Howard (0-1) at Rutgers (1-0) Sept. 6, 12:00, BTN Here’s The Deal: Rutgers couldn’t have started out with a more entertaining win, holding up against the high-powered Washington State offense to pull off a 41-38 thriller to give the Big Ten a big non-conference victory and the program a terrific start. With the Big Ten opener up next, […]
Pittsburgh (1-0) at Boston College (1-0) Sept. 5, 7:00, ESPN Here’s The Deal: A couple of former Big East rivals, who are now members of the ACC, will renew acquaintances for the first time in a decade. Pitt and Boston College won as heavy opening day favorites over Delaware and Massachusetts, respectively. But now the programs are […]
Michigan (1-0) at Notre Dame (1-0) Sept. 6, 7:30 pm, NBC Here’s The Deal: Michigan and Notre Dame will play again and the series will someday become special again. It might not happen for years, but there’s too much history and there’s too much greatness for the two historic programs to not square off in early September on […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak I was only half-joking throughout last season when I called Jared Abbrederis the most valuable player in college football, and Wisconsin’s loss to LSU showed exactly why. Wisconsin wasn’t the better team in Houston, and it certainly wasn’t the more talented or athletic team, but it found itself in a […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak Follow me … @PeteFiutak Okay, Florida State. This was fine, but you had better go all 2013 again against Clemson on September 20th. It’s still August, and considering the Seminoles pulled it out, this game doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of the world. 13-0 Florida State is in the College Football Playoff no matter what, […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak There we go, Georgia. That’s what we’ve been waiting for you to look like. Healthy, spry and rested, this looks like a much, much better team than the one the limped across the finish line last season, and if it can stay in one piece, look out. This is a deep and talented team with a […]
American Athletic Aug. 29 BYU 35, at Connecticut 10 And You Care Because … BYU cranked up 513 yards of total offense, getting up early on a seven-yard Taysom Hill touchdown run and two scoring passes for a 21-0 lead. UConn turned the ball over on its first play from scrimmage, and failed to get into the game until […]