Saw this on Twitter:

You can go to one game each week but the catch is you can only see each team once per season, home or away.

Mine has some personal biases both in terms of schools and locations. Critique away but more importantly post your own!

I am assuming most games will be on Saturday.

Week 0: Aug. 29: North Carolina vs. TCU, Dublin, Ireland

Well the choice was Dublin or Rio. I went with Dublin.

Week 1: Sept. 5: UNLV at Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

It's Hawaii. Certainly not the biggest game but I wanted to save the bigger names for later in the season.

Week 2: Sept. 12: San Diego State at UCLA, Pasadena, CA

It's a trip to the Rose Bowl and again I wanted to save the bigger names for later in the season.

Week 3: Sept. 19: LSU at Mississippi, Oxford, MS

The Lane Kiffin Bowl.

Week 4: Sept. 26: Wisconsin at Penn State, State College, PA

It's literally Homecoming Week for me.

Week 5: Oct. 3: Auburn at Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

A classic SEC game.

Week 6: Oct. 10: Georgia at Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

The SEC rivalry. Definitely a tough call between this and the Red River Rivalry in Dallas (and I have family in Dallas). Penn State's biggest home game is vs. USC in what could be the White Out but Georgia-Alabama is hard to pass up.

Week 7: Oct. 17: Florida at Texas, Austin, TX

I have a cousin that graduated from Texas and I can't recall ever being in Austin before.

Week 8: Oct. 24: Oregon at Illinois, Champaign, IL

I mean my alma mater and by far their biggest home game.

Week 9: Oct. 31: Clemson at Florida State, Tallahassee, FL

Can FSU get their act together?

Week 10: Nov. 7: Miami at Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Certainly a huge Playoff implication game. Only issue is will I be welcome in South Bend after all I've said about them at this board.

Week 11: Nov. 14: USC at Indiana, Bloomington, IN

It would make more sense to go to OSU-IU but I'm not giving up UM-OSU.

Week 12: Nov. 21: Stanford at California, Berkeley, CA

I have a ton of family who graduated from Berkeley and to have this rivalry game not on Rivalry Weekend gives me a chance to go to it and The Game.

Week 13: Nov. 28: Michigan at Ohio State, Columbus, OH

This was the first game I picked. This is the reason why Ohio State-Texas, Michigan-Oklahoma, Ohio State-Indiana, etc. didn't get picked. Do you blame me?

Week 0
Jacksonville State V NDSU
Welcoming the FCS dynasty to FBS

Week 1
Liberty at James Madison
Battle of top G6 teams

Week 2
Ohio St at Texas
Top level game needs no explaining

Week 3
LSU at Ole Miss
Welcome back tour

Week 4
New Mexico at New Mexico State
In State rivalry game

Week 5
Miami at Clemson
Close easy drive

Week 6
Louisiana Lafayette at La Tech
The reason La Tech moved to the SBC

Week 7
North Carolina at Duke
Local rivalry game

Week 8
Indiana at Michigan
Trip to the Big House

Week 9
Delaware at WKU
Love mid week games at this should be the best one

Week 10
BYU at Utah
Continue the rivalry trend

Week 11
Troy at South Alabama
Again continuing the trend

Week 12
SMU at Notre Dame
Starts to get slim pickings late in the season without the ability to watch a team twice

Week 13
Arizona at Arizona State
Havent been west much so a rivalry game out west

Week 14
MAC Championship
Dont think Ive picked a MAC game yet so the only safe bet to not watch a team twice

Week 15
Army v Navy
The only game but I would have picked it against any game above. If you havent attended you should

Road trip, ehh?


Week 0: UNC and TCU in Ireland (though if it wasn't for the roadtrip factor it would be JSU at NDSU, as I think that would be the funnest game to attend)
Week 1: Clemson @ LSU
Week 2: NMSU @ Hawaii
Week 3: Michigan State @ Notre Dame
Week 4: Oklahoma @ Georgia
Week 5: Arkansas @ Texas A&M
Week 6: USC @ Penn State
Week 7: Florida @ Texas
Week 8: Pitt @ Miami (to the beach, again, if the game sucks)
Week 9: Wisconsin @ Iowa
Week 10: BYU @ Utah
Week 11: Alabama @ Vanderbilt
Week 12: Stanford @ Cal
Week 13: Michigan @ Ohio State
And, of course, I get Army/Navy as a free space as we all do

So the end result is that I am road tripping to Dublin, Hawaii, Notre Dame, Georgia, Texas A&M, PSU for what might be a white out, Texas, Miami, Iowa, Utah for the Holy War, Nashville (Vanderbilt,) Berkley for the Big Game, OSU for the Game and Army-Navy in NYC. Heck of a road trip!

OK, let me build one around USC/Penn State. I'll have to give up Georgia/Alabama (and can't pick the Red River Rivalry either).

