In college football Saturday, my No. 1 Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers are scheduled to host the South Florida Bulls in Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green at 2:30 p.m. Central and here are some other Week 1 CFB23 games in which I am interested (all games on Saturday, all times Central):
- Ball State Cardinals at Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field in Lexington at 11 a.m.
- Fresno State Bulldogs at Purdue Boilermakers in Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, at 11 a.m. Saturday
- Colorado Buffaloes at Texas Christian Horned Frogs in Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth at 11 a.m.
- Akron Zips at Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia at 1 p.m.
- Tennessee State Tigers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, at 2:30 p.m.
- California Bears at North Texas Mean Green in Apogee Stadium in Denton at 3 p.m.
- Tennessee-Martin at Georgia Bulldogs (defending national champion and No. 1 Associated Press) in Sanford Stadium in Athens at 5 p.m.
- Bucknell Bison at James Madison Dukes in Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Virginia at 5 p.m.
- Alabama A&M Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores in FirstBank Stadium in Nashville at 6 p.m.
- Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Alabama Crimson Tide in Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa at 6:30 p.m.
- Louisville Cardinals vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the Aflac Kickoff Game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta at 6:30 p.m.
- Texas Tech Red Raiders at Wyoming Cowboys in War Memorial Stadium in Laramie at 6:30 p.m.
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at UCLA Bruins in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, at 9:30 p.m.
Previous CFB23 reports:
KENTUCKY 44
ReplyDeleteBALL STATE 14
FRESNO STATE 39
ReplyDeletePURDUE 35
My oldest brother is going to be in a bad mood all this fall.
COLORADO 45
ReplyDeleteTEXAS CHRISTIAN 42
First he was great at playing football. Then he was great at talking about football on TV. Now it turns out he's apparently great at coaching football. I sure wish Deion Sanders would buy the Miami Dolphins.
Meanwhile, in progress, we have ...
ReplyDelete-- Akron up, 21-10, at the half against Temple;
-- Notre Dame ahead, 7-3, against Tennessee State in the first, and
-- my Tops tied with South Florida at 7 in the first.
Well, heck. South Florida scores on an 84-yard touchdown pass, and, with 4:23 to play in the first quarter, the Bulls lead in Bowling Green, 14-7.
ReplyDeleteBoo! South Florida, 17-7.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long it will take me to lose interest in CFB23 if WKU turns out to be not so hot.
Akron 21, Temple 16, third ... North Texas and Cal tied at 7 in the first ... Notre Dame, 21-3 over Tennessee State in the second ...
ReplyDeleteEverything came out great in Bowling Green!
ReplyDeleteWESTERN KENTUCKY 41
SOUTH FLORIDA 24
Also ...
ReplyDelete-- Notre Dame, 56-3 over Tennessee State
-- Cal, 58-21 over North Texas
-- Temple, 24-21 over Akron
-- Georgia, 48-7 over Tennessee-Martin
-- James Madison, 38-3 over Bucknell
-- Vanderbilt, 47-13 over Alabama A&M
-- Alabama, 56-7 over Middle Tennessee State
-- Louisville, 39-34 over Georgia Tech
-- Wyoming, 35-33 over Texas Tech
-- UCLA, 27-13 over Coastal Carolina
This might change if I watch some of Florida State and LSU tonight, as they're both in the AP top 10. But, right now, my ballot of teams I've actually watched or listened to or paid attention to this season is probably somewhere along the lines of ...
ReplyDelete1. Western Kentucky
2. Notre Dame
3. Colorado
4. Vanderbilt
5. Texas Christian
6. South Florida
7. Hawaii
8. Navy
9. Tennessee State