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ESPN Announces Early College Football Game Times, Networks

ESPN released game times and network for several early season college football games.

ESPN released game times and network for several early season college football games.

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Early ESPN College Football Schedule

All Times Eastern, biggest games in BOLD

Saturday, August 28

Hawaii at UCLA, 3:30, ESPN

Wednesday, September 1

UAB vs. Jacksonville State, 7:30, ESPN

Thursday, September 2

Boise State at UCF, 7:00, ESPN
Citadel at Coastal Carolina, 7:00, ESPN+
Long Island at FIU, 7:00, ESPN3
Wagner at Buffalo, 7:00, ESPN3
Western Illinois at Ball State, 7:00, ESPN+
East Carolina vs Appalachian State (in Charlotte), 7:30, ESPNU
UC Davis at Tulsa, 7:30, ESPN+
USF at NC State, 7:30, ACC Network
Bowling Green at Tennessee, 8:00, SEC Network
UT Martin at WKU, 8:00, ESPN+

Friday, September 3

North Carolina at Virginia Tech, 6:00, ESPN
Old Dominion at Wake Forest, 7:00 ACC Network
St. Francis at Eastern Michigan, 7:00, ESPN3
South Dakota at Kansas, 8:00, ESPN+
Michigan State at Northwestern, 9:00, ESPN 

Sept. 4

Colgate at Boston College, 12:00, ACC Network
Oklahoma at Tulane, 12:00, ABC
ULM at Kentucky, 12:00, SEC Network
Western Michigan at Michigan, 12:00, ESPN

Alabama vs. Miami (in Atlanta), 3:30, ABC
Miami University at Cincinnati, 3:30, ESPN+
Northern Iowa at Iowa State, 3:30, ESPN+
West Virginia at Maryland, 3:30, ESPN

Central Michigan at Missouri, 4:00, SEC Network
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State, 4:00, ESPNU
UMass at Pitt, 4:00, ACC Network

Campbell at Liberty, 6:00, ESPN3
Gardner-Webb at Georgia Southern, 6:00, ESPN3

Abilene Christian at SMU, 7:00, ESPN+
Baylor at Texas State, 7:00, ESPN+
Central Arkansas at Arkansas State, 7:00, ESPN3
Missouri State at Oklahoma State, 7:00, ESPN+
Monmouth at Middle Tennessee, 7:00, ESPN3
Nicholls at Memphis, 7:00, ESPN+
Norfolk State at Toledo, 7:00, ESPN3
Southern at Troy, 7:00, ESPN3
Texas Tech vs. Houston (in NRG Stadium, Houston), 7:00, ESPN

Florida Atlantic at Florida, 7:30, SEC Network
Georgia vs. Clemson (in Charlotte), 7:30, ABC
Northern Illinois at Georgia Tech, 7:30, ACC Network
Northwestern State at North Texas, 7:30, ESPN3
William & Mary at Virginia, 7:30, ESPN3

Kent State at Texas A&M, 8:00, ESPNU
Southern Miss at South Alabama, 8:00, ESPN+
Duquesne at TCU, 8:00, ESPN+

Bethune-Cookman at UTEP, 9:00, ESPN3

BYU vs Arizona (in Las Vegas), 10:30, ESPN

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Sunday, September 5

Notre Dame at Florida State, 7:30, ABC

Monday, September 6

Louisville vs. Ole Miss (in Atlanta), 8:00, ESPN

Friday, September 10

Kansas at Coastal Carolina, 7:30, ESPN2
North Carolina A&T at Duke, 8:00, ACC Network

Saturday, September 11

Illinois at Virginia, 11:00, ACC Network
VMI at Kent State, 11:30, SEC Network

Alabama State at Auburn, 12:00, SEC Network
Florida at USF, 12:00, ABC
Kennesaw State at Georgia Tech, 12:00, ESPN3
Miami University at Minnesota, 12:00, ESPNU
Norfolk State at Wake Forest, 12:00, ACC NetworkX
Pitt at Tennessee, 12:00, ESPN
South Carolina at East Carolina, 12:00, ESPN2

