This Saturday isn’t just another game day, folks. It’s the first time in nine years that college football fans will get to see seven matchups on the same day, with both teams ranked in the Top 25 of the College Football Playoff rankings. Seriously, if you thought you had plans, cancel them now.
The Schedule Is Absolutely Bonkers
Multiview is gonna be essential because these games are packed from sunup to sundown. Your TV is gonna be working overtime, especially if you’re tuned into the Disney-owned ABC and ESPN, who collectively snagged five of these incredible matchups.
We kick off at Noon ET with a monster double-header: No. 9 BYU at No. 3 Utah on ABC, and No. 7 Texas taking on No. 18 Missouri on ESPN. Fox is jumping in with No. 8 UCLA at Minnesota for their Big Noon Saturday. Then, at 3:30 PM ET, it’s No. 5 Alabama versus No. 14 LSU on ABC, while CBS has No. 23 Oregon against No. 12 Ohio State. The evening slate is just as stacked: No. 6 Kentucky battles No. 13 Tennessee at 6:15 PM ET on ESPN, and then we finish the night with two primetime heavyweights at 7:30 PM ET: No. 1 Miami versus No. 11 Notre Dame on NBC, and No. 2 Georgia facing No. 10 Ole Miss on ABC. What a lineup!
The Network Playmakers Called Their Shots
ESPN’s senior director of programming and acquisitions, Kurt Dargis, nailed it when he said, “It just sort of all came together perfectly.” They knew back in December, when the SEC schedule dropped, that they’d have some strong Week 10 games. They even snagged the top pick for Big 12 matchups in their TV draft with Fox earlier this year. But even Dargis admitted they weren’t exactly banking on the BYU-Utah game being this massive, saying, “For it to turn out to be a top-10 matchup, I think that might have been a little bit of a stretch to think that we were going to get that.” That game only made it to ABC’s noon ET slot after both teams won in Week 9. A loss by either, and Texas-Missouri could’ve gotten that prime spot. Imagine!
Meanwhile, CBS thought they had the game of the year when they used their first Big Ten TV draft pick on Oregon-Ohio State. Preseason hype was through the roof, with Ohio State at No. 1 and Oregon at No. 2. But man, how things change. Oregon (5-3) is pretty much done for in the CFP picture, and Ohio State (6-2) is hanging on by a thread. That means even more eyeballs are going to swing over to the Alabama-LSU clash, which Dargis called “as good a matchup of brands and high rankings that you could get.” NBC is even getting in on the action, bumping their “College Countdown” show up 30 minutes to 6:30 PM ET on Peacock, with expanded coverage before Miami and Notre Dame kick off.
This isn’t just a day, it’s an all-out marathon of top-tier college football. From that early BYU-Utah game, Dargis said they loved the idea of “just building, building, building throughout the day,” and that’s exactly what we’re getting. With Alabama-LSU leading into Georgia-Ole Miss in primetime, it’s going to be a non-stop barrage of incredible football action. Grab your snacks, clear your schedule, and get ready for a Saturday that only comes around once in a decade. This is what we live for, right?
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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