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SAY WHAT:  Two Texas games are the headliner for the 3 best weekends in CFB under the new schedule...

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2905803-ranking-the-most-exciting-weekends-in-cfb-after-new-schedule-releases?ocid=uxbndlbing

"Ranking the Most Exciting Weekends in CFB After New Schedule Releases"

2. Week 6 (Oct. 10) 

The Headliner: Oklahoma vs. Texas (in Dallas)

The Red River Rivalry is always a great headliner. In the past 15 meetings dating back to 2006, there have been 10 games in which both the Longhorns and the Sooners were ranked in the AP Top 25, including six games with both sides in the Top 15. Oklahoma holds a slight lead (9-6) in the series during that time, but 10 of those 15 games were decided by 10 points or fewer.

In other words, it's almost always an important game, and it's almost always a good one. And this early in the season—it's Week 6, but it's only Game No. 4 for each side—this one will carry a lot of weight in the annual "Is Texas back?" debate. Can't wait to see what Longhorns QB Sam Ehlinger brings to the table in his fifth career game against Oklahoma.

                  Second-Best: Florida at Texas A&M

This is a huge matchup between SEC contenders which wasn't originally on the schedule. Part of the reason it felt like this might be Jimbo Fisher's year to really turn Texas A&M into a title contender was the lack of both Florida and Georgia on the Aggies' schedule. But with the expansion to 10 league games, they now need to host the Gators just seven days after a road game against Alabama. The Aggies could go from "Preseason title contender" to a 1-2 record in the blink of an eye.

Similar story for Florida, though. The Gators' schedule initially consisted of a home game against LSU, a neutral-site game against Georgia and six very winnable games against the projected bottom eight teams in the league. This road hurdle could throw a significant wrench into their SEC championship plans.

            The Rest of the Slate

The ACC doesn't have many weeks with multiple intriguing games, but Miami at Clemson, Florida State at Notre Dame and Virginia Tech at North Carolina all fit the bill in Week 6. If any of those three home teams fails to hold serve against a borderline preseason Top 25 foe, it would shake up the remaining trajectory of the league.

Elsewhere in the SEC, both Tennessee at Georgia and Mississippi State at Kentucky figure to be good ones, but there's a case to be made that Alabama at Ole Miss—aka Nick Saban vs. Lane Kiffin—should be in the "Second-Best" slot here, even though it's probably going to be a blowout.

 

3. Week 9 (Oct. 31)

The Headliner: Texas at Oklahoma State

Most projections have Oklahoma penciled into the Big 12 championship against either Texas or Oklahoma State. So, yeah, this is kind of an important game, since the winner will hold a significant advantage over the loser in the presumed race for the No. 2 seed.

Moreover, this should be a great matchup between arguably the best offense in the Big 12 (Oklahoma State) and the best defense in the Big 12 (Texas). The Longhorns did a fine job of containing Chuba Hubbard and Tylan Wallace during last year's 36-30 victory, but true freshman QB Spencer Sanders was still getting his feet wet at the time of that mid-September clash. It will be fun to see what he can do for the Pokes this year.

             Second-Best: LSU at Auburn

The above Big 12 clash should decide who places second in the league, but this game will likely determine who pushes Alabama the hardest for the SEC West division crown.

Based on the schedule, both sets of Tigers figure to be 4-1 at the time of this contest. (Auburn's projected loss at Georgia; LSU's projected loss at Florida.) In that scenario, the winner takes a 5-1 record into the four-game home stretch, which includes a game against Alabama and a game against Texas A&M for both sides. It would be especially huge if LSU is able to win on the road, because the Bayou Bengals at least get to host the Crimson Tide.

