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Years of assembling the Watch Grid (your weekly guide to the likely most watch-worthy college football games throughout each schedule) has led to me (Jason) becoming defensive of each weekend's slate.
"Every college football weekend is a good college football weekend," this newsletter frequently insists, a philosophy that faces some stiff tests from time to time.
2019's Week 3 is among the stiffest I can recall. But it'll be fun!! You'll all see!!!
As always, remember the Watch Grid does not base things entirely on team quality. The Watch Grid would often rather watch two bad teams goof through overtime than watch a competent team handle business. National and conference stakes are still worth consideration, but Week 3 does not have those.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
As far as I can tell, there are no televised college football games. Why do we surrender these early Thursdays to Bengals-Buccaneers or whatever? I think every ACC game should be played on Thursday. Then again, this is probably not the CFB weekend schedule that could stand to be spread out any more than it is.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
| ET | WATCH THIS | Maybe watch | It’s football |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | North Carolina at Wake Forest, ESPN | ||
| 7:30 | Kansas at Boston College, ACC | ||
| 9:15 | #22 Washington State at Houston, ESPN |
Not a terrible start! All three games could feature activity! UNC-Wake is a non-conference game, which is weird as shit, and could be plenty enjoyable! Wazzu-Houston could crack 100 points! I've seen way worse Fridays.
Now for the actual challenge.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
| ET | WATCH THIS | Maybe watch | It’s football |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noon | #6 Ohio State at Indiana, Fox | Pitt at #13 Penn State, ABC | Arkansas State at #3 Georgia, ESPN2 |
| - | - | #21 Maryland at Temple, CBSSN | Chattanooga at Tennessee, SEC |
| - | - | Kansas State at Mississippi State, ESPN | Furman at Virginia Tech, ACC |
| - | - | NC State at West Virginia, FS1 | Eastern Michigan at Illinois, BTN |
| - | - | - | Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati, ESPNU |
| 12:30 | - | - | The Citadel at Georgia Tech, ACC |
| 1 | - | Air Force at Colorado, Pac-12 | - |
| 2 | - | FAU at Ball State, ESPN | Norfolk State at Coastal Carolina, ESPN |
| 2:30 | - | - | New Mexico at #7 Notre Dame, NBC |
| 3 | - | Akron at Central Michigan, ESPN | - |
| 3:30 | - | Stanford at #17 UCF, ESPN | #2 Alabama at South Carolina, CBS |
| - | - | #24 USC at BYU, ABC | Memphis at South Alabama, ESPNU |
| - | - | East Carolina at Navy, CBSSN | UNLV at Northwestern, BTN |
| - | - | Georgia Southern at Minnesota, BTN | - |
| - | - | Army at UTSA, NFL | - |
| - | - | Oklahoma State at Tulsa, ESPN2 | - |
| 4 | #19 Iowa at Iowa State, FS1 | Arizona State at #18 Michigan State, Fox | SE Louisiana at Ole Miss, SEC |
| - | - | - | Colorado State at Arkansas, SEC |
| - | - | - | Louisville at Western Kentucky, Stadium |
| - | - | - | Bethune-Cookman at Miami, ACC |
| 4:15 | - | North Texas at Cal, Pac-12 | Idaho State at #11 Utah, Pac-12 |
| - | - | - | Cal Poly at Oregon State, Pac-12 |
| 5 | - | - | Louisiana Tech at Bowling Green, ESPN |
| - | - | - | Idaho at Wyoming, ESPN |
| 6 | - | Buffalo at Liberty (someone has got to monitor Hugh Freeze), ESPN | SC State at USF, ESPN |
| - | - | Southern Miss at Troy, ESPN | UMass at Charlotte, ESPN |
| 6:30 | - | Ohio at Marshall, Stadium | - |
| 7 | - | #9 Florida at Kentucky, ESPN | Kent State at #8 Auburn, ESPN2 |
| - | - | Duke at Middle Tennessee, Stadium | Lamar at #16 Texas A&M, ESPNU |
| - | - | Weber State at Nevada, ESPN | New Hampshire at FIU, ESPN |
| - | - | - | Texas State at SMU, ESPN |
| - | - | - | Georgia State at Western Michigan, ESPN |
| - | - | - | Murray State at Toledo, ESPN |
| 7:30 | Florida State at #25 Virginia, ACC | #1 Clemson at Syracuse, ABC | Northwestern State at #4 LSU, SEC |
| - | - | Hawaii at #23 Washington, Pac-12 | SE Missouri State at Missouri, SEC |
| - | - | TCU at Purdue lmao, BTN | Texas Southern at UL-Lafayette, ESPN |
| 8 | - | Northern Illinois at Nebraska, FS1 | #5 Oklahoma at UCLA, Fox |
| - | - | - | #12 Texas at Rice, CBSSN |
| - | - | - | San Diego State at New Mexico State, Flo |
| - | - | - | Missouri State at Tulane, ESPN |
| 10:15 | - | - | Portland State at #22 Boise State, ESPN2 |
| 10:30 | Texas Tech at Arizona, ESPN | - | - |
| 10:45 | - | Montana at #15 Oregon, Pac-12 | - |
WHEW BOY. Ohio State-Indiana edges out the BIG NOON crowd because of the Hoosiers' eternal knack for putting a halftime scare into a title contender, then withering away, though the Pitt superweapon is sufficiently charged with losses and could obliterate a top-15 rival's planet at any time.
The middle group is obvious. EL ASSICO is somehow the hands-down biggest game of the week. What a disgusting miracle.
The prime time spot is the real puzzle. Casual fans who hadn't already looked ahead at the night schedule will be mystified to tune in and discover four-touchdown underdog Syracuse in the most prominent game, unless Cuse can once again luck into its most proven anti-Clemson maneuver: getting to face a backup quarterback.
Let's be honest about what most of us will turn to as soon as Clemson breaks 14 points: FSU probably struggling as Virginia continues to sneak toward the Orange Bowl. Gary Patterson vs. Jeff Brohm should also be a hoot for chalkboard nerds.
The late shift peters out without dragging anything until 5 a.m. ET this time. Texas Tech-Arizona will likely pack nothing but sugar, making for a nice, hard crash.
It'll be fun, I swear! And getting all this stuff outta the way just makes the following weekends a lot bigger! Let's hear it for Week 3!!!
(This is also going out on the Read Option newsletter each Thursday.)
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