Wyoming at Northern Illinois, 1:30, ESPN+

Duquesne at Ohio, 2:00, ESPN3
Middle Tennessee at Virginia Tech, 2:00, ACC NetworkX
Rutgers at Syracuse, 2:00 ACC Network

Robert Morris, at Central Michigan, 3:00, ESPN3

Cal at TCU, 3:30, ESPNU
Iowa at Iowa State, 3:30, ABC
Murray State at Cincinnati, 3:30, ESPN+
Temple at Akron, 3:30, ESPN+
UAB at Georgia, 3:30, ESPN2

Mercer at Alabama, 4:00, ACC Network
South Alabama at Bowling Green, 4:00, ESPN+

Illinois State at Western Michigan, 5:00, ESPN3
Long Island at West Virginia, 5:00, ESPN+
South Carolina State at Clemson, 5:00, ACC Network

Gardner-Webb at Charlotte, 6:00, ESPN3
Lamar at UTSA, 6:00, ESPN3

Bethune-Cookman at UCF, 6:30, ESPN+
North Carolina Central at Marshall, 6:30 ESPN+

Eastern Kentucky at Louisville, 7:00, ACC NetworkX
Grambling at Southern Miss, 7:00, ESPN3
Hampton at Old Dominion, 7:00, ESPN3
Liberty at Troy, 7:00, ESPN+
Memphis at Arkansas State, 7:00, ESPN+
Morgan State at Tulane, 7:00, ESPN+
Nicholls at Louisiana, 7:00, ESPN3
North Texas at SMU, 7:00, ESPN+
SE Louisiana at Louisiana Tech, 7:00, ESPN3
Southern Illinois at Kansas State, 7:00, ESPN+
Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech, 7:00, ESPN+
Texas at Arkansas, 7:00, ESPN
Texas Southern at Baylor, 7:00, ESPN+
Texas State at FIU, 7:00, ESPN+

Georgia State at North Carolina, 7:30, ESPN3
Missouri at Kentucky, 7:30, SEC Network
Washington at Michigan, 7:30, ABC

Jacksonville State at Florida State, 8:00, ACC Network

Utah at BYU, 10:15, ESPN 

UNLV at Arizona State, 10:30, ESPN2

Thursday, September 16

Ohio at Louisiana, 8:00, ESPN

Friday, September 17

UCF at Louisville, 7:30, ESPN

Saturday, September 18

Albany at Syracuse, 12:00, ACC Network
New Mexico at Texas A&M, 12:00, SEC Network
Western Michigan at Pitt, 12:00, ESPN3

Nevada at Kansas State, 2:05, ESPN+

Baylor at Kansas, 3:30, ESPN+
Bryant at Akron, 3:30, ESPN3
Elon at Appalachian State, 3:30, ESPN+
Long Island at Miami University, 3:30, ESPN+

Colorado State at Toledo, 4:00, ESPNU
Georgia Southern at Arkansas, 4:00, SEC Network
Mississippi State at Memphis, 4:00, ESPN2
Northwestern at Duke, 4:00, ACC Network

Murray State at Bowling Green, 5:00, ESPN3

Fordham at Florida Atlantic, 6:00, ESPN3
Middle Tennessee at UTSA, 6:00, ESPN3
Old Dominion at Liberty, 6:00, ESPN3

Charlotte at Georgia State, 7:00, ESPN+
FIU at Texas Tech, 7:00, ESPN+
Florida A&M at USF, 7:00, ESPN+
Grambling at Houston, 7:00, ESPN+
Incarnate Word at Texas State, 7:00, ESPN3
South Carolina at Georgia, 7:00, ESPN
Troy at Southern Miss, 7:00, ESPN+

Auburn at Penn State, 7:30, ABC
Central Michigan at LSU, 7:30, SEC Network
Furman at NC State, 7:30, ESPN3
Virginia at North Carolina, 7:30, ACC Network

Alcorn State at South Alabama, 8:00, ESPN3
Jackson State at ULM, 8:00, ESPN3
Rice at Texas, 8:00, Longhorn Network
Stanford at Vanderbilt, 8:00, ESPNU
Tulane at Ole Miss, 8:00, ESPN2

Arizona State at BYU, 10:15, ESPN

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Notre Dame Football: Add BYU to 2020 schedule?

