A great week of football indeed
Friday
2:30: Iowa at Nebraska, BTN: Iowa is more or less stuck as 3rd fiddle in the West, but Nebraska has a lot to play for. Pride, for one, and also a bowl game in Frost's second season. Has the makings of an entertaining game.
3:30: Cincinnati at Memphis, ABC: Cincy has won the east division of the AAC and will appear in their championship game. If they lose this game they will play Memphis again. If they win, they will likely play Navy.
Saturday
Noon
Ohio State at Michigan, FOX: Will try to find an audience
Northwestern at Illinois, FS1: Battle of Illinois mostly getting the Illini prepared for Lovie's first bowl game.
Indiana at Purdue, ESPN2: Battle of Indiana boils down to whether Purdue can get a fifth win.
Clemson at South Carolina, ESPN: Clemson looking for some legitimacy to their schedule, probably won't find it here.
Georgia at Georgia Tech, ABC: This also seems unlikely to provide much in the way of fun.
3:30
Wisconsin at Minnesota, ABC: Winner heads to Indianapolis - the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Ax has all sorts of juice this year. This is a tough game to pick - both these teams are really good. Gameday will be here, and so will my viewing attention.
Rutgers at Penn State, BTN: This edition of Rutgers football finally ends.
Maryland at Michigan State, FS1: Must win for MSU to make a bowl game. Maryland just trying to field something competitive.
Alabama at Auburn, CBS: Alabama must win to keep a shot at the playoffs, but they go on the road with their backup QB.
7 pm
Texas A&M at LSU, ESPN: One last shot for Jimbo to beat a good team. Probably doesn't affect the playoffs that much except that LSU couldn't lose both.
Iowa State and Kansas State, Fs1: Both of these teams are heading to bowl games but this could be a pretty fun game between two rising programs.
7:30
Colorado at Utah, ABC: Utes are now the last best hope for the Pac 12 in making the playoffs. They have been pretty good - their loss is to USC, they have a close win over Washington, and all their other wins have been blowouts. Still, they need to keep making statements.
Florida State at Florida, SECN: A complete afterthought.
8 pm, Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, FOX: Sooners living on the edge, but still can be in the mix as a 1 loss conference champ. Of course, they need to survive Bedlam to make that happen, and slow down Chuba Hubbard, who needs 168 yards to hit 2000 on the season.
