Open Thread: Another Saturday Without Vanderbilt Football

In an unusual development, Vanderbilt football is on its second consecutive bye week. Of course, this one was actually scheduled, unlike the last one which resulted from a COVID outbreak. (Now, if you listened to Chris Lee’s podcast earlier this week... well, we might not have a game next week either.)

In other words, we all get to point and laugh at other teams playing football. But particularly the 2:30 game on CBS.

Early Shift

11:00 AM CT

• Syracuse at Clemson (ACC Network)
• Nebraska at Ohio State (FOX)
• NC State at North Carolina (ESPN)
• Kansas at Kansas State (FS1)
• Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina (ESPNU)
• Mercer at Army (CBS Sports)
• Auburn at Ole Miss (SEC Network)
• Oklahoma at TCU (ABC)
• Temple at Memphis (ESPN+)
• UTEP at Charlotte (ESPN+)
• Florida State at Louisville (ESPN3)
• Rutgers at Michigan State (BTN)

12:00 PM CT

• Southern Miss at Liberty (ESPN3)

12:30 PM CT

• Adrian at Bluffton (link)
• Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN3)

1:00 PM CT

• Tulane at UCF (ESPN2)
• South Dakota Mines at Colorado Mesa (link)

1:30 PM CT

• Florida Atlantic at Marshall (Stadium)

2:00 PM CT

• Central Arkansas at Eastern Kentucky (ESPN3)

What to watch: Nice of you to join us, Big Ten. Anyway, the obvious pick here is South Dakota Mines-Colorado Mesa, but probably Auburn-Ole Miss is going to be the most interesting game. I don’t know.

Afternoon Shift

2:30 PM CT

• Alabama at Tennessee (CBS)
• Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (ABC)
• Iowa State at Oklahoma State (FOX)
• Penn State at Indiana (FS1)
• Virginia Tech at Wake Forest (ESPN3)
• Middle Tennessee at Rice (ESPN3)
• Houston at Navy (CBS Sports)
• Baylor at Texas (ESPN)
• Iowa at Purdue (BTN)

3:00 PM CT

• Georgia State at Troy (ESPNU)
• Atlanta at Boston College (ACC Network)
• Chattanooga at Western Kentucky (ESPN3)
• Kentucky at Missouri (SEC Network)

4:30 PM CT

• West Virginia at Texas Tech (ESPN2)

What to watch: I will never tell you to not watch Tennessee getting destroyed. However, welcome back, Big Ten, and possibly watch Iowa-Purdue. Oh yeah, and Kentucky-Missouri if you want to gouge your eyes out.

Evening Shift

6:00 PM CT

• South Carolina at LSU (ESPN)
• UL Monroe at South Alabama (ESPN+)
• Utah State at Boise State (FS1)
• Wyoming at Nevada (CBS Sports)

6:30 PM CT

• Michigan at Minnesota (ABC)
• Hawaii at Fresno State (PPV)
• Maryland at Northwestern (BTN)
• Angelo State at West Texas A&M (link)

7:00 PM CT

• Virginia at Miami (ACC Network)
• Louisiana Tech at UTSA (ESPNU)

8:00 PM CT

• Cincinnati at SMU (ESPN2)

What to watch: Honestly, probably Game 4 of the World Series. But, Cincinnati-SMU should be good.

Late Shift

9:15 PM CT

• Texas State at BYU (ESPN)

9:30 PM CT

• UNLV at San Diego State (CBS Sports)
• Air Force at San Jose State (FS1)

What to watch: Welcome back, Mountain West! Welcome back, 9:30 PM football! I mean, it’s football and it’s late. Watch UNLV-San Diego State, and get sad that we lost to UNLV.