College football, week 1 thread

Full slate, almost entirely non-conference, TV schedule here. (Ignore the site name, it's the best one for TV.)

College Football TV Schedule

ACC network kicks off with defending national champs.

Thursday night:

UCLA at Cincinnati 6:00 pm ESPN / ESPN Video
Georgia Tech at Clemson 7:00 pm ACC Network / ESPN Video
South Dakota State at Minnesota 8:00 pm FS1 / FOX Video
Kent State at Arizona State 9:00 pm Pac-12 / Pac-12 Video
Utah at BYU 9:15 pm ESPN / ESPN Video

Friday night:
Tulsa at Michigan State 6:00 pm FS1 / FOX Video
Wisconsin at South Florida 6:00 pm ESPN / ESPN Video
UMass at Rutgers 6:15 pm BTN / FOX Video
Utah State at Wake Forest 7:00 pm ACC Network / ESPN Video
Purdue at Nevada 8:30 pm CBSSN / CBSSN Video
Colorado vs. Colorado State 9:10 pm ESPN / ESPN Video
Oklahoma State at Oregon State 9:30 pm FS1 / FOX Video

 

Notwithstanding the two in-state rivalry games, SDSU-Minnesota may be the best game of the lot.

 

My betting picks for the weekend:

Colorado State +13 over Colorado
Ohio State -27 vs. Florida Atlantic
Mississippi State -21 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
South Alabama +36.5 at Nebraska
Georgia Southern +27.5 at LSU
Middle Tennessee +34 at Michigan
Virginia -2.5 at Pittsburgh

I liked Georgia Southern a lot better when the line was at 28. That was one of those ones where you get the ticket and then realize you've lost the half-point.
If I've learned anything from this message board, it's to be wary of picking Virginia, but I needed a third night game for a parlay and none of the others jumped off the page at me.
And I'm a little worried about picking a handful of road dogs, but I think the numbers are at the right spots.

 

Here’s an infomercial piece for Matt Canada to send around to potential suitors:

As 2019 season starts, why is Matt Canada unemployed?

Well done, I must say.

 

UVA-Pitt should also be a good one, if not for entertainment value then at least for division title implications down the line. Sure, it’s a battle to decide who loses to Clemson, but it’s still something.

 

I imagine the person most surprised he's still at Colorado State is Mike Bobo - and not in a good way.

 

What a lazy article. The reason given is that he is difficult to work with. How do we know this? Because SI quotes a source with "deep ties" to college football. Namely, Booger McFarland. There has got yo be some back stories that SI could have presented.

 

Oh, he’s hard to work with.

The story doesn’t make effort to prove it because it’s designed as a Greg Schiano “see, he’s not that much of a prick” piece.

 

Batman, I might be tempted to take the other side of your Ohio State-Florida Atlantic bet, although I know taking big points in college football is a fast track to bankruptcy.

 

Houston @ Oklahoma: OVER 82.5----Riley + Holgorsen= OVER
Nicholls State (+23.5 ) @ Kansas State----Bill U couldn't score in a whorehouse with a fistful of hundreds.
Georgia Tech (+37) @ Clemson----A conference opponent getting 37? Yes please.
Indiana State (+4.5) @ Kansas----It's the Sycamores vs. the Suckamores.
Wyoming (+17.5) vs Missouri----Always bet the double digit home dog.

 

It should be noted all times listed are CENTRAL daylight time