ESPN Pimping out all the usual suspects plus Lane Kiffin:

- Alabama vs. Louisville (Orlando, Florida)
- Michigan at Notre Dame
- Auburn vs. Washington (Atlanta)
- LSU vs. Miami (Arlington, Texas)
- Florida Atlantic at Oklahoma
- Virginia Tech at Florida State (Monday, Sept. 3)
- Tennesee vs. West Virginia (Charlotte, North Carolina)

AND THEN.....

Cincinnati at UCLA
Chip Kelly turned the Pac-12 North on its head a decade ago. Can he do the same in the South Division now that he's back in the college game after a six-year hiatus? Drawing the curtains open on the Kelly era against Cincinnati might not provide for a huge opening statement, but you'll want to see what he has cooked up in the laboratory during the past year spent away from the sidelines.

Also:
- James Madison at NC State
How about a little love for the little guys? James Madison has won 26 of its past 27 games playing at the FCS level. Even if that one loss was in this year's national championship game (against the North Dakota State dynasty), the Dukes have the best shot at providing an epic upset to ring in the new season. Any team that is willing to dial up a fake punt with three minutes left in a national championship game -- and pull it off successfully -- is worthy of some of your television screen real estate on what will be a crowded market when college football returns in eight long months.


Cincy only included because of the Chip Kelly angle.

I think UCF makes for a better storyline than most of those matchups. Returning almost all their players plus hiring a coaching staff with a high ceiling and starting the season on road at an ACC team who's once up and coming coach is now on the hot seat....



http://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/...ng-weekend

FAU at Oklahoma....

Al vs UL should be called the hooker bowl..

(01-09-2018 10:31 PM)STL_Wave Wrote:  ESPN Pimping out all the usual suspects plus Lane Kiffin:

- Alabama vs. Louisville (Orlando, Florida)
- Michigan at Notre Dame
- Auburn vs. Washington (Atlanta)
- LSU vs. Miami (Arlington, Texas)
- Florida Atlantic at Oklahoma
- Virginia Tech at Florida State (Monday, Sept. 3)
- Tennesee vs. West Virginia (Charlotte, North Carolina)

AND THEN.....

Cincinnati at UCLA
Chip Kelly turned the Pac-12 North on its head a decade ago. Can he do the same in the South Division now that he's back in the college game after a six-year hiatus? Drawing the curtains open on the Kelly era against Cincinnati might not provide for a huge opening statement, but you'll want to see what he has cooked up in the laboratory during the past year spent away from the sidelines.

Also:
- James Madison at NC State
How about a little love for the little guys? James Madison has won 26 of its past 27 games playing at the FCS level. Even if that one loss was in this year's national championship game (against the North Dakota State dynasty), the Dukes have the best shot at providing an epic upset to ring in the new season. Any team that is willing to dial up a fake punt with three minutes left in a national championship game -- and pull it off successfully -- is worthy of some of your television screen real estate on what will be a crowded market when college football returns in eight long months.


Cincy only included because of the Chip Kelly angle.

I think UCF makes for a better storyline than most of those matchups. Returning almost all their players plus hiring a coaching staff with a high ceiling and starting the season on road at an ACC team who's once up and coming coach is now on the hot seat....



http://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/...ng-weekend

If you are stating in public that you think beating NC State is an epic upset, even by an FCS school, you've lost all credibility.

(01-10-2018 08:07 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  Al vs UL should be called the hooker bowl..

Shoudnt ole miss be playing in that?