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College football schedule, games 2022: What to watch in Week 1, TV channels, Saturday kickoff times
It isn’t December quite yet, but Saturday should feel just like Christmas morning as we unwrap the 2022 college football season with some massive Week 1 matchups involving several national title contenders. No. 2 Ohio State will host No. 5 Notre Dame in the full-season debut for Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman. Notre Dame quarterback Tyler Buchner will be making his first start under center, but he has the unenviable task of going throw for throw with Heisman Trophy favorite C.J. Stroud for the Buckeyes. Elsewhere, No. 3 Georgia will take an hour-long trip west and kick off its national title defense against No. 11 Oregon in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta; No. 7…
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College football games, Week 1: Utah aims to make statement as favorite vs. Florida in The Swamp
None of this is exactly new for Utah. It’s been more than 13 years since the Utes beat then-No. 4 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Utah has played in three of the last four Pac-12 Championship Games, finally breaking through last season for its first Pac-12 title. In what might be the most consequential game of Week 1, No. 7 Utah travels to Florida as somewhat of an accidental national power. Underrated in a disrespected conference, the Utes are no longer a curiosity. Their coach, Kyle Whittingham, has developed a legitimate playoff contender in his 18th season leading the program. Utah has its quarterback, inspirational Texas transfer Cameron Rising, an…
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College football picks, predictions against the spread for Week 1 top 25 games
The top-five showdown between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 5 Notre Dame is the most-anticipated game on the Week 1 schedule. The matchup between the Buckeyes and Irish is part of a loaded five-day weekend that starts with the renewal of the Backyard Brawl between No. 17 Pittsburgh and West Virginia on Thursday and ends with the ACC opener between No. 4 Clemson and Georgia Tech on Monday. There also are ranked matchups between No. 3 Georgia and No. 11 Oregon and No. 19 Arkansas and No. 23 Cincinnati. Of those 17 games involving FBS teams in the Top 25, a total of four have single-digit spreads. Each week,…
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College football picks, schedule: Predictions against the spread, odds for key games today in Week 0
Most of the 131 teams playing in the FBS won’t take the field until next week, but for 17% of college football’s top division, the 2022 season begins Saturday in Week 0 with games taking place as far east as Dublin, Ireland to as far west as Honolulu, Hawaii. Since games are scattered across six time zones, there will be games to watch from early in the day into late at night. Nebraska vs. Northwestern — that aforementioned game in Ireland — is the highlight entering Saturday as the lone contest between not only Power Five opponents but conference foes. The Cornhuskers will be seeking a big first W to…
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Air Raid offensive roots in timeless fabric of college football
Mike Leach settles into a leather chair in his office overlooking Mississippi State’s practice field after a routine spring session with his team and is asked to give a status report on the Air Raid offense, which has been carving up major-college defenses for the last 25 years. As is often the case with Leach, his assessment of the pioneering, pass-centric scheme he helped hone into a record-breaking tour de force is a bit over the top but not without merit. “Well, three of the last four teams that won the Super Bowl have run it so I guess it’s doing pretty good,” the 61-year-old head coach said. Birthed from…
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Urban Meyer returning to Fox’s college football pregame show
1. I assume most of you reading this know what a “Friday news dump” is. For those of you who don’t know: A “Friday news dump” is when a company, person, etc., drops significant news late in the afternoon on a Friday so that it won’t get as much coverage as it would if it came out earlier in the week while everybody was still at their computers. Fox pulled off a truly comical “Friday news dump” last week when it very quietly mentioned the disgraced Urban Meyer will be back on its college football pregame show this season. Normally when Fox makes a splashy hire, there are press releases, tweets…
