CFB Week 14 -- Must-see games

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Using this source and stripping out the extraneous data, I have built this summary below. Not wishing to be hyper-selective and building a poll of some subset, I thought it might be fun to identify the must-see games of this important week.

Which ones are you planning to watch on TV?

Do you plan to be there for any of them?



2013 NCAA Division I-A Football Schedule - Week 14

Group:FBS (Division I-A)
Week: 14

Thursday, November 28 

 7:30 PM Ole Miss              at Mississippi State        
 7:30 PM Texas Tech            at Texas     

Friday, November 29 

12:00 PM Iowa                  at Nebraska    
12:00 PM Southern Methodist    at Houston    
12:00 PM East Carolina         at Marshall     
12:00 PM Toledo                at Akron   
 1:00 PM Miami (OH)            at Ball State    
 1:30 PM Bowling Green         at Buffalo    
 2:00 PM Massachusetts         at Ohio      
 2:00 PM Eastern Michigan      at Central Michigan   
 2:00 PM Texas State           at Troy      
 2:30 PM Arkansas              at (15) LSU                 
 3:00 PM Florida International at Florida Atlantic     
 3:30 PM (16) Fresno State     at San Jose State      
 3:30 PM Miami (FL)            at Pittsburgh     
 3:30 PM Washington State      at Washington     
 7:00 PM Oregon State          at (12) Oregon      
 8:00 PM South Florida         at (17) UCF    

Saturday, November 30 

     TBA Minnesota             at (11) Michigan State    
     TBA Purdue                at Indiana    
     TBA (24) Duke             at North Carolina 
12:00 PM (2) Florida State     at Florida                   
12:00 PM (3) Ohio State        at Michigan                       
12:00 PM Rutgers               at Connecticut                     
12:00 PM Temple                at Memphis     
12:00 PM Kansas State          at Kansas      
12:21 PM Wake Forest           at Vanderbilt                 
12:30 PM Maryland              at North Carolina State    
 1:00 PM Southern Miss         at UAB   
 2:00 PM Air Force             at Colorado State   
 2:00 PM Colorado              at Utah     
 2:00 PM Wyoming               at Utah State   
 2:00 PM South Alabama         at Georgia State     
  
 2:30 PM North Texas           at Tulsa                          
 3:00 PM Tulane                at Rice   
 3:00 PM Brigham Young         at Nevada        
 3:30 PM (1) Alabama           at (4) Auburn                 
 3:30 PM Penn State            at (14) Wisconsin                
 3:30 PM Georgia               at Georgia Tech               
 3:30 PM Idaho                 at New Mexico State    
 3:30 PM Boston College        at Syracuse                        
 3:30 PM (9) Baylor            at TCU                            
 3:30 PM Northwestern          at Illinois     
 3:30 PM Louisiana Tech        at UTSA                           
 3:30 PM Virginia Tech         at Virginia                          
 3:45 PM UTEP                  at Middle Tennessee                
 4:00 PM Arkansas State        at Western Kentucky      
 4:00 PM Iowa State            at West Virginia      

 7:00 PM (6) Clemson           at (10) South Carolina        
 7:00 PM (25) Notre Dame       at (8) Stanford                 
 7:00 PM Tennessee             at Kentucky         
 7:00 PM Louisiana-Monroe      at (21) Louisiana-Lafayette      
 7:45 PM (19) Texas A&M        at (5) Missouri               
 8:00 PM (22) UCLA             at (23) USC                        
 9:30 PM Arizona               at (13) Arizona State    
10:15 PM New Mexico            at Boise State                 
10:30 PM San Diego State       at UNLV                           
11:00 PM Army                  at Hawaii     

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Thanksgiving will be set aside for Pro football so those games are out. Friday I’ll be watching Iowa/Nebraska and the Civil War. Saturday the only game I’m interested in is the Iron Bowl. Although I kinda want to see if Duke can actually get to the ACC championship game so I may watch that one as well if it’s televised.

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The Egg Bowl is the last gasp for my Bullydogs this year. If they can pull off a win, they can salvage what has been a disappointing season, and play a bit of spoiler for Ole Miss.

The Main Event of the weekend is, of course, the Iron Bowl.

The Druidess, for some reason likely connected to her yankee-ness, seems to think there is some significance to Ohio State-Michigan, even though neither team plays in the SEC.

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It’s going to take some DVRing and maybe even some back-and-forth between channels, but I’m planning on these:



2013 NCAA Division I-A Football Schedule - Week 14

Thursday, November 28 

 7:30 PM Ole Miss              at Mississippi State       

Friday, November 29 

 2:30 PM Arkansas              at (15) LSU                  

Saturday, November 30 

12:00 PM (3) Ohio State        at Michigan  
12:21 PM Wake Forest           at Vanderbilt  

 3:30 PM (1) Alabama           at (4) Auburn   
 3:30 PM (9) Baylor            at TCU  

 7:00 PM (6) Clemson           at (10) South Carolina   
 7:00 PM Tennessee             at Kentucky   
 7:45 PM (19) Texas A&M        at (5) Missouri
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I love all those interstate rivals. It’s late in the season so most of the excuses have vanished.

Ohio State/Michigan is almost an interstate rivalry since they both recruit in each others territory. It will be interesting to see if UM can bring any pride to the game to make something of a season which has been far more disastrous than their record indicates.

Alabama/Auburn is almost always good.

I picked Missouri to lose so that holds a lot of interest.

I’m wondering if FL/FSU could be a trap game for FSU.

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I have had that very thoight. I may try to catch some plays in the first quarter to see how Florida is doing, and if they show signs of life, I may jump from the OSU-UM game.

If Muschamp has any love from his team, they may just rally for him, to keep him at the school.

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With the exception of it being intra-state, FSU/UF has all the elements of UM/OSU. Big rivalry, many of these guys went to high school together (or played each other), massively overlapped recruiting bases. I doubt FSU isn’t going to take this seriously.

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I’ll watch tOSU V. UM one of my favorite games to watch all year.

I have a ticket to the Mizzou/A&M game but need to find a way to get out of my wife’s family Thanksgiving. If I go I will be tailgating but trying to watch as much of the Iron Bowl as possible.