         The Rest of the Slate

What I love about the Week 9 slate is there's a potentially huge game in each of the ACC, Big 12, SEC and AAC.  The ACC game is Virginia Tech at Louisville. Clemson, Notre Dame and North Carolina figure to be the top three challengers for the ACC championship, but Louisville doesn't play Clemson or UNC and Virginia Tech doesn't need to contend with Notre Dame. If the Cardinals win, there's a decent chance they end up going 10-1. If the Hokies win, they just might carry an undefeated record into the season finale at home against Clemson.  And in the AAC, Memphis at Cincinnati looms large. Memphis will have already played against UCF at this point, so it's possible this game either opens the door for the Tigers to go undefeated or paves the way for Cincinnati at UCF (Nov. 21) to be a 7-0 vs. 7-0 affair.

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Big Ten mulls Thanksgiving, other football start dates.    (Also January 2021 start dates)

Big Ten Conference football fans might not need to wait until 2021 to see games.  One of the many options being considered at the conference level has the football season for the University of Wisconsin and the rest of the Big Ten starting around Thanksgiving, an earlier start date than the spring-semester dates that had been previously discussed.  The discussions of a Thanksgiving start date were first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and were confirmed by a number of outlets.

Big Ten teams would play eight games in the winter in this plan, and the season would wrap up in early-to-mid January.

The Big Ten's return-to-play plans are still in the early stages, with Thanksgiving, New Year’s Day, early January and late January start dates still being options, according to a report from Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel.

The Big Ten was the first Power Five conference to cancel the fall football season earlier this month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but recent developments in testing are providing optimism that teams might begin playing earlier than once expected.  One such development, a $5 antigen test created by Abbott Lab’s, can diagnose a COVID-19 infection in about 15 minutes. UW athletic director Barry Alvarez told reporters earlier this month that a rapid-response test would be beneficial in order to keep practices and games free of infected players, but a UW-produced saliva test wasn’t fast enough for such a use.

An earlier start might allow the conference to lessen the changes needed for the 2021 fall football schedule.

UW is scheduled to begin classes next week, but other colleges slated to play football this fall such as Notre Dame and North Carolina have been forced to close their campuses due to outbreaks after classes began. If the Thanksgiving plan is adopted and UW’s academic calendar isn’t altered again, the Badgers’ games would take place after the fall semester is concluded.

The Big Ten has been bombarded with criticism since it decided to cancel its fall sports schedule, with players, coaches, administrators and parents publicly questioning the science and reasoning to make the decision when the conference did.

Parents have demonstrated outside the Big Ten offices in Rosemont, Illinois, and have released scathing letters to conference commissioner Kevin Warren. The Big Ten also was sued on Thursday by eight Nebraska football players who want the decision overturned.

Any plan will need the approval of university presidents and chancellors, and the Big Ten will only play if certain benchmarks related to the coronavirus — such as transmission rates, testing capacity and availability, and testing accuracy — are met in each of the 11 states that are home to the league's 14 schools.

https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/football/big-ten-mulls-thanksgiving-other-football-start-dates/article_c97f2abf-b57a-5d55-a078-a5f78ea98d44.html?ocid=uxbndlbing

 

 

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Says Big Ten fans must put pressure on their college presidents/chancellors that voted against playing CFB... supposedly the B1G Commissioner now wants Fall Football... 😁

           Big Ten Back From The Dead ???

 

Fyi on the previous vote -- 11-3 against

(Nebraska, Iowa, and ohio state all voted YES to play)

 

 

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https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29760258/without-further-ado-fall-top-15-most-exciting-college-football-players?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true 

Without further ado, this fall's top 15 most exciting college football players

ALEX SCARBOROUGH.  ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2020

The decision by the Big Ten and Pac-12 to postpone football means we won't get to see Justin Fields rocketing touchdown passes at Ohio State or Micah Parsons terrorizing opposing offenses at Penn State this fall.

Neither will we be able to marvel at the tandem of Amon-Ra St. Brown and Tyler Vaughns at USC or watch in awe at the speed with which Kayvon Thibodeaux gets after quarterbacks at Oregon.

