The Official College (American) Football Thread

I would not complain if Alabama wins the National Championship again. I would guess, if they do, Nick will retire

Yep

Hawaii vs California at 1000PM on ESPN
www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869090

As is my tradition every year, I get to sing the parody song of my people...



GREAT NEWS, EVERYONE! THIS WEEK OFFICIALLY MARKS THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL-LESS WEEKENDS UNTIL JANUARY. WAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!



It's the most wonderful time of the year.

With pregame sun-basking and everyone asking you,

"Want a cold beer?"

It's the most wonderful time of the year.



It's the hap-happiest season of all.

With those gridiron meetings and jubilant feelings

That we'll win it all.

It's the hap-happiest season of all.



There'll be parties for hosting

And tailgates for roasting

And cheering, come rain or come snow.

There'll be classic fan stories

And tales of the glories of rival games long, long ago.



It's the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be lots of smacktalking

And cheering and hollering

When the players appear.

It's the most wonderful time of the year.



There'll be lots of smacktalking

And cheering and hollering

When the players appear.

It's the most wonderful time...

It's the most wonderful time...

It's the most wonderful time of the year!


And, as is also my college football yearly tradition, here are Tiff's Picks of the Week - where I list, in my highly biased opinion, what games I think will be the most interesting to watch. Spoiler alert, the Gators will always be listed, even if they aren't playing a fashionable opponent, and the list will be heavily weighted towards SEC teams. I make absolutely zero apologies for that.



Week 1!



Thursday, Sept 1:

Appalachian State at Tennessee (for the sake of seeing what UT's got) - 7:30pm EST - SEC Network

South Carolina at Vanderbilt (for the sake of seeing what Moosedump is up to) - 8:00pm EST - ESPN



Saturday, Sept. 3:

Boston College at Georgia Tech (in Dublin... yes, Ireland) - 7:30am EST - ESPN 2

Houston vs Oklahoma (in Houston) - 12:00pm EST - ABC

LSU vs Wisconsin (in Green Bay) - 3:30pm EST - ABC

UCLA at Texas A&M - 3:30pm EST - CBS

Georgia vs North Carolina (in Atlanta) - 5:30pm EST - ESPN

UMass at Florida (if the tropical storm lets us play) - 7:30pm EST - SEC Network

Alabama vs USC (in Arlington) - 8:00pm EST - ABC

Clemson at Auburn - 9:00pm EST - ESPN



Sunday, Sept. 4th:

Notre Dame at Texas (may be an interesting dumpster fire) - 7:30pm EST - ABC



Monday, Sept. 5th (Labor Day):

Florida State vs Ole Miss (in Orlando) - 8:00pm EST - ESPN

Somehow, I always manage to have one fall off when I'm typing up my list. Thank you, citizen! 

So, I'm not a huge football fan, I follow the Panthers a little bit, but it pisses me off really bad that at 8:00 PM both the classic rock stations in my area stop playing music and start playing football shit. Fuck football. Just needed to complain about that.

so, 4 games and Goff looks................yeah

Holy crap Gators are 37 point favourites. LOL

OMG its almost here!

Tennessee looked like the #9 team in the land didn't they? Yeah I know its one game, and the first game at that, its also why I think the rankings shouldn't come out until at least October.

My plans for tomorrow is to sit in front of the TV from when I wake up till the end of the USC-Bama game. Hopefully I wake up early enough to watch the end of Gameday, then looking forward to Oklahoma-Houston. Then LSU-Wisconsin. Then USC-Bama. And as a Notre Dame fan this will be the only time I ever say this. But go SC.

The powers that be need to get on their hands and knees and beg Fulmer to come back.

I watched that game. Sooners looked bad. Houston will be a team to watch

Looking forward to Alabama vs USC at 8:00pm

Yeah OU didn't do themselves any favors with all the penalties and the kick six. I thought the game was going to be a one score game that could go either way, and now I'm wondering how OU isn't going to lose by 40 to Ohio State in a few weeks.

Oh, my God, I am so fucking happy that college football is back. And my boys play in an hour and 15 minutes from now...

*has two TVs going, hasn't moved from beanbag chair in hours, possibly touching self*