College Football 2013 Week 14

[SmoothPancakes]

Welcome to Rivalry Weekend!

Game	Time ET	Network
Tuesday, November 26th
Western Michigan at (14) Northern Illinois	7:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD) / WatchESPN
Thursday, November 28th
Alabama State vs. Stillman	4:00 p.m.	ESPNU (HD) / WatchESPN
Ole Miss at Mississippi State	7:30 p.m.	ESPN (HD) / WatchESPN
Texas Tech at Texas	7:30 p.m.	FS1 (HD) / FOX Sports Go
Friday, November 29th
East Carolina at Marshall	12:00 p.m.	CBSSN (HD)
Iowa at Nebraska	12:00 p.m.	ABC (HD) / WatchABC
SMU at Houston	12:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD) / WatchESPN
Bowling Green at Buffalo	1:30 p.m.	ESPNU (HD) / WatchESPN
Arkansas at (17) LSU	2:30 p.m.	CBS (HD) / CBS Video
Florida International at Florida Atlantic	3:00 p.m.	FS1 (HD) / FOX Sports Go
(16) Fresno State at San Jose State	3:30 p.m.	CBSSN (HD)
Miami at Pittsburgh	3:30 p.m.	ABC (HD) / WatchABC
Washington State at Washington	3:30 p.m.	FOX (HD)
Oregon State at (13) Oregon	7:00 p.m.	FS1 (HD) / FOX Sports Go
South Florida at (19) UCF	8:00 p.m.	ESPN (HD) / WatchESPN
Games online only or not yet scheduled for nationally available networks.
Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan	2:00 p.m.	espn3
Miami Ohio at Ball State	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Texas State at Troy	2:00 p.m.	espn3
Toledo at Akron	12:00 p.m.	espn3
UMass at Ohio	2:00 p.m.	espn3
Saturday, November 30th
(24) Duke at North Carolina	12:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD) / WatchESPN
(2) Florida State at Florida	12:00 p.m.	ESPN (HD) / WatchESPN
Kansas State at Kansas	12:00 p.m.	FS1 (HD) / FOX Sports Go
Minnesota at (11) Michigan State	12:00 p.m.	BTN (HD) / BTN2Go
(3) Ohio State at Michigan	12:00 p.m.	ABC (HD) / WatchABC
Rutgers at UConn	12:00 p.m.	ESPNU (HD) / WatchESPN
Temple at Memphis	12:00 p.m.	ESPN News (HD) / WatchESPN
Wake Forest at Vanderbilt	12:21 p.m.	SEC TV / ESPN-GP / espn3
Maryland at North Carolina State	12:30 p.m.	(ESPN-GP / espn3) / ACC Network (HD)
Colorado at Utah	2:00 p.m.	PAC-12 Network (HD) / Pac-12 Video
Grambling vs. Southern	2:30 p.m.	NBC (HD) / NBC Video
North Texas at Tulsa	2:30 p.m.	FSN Affiliates
BYU at Nevada	3:00 p.m.	CBSSN (HD)
(1) Alabama at (4) Auburn	3:30 p.m.	CBS (HD) / CBS Video
(9) Baylor at TCU	3:30 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD) / WatchESPN
Boston College at Syracuse	3:30 p.m.	FSN Affiliates / RSN (HD) / (ESPN-GP / espn3)
Georgia at Georgia Tech	3:30 p.m.	ABC (HD) / WatchABC
Idaho at New Mexico State	3:30 p.m.	ESPN-GP / espn3 / Aggie Vision
Louisiana Tech at UTSA	3:30 p.m.	CSBA / CSS (cable)
Northwestern at Illinois	3:30 p.m.	BTN (HD) / BTN2Go
Penn State at (15) Wisconsin	3:30 p.m.	ESPN (HD) / WatchESPN
Purdue at Indiana	3:30 p.m.	BTN (HD) / BTN2Go
Virginia Tech at Virginia	3:30 p.m.	ESPNU (HD) / WatchESPN
Iowa State at West Virginia	4:00 p.m.	FS1 (HD) / FOX Sports Go
Wyoming at Utah State	4:00 p.m.	(RSNW / RSRM) (HD) / MWC Video
(6) Clemson at (10) South Carolina	7:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD) / WatchESPN
Louisiana Monroe at Louisiana Lafayette	7:00 p.m.	ESPN-GP / Sun Belt Network (cable) / espn3
Tennessee at Kentucky	7:00 p.m.	ESPNU (HD) / WatchESPN
(25) Notre Dame at (8) Stanford	7:00 p.m.	FOX (HD)
(21) Texas A&M at (5) Missouri	7:45 p.m.	ESPN (HD) / WatchESPN
(22) UCLA at (23) USC	8:00 p.m.	ABC (HD) / WatchABC
Arizona at (12) Arizona State	9:30 p.m.	PAC-12 Network (HD) / Pac-12 Video
New Mexico at Boise State	10:15 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD) / WatchESPN
San Diego State at UNLV	10:30 p.m.	ESPNU (HD) / WatchESPN
Games online only or not yet scheduled for nationally available networks.
Air Force at Colorado State	2:00 p.m.	espn3
Arkansas State at Western Kentucky	4:00 p.m.	espn3
Army at Hawaii	11:00 p.m.	Oceanic PPV / MWC Video
South Alabama at Georgia State	2:00 p.m.	espn3
Southern Miss at UAB	1:00 p.m.	$ULive
Tulane at Rice	3:00 p.m.	FCSA (cable)
UTEP at Middle Tennessee	3:45 p.m.	$ULive Video
DI-AA Playoffs 1st Round
Lafayette at New Hampshire	12:00 p.m.	espn3
Bethune Cookman ? at Coastal Carolina	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Furman at South Carolina State	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Sacred Heart at Fordham	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Tennessee State at Butler	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Southern Utah at Sam Houston State	3:00 p.m.	espn3
Samford at Jacksonville State	8:00 p.m.	espn3
South Dakota State at Northern Arizona ?	8:00 p.m.	espn3

