - 6ET/3PT ESPNU Thursday; Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
Kentucky vs Western Kentucky – 9ET/6PT ESPNU Thursday; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
Michigan vs Western Michigan – 3:30ET/12:30PT ESPN2/ABC; Mike Patrick, Craig James
Florida St. vs UL Monroe – 3:30ET/12:30PT ESPNU; Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins
Alabama vs Kent St. -Noon ET/9AM PT SEC Network; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
Virginia Tech vs Appalachian St. - Noon ET/9AM PT; Steve Martin, Dave Archer
Florida vs Florida Atlantic – 7ET/4PT ESPNU; Clay Matvick, Brian Griese
Everything broadcast by the Big Ten Network this week.
You have UNLV @ Wisconsin as a #2? I'm hoping this has more to do with Wilson's debut as a Badger than the matchup. Kentucky/Western Kentucky and Alabama/Kent State are college football's version of an affirmative action event, and should in effect be a O* game. Thank you for leaving Texas/Rice off the list, as the Longhorn Network only has 25 viewers as of this point, and 15 have to work during the game.
ReplyDeleteThis has more to do with it being the opener. The opener gets an extra star because its the opener. This is the same reason some of those 1* games are 1* games. Any FCS game normally will be looking at 0* disgrace both for the team that scheduled it and the stupid network televising it.
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