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Saturday Bye Week open thread

Northwestern's off, but there's lots and lots of good games. Let's talk about them

Kevin C. Cox

Guys, I have power!

It's a bye week, which means Northwestern doesn't play a football game, but on the plus side, this is pretty much the most interesting week of the football season and we here Northwestern fans get to sit at home and watch it. Four games between ranked teams, including the biggie, LSU-Alabama, which ain't on til much later.

The big... er... Big Ten game is Nebraska-Michigan State. We pull for Michigan State to aid our slim B1G hopes, but whatever.

Anyway, I dropped the TV schedule for this week up in here. Let's all watch the games and then talk about it, amirite?

Friday, November 2

9 p.m. ET Washington 4-4 at California 3-6 ESPN 2

Saturday, November 3

Noon ET 12 Oklahoma 5-2 at Iowa State 5-3 ABC

Noon ET 16 Texas A&M 6-2 at 15 Miss. State 7-1 ESPN

Noon ET Temple 3-4 at 10 Louisville 8-0 ABC

Noon ET Missouri 4-4 at 7 Florida 7-1 ESPN 2

Noon ET Air Force 5-3 at Army 1-7 CBSSN

Noon ET Miami (Ohio) 4-4 at Buffalo 1-7 Time Warner Cable

Noon ET Syracuse 4-4 at Cincinnati 5-2 Big East Network

Noon ET Houston 4-4 at East Carolina 5-4 FSN

Noon ET Vanderbilt 4-4 at Kentucky 1-8 ESPNU

Noon ET Michigan 5-3 at Minnesota 5-3 Big Ten Network

Noon ET Troy 4-4 at Tennessee 3-5 FSN

Noon ET Towson 4-4 at Delaware 5-3 NBCSN

Noon ET Tennessee St. 8-1 at Murray State 3-5 FCS

Noon ET William & Mary 2-6 at New Hampshire 7-2 CSN

12:21 p.m. ET Tulsa 7-1 at Arkansas 3-5 SEC Network

12:30 p.m. ET New Mexico St. 1-7 at Auburn 1-7 CSS

12:30 p.m. ET Georgia Tech 3-5 at Maryland 4-4 ACC Network

12:30 p.m. ET Virginia 2-6 at N.C. State 5-3 ACC Network

12:30 p.m. ET Yale 2-5 at Brown 4-3 YES

1 p.m. ET WMU 3-6 at CMU 3-5 ESPN3.com

1 p.m. ET Penn 3-4 at Princeton 4-3 ESPN3.com

1:30 p.m. ET Coastal Carolina 4-4 at Gardner-Webb 2-6 ESPN3.com

2 p.m. ET 14 Stanford 6-2 at Colorado 1-7 FX

2 p.m. ET Akron 1-8 at Kent State 7-1 SportsTime Ohio

2 p.m. ET Memphis 1-7 at Marshall 3-5 GoTigersGo.com

2 p.m. ET Southern 3-5 at Alabama A&M 6-2 SWAC-TV

2 p.m. ET App. State 6-3 at Georgia Southern 7-1 ESPN3.com

2 p.m. ET NDSU 7-1 at Missouri State 3-6 Mediacom

2 p.m. ET Southern Utah 4-5 at North Dakota 4-5 Midco Sports Net

2 p.m. ET South Dakota 1-7 at Youngstown St. 4-4 ESPN3.com

3 p.m. ET TCU 5-3 at 21 West Virginia 5-2 FOX

3 p.m. ET Washington St. 2-6 at Utah 3-5 Pac-12 Networks

3 p.m. ET Texas State 3-4 at Utah State 7-2 KMYU

3 p.m. ET South Dakota St. 6-2 at SIU 5-4 Saluki SN

3 p.m. ET Ark.-Pine Bluff 6-2 at Texas Southern 2-6 KHOU

3:30 p.m. ET 23 Texas 6-2 at 18 Texas Tech 6-2 ABC or ESPN 2

3:30 p.m. ET Pittsburgh 4-4 at 3 Notre Dame 8-0 NBC

3:30 p.m. ET Illinois 2-6 at Ohio State 9-0 ESPN

3:30 p.m. ET Ole Miss 5-3 at 6 Georgia 7-1 CBS

3:30 p.m. ET 20 Nebraska 6-2 at Michigan State 5-4 ABC or ESPN 2

3:30 p.m. ET Boston College 2-6 at Wake Forest 4-4 RSN

3:30 p.m. ET FIU 1-8 at South Alabama 2-6 USAJaguars.com

3:30 p.m. ET FAU 2-6 at Navy 5-3 CBSSN

3:30 p.m. ET Iowa 4-4 at Indiana 3-5 Big Ten Network

3:30 p.m. ET Kansas 1-7 at Baylor 3-4 FSN

3:30 p.m. ET Penn State 5-3 at Purdue 3-5 ESPNU

3:30 p.m. ET Rice 3-6 at Tulane 2-6 TulaneGreenWave.com

3:30 p.m. ET UMass 0-8 at NIU 8-1 NIUHuskies.com

3:30 p.m. ET CSU 4-4 at Liberty 3-5 MASN2

3:30 p.m. ET JMU 6-2 at Maine 3-5 CSN-NE

3:30 p.m. ET Duquesne 5-3 at Robert Morris 2-6 FCS, ROOT

3:30 p.m. ET Montana 4-5 at Weber State 1-7 ROOT

3:30 p.m. ET Chattanooga 4-4 at Western Carolina 1-8 Catamount SN

4 p.m. ET UTSA 5-3 at 25 Louisiana Tech 7-1 ESPN Reg., MASN

4 p.m. ET Louisiana 4-3 at ULM 6-2 SBN, ESPN3.com

4 p.m. ET New Mexico 4-5 at UNLV 1-8 Time Warner Cable

4 p.m. ET McNeese State 5-3 at Nicholls 1-6 Southland TV

4:30 p.m. ET Colorado State 2-6 at Wyoming 1-7 KTVD

4:35 p.m. ET Cal-Poly 7-1 at EWU 6-2 SWX

5 p.m. ET San Jose St. 6-2 at Idaho 1-7 Altitude

5 p.m. ET Arkansas State 5-3 at North Texas 3-5 MeanGreenSports.com

7 p.m. ET 13 Clemson 7-1 at Duke 6-3 ESPN 2

7 p.m. ET 4 Oregon 8-0 at 17 USC 6-2 FOX

7 p.m. ET UConn 3-5 at USF 2-6 ESPNU

7 p.m. ET Hawaii 1-6 at Fresno State 6-3 CSN+

7 p.m. ET SMU 4-4 at UCF 6-2 CBSSN

7:05 p.m. ET Montana State 7-1 at Sacramento St. 6-3 ROOT

7:30 p.m. ET UAB 1-7 at Southern Miss 0-8 CSS

8 p.m. ET 1 Alabama 8-0 at 5 LSU 7-1 CBS

8 p.m. ET 24 Oklahoma St. 5-2 at 2 Kansas State 8-0 ABC

8 p.m. ET Northwestern St. 4-4 at CAU 7-2 Southland TV

10:30 p.m. ET San Diego St. 6-3 at 19 Boise State 7-1 CBSSN

10:30 p.m. ET Arizona State 5-3 at 11 Oregon State 6-1 ESPN 2

10:30 p.m. ET 22 Arizona 5-3 at UCLA 6-2 Pac-12 Networks