[SmoothPancakes]

A lot of damn good games this week. Probably won't catch any of the games on Thursday. Friday, I'll probably focus on Bowling Green Buffalo, but flip to the other two as well. Afternoon, I'm equally interested in all three games, so I'll be constantly jumping all game long between the three. Then the evening, I'll probably focus more on The Civil War.

Saturday, a busy day. Due to work (we do an Ohio State-Michigan viewing party at the local VFW with our winter campaigns at work), I'll probably be watching only Ohio State-Michigan and might not see any of the other two games at noon. Afternoon, Wyoming-Utah State gets top billing, though it'll be on my laptop. On my TV, probably North Texas-Tulsa, after that, god only knows. Probably so much jumping around that I'll need a new remote by the end of the day. Evening, I'll probably focus on Clemson-South Carolina. Then to wrap up the night, San Diego State-UNLV, jumping over to check on Boise State now and then.

Oh, and not to forget, watching a bunch of FCS playoff football throughout the day on ESPN3.

Game	Time ET	Network
Tuesday, November 26th
Western Michigan at (14) Northern Illinois	7:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD)
Friday, November 29th
East Carolina at Marshall	12:00 p.m.	CBSSN (HD)
SMU at Houston	12:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD)
Bowling Green at Buffalo	1:30 p.m.	ESPNU (HD)
Florida International at Florida Atlantic	3:00 p.m.	FS1 (HD)
(16) Fresno State at San Jose State	3:30 p.m.	CBSSN (HD)
Washington State at Washington	3:30 p.m.	FOX (HD)
Oregon State at (13) Oregon	7:00 p.m.	FS1 (HD)
South Florida at (19) UCF	8:00 p.m.	ESPN (HD)
Saturday, November 30th
(24) Duke at North Carolina	12:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD)
(2) Florida State at Florida	12:00 p.m.	ESPN (HD)
(3) Ohio State at Michigan	12:00 p.m.	ABC (HD)
Grambling vs. Southern	2:30 p.m.	NBC (HD)
North Texas at Tulsa	2:30 p.m.	FSN Affiliates
(1) Alabama at (4) Auburn	3:30 p.m.	CBS (HD)
Georgia at Georgia Tech	3:30 p.m.	ABC (HD)
Northwestern at Illinois	3:30 p.m.	BTN (HD)
Wyoming at Utah State	4:00 p.m.	MWC Video
(6) Clemson at (10) South Carolina	7:00 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD)
(25) Notre Dame at (8) Stanford	7:00 p.m.	FOX (HD)
(22) UCLA at (23) USC	8:00 p.m.	ABC (HD)
New Mexico at Boise State	10:15 p.m.	ESPN2 (HD)
San Diego State at UNLV	10:30 p.m.	ESPNU (HD)
Games online only or not yet scheduled for nationally available networks.
Air Force at Colorado State	2:00 p.m.	espn3
DI-AA Playoffs 1st Round
Lafayette at New Hampshire	12:00 p.m.	espn3
Bethune Cookman ? at Coastal Carolina	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Furman at South Carolina State	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Sacred Heart at Fordham	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Tennessee State at Butler	1:00 p.m.	espn3
Southern Utah at Sam Houston State	3:00 p.m.	espn3
Samford at Jacksonville State	8:00 p.m.	espn3
South Dakota State at Northern Arizona ?	8:00 p.m.	espn3

[SmoothPancakes]

Holy fuck, what an ending to Ohio State-Michigan.

[SmoothPancakes]

Damn. Southern Miss breaks their losing streak with a 62-27 win over UAB. I really wanted to see the streak continue.

[souljahbill]

Damn. Southern Miss breaks their losing streak with a 62-27 win over UAB. I really wanted to see the streak continue.

Suck it, bitch! :p

WE FUCKING WON! WOOHOO!!!!

[SmoothPancakes]

Holy shit. A missed 57 yard field goal, followed by a 100 yard return off the missed field goal, and Auburn knocks off mighty Alabama 34-28. Today has been filled with one "holy fuck" finish after another.

[Canes Fan]

And to think I was going to flip the channel at one point....

[morsdraconis]

And say goodbye to Alabama's chances at a MNC.

[ram29jackson]

hahahahahahaha Alabama hahahahahaha

[JBHuskers]

That was insane.