But not all is lost in terms of electrifying talents to watch this season. There are still plenty of playmakers to be found on both sides of the ball.

In anticipation of the season, we compiled a list of the 15 most exciting players participating in college football in 2020.

The qualifications are simple: If you can't take your eyes off them -- even if it's an offensive lineman -- they qualify.

1. Jaylen Waddle, WR/PR, Alabama: Waddle gets the slight edge here because of his versatility as a specialist. Over the past two seasons, he has more punt return yards (720) than anyone and is tied for the most punt return touchdowns (two) in college football. When he has the ball in open space, look out. Just look at the way he exposed a top-shelf Auburn defense last season, going off for 230 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns (three receiving, one kickoff return). Waddle's 12.3 yards after the catch average was best in the nation by a wide margin.

2. Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson: It's easy to take Etienne for granted after he ran roughshod over ACC defenses the past three seasons. But to do so would be a mistake. He's as complete and unstoppable a back as we've seen in quite some time. Not only has he broken more tackles (90) than any running back since 2017, he also has the most rushes of 20 or more yards (48) during that time.

3. Chuba Hubbard, RB, Oklahoma State: The Canadian Cowboy has been a revelation the past two seasons in Stillwater. Last season he truly shined, though, leading the country in total yards from scrimmage (2,292). But he wasn't just a volume runner; he had 49 rushes of 10 or more yards, which was far and away the most of any back in the Big 12.

4. Derek Stingley, CB, LSU: The unfortunate thing about a great cornerback is that he rarely gets tested. And while that's certainly true of Stingley -- Mississippi State didn't throw his way once last season -- you can't take your eyes off him because he's that talented. Freshmen aren't supposed to be consensus All-Americans and yet he was, having led the SEC and ranking second nationally in passes defended (21). The definition of stingy, quarterbacks had a QBR of 22.6 when throwing his way.

5. Tutu Atwell, WR, Louisville: Who cares that he's only 5-foot-9? The former dual-threat QB emerged as perhaps the most dynamic pass-catcher in the ACC last season as he led the conference in receiving yards (1,276) and ranked second touchdowns (12). He's in the conversation for the fastest player in college football, reportedly running a 4.27-second 40-yard-dash and averaging 10.73 yards after catch.

6. D'Eriq King, QB, Miami: Albeit undersized at 5-foot-11, King proved to be one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the country prior to leaving Houston, scoring a whopping 78 touchdowns (50 passing, 28 rushing). In 2018, despite missing two games, he set a single-season American Athletic Conference record for touchdowns (50).

7. George Pickens, WR, Georgia: The freshman started with a bang last season with a touchdown and a diving 43-yard grab against Murray State, looking like the next A.J. Green. Whether it was his toe-tap catch against Arkansas State or his leaping, corkscrew touchdown against Missouri, Pickens showed that he's a highlight waiting to happen.

8. Zac Thomas, QB, Appalachian State: With 40% of the Power 5 sitting out the fall, get ready to enjoy some talented Group of 5 quarterbacks. Thomas might be the best of them. Despite standing 6-foot-1, he's a physical runner who is skilled at throwing outside the pocket. Last season, he tossed 28 touchdowns and rushed for seven more scores.

9. Anthony Schwartz, WR, Auburn: The junior is literally a world-class sprinter, having set a world youth record in the 100-meter dash in 2017. And his speed definitely translates to the football field, where he can outrun anyone. Just ask Texas A&M and the trail of defenders he left in his wake in 2019. Despite dealing with an injured thumb, he finished the season with 440 yards receiving and 118 yards rushing, averaging 10.7 yards per touch.

10. Chris Rumph, edge, Duke: Every once in a while you get an edge rusher who is must-see TV, and Rumph certainly fits that bill. His numbers are staggering, and not just the 6.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss. Those came in limited playing time and tell only half the story. Most important is that he pressured the quarterback on 22.1% of his pass rushes, which was well ahead of Ohio State star Chase Young.

