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Football Saturday Open Thread

Talk about the football games happening around the nation today here, as well as any other topics of interest to the Big Blue Nation.

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Welcome to Saturday, ladies and gentlemen of the Big Blue Nation. Normally, of course, we would have a game like most of the rest of college football, but this happens to be our bye week. In one way, that's good, since I'm currently traveling and coming to you from Spartanburg, South Carolina, deep in the heart of South Carolina Gamecocks country. I'll be on the road for most of the early part of the day getting to the beach.

But there is still football to watch today, and you can check out the full list below. I highly recommend the Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators game today at 3:30, so we can scout Florida. If they struggle to score against the Vols, it could be a harbinger of hope, and as I said to Larry Glover last night, while I'm not predicting or even realistically hoping for an upset, I wouldn't be surprised at all if UK didn't spring one. But that's a subject for next week.

Here's the list. In the early games, there is just nothing to really draw your interest that I can see. In the late games, though, Auburn at LSU ought to be interesting for a little bit. It will certainly tell us some things about both teams, but mainly if Auburn is really improved, or just a mirage. Kansas St. at Texas should be interesting if for nothing more than to watch the slow-motion train wreck that is the end of Mack Brown's career as Longhorns coach.

Anyway, enjoy.  The list is provided courtesy of SBNation, and you can also find their viewing recommendations here.

12 p.m. ET Florida A&M at 4 Ohio State Big Ten Network
12 p.m. ET FIU at 7 Louisville WHAS, ESPN Regional
12 p.m. ET Wake Forest at Army CBSSN
12 p.m. ET Toledo at Central Michigan ESPN Regional, ESPN3.com
12 p.m. ET North Carolina at Georgia Tech ESPN
12 p.m. ET Louisiana Tech at Kansas FS1
12 p.m. ET Vanderbilt at Massachusetts ESPN News
12 p.m. ET San Jose State at Minnesota ESPN 2
12 p.m. ET Marshall at Virginia Tech ESPNU
12 p.m. ET Middle Tennessee at FAU CSS, CSN-HOU, BAY
12:01 p.m. ET Western Michigan at Iowa Big Ten Network
12:21 p.m. ET North Texas at 9 Georgia SEC Network, MSG
12:30 p.m. ET Pittsburgh at Duke ACC Network
12:30 p.m. ET Tulane at Syracuse RSN, MSG+, FSN-S, FSN-DET
1 p.m. ET Ball State at Eastern Michigan ESPN3.com
2 p.m. ET Jacksonville State at Georgia State ESPN3.com
2 p.m. ET Austin Peay at Ohio ESPN3.com
3 p.m. ET Idaho State at 17 Washington Pac-12 Network
3 p.m. ET Panhandle State at Montana Max Media
3 p.m. ET Houston vs Rice FSN-FL, MW, MASN2, MSG+
3 p.m. ET Northwestern State at UAB UABSports.com
3 p.m. ET Stony Brook at Villanova CSN
3:30 p.m. ET Maine at 18 Northwestern Big Ten Network
3:30 p.m. ET Tennessee at 19 Florida CBS
3:30 p.m. ET Michigan State at 22 Notre Dame NBC
3:30 p.m. ET Purdue at 24 Wisconsin ABC/ESPN 2
3:30 p.m. ET Murray State at Bowling Green ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET West Virginia vs Maryland ESPNU
3:30 p.m. ET South Dakota State at Nebraska Big Ten Network
3:30 p.m. ET Kent State at Penn State Big Ten Network
3:30 p.m. ET Arkansas at Rutgers ESPN
3:30 p.m. ET Utah State at USC ABC/ESPN 2
3:30 p.m. ET VMI at Virginia ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET Delaware State at North Dakota State ND NBC, ESPN3.com
4 p.m. ET ULM at 20 Baylor FS1
4 p.m. ET Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) ESPN3.com
4:30 p.m. ET Arkansas State at Memphis ESPN3.com
6 p.m. ET Bethune-Cookman at 8 Florida State ESPN3.com
6 p.m. ET Louisiana-Lafayette at Akron ESPN3.com
6 p.m. ET Lafayette at Penn LSN, ESPN3.com
6 p.m. ET Lehigh at Princeton NBCSN
7 p.m. ET 23 Arizona State at 5 Stanford FOX
7 p.m. ET Colorado State at 1 Alabama ESPN 2
7 p.m. ET Savannah State at 16 Miami ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET SMU at 10 Texas A&M ESPNU
7 p.m. ET Texas State at 25 Texas Tech FSN-FL, MSG+, SportSouth
7 p.m. ET Eastern Illinois at Northern Illinois ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Morgan State at Western Kentucky ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Montana State at Stephen F. Austin Max Media
7 p.m. ET Rhode Island at William & Mary CSN
7:30 p.m. ET Troy at Mississippi State FSN-S, SunSports
7:30 p.m. ET Oregon State at San Diego State CBSSN
7:45 p.m. ET Auburn at 6 LSU ABC/ESPN
8 p.m. ET 15 Michigan at Connecticut ABC
8 p.m. ET Missouri at Indiana Big Ten Network
8 p.m. ET Kansas State at Texas ABC/ESPN
8 p.m. ET UTSA at UTEP FOX College Sports
8:05 p.m. ET Hawaii at Nevada Oceanic PPV
9 p.m. ET Western Illinois at UNLV KWWN
10:15 p.m. ET Wyoming at Air Force ESPNU
10:15 p.m. ET Utah at BYU ESPN 2
10:30 p.m. ET New Mexico St at 13 UCLA Pac-12 Network
10:30 p.m. ET Idaho at Washington State Pac-12 Network