On Tap

Helping you get your weekend viewing priorities straight since 2007


New deal I will try to predict the winners (this won’t go well)


Thursday

7:30 (ESPN) Auburn @ West Virgina. ESPN was probably pretty pumped up about this matchup when they looked at the schedule before the season started. Now? Not so much. A loss for either team will put an already embattled coach in a tough spot. WVU


Friday

8:00 (ESPN2) Boise State @ San Jose State. Boise State is up to #12 in the BCS standings. People have started to remember that when you talk about non-BCS teams crashing the BCS you need to include BSU. BSU


Saturday

12:00 (ESPN) Texas Tech vs. Kansas. Tech plays their first game of the year against a team that resembles real competition (sorry Nebraska you don’t count, maybe next year). Tech has a brutal schedule to finish up the season so a win here is crucial. Kansas

12:00 (ESPN2) Illinois @ Wisconsin. Wisconsin is 0-4 in the Big Ten and in serious danger of being 0-5, now that I have written that down they will probably win. Illinois

12:00 (BTN) Northwestern @ Indiana. Yeah this is here cause I have to point out Northwestern is ranked #22. Northwestern

12:00 (ESPN Classic) Minnesota @ Purdue. Also only listed to point out Minnesota is ranked #24. # freaking 24. Purdue

3:30 (ABC) OK State @ Texas. It is a load of crap, but we don’t get this game in our region. Yeah the ABC/ESPN2 swing game is freaking VT/FSU. Yep we get the best game from the worst conference in the BCS instead of possibly the best game of the day. That is just not right.
OK State

3:30 (CBS) Georgia @ LSU. Elimination game 1 in the race to be the SEC representative in the national title game. LSU

3:30 (ABC) Michigan State @ Michigan. If there is a year for Sparty to knock of UM in Ann Arbor this is that year. After getting throttled by OSU MSU will be looking to take out their aggression and who better to do it to than their biggest rival in possible there worst year in a half century. MSU

7:45 (ESPN) Alabama @ Tennessee. Tennessee needs a nice easy game to get themselves right. This will not be that game. Alabama will keep their dream season alive, for now, until they run into the other SEC powers. Bama

8:00 (ABC) Penn State @ Ohio State. Virtual Big Ten championship game (assuming the winner does not pull a USC the rest of the way). Penn State has run over everyone they have played and Ohio State has played down to their competition all season long. The only way I see OSU upsetting the Nittany Lions is if the D finds away to shut down the potent spread HD. PSU* (I just don’t see how I can pick OSU to win)

8:00 (ESPN2) Notre Dame @ Washington. Poor Ty Willingham, he has been blamed for the down fall of Notre Dame football and it looks like his UW teams is going to get stomped on ND’s way back up. ND


all times eastern


*I freaking hope not