Tag: 2022 football schedule

Early kickoff set for Notre Dame-Navy

Good morning Baltimore.

Notre Dame doesn’t play in noon ET kickoffs very often but they will this fall when their annual clash with Navy will be a noon kickoff.  The game which used to be broadcast on CBS is now shown as part of ESPN’s college football package which also includes ABC.

This year’s game will take place in Baltimore on November 12.  Notre Dame leads the all-time series with Navy 77-13-1.

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Game-by-game predictions for Texas’ 2022 schedule per ESPN’s FPI

ESPN’s FPI has Texas as the underdog in only one game on their schedule.

Thanks to a strong haul of transfer portal additions this offseason, along with landing the No. 5 recruiting class in the country for the 2022 cycle, Texas is favored in every game this season aside from one. Continue reading “Game-by-game predictions for Texas’ 2022 schedule per ESPN’s FPI”

Oklahoma Sooners’ 2022 opponents ranked

The Oklahoma Sooners 2022 schedule offers several tough matchups, but how do their opponents rank when stacked up against one another?

The Oklahoma Sooners get the benefit of home-field advantage against the top teams of the Big 12 in 2022. After going on the road to face Baylor and Oklahoma State last season, they’ll get the 2021 Big 12 championship representatives in the friendly confines of Owen Field.

An early-season clash in Lincoln against the Nebraska Cornhuskers will provide a huge test to the new-look Sooners. Late season road trips to Iowa State, West Virginia, and Texas Tech loom large as well.

Every year in the Big 12 provides a tough slate of games, but the Sooners coaching staff is no stranger to preparing for and playing in tough environments and big-time matchups.

In an early look at the 2022 schedule, let’s see how the Oklahoma Sooners stack up as we rank their matchups from worst to first.

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Notre Dame-BYU in Vegas officially on for 2022

Best location for a Shamrock Series game to date?

A few weeks back there was a report that Notre Dame and BYU were going to meet up for the Shamrock Series game in 2022 in Las Vegas.  Today that report was made official as Notre Dame announced the game will be played on October 8, 2022 at Allegiant Stadium with the game set to be aired on NBC.

Some notes on the 2022 Shamrock Series:

  • 11th Shamrock Series game
  • First game took place in 2009
  • Eighth different venue:  Allegiant Stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium, Yankee Stadium, FedEx Field, Fenway Park, Soldier Field, AT&T Stadium, Alamodome
  • First Notre Dame football game played in Nevada
  • The Irish are a perfect 10-0 in Shamrock Series games, with the most recent contest coming this past weekend at Soldier Field, a 41-13 win over No. 18/15 Wisconsin.

The game will be the ninth all-time meeting between Notre Dame and BYU. The Irish lead 6-2 in the series, with the most recent meeting occurring in 2013, a 23-13 Notre Dame win in South Bend.

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Notre Dame football future schedules and opponents