Week 5 college football games

Dan · Sep 23, 2012, 12:34 PM

Here's the rundown of the other Big Ten games, plus selected matchups in Week 5. Feel free to add and discuss any other games of interest.

# Finally, league play begins in the B1G.
# College Gameday visits East Lansing for Ohio State vs Michigan State.
# The other top 25 matchup this week: Baylor at West Virginia.
# B1G bye week: Michigan.

Thursday, September 27

Stanford at Washington
8:00pm CT - ESPN

Saturday, September 29

Minnesota at Iowa
11:00am CT - ESPN2

Indiana at Northwestern
11:00am CT - BTN

Baylor at West Virginia
11:00am CT - FX

Marshall at Purdue
2:15pm CT - BTN

Ohio State at Michigan State
2:30pm CT - ABC

Tennessee at Georgia
2:30pm CT - CBS

Florida State at South Florida
5:00pm CT - ESPN

Texas at Oklahoma State
6:50pm CT - FOX

Wisconsin at Nebraska
7:00pm CT - ABC

Ole Miss at Alabama
8:15pm CT - ESPN

Oregon at Washington State
9:30pm CT - ESPN2

illinidarrin · Sep 23, 2012, 12:37 PM

Oh man, Nebraska will crush Wisconsin next week.

USNIlliniFan · Sep 23, 2012, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by illinidarrin

Oh man, Nebraska will crush Wisconsin next week.

Conventional wisdom would say you are right on this one, but to be honest with what I've seen of the B1G this year, I rate every game on every weekend as a toss-up

trevdv · Sep 23, 2012, 08:55 PM

Top Five Games

1. Ohio State @ Michigan State
2. Texas @ OK State
3. Tennessee @ Georgia
4. Wisconsin @ Nebraska
5. Virginia Tech @ Cincinnati

BTW, Brent Musburger only announces the ABC night football games with Herby. This will make I think the third time this year ALREADY that the College Gameday game is not at night. It feels weird to not have Musburger/Herbstreit announcing the "game of the week." If you're gonna send them to Lincoln for the night B1G game you may as well just make that game the Gameday game.

Illini2016 · Sep 24, 2012, 10:21 AM

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Chris, Lee, Kirk, Desmond and the crew are headed to East Lansing, Mich., for the Big Ten opener between Ohio State and Michigan State. It's their first trip to Michigan State since last October, when they were in town for the Wisconsin game.

I don't agree with the decision. MSU is a mediocre team and OSU is decent. Honestly, the Big Ten doesn't deserve a single GameDay this year, and it makes me want to puke.

Dan · Sep 24, 2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Illini2016

I don't agree with the decision. MSU is a mediocre team and OSU is decent. Honestly, the Big Ten doesn't deserve a single GameDay this year, and it makes me want to puke.

Where should they go then?

DrewD007 · Sep 24, 2012, 10:38 AM

Yeah really no good games to go to this week.

Illini2016 · Sep 26, 2012, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan

Where should they go then?

I guess there aren't many good options. I am just really frustrated with the state of the Big Ten right now.

Dan · Sep 27, 2012, 08:27 AM

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Indiana and NU are currently tied with 632 losses. Somebody's leaving Ryan Field as the FBS leader in that category.

http://twitter.com/sippinonpurple

illynifan34 · Sep 27, 2012, 08:31 AM

Tough call on who to root for to lose that one.

IlliniRunIn07 · Sep 27, 2012, 09:16 AM

Dan, that is the best thing you (or anyone else) has ever posted on this board. ^^^

trevdv · Sep 29, 2012, 08:53 AM

The Journey is starting this coming week on BTN in case any of you were wondering... Should be cool to see a football version of that show.

illinidarrin · Sep 29, 2012, 06:18 PM

not 1 response in this thread since our game. Nebraska and Wisconsin has started. I'm trying to get into it, but Illinois has taken alot out of me.

trevdv · Sep 29, 2012, 08:14 PM

Anyone else who has CBS Sports Network...turn to it now!!! Louisville-Southern Miss is literally playing underwater right now! The rain is up to their ankles, and I don't know how they can keep playing... Crazy!

