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This football season can't come soon enough. Just for fun, and half out of boredom I've taken a look at the 2012 slate and circled the following games as either 1. Good Matchup with title implications 2. Interesting Matchup - either a rivalry, interesting roadtrip, team new to D1A or a conference or a replay of a good game last year. So here it goes...the 2012 games I'm going to be keeping close tabs on... Big Ten Game My game(s) of the week 9/1 Northwestern @ Syracuse Clemson v. Auburn (Atlanta) Boise @ Michigan State Michigan v. Bama (Dallas) Notre Dame V. Navy (Ireland) Umass @ Uconn (UMass is soon to go D1A) Tenn v. N. Carolina State (Atlanta) Kentucky @ Louisville (Rivalry) Washington State @ BYU (I want to see Leach Coach) Texas State @ Houston (TxSt soon to go D1A, want to see how UH is w/o Keenum) Ark St @ OU (Want to see Malzan coach) 9/8 Penn State @ Virginia Miami @ Kansas State (Interesting replay of last year) Purdue @ Notre Dame (Rivalry) Iowa State@ Iowa (Rivalry) Illinois v. Arizona State (Replay of last year) Syracuse v. Southern California (Met Life Stadium) Fresno @ Oregon Florida v. Texas A & M (Aggies' 1st SEC Game) Washington @ LSU Georgia @ Missouri (Missouri's 1st SEC Game) Nebraska @ UCLA Wisconsin @ Oregon State Oklahoma State @ Arizona (Interesting new years for both teams) 9/15 Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh TCU @ Kansas (TCU's 1st Big XII Game) Texas @ Ole Miss (Interesting Road trip) Cal @ Ohio State (Interesting Road trip) Notre Dame @ Michigan State (Rivalry) BYU @ Utah (Rivalry) Alabama @ Arkansas (MNC Implications) Florida @ Tennessee (Big game for rebuilding programs) So Cal @ Stanford (Interesting replay) Houston @ UCLA (Another opportunity to see Houston without Case) ASU @ Mizz (Another interesting Replay) Southern Alabama @ NCSU (Southern Alabama will soon be moving D1A) 9/22 Virginia @ TCU Maryland @ WVU Michigan @ Notre Dame (Rivalry) Rutgers @ Arkansas BYU @ Boise Missouri @ South Carolina (Clash of Columbias) LSU @ Auburn 9/29 BU @ WVU UW @ NU (Interesting Replay) Ohio State v. Michigan State (Big Ten champion implications) TCU @ SMU (Rivalry of rising powers) Arkansas v. A & M (They've played a good bit recently) Tennessee v. Georgia (The Dooley Bowl) Washington State v. Oregon (Duel of crazy coaches) 10/06 Miami v. ND (Catholics v. Convicts) West Virginia @ Texas NU @ OSU (Interesting replay) Navy @ Air Force (rivalry and cup) Georgia @ South Carolina (rivalry) LSU @ Florida (MNC implications) 10/13 TCU @ Baylor (good replay) Oklahoma v. Texas (rivalry) Stanford @ Notre Dame Alabama @ Missouri South Carolina @ LSU Southern California @ Washington (So Cal usually loses one road game they shouldn't) UTSA @ Rice (UTSA will soon join D1A) 10/20 Iowa State @ Oklahoma State (replay) Kansas State @ West Virginia Minnesota @ Wisconsin (rivalry) Purdue @ Ohio State (replay) Penn State @ Iowa (Always good game) Nebraska @ Northwestern (replay) Michigan State @ Michigan (rivalry) Brigham Young @ Notre Dame (independent religious schools) Alabama @ Tennessee LSU @ Texas A&M South Carolina @ Florida (SEC East Implications) Stan @ Cal (rivalry) 10/27 Ohio State @ Penn State (usually a good game) Michigan @ Nebraska (replay) Michigan State @ Wisconsin (replay) Notre Dame @ Oklahoma Tennessee @ South Carolina (SEC East implications, rivalry) Georgia v. Florida (SEC East implications, rivalry) Texas A&M @ Auburn 11/3 TCU @ West Virginia(Battle of the New Guys) Nebraska @ Michigan State AF @ Army (rivalry, cup) Alabama @ LSU (replay, rivalry) Oregon @ Southern California (replay) Texas A&M @ Florida 11/10 Notre Dame @ Boston College (Catholic Schools) Penn State @ Nebraska Texas @ Alabama Mizzou @ Tennessee Arkansas @ South Carolina Georgia @ Auburn (SEC East Implications, rivalry) Arizona State @ So Cal (Pac 12 South implications) 11/17 OkSt @ Oklahoma (rivalry) Ohio State @ Wisconsin Iowa @ Michigan (replay) So Cal @ UCLA (rivarly) Stanford @ Oregon (Pac 12 North implications) 11/24 Georgia Tech @ Georgia (rivalry) South Carolina @ Clemson (rivalry) Oklahoma @ TCU Wisconsin @ Penn State Ohio State @ Michigan (rivalry) Nebraska @ Iowa (rivalry?) Indiana @ Purdue (rivalry) Ill @ NW (rivalry) Notre Dame @ Southern California (rivalry) Auburn @ Bama (rivalry) Wake @ Vandy (replay) Mizz @ Texas A&M (former conference partners) Mississippi State @ Ole Miss (rivalry) LSU @ Arkansas Kentucky @ Tennessee (rivalry & replay) Florida @ Florida State (rivalry) Washington @ Washington State (rivalry) Oregon @ Oregon State (rivalry) Arizona State @ Arizona (rivalry) 12/8 Army v. Navy (rivalry)