Notre Dame has a blank hole on their schedule September 19. Would having BYU come to South Bend make sense?

Some have asked through e-mail, other through comments on the Fighting Irish Wire Facebook page, why we act like there is going to be a college football season.

Simply put: until news comes out otherwise, what do you think we should do?  Get stuck with our heads buried in a deep, dark place?

As of now Notre Dame and the ACC are scheduled to start playing football games the second week of September.  Obviously that could change at any moment but as of right now the games are still set to be played so we’ll get ready for a season just like we would if we weren’t living in a pandemic.

With that in mind, Notre Dame doesn’t yet have an out-of-conference opponent scheduled since the MAC canceling their season meant the Western Michigan game on September 19 isn’t happening.

Searching the internet I stumbled into a post from Vanquish the Foe, a BYU blog.  There they were hoping for Notre Dame and BYU to meet up on that September 19 date since BYU is trying to find any Power Five opponent and Notre Dame suddenly has an open spot.

I’d be more than happy to see BYU come to South Bend the second week of September.  Despite the Cougars being responsible for stealing Rocket Ismail’s 1990 Heisman Trophy and messing up the opener in 2004, what has BYU ever really done to make you that upset?

I like that BYU plays football as an independent, just like how I like that Notre Dame does the same in any year that isn’t struck by a global pandemic.

The folks at Vanquish the Foe bring up compelling points that BYU feels owed to have the Irish come to Provo and as much as I’m not holding my breath waiting for that trip to happen, it’s the right thing to do to help BYU this season.

Sure Notre Dame could likely easily get a game scheduled against pretty much any Group of Five member who doesn’t have their season canceled.  BYU might not be the powerhouse they were under LaVell Edwards but it’s a heck of a lot bigger name brand than anything else that is likely to be out there.

BYU is hurting for a big opponent and wasn’t gifted the chance to join a conference like Notre Dame was.  With the rest of the ACC playing the likes of UAB, VMI, Western Kentucky, Charlotte, Samford, UCF, Old Dominion and Liberty as out of conference opponents, why not be different and schedule someone that’s of at least some interest?

Sorry UCF fans, that was mean.  Props to Georgia Tech for scheduling that game that will almost certainly be a Yellow Jackets loss.

You get my point though, there is a whole lot of uninteresting match-ups outside of ACC play this season.

Just because Notre Dame isn’t an independent in 2020 doesn’t mean they can’t throw a bone to an independent they’ve had a little bit of a history with before, having played the Cougars eight times before.  The game would have to be played in Indiana due to ACC guidelines for 2020 and I’d be fine with that.

It’s not the kind of game that would make me want to go perform cartwheels in the street, but it’d do a lot more for me than a UAB or Charlotte coming to South Bend.

Consider me in for BYU coming to South Bend in 2020 but yeah, I’ve still got no interest in that return trip to Provo happening anytime soon.

WATCH: Texas Longhorns release hype video for upcoming football season

The Longhorns social media department released a hype video on Thursday surrounding the date of their first scheduled game.

The anticipation for the upcoming college football season to begin could not be higher. Continue reading “WATCH: Texas Longhorns release hype video for upcoming football season”

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West Virginia President Pushes for College Football this Fall

West Virginia president Gordon Gee spoke about college football being played in 2020 and is willing to suit up to make sure it happens

Do you remember the name Gordon Gee?

Years ago while the president at Ohio State, Gee was pressured away from his post for making slanderous comments about Catholics, Notre Dame and the Polish.

