Game Picks will be up late tonight or tomorrow due to lack of time and Thursday game being unworthy. Check back later.
Games ranked on a scale of what you must do to watch it
0* - Truly insufferable games that will be blowouts. The only way you do watch is if you go to the game in person (even this can be a stretch) or if something is going horribly awfully wrong for the favored team.
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
4* Games
Wisconsin vs Nebraska, ABC 8ET/5PT; Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
Virginia Tech vs Clemson, ESPN2 6ET/3PT; Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham
Florida vs Alabama, CBS 8ET/5PT; Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson
3* Games
Ohio St. vs Michigan St., ABC/ESPN 3:30ET/12:30PT; Sean McDonough, Matt Millen
Kansas St. vs Baylor, ABC Regional/ESPN-GP 3:30 ET/12:30PT; Bob Wishchusen, Bob Davie
Arkansas vs Texas A&M (at JerryWorld), ESPN Noon ET/9amPT; Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer
Illinois vs Northwestern, ESPN2 Noon ET/9amPT; Beth Mowins, Mike Belotti
Navy vs Air Force, CBS Noon ET/9amPT; Ian Eagle, Randy Cross
South Carolina vs Auburn, CBS 3:30ET/12:30PT; Spero Dedes, Steve Beuerlein
Iowa St. vs Texas, FX 7ET/4PT; Gus Johnson/Charles Davis
Utah vs Washington, FSN 7ET/4PT; Ron Thulin, JC Pearson
2* Games
Pittsburgh vs South Florida, ESPN Thur 8ET/5PT; Rece Davis, Craig James (why ESPN why?), Jesse Palmer
TCU vs SMU CBS Sports 3:30ET/12:30PT; Dave Ryan, Rich Rodriguez
Boise St. vs Nevada, Versus 2:30ET/11:30amPT; Paul Burmeister, Shaun King
Kansas vs Texas Tech, FSN Noon ET/9amPT; Bill Land, Dave Lapham
USC vs Arizona, FSN 3:30ET/12:30PT; Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt
Purdue vs Notre Dame, ESPN 8ET/5PT; Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge
East Carolina vs North Carolina, CBS Sports 8ET/5PT; James Bates, Aaron Taylor
1* Games
UTEP vs Houston, CBS Sports Thur 8ET/5PT; Todd Harris, Doug Chapman
BYU vs Utah St., ESPN Fri 8ET/5PT; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
NC State vs Georgia Tech, ABC/ESPN 3:30ET/12:30PT; Mike Patrick, Craig James (this game was lowered by a star because Partick and especially James are truly insufferable, especially when together. This pairing is proof that pairing two types of bad just makes everything worse).
Indiana vs Penn St., ESPNU Noon ET/9amPT; Clay Matvick, Brian Griese
Army vs Tulane, CBS Sports Noon ET/9amPT; Gart Thorne, Tim Brant
Michigan vs Minnesota, BTN Noon ET/9amPT; Eric Collins, Chris Martin
LSU vs Kentucky, SEC Network Noon ET/9amPT; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
Boston College vs Wake Forest, ACC Network 12:30ET/9:30amPT; Steve Martin, Dave Archer
Fresno St. vs Ole Miss, ESPN2 9:15ET/6:15PT; Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
Florida International vs Duke, ESPNU 7ET/4PT; Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
Stanford vs UCLA, FSN 10:30PT/7:30PT; Joel Meyers, Brian Baldinger
0* Games
Miami vs Bethune-Cookman, ESPNU 3:30ET/12:30PT; Adam Amin, Dan Hawkins
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