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 (think Michigan against Appalachian St.).
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 and times are PACIFIC TIME
5* Games
4* Games
Michigan vs Nebraska, ESPN 9AM; Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer
Oregon vs USC, ABC Regional 5PM; Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
Baylor vs Oklahoma, ABC Regional 5PM; Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen
Texas vs Kansas St., FX 5PM; Gus Johnson, Charles Davis (enjoy the relevant game from this crew, they haven't had many this year though that will change next season)
3* Games
Ohio St. vs Penn St., ABC/ESPN 12:30PM; Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge (I guess the suits decided this announcing crew hadn't been tortured with enough awful offense yet this season).
Illinois vs Wisconsin, ESPN2 9AM; Beth Mowins, Mike Belotti
Houston vs SMU, FSN 12:30PM; Bill Land, Gary Reasons
Stanford vs Cal, ESPN 7PM; Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
2* Games
Iowa St. vs Oklahoma St., ESPN Friday 5PM; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
Central Michigan vs Toledo, ESPN2 Friday 5PM; Sam Gore, Tom Luginbill
Missouri vs Texas Tech, ABC Regional/ESPN-GP 12:30PM; Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley
Rutgers vs Cincinnati, ESPNU 9AM; Mike Morgan, Danny Kanell
South Florida vs Miami, ESPNU 12:30PM; Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins
Arkansas vs Mississippi St., CBS 12:30PM; Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson
Purdue vs Iowa, BTN 9AM; Tom Hart, Derek Rackley
Tennessee vs Vanderbilt, ESPNU 4PM; Clay Matvick, Brian Griese
San Diego St. vs Boise St., CBS Sports 5PM; James Bates, Aaron Taylor
1* Games
NC State vs Clemson, ABC/ESPN 12:30PM; Mike Patrick, Craig James (James penalty in effect, is a 2 star game with no sound or a radio feed)
UTEP vs Tulsa, CBS Sports Noon; Dave Ryan, Rich Rodriguez
Texas A&M vs Kansas, FSN 9AM; Joel Meyers, Joel Klatt
Notre Dame vs Boston College, NBC 1PM; Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock
TCU vs Colorado St., Versus 12:30PM; Paul Burmeister, Shaun King
Northwestern vs Minnesota, BTN 9AM; Wayne Larivee, Glen Mason
Georgia vs Kentucky, SEC Network 9AM; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
Duke vs Georgia Tech, ACC Network 9:30AM; Tim Brant, Dave Archer
Ole Miss vs LSU, ESPN 4PM; Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie
BYU vs New Mexico St., ESPNU 7PM; Adam Amin, Ddavid Diaz-Infante
UCLA vs Colorado, Versus 4PM; Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker
0* Games
Michigan St. vs Indiana, BTN 9AM; Eric Collins, Chris Martin
East Carolina vs Central Florida, FSN 4PM; Ron Thulin, J.C. Pearson
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