In a little over four weeks, we’ll be able to set of fireworks and celebrate the beginning of the best four months of the year — college football season. It’s like mating season for some animals. People lose their ability to be rational. Marriages undergo strain. We personally experience changes that end up with screaming at the television, multiple phone calls to family members during the game generally losing all semblance of sanity.
We now have the full TV lineup of games for the first week of the season, so plan your lives accordingly.
Thursday, September 3
7 p.m., South Carolina at North Carolina State, ESPN
7:30 p.m., North Texas at Ball State, ESPNU
8 p.m., Eastern Kentucky at Indiana. Big Ten Network
9 p.m., Utah State at Utah, the Mtn.
10:15 p.m., Oregon at Boise State, ESPN
Friday, September 4
8 p.m., Tulsa at Tulane, ESPN
Saturday, September 5
Noon, Towson at Northwestern, Big Ten Network
Noon, Montana State at Michigan State, Big Ten Network
Noon, Appalachian State at East Carolina, MASN
Noon, Minnesota at Syracuse, ESPN2
Noon, Kentucky at Miami (OH), ESPNU
Noon, Navy at Ohio State, ESPN
Noon, Akron at Penn State, Big Ten Network
Noon, Liberty at West Virginia, Big East Network
Noon, Toledo at Purdue, Big Ten Network
12:05 p.m., Northern Iowa at Iowa, Big Ten Network
12:21 p.m., Western Kentucky at Tennessee, SEC Network
1 p.m., Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech, ESPN 360
2 p.m., Northeastern at Boston College, ESPN 360
3:30 p.m., San Jose State at Southern Cal, FSN
3:30 p.m., Nevada at Notre Dame, NBC
3:30 p.m., Western Michigan at Michigan, ABC or ESPN2
3:30 p.m., Baylor at Wake Forest, ABC
3:30 p.m., Georgia at Oklahoma State, ABC
3:30 p.m., Jackson State at Mississippi State, ESPNU
3:40 p.m., Missouri vs. Illinois at St. Louis, Mo., ESPN
6 p.m., Citadel at North Carolina, ESPN 360
6 p.m., Middle Tennessee State at Clemson, ESPN 360
6 p.m., William & Mary at Virginia, ESPN 360
7 p.m., Louisiana Tech at Auburn, ESPNU
7 p.m., Charleston Southern at Florida, FSN
7 p.m., UConn at Ohio, ESPN 360
7 p.m., Florida Atlantic at Nebraska, FSN PPV
7 p.m., UL-Monroe at Texas FSN PPV
7 p.m., Wofford at South Florida, Bright House Network
7 p.m., Brigham Young vs. Oklahoma at Arlington, Tex., ESPN
7 p.m., Northern Illinois at Wisconsin, Big Ten Network
7 p.m., Northern Colorado at Kansas, Fox College Sports Central
7:30 p.m., Western Carolina at Vanderbilt, CSS
8 p.m. Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at Atlanta, Ga., ABC
8 p.m., Idaho at New Mexico State, Altitude
9 p.m., Central Michigan at Arizona, AWSN
9 p.m., Buffalo at UTEP, CBS College Sports
10 p.m. Maryland at California, ESPN2
10:30 p.m., LSU at Washington, ESPN
Sunday, September 6
3:30 p.m. Mississippi at Memphis, ESPN
7 p.m., Colorado State at Colorado, FSN
Monday, September 7
4 p.m., Cincinnati at Rutgers, ESPN
8 p.m., Miami (FL) at Florida State, ESPN