Week 0: Aug. 29: North Carolina vs. TCU, Dublin, Ireland
Week 1: Sept. 5: North Texas at Indiana, Bloomington, IN
Week 2: Sept. 12: San Diego State at UCLA, Pasadena, CA
Week 3: Sept. 19: LSU at Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Week 4: Sept. 26: Texas at Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Week 5: Oct. 3: San Jose State at Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Week 6: Oct. 10: USC at Penn State, State College, PA
Week 7: Oct. 17: Florida State at Miami, Miami, FL
Week 8: Oct. 24: Oregon at Illinois, Champaign, IL
Week 9: Oct. 31: Florida vs. Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Week 10: Nov. 7: BYU at Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Week 11: Nov. 14: Alabama at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
Week 12: Nov. 21: Stanford at California, Berkeley, CA
Week 13: Nov. 28: Michigan at Ohio State, Columbus, OH

I was very tempted to pick Alabama-Tennessee but Texas-Tennessee is Arch Manning playing in Knoxville vs. uncle Peyton's alma mater. I'm also not picking LSU-Alabama in favor of the Kiffin Bowl or the Iron Bowl in favor of Michigan-Ohio State. The Vandy bowl The Beaver suggested is probably the next best Alabama game. The Indiana game is obviously lousy but it is IU's season opener after winning the national championship. I decided to give up Notre Dame. My Florida trip is Miami instead of Tallahassee. Too bad Georgia/Florida this year is in Atlanta as opposed to Florida.

Week 0: North Carolina vs. TCU - Went with the unique destination
Week 1: South Dakota State at Northwestern - One last trip Northwestern's Lakefront Stadium
Week 2: Missouri at Kansas - Rivalry game that's on-campus for the first time in decades
Week 3: LSU at Ole Miss - Must attend game for all toxic fans
Week 4: Wisconsin at Penn State - a potential night game for PSU, must win for both schools
Week 5: Miami-FL at Clemson - potential ACC Championship preview
Week 6: Texas vs. Oklahoma - Should decide a CFP spot for both teams
Week 7: Notre Dame at BYU - Stacked week, went with the once-in-a-generation game
Week 8: Texas A&M at Alabama - potential CFP elimination game
Week 9: Ohio State at USC - USC's biggest home game in quite some time
Week 10: Michigan State at Michigan - My favorite rivalry in life/college sports
Week 11: Texas Tech at Oklahoma State - potential Big 12 Title preview, potential dud too
Week 12: Georgia at South Carolina - Not really a good week, went with a potential trap game
Week 13: Washington at Oregon - potential CFP spot on the line

Every team with odds of 50/1 or shorter is featured, except Indiana.

(05-12-2026 07:41 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Saw this on Twitter:

You can go to one game each week but the catch is you can only see each team once per season, home or away.

Mine has some personal biases both in terms of schools and locations. Critique away but more importantly post your own!

I am assuming most games will be on Saturday.

Week 0: Aug. 29: North Carolina vs. TCU, Dublin, Ireland

Well the choice was Dublin or Rio. I went with Dublin.


Dublin is one of my favorite places. I have spent lots of time there.

Week 10: Nov. 7: Miami at Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Certainly a huge Playoff implication game. Only issue is will I be welcome in South Bend after all I've said about them at this board.

Week 11: Nov. 14: USC at Indiana, Bloomington, IN

It would make more sense to go to OSU-IU but I'm not giving up UM-OSU.

Week 12: Nov. 21: Stanford at California, Berkeley, CA

I have a ton of family who graduated from Berkeley and to have this rivalry game not on Rivalry Weekend gives me a chance to go to it and The Game.

Week 13: Nov. 28: Michigan at Ohio State, Columbus, OH

This was the first game I picked. This is the reason why Ohio State-Texas, Michigan-Oklahoma, Ohio State-Indiana, etc. didn't get picked. Do you blame me?

You would find the friendliest people imaginable at the tailgate parties.

You will be fed and given lots of drinks, even if you tell them that you are a Penn State fan.

(or say that you are an Illinois fan, just to be on the safe side. :) )

You will be told "Welcome to Notre Dame!!" by every usher you see.

You may have a different opinion of ND after you go to a game there.

(05-18-2026 11:26 AM)thrill_house Wrote:  Week 0: North Carolina vs. TCU - Went with the unique destination
Week 1: South Dakota State at Northwestern - One last trip Northwestern's Lakefront Stadium
Week 2: Missouri at Kansas - Rivalry game that's on-campus for the first time in decades
Week 3: LSU at Ole Miss - Must attend game for all toxic fans
Week 4: Wisconsin at Penn State - a potential night game for PSU, must win for both schools
Week 5: Miami-FL at Clemson - potential ACC Championship preview
Week 6: Texas vs. Oklahoma - Should decide a CFP spot for both teams
Week 7: Notre Dame at BYU - Stacked week, went with the once-in-a-generation game
Week 8: Texas A&M at Alabama - potential CFP elimination game
Week 9: Ohio State at USC - USC's biggest home game in quite some time
Week 10: Michigan State at Michigan - My favorite rivalry in life/college sports
Week 11: Texas Tech at Oklahoma State - potential Big 12 Title preview, potential dud too
Week 12: Georgia at South Carolina - Not really a good week, went with a potential trap game
Week 13: Washington at Oregon - potential CFP spot on the line

Every team with odds of 50/1 or shorter is featured, except Indiana.

Impressive!

No FCS games? Here's one:
Week 12: Georgetown at Villanova: first meeting in 76 years.

(05-18-2026 09:05 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  No FCS games? Here's one:
Week 12: Georgetown at Villanova: first meeting in 76 years.

Now there's an idea. I'd actually get to sleep in my own bed! But considering I have a big family connection with Berkeley and it's their biggest rivalry I can't drop that one.

Among my original schedule the game I would give up first would be Oct. 3, Auburn at Tennessee. Villanova is at home playing Morgan State. I'd probably rather go to Knoxville. Temple is away that week (although at South Florida, a tempting location).