Friday, September 4
San Jose State at Eastern Michigan 6:30pm ESPN+
UTEP at #10 Oklahoma 8:00pm SECN+

Saturday, September 5
Duquesne at Air Force 1:00pm MW+
Fordham at North Dakota State 3:30pm WDAY/MW+
NIU at #22 4:15pm BTN
Wyoming at Colorado State 6:00pm USA
UNLV at Hawaii 10:00pm The CW
Central Michigan at New Mexico 10:00pm FS1
WKU at Nevada 10:30pm CBSSN

Game times are Eastern time

San Jose State is going to get smacked.

(09-01-2026 12:33 PM)holybovine Wrote:  San Jose State is going to get smacked.

I still really like Noah Kim. It would not surprise me if he is the top QB in the MAC this season. He was pretty good last season.

I didn't see San Jose's game vs USC on Saturday but from what i can see it appears they scored 23 of their 26 points vs USC in the 4th qtr and it is not like USC has been known for having top defenses in the last decade. USC seems to be in offensive shootouts in many of its games.

San Jose with too many penalties. This game has been so feast or famine.

UTEP has missed two FGs on drives they got down the field but Oklahoma has just had a lot of big plays on offense.

San Jose going to win despite 100 yards of penalties and a Luke Weaver sack in the redzone that ended up in EMU returning a fumble for TD.

Here we go, Saturday football week 1 is here.

Go Huskies!

So the NDSU game on the MW+ is only a radio broadcast?

Edit. Never mind, there are 2 feeds and found the televised one.

(09-01-2026 12:33 PM)holybovine Wrote:  San Jose State is going to get smacked.

Whoops.

(09-01-2026 12:39 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(09-01-2026 12:33 PM)holybovine Wrote:  San Jose State is going to get smacked.

I still really like Noah Kim. It would not surprise me if he is the top QB in the MAC this season. He was pretty good last season.

I didn't see San Jose's game vs USC on Saturday but from what i can see it appears they scored 23 of their 26 points vs USC in the 4th qtr and it is not like USC has been known for having top defenses in the last decade. USC seems to be in offensive shootouts in many of its games.

Kim was terrible last night. He is shell shocked by any kind of blitz, never steps up in the pocket, but ducks his shoulders and throws off his back foot. Awful traits for a 7th year QB, although the coaching does him no favors.

Woof, all these week 1 g6 vs p4 games have been blowouts.

Maybe this is the nature of losing most of your roster every season to the schools with $20-$40 million in roster NIL?? So the new normal...

(09-05-2026 09:53 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  Woof, all these week 1 g6 vs p4 games have been blowouts.

Maybe this is the nature of losing most of your roster every season to the schools with $20-$40 million in roster NIL?? So the new normal...

This is kind of the way it was in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s as well. The passing spreads leveled the playing field to a certain extent, but now everyone runs the same stuff so it’s athlete v. athlete.

(09-06-2026 01:45 AM)holybovine Wrote:  

(09-05-2026 09:53 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  Woof, all these week 1 g6 vs p4 games have been blowouts.

Maybe this is the nature of losing most of your roster every season to the schools with $20-$40 million in roster NIL?? So the new normal...

This is kind of the way it was in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s as well. The passing spreads leveled the playing field to a certain extent, but now everyone runs the same stuff so it’s athlete v. athlete.

Then you have to factor in getting screwed on the road vs the p4 home-cook refs. WMU got completely screwed. Anyone think if Michigan was up by 5 at home that WMU gets 1 second added so they get one more play to win the game??

New Mexico made quick work of CMU, love it.

(09-06-2026 09:27 AM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  New Mexico made quick work of CMU, love it.

The MWC is making chop liver of our former conference mates.

I'm so conflicted. But I have to root for our current conference.