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[ram29jackson]

And say goodbye to Alabama's chances at a MNC.

fascinating...11-1 and Tide/tied with Auburn means no shot this year hahahahahaha

[SmoothPancakes]

fascinating...11-1 and tide with Auburn means no shot this year hahahahahaha

Yep. It all comes down to numbers. Alabama is now out of the SEC title game, so their regular season is done. They don't get that extra game to make up lost ground. So Alabama's only hopes are for a shit ton of upsets.

A minimum of two or three teams out of Florida State, Ohio State, Auburn and Missouri would have to lose. I'd even throw Clemson into the mix if they beat South Carolina tonight. And since Auburn and Missouri will play each other if Missouri holds on against Texas A&M tonight, the winner would be propelled ahead of Alabama for sure. So Alabama would essentially need Florida State and Ohio State to both lose, possibly Clemson as well. Florida State most likely is in, as I just can't see Duke beating them.

Yep, that one loss pretty much fucked Alabama's entire season.

[cdj]

I'm already seeing people trying to make up scenarios (& excuses) for how Bama could get back to the title game.

Going to be rooting hard for FSU & tOSU this weekend.

[steelerfan]

I'm already seeing people trying to make up scenarios (& excuses) for how Bama could get back to the title game.

Going to be rooting hard for FSU & tOSU this weekend.

Look at what happened last year, albeit more likely.

Then Alabama gets back in and all the ND haters put that bias ahead of the fucking SEC. Ridiculous. I would root for ANYONE against the SEC in this day and age. Anyone.

[morsdraconis]

With Oregon getting a PAC 12 championship game and Auburn getting theirs, I think the only way Alabama could possibly get back into the mix for the MNC is if Auburn, Florida State, AND Ohio State all lose. The likelihood of that is QUITE low. It's more likely that Ohio State loses to Michigan State and Auburn loses to South Carolina making it Florida State vs Oregon than it is anything else. Now, if Alabama made it in above Oregon, I'd be VERY pissed. Of course, it'd be just another log to throw on the fire of the outcry of expanding the 4 team playoff to 8 teams.

[gschwendt]

Oregon has two losses... Stanford & Arizona. I don't see them getting in over a one loss Alabama team that lost in that fashion.

[morsdraconis]

Oregon has two losses... Stanford & Arizona. I don't see them getting in over a one loss Alabama team that lost in that fashion.

Sorry. Oregon made it to their conference title game and theoretically won it (in the above scenario), so they should most definitely get in above Alabama. One loss or not, if you don't at least PLAY in your conference's title game, you absolutely shouldn't be eligible to play in the MNC or the playoff. That's a load of a bullshit. You want to play with the big boys, deal with the consequences of losing to them.

I mean, technically, Oregon shouldn't be there either. They lost two games already, but at least they won their conference title game. That's why I HATE the poll system for determining this shit anyway. It should be 8 teams that won their conference title in a playoff and that's it. Don't win it? Too fuckin' bad.

[SmoothPancakes]

Actually mors, it's gonna be Auburn vs. Missouri for the SEC title game. South Carolina needed Missouri to lose last night to get in, but Missouri beat Texas A&M 28-21.

So, I'm viewing it as the winner of Auburn (BCS #4)-Missouri (BCS #5) will be ahead of Alabama no matter what. Other than that, agreed, Alabama's only hopes are for Ohio State and Florida State to both lose. I can see Ohio State losing (their defense was atrocious Saturday, even if it was against hated rival Michigan), but I just can't see Florida State losing to Duke. Duke's football program obviously is good and improving from years past, but I don't see them being on the same level as Florida State. Most likely national title game I see, Florida State (#1) vs. Auburn/Missouri winner (#2).

[souljahbill]

PAC-12 championship is Stanford vs. Arizona St. at Arizona St.

[souljahbill]

Sorry. Oregon made it to their conference title game and theoretically won it (in the above scenario), so they should most definitely get in above Alabama. One loss or not, if you don't at least PLAY in your conference's title game, you absolutely shouldn't be eligible to play in the MNC or the playoff. That's a load of a bullshit. You want to play with the big boys, deal with the consequences of losing to them.

I mean, technically, Oregon shouldn't be there either. They lost two games already, but at least they won their conference title game. That's why I HATE the poll system for determining this shit anyway. It should be 8 teams that won their conference title in a playoff and that's it. Don't win it? Too fuckin' bad.

I say the playoff should be 16 teams. All the conference champs and 6 at-larges (or 5, can't recall the amount of conferences now). At 16, it makes winning the conference important, it doesn't penalize a team like Alabama for losing in week 14 as opposed to week 2, it gives the UCFs and NIUs a chance to prove they can hang with a big boy (and when they do go on a Butler-esque run, everyone will go batshit crazy), and, like pro sports, it'll keep the last few weeks interesting as bunches of teams are fight for a playoff spot. We don't complain when a wild card team wins a championship in pro sports (a team that doesn't even win it's own division) so why should Alabama get the "You didn't even win the SEC" treatment when if you put them in a tournament, they'd easily be one of the top seeds.