Excel Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 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) 1 Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sat, Sep 01 . . . NU vs Southern Miss . . . . Memorial Stadium Sat, Sep 08 . . . NU vs UCLA . . . at Pasadena, Calif. Sat, Sep 15 . . . NU vs Arkansas State . . . Memorial Stadium Sat, Sep 22 . . . NU vs TBA . . . Memorial Stadium Sat, Sep 29 . . . NU vs Wisconsin (HC) * :ahhhhhhhh . . . Memorial Stadium Sat, Oct 06 . . . NU vs Ohio State * :ahhhhhhhh . . . at Columbus, Ohio Sat, Oct 13 . . . yardwork . . . my house Sat, Oct 20 . . .NU vs Northwestern * . . . at Evanston, Ill. Sat, Oct 27 . . . NU vs Michigan * :ahhhhhhhh . . .Memorial Stadium Sat, Nov 03 . . .NU vs Michigan State * . . .at East Lansing, Mich. Sat, Nov 10 . . .NU vs Penn State * . . .Memorial Stadium Sat, Nov 17 . . . NU vs Minnesota * . . . Memorial Stadium Fri, Nov 23 . . .NU vs Iowa * . . . at Iowa City, Iowa Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 9/29 UW @ NU (Interesting Replay) So I'm assuming you'll be in Lincoln on 9/29? Quote Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I'm very much looking forward to watching Michigan and Bama week 1. I hope Michigan can get it done. It would be a big win for the B1G Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 9/29 UW @ NU (Interesting Replay) So I'm assuming you'll be in Lincoln on 9/29? Would if I could but I can't. Quote Link to comment
Hoosker Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Nice list, Bucky. Your boredom makes me happy! Does it bother anyone else how the big games early in the season are always played in Jerry World? I would much rather see the Tide in the Big House or the Wolverines play in Tuscaloosa. It's taking the pageantry out of college football by constantly playing on these neutral sites, no matter how many flat screens they have in the stadium. (gonna end this rant before it starts). Looking forward to seeing how Mike Leach does up in Pullman. Should be fun seeing Mizzou, A&M, TCU, and WVU adjust to their new conferences. Can't wait to watch Boise and Houston try and adjust to life without Moore and Keenum. Ahhhhhhh the off-season... Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 9/29 UW @ NU (Interesting Replay) So I'm assuming you'll be in Lincoln on 9/29? Would if I could but I can't. What the hell? You have a chance to watch Nu vs UW in Lincoln and live only 4 hours away and you're not going? Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Purdue @ Notre Dame (Rivalry) Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 9/29 UW @ NU (Interesting Replay) So I'm assuming you'll be in Lincoln on 9/29? Would if I could but I can't. What the hell? You have a chance to watch Nu vs UW in Lincoln and live only 4 hours away and you're not going? I live in Manhattan at the moment, I'll be living some eleven timezones to the East when that game rolls around though. Quote Link to comment
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