CaliIllini · Sep 29, 2012, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by illinidarrin

not 1 response in this thread since our game. Nebraska and Wisconsin has started. I'm trying to get into it, but Illinois has taken alot out of me.

I feel the same. Watching competent football makes me even more upset. I think I need to just adopt another team and stay away from Illinois football for awhile.

I'm thinking I could get behind a team like Oregon State. Not a big name school but has a chance to be decent this year.

AHSIllini32 · Sep 29, 2012, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by CaliIllini

I feel the same. Watching competent football makes me even more upset. I think I need to just adopt another team and stay away from Illinois football for awhile.

I'm thinking I could get behind a team like Oregon State. Not a big name school but has a chance to be decent this year.

If you're going to ditch Illinois now then why even come back to them?

On a different note, Nebraska has his their stride against Wisky and their spread is eating them up.

CaliIllini · Sep 29, 2012, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AHSIllini32

If you're going to ditch Illinois now then why even come back to them?

On a different note, Nebraska has his their stride against Wisky and their spread is eating them up.

I just can't plan my day around this type of disappointment anymore. I have went from talking about Big Ten football with all my co-workers to being embarrassed to even bring it up. I wish I had the energy and the patience to stick it out, but I just can't see it.

If that makes me a poor fan, then so be it. I am sure I will be watching every game all season, but at this point, I just can't see how I will stick it out.

It has been fun watching Nebraska's backs really start to move it against Wisky. For some reason though, I feel Wisconsin is going to pull it out.

Dan · Oct 1, 2012, 07:26 PM

CardiacIllini3 · Oct 1, 2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan

WVU stripe the stadium looks really good. Maybe ours will be that good... someday.

quhawks12 · Oct 2, 2012, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan

Whoa whoa whoa...I as looking and maybe I just missed it...but I didn't see any of the "EVENT STAFF" trying to kick people out before the song was over...I thought that was standard stuff everywhere

Sep 24, 2012, 10:38 AM	#7
DrewD007 Location: Swansea, IL Posts: 3,531	Yeah really no good games to go to this week. __________________ Follow me! http://www.twitter.com/illinidrew11

Sep 27, 2012, 08:31 AM	#10
illynifan34 That's a winner!! Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 7,636	Tough call on who to root for to lose that one. __________________ www.afsp.org In Mike I Trust Aggressive

Sep 29, 2012, 08:14 PM	#14
trevdv Location: Champaign Posts: 2,573	Anyone else who has CBS Sports Network...turn to it now!!! Louisville-Southern Miss is literally playing underwater right now! The rain is up to their ankles, and I don't know how they can keep playing... Crazy! Last edited by trevdv; Sep 29, 2012 at 08:21 PM.

Sep 23, 2012, 12:37 PM	#2
illinidarrin Location: from parts unknown Posts: 2,111	Oh man, Nebraska will crush Wisconsin next week.

Sep 23, 2012, 08:55 PM	#4
trevdv Location: Champaign Posts: 2,573	Top Five Games 1. Ohio State @ Michigan State 2. Texas @ OK State 3. Tennessee @ Georgia 4. Wisconsin @ Nebraska 5. Virginia Tech @ Cincinnati BTW, Brent Musburger only announces the ABC night football games with Herby. This will make I think the third time this year ALREADY that the College Gameday game is not at night. It feels weird to not have Musburger/Herbstreit announcing the "game of the week." If you're gonna send them to Lincoln for the night B1G game you may as well just make that game the Gameday game.

Sep 27, 2012, 09:16 AM	#11
IlliniRunIn07 Location: Central Florida Posts: 3,790	Dan, that is the best thing you (or anyone else) has ever posted on this board. ^^^

Sep 29, 2012, 08:53 AM	#12
trevdv Location: Champaign Posts: 2,573	The Journey is starting this coming week on BTN in case any of you were wondering... Should be cool to see a football version of that show.

Sep 29, 2012, 06:18 PM	#13
illinidarrin Location: from parts unknown Posts: 2,111	not 1 response in this thread since our game. Nebraska and Wisconsin has started. I'm trying to get into it, but Illinois has taken alot out of me.

Oct 1, 2012, 07:26 PM	#18
Dan Admin Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 25,907