CFB - week two game thread

[Exit 4]

Maybe I am starting this a few days too early....

College Football Week 2 2020 Schedule

College football's 2020 season is officially underway, and action is set to continue into Week 2 with an interesting slate of matchups. Unfortunately, due to

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I hear Vegas is giving odds on cancellations and the handle is bigger than the over/under (kidding).

College Football 2020 Week 2 Schedule
Thursday, September 10

UAB at Miami - 8 p.m. ET (ACC Network)


Saturday, September 12

Syracuse at North Carolina - Noon ET - (ACC Network)

Louisiana at Iowa State - Noon ET (ESPN)

Eastern Kentucky at West Virginia - Noon ET (FS1)

Charlotte at Appalachian State - Noon ET (ESPN2)

Louisiana Tech at Baylor - Noon ET (FOX)

ULM at Army - 12:30 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)

Duke at Notre Dame - 2:30 p.m. ET (NBC)

Arkansas State at Kansas State - 3:30 p.m. ET (FS1)

UTSA at Texas State - 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Campbell at Georgia Southern - 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

Georgia Tech at Florida State - 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC)

Austin Peay at Pitt - 4 p.m. ET (ACC Network)

Missouri State at Oklahoma - 7 p.m. ET (PPV)

The Citadel at USF - 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)

Clemson at Wake Forest - 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC)

Tulsa at Oklahoma State - 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU) - POSTPONED TO SEPT. 19

Tulane at South Alabama - 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

UTEP at Texas - 8 p.m. ET (Longhorn Network)

WKU at Louisville - 8 p.m. ET (ACC Network)

Houston Baptist at Texas Tech - 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)

Coastal Carolina at Kansas - 10 p.m. ET (FS1)

 

[Exit 4]

Syracuse...big underdog on the road against fountain of youth finder Mac Brown at UNC.

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No. 18 North Carolina (-20.5) vs. Syracuse, total 63: Mack Brown enters his second season as UNC's football coach with high expectations after outperforming them in 2019. The Tar Heels return 10 starters on offense, including quarterback Sam Howell. They weren't in the position as favorites much last season, so this is relatively new territory to enter a season as a ranked team and a heavy favorite.

 

[DoctorWho85]

That has to be one of the worst lineups of games I’ve ever seen

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Adios]

What's with the Sun Belt? Ragin Cajuns about to pull off a win at #23 Iowa State.

 

[BugsyCT]

What's with the Sun Belt? Ragin Cajuns about to pull off a win at #23 Iowa State.

Don't we have them on the schedule in a few years?

 

[Adios]

Don't we have them on the schedule in a few years?

That's Lafayette, not ULL.

 

[BugsyCT]

That's Lafayette, not ULL.

Gotcha. Just looked it up. Quite a difference there.

 

[calamity17]

What's with the Sun Belt? Ragin Cajuns about to pull off a win at #23 Iowa State.

Arkansas St about to knock off Kansas State in another Sun Belt over Big 12 upset.

 

[Redding Husky]

The Big 12 ... the “Power Five” ... hahahahahaha

 

[DoctorWho85]

The Big 12 ... the “Power Five” ... hahahahahaha

Only a Power 5 because Texas and Oklahoma are in it. It'll fall apart once the big two get invited to the sec or Pac 12

 

[DoctorWho85]

GT just got 2 consecutive FG blocked. Its gonna be a long game for them if they can't stop that rush on ST

 

[Hoophound]

GT just got 2 consecutive FG blocked. Its gonna be a long game for them if they can't stop that rush on ST

Ha. Good call. It keeps getting worse.

 

[BlueDogs]

Texas State v. USTA was surprisingly entertaining. Good fun game.

 

[buddy]

Great to see FSU go down, although GT was not a supporter of UConn. but FSU and BC were the worst.

 

[Hoophound]

I don’t really have a problem with FSU. They wanted the ACC to take football seriously and UConn just wasn’t being serious at the time.

 

[buddy]

If you are happy that FSU with BC led the charge to block UConn, then you must be happy to see UConn essentially homeless in football. I think we have learned that without a football conference affiliation, every season could become questionable.

 

[Hoophound]

If you are happy that FSU with BC led the charge to block UConn, then you must be happy to see UConn essentially homeless in football. I think we have learned that without a football conference affiliation, every season could become questionable.
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Didn’t say I’m happy. I said, we weren’t taking winning seriously——and they knew it. UL was deadly serious, even criminally so, so they got the nod.

 

[Big East Fa]

Sun Belt is keeping the good day going. C. Carolina up 21-0 on Kansas on FS1.

 

[BlueDogs]

Tulane pulled one of the hat. Their QB is horrendous, but their run game is really strong and saved their bacon.

 

[storrsroars]

This is amusing (from ESPN):
Pitt was a 30-point favorite for its game against FCS foe Austin Peay on Saturday. It wasn't exactly safe money. Pitt hadn't beaten an FCS team by 30 since 2014, and it narrowly edged Delaware last year 17-14. So backers should have been pleasantly surprised when the Panthers led at the half 42-0. Easy money, right? Ah, not so fast. Or, more clearly -- way too fast. The teams agreed to 10-minute quarters in the second half due to the blowout, reducing the game to just 50 minutes total, which was five minutes short of the requirement for Las Vegas books to pay out, so all bets were canceled.

Also, great tweet from Arkansas St. vs Kansas St. game:

 

[calamity17]

Arkansas St about to knock off Kansas State in another Sun Belt over Big 12 upset.

Coastal Carolina beats Kansas to wrap a 3-0 day for the Sun Belt vs the Big 12. South Alabama almost beat Tulane as well. Sun Belt could be a fun little conference to watch.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Coastal Carolina beats Kansas to wrap a 3-0 day for the Sun Belt vs the Big 12. South Alabama almost beat Tulane as well. Sun Belt could be a fun little conference to watch.

Sun Belt has some good ball. Combination of 2-star recruits with a 3-star occassionally thrown in. Add in a few transfers from P5 schools looking for PT and you can get some good ball. Their recruits are usually late bloomers, under the radar or not quite right size for their position.

South Alabama has a nice new stadium and the Senior Bowl is moving there in 2021 from Ladd Peebles stadium where it had been played.

 

[Zissou]

UConn might have a better record than FSU this year.

 

[Hoophound]

Sun Belt has some good talent mixed in, but this is a total disgrace for the B12. Wow.