11. Joshua Youngblood, WR/KR, Kansas State: Leading the country in kickoff return touchdowns (3) as a true freshman was a great start. But that's only one facet of his game. The former high school quarterback was still learning to play receiver last season, catching the occasional pass or fly sweep. With experience will come more involvement on offense.

12. Chazz Surratt, LB, North Carolina: Not often does a quarterback become a linebacker. Rarer still is one who does it and then dominates the way Surratt did last season, ranking second in the ACC with 115 tackles and seventh among Power 5 players with 31 total pressures. After cross-training this offseason as an edge rusher, don't be surprised if Surratt makes an even bigger impact as a senior.

13. Kadarius Toney, WR/RB, Florida: He's listed on the Gators' official depth chart as an athlete for a reason, having played wide receiver, running back and wildcat QB. And in Gainesville that kind of versatility will inevitably draw comparisons to former great Percy Harvin. While Toney's overall numbers don't put him in the same league as Harvin -- injuries have been a problem throughout his career -- no one doubts his potential. In 27 games, Toney's had 97 touches, averaging 10.57 yards every time he gets the ball. If he can stay healthy he could put up monster numbers this season.

14. Samuel Cosmi, OT, Texas: We have to show some love to the big fellas. Dominance comes in all forms, you know. According to Pro Football Focus data, Cosmi allowed a pressure rate of only 2.5% last season. But what has us really excited is the athleticism this 300-pounder showed finding the end zone against West Virginia.

15. Arik Gilbert, TE, LSU: We're going out on a limb spotlighting a true freshman, but the buzz keeps building for the former Gatorade Player of the Year, who comes in at 6-foot-5 and 249 pounds. Senior defensive back JaCoby Stevens said the Tigers have taken to calling him Megatron. Gilbert has the size and strength to be a Day 1 starter at tight end and the speed that has the coaching staff considering how often to use him at wide receiver.

More to watch: Wake Forest DL Carlos Basham Jr., Louisville RB Javian Hawkins, Marshall WR/PR Talik Keaton

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Turn on the Army game and the first play I see is the Army fumble return for a TD to go up by 4 TD's. Play is reviewed, they show about 3 angles, none of which indicate you would overturn the call, so of course they overturn the call. Good to see that the review process is still a big clusterfuck. 

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The best part was the announcers just kind of ignored it 

I agree,  as they came back from halftime, then the announcers piled on... that Mid Tenn fucked up and should have been able to kick for 3.

 

 im like, uh seriously announcers, you are gonna talk shit about Mid Tenn NOW??  you totally missed it live,  I think the call was "and the half is over................................."

nothing else, no... "hang on didnt they have 2 TOs?,  or What just happened, or "did the refs miss a TO signal?"       it was just half over.  commercial now.

 

 

 

And Army scores on a 4th and 3 from the 25

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What the hell just happened at the end of the half for Middle Tennessee? They took a sack back to the 15 then just let time run out from 30 seconds on with two timeouts. No FG attempt or anything. 

Thank you! I thought I was on crazy pills.  Completely inexcusable. Biggest give up I’ve ever seen. And in the 1st half no less. 

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44 Tennessee Football Players out for COVID Testing, Contact Tracing, Injuries

ADAM WELLS.      SEPTEMBER 5, 20200

The University of Tennessee canceled Saturday's scrimmage because of positive coronavirus tests, contact tracing and injuries. 

Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt told reporters a total of 44 players were unavailable, including 31 on offense. 

From that group, Pruitt noted "seven or eight" were because of positive COVID-19 tests and another 27-28 were undergoing contact tracing. 

"I'm really glad we're not playing today," he said. "We'd have had a hard time beating anybody, so that might be a blessing in itself."

 

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2907832-44-tennessee-football-players-out-for-covid-testing-contact-tracing-injuries?ocid=uxbndlbing

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