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This is an idea I should have had, oh, 11 weeks ago for a nice Saturday post. Regardless, here are the games on nationally available TV networks for when you get sick of Cam Newton this and BCS Standings that. Except on the TCU game, I’m sure BCS Standings will be mentioned. All times eastern, rankings [...] The MAC gives us some Friday Football tonight (don’t get excited), then three games tomorrow as they spread everybody else out on weeknights this month. 6:00 PM Friday, ESPNU- Ball State at Buffalo: Between the two teams are five wins and 14 losses, such that neither team has any hope of a bowl game. Forgive me if [...] Just five games in the MWC today after BYU got curbstomped by Utah State last night. 2:00 PM, The Mtn- TCU at Colorado State: CSU got a big win over Idaho last week, but Idaho is no TCU. Line: TCU by 33.5. I actually think that line is a little bit steep and will need a near shutout (certainly possible) to cover. It’ll be in that range, but that’s too many points for a league road game right now. TCU 42-10. 2:30 PM, Versus- Navy at Air Force: Watch for AFA’s one-off Thunderbird uniforms today- the helmets are amazing. Read Post Two college games yesterday to cap off a 5 day run of glorious football madness. I suspect almost nobody watched the first one- I wasn’t able to, and I’m probably glad because it sounded like it was painful to see. The second was a beauty, and I for one thought Boise was toast. Maryland 17, Navy 14- [...] Two big games today- one you’re no doubt familiar with, and the other you might not have noticed yet. It’s labor day, you don’t want to spend it reading a long header, so here we go. 4:00 PM, ESPN- Navy vs. Maryland (M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore): Navy is a team poised to make a splash nationally. They [...] Football on the Fringe Season Previews were ranked, then delivered in random order. Navy (and Army) occupy a strange place here on the Fringe. Since most of the writing here is organized by conference, they don’t get much attention. And since they’re usually locked into one bowl so long as they’re eligible, there’s not much suspense in their season. That being said, Navy was a very compelling team last year, peaking at their big win at Notre Dame. They ended up 10-4 and decimated Missouri in the Texas Bowl. Star QB Ricky Dobbs is back to run the triple option, as are four of the other five top rushers from the system last year. Dobbs rushed for more than he passed last year, 1203 yards to 1031. The schedule sets up nicely enough that I’m prepared to make my first bowl projection of the 2010 season: Navy to the Poinsettia Bowl. For most of America’s 1-A college football teams, the regular season has come to a close. The conferences with no championship game have a few games here and there over the next few weeks, and four non-BCS teams have appointments with championship games next week. Here are some of the highlights from yesterday’s action: Troy and TCU [...] The Mid-Season Report Cards are a subjective look using objective numbers with a look toward the remainder of the season as well. Teams are being reviewed in random order once they reach 6 games. I’ve gone back and forth most of this season on how to cover Navy & Army. Since they don’t play in a conference, they don’t have quite as compelling a story to tell- 6 wins, they go to a bowl, that’s about it. So they won’t get a lot of discussion here, but the reality is that they’re just as stuck outside the BCS system as the rest of them are, so they’ll be discussed when there’s good reason to do so. As for Navy, they’re out to a very impressive start and appear comfortably headed towards a bowl berth. They lost to Ohio State by only 2 in the season opener and have picked up four wins since then.
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