Gee is drawing the headlines again, but at least this time it’s not another act of bigotry.  No, now working as the president at West Virginia University, Gee is offering to suit up in order to make sure college football is played this fall.

“We are going to play football in the fall, I really do believe that,”  Gee said to WOWK-TV.  “Even if I have to suit up!”

For the record, Gee is 76 years old.  He went on to say that they’ll play football, based on it being safe and healthy for fans and student-athletes.

“But I do believe that we will play football” Gee added.

Alright, sign me up for college football being played this fall and Gee suiting up.

And then please get Jack Swarbrick to get West Virginia on the schedule immediately.

Just a Matter of Time Until Notre Dame/Navy in Ireland is Called Off

It appears to be just a matter of time until Notre Dame and Navy’s season-opener in Dublin gets officially called off

It was supposed to be a season opener like very few before it.  Notre Dame and Navy were (and technically still are) scheduled to start the 2020 college football season in Dublin, Ireland with ESPN’s College Gameday on location.  The game technically still could happen we suppose but news it out Tuesday says that at best, fans likely won’t be included.  At least not very many of them.

Per Irish Times:

Ireland is set to announce the banning of all events with 5000 or more people with authorities being told not to grant licenses for large events in this period due to the coronavirus crisis.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure the rest of this out.

Notre Dame and Navy aren’t going to be flying across the pond to play a football game in front of fewer than 5000 fans, especially with the fears of flying and doing unnecessary travel right now.  You can go to a local high school and play in front of a crowd that size, why in the world would you fly teams and staffs to Ireland to play a game that pretty much nobody is allowed to attend as fans?

There may not have been a statement made by the Naval Academy yet, it is their home game after all, or Notre Dame’s but that’s just the period at the end of the sentence at this point.  With this news out today it tells us what we all expected but hoped against for a while, that is that there will be no season opener in Ireland this year.

Now we hope for the best case scenario, however unlikely, to be that the game can be played on the same date in the United States.  Brian Kelly and Jack Swarbrick have been open about alternate plans already being discussed about that, now will come the next steps which will include the official cancellation of the Ireland game which could come in days, if not hours.  Also to come is the decided location of the game and date, which could already be known but is being withheld in event it’s never necessary to actually announce.

Let’s hope against that and instead the game gets moved to the mainland and is actually played the last weekend in August.  I think we’d all be thrilled at this point if football at all is played the last week of August whether it be in Indianapolis, Washington D.C., Orlando or at a high school field.

Notre Dame 2020 Football Schedule – 10 Thoughts

If Notre Dame manages 10-2 against this schedule and ends up in the Camping World Bowl again we are going to have a problem.

Happy New Year to each and every one of you. If you’re like me you’re a traditionalist and don’t like how few games there are on New Years Day compared to years ago but it is what it is and the sand isn’t going back in the hour glass on that one.

Notre Dame finished the year 11-2 after their domination of Iowa State last Saturday. That’s the good news.

The bad news is we are done with Notre Dame football games to take in and react to until the end of August.

What kind of record are we possibly talking about next season? It’s never to early to at least wonder.

Here’s who the Irish will face:

Week 0 – vs Navy (Dublin, Ireland) – 8/29

Week 1 – Bye Week – 9/5

Week 2 – vs Arkansas – 9/12

Week 3 – vs Western Michigan – 9/19

Week 4 – At Wake Forest (Charlotte, NC) – 9/26

Week 5 – At Wisconsin (Green Bay) – 10/3

Week 6 – vs Stanford – 10/10

Week 7 – At Pittsburgh – 10/17

Week 8 – Bye Week – 10/24

Week 9 – vs Duke – 10/31

Week 10 – vs Clemson – 11/7

Week 11 – At Georgia Tech (Atlanta/Mercedes Benz Stadium) – 11/14

Week 12 – vs Louisville – 11/21

Week 13 – At USC – 11/28

10 Quick Thoughts/Questions on Notre Dame’s 2020 Schedule:

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