Clemson vs. App St: How to Watch

It was good to see the Tigers back in action last week. I feel a little better about our team, but it's hard to be too confident when you only have a win against Wofford on your resume. I'm still mourning the injury to Mike Williams and I fear it will have a bigger impact than most are expecting. Hopefully, our offense can prove me wrong and show that they still have plenty of firepower this week. App St should push us a little harder, but this ought to be another easy win and a good opportunity to get second and third string guys a lot of reps. Here's how to watch if you can't make it to Clemson today.

App St at #12 Clemson

Kickoff at 12:30 EST

TV: ACCN Affiliates in your area can be found here. It will also be broadcast on ESPN3, so make sure you've hacked your neighbor's wireless and bummed your Grandma's cable log-in by Saturday.

The rest of Week 1 went about as planned. The biggest surprise was the big upset of the darlings of the Pac 12. I did not foresee Texas A&M jumping up and biting ASU the way they did, but I can't say I wasn't pleased. Louisville doesn't scare me as much as they did to start the year, but Notre Dame was impressive. I don't think Texas is very good, but the Irish just throttled them. I'm already having nightmares of Zaire running free in our secondary.

The lineup this week is even worse than last week. There are only a handful of games that interest me. If I weren't getting married today, these are the games I would watch.

#9 Notre Dame v. Virginia

Kickoff at 3:30 EST

TV: ABC

I would peek in at this game early to see Zaire in action again. Virginia shouldn't put up much of a struggle, so if you don't tune in early, you're likely to see nothing but backups in the game for the Irish. ND 41 – UVA 17

#19 OU at #23 UT

Kickoff at 6:00 EST

TV: ESPN

It's a rare early season matchup of ranked teams. Plus, it's a unique non-conference pairing that should give commentators a ton to talk about. If the Big 12 wants to avoid being left out of odd playoff scenarios again, they need their member schools to win games like this. I have tons of friends on both sides of this game, so I will have fun ragging whichever team loses. I don't know that I buy Tennessee as a top 25 team and OU might be underrated at #19. OU 30 – UT 20

#7 Oregon at #5 Mich St

Kickoff at 8:00 EST

TV: ABC

The first top ten matchup of the season. Another intriguing non-conference matchup. This one could be a lot of fun or it could be a complete blowout. I never know what to expect in games where styles and philosophies are so completely opposed to one another. Will Oregon run Sparty off the field? Or will Mich St pound those little guys from Oregon into the dirt? Oregon may very well win going away. But the temperature is dropping significantly this weekend up here in the Midwest, and maybe that's the slight advantage Mich St needs to come out on top. MSU 27 – ORE 24

#14 LSU at #25 Miss St

Kickoff at 9:15 EST

TV: ESPN

The first "marquee" SEC matchup. I put that in quotes because I know absolutely nothing about either of these teams. I assume that LSU, like Alabama, is a top 5–10 team year in and year out at this point. They're "elite" in my mind, and, therefore, they get the benefit of the doubt. Miss St is on the other end of the spectrum. It was hard for me to believe they were as good as their ranking last year. Seeing them hanging around the edge of the top 25 feels more natural to me. I admit that I'm going off of perception and not any sort of real analysis of the current teams. LSU 31 – Miss St 24

THU, SEPT 10, 2015
8:00 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	LOUISIANA TECH	AT	WESTERN KENTUCKY
FRI, SEPT 11, 2015
8:00 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	MIAMI (FL)	AT	FLORIDA ATLANTIC
9:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	UTAH STATE	AT	(24) UTAH
SAT, SEPT 12, 2015
11:30 AM ET WATCHESPN	SOUTH FLORIDA	AT	(11) FLORIDA STATE
12:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	JACKSONVILLE STATE	AT	(6) AUBURN
12:00 PM ET	OREGON STATE	AT	MICHIGAN
12:00 PM ET	ARMY	AT	CONNECTICUT
12:00 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	KANSAS STATE	AT	TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
12:00 PM ET BTN2GO	WESTERN ILLINOIS	AT	ILLINOIS
12:00 PM ET BTN2GO	BOWLING GREEN	AT	MARYLAND
12:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	HOUSTON	AT	LOUISVILLE
12:00 PM ET ESPN2/ESPNU	BUFFALO	AT	PENN STATE
12:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	INDIANA STATE	AT	PURDUE
12:00 PM ET ESPN2/ESPNU	MIAMI (OH)	AT	WISCONSIN
12:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE	AT	CHARLOTTE
12:30 PM ET WATCHESPN	WAKE FOREST	AT	SYRACUSE
12:30 PM ET WATCHESPN	APPALACHIAN STATE	AT	(12) CLEMSON
1:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	HOWARD	AT	BOSTON COLLEGE
2:00 PM ET PAC-12 LIVE	MASSACHUSETTS	AT	COLORADO
2:00 PM ET PAC-12 LIVE	SACRAMENTO STATE	AT	WASHINGTON
3:00 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	UTEP	AT	TEXAS TECH
3:00 PM ET	LIBERTY	AT	WEST VIRGINIA
3:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	MONMOUTH	AT	CENTRAL MICHIGAN
3:30 PM ET WATCHESPN	MURRAY STATE	AT	NORTHERN ILLINOIS
3:30 PM ET BTN2GO	HAWAII	AT	(1) OHIO STATE
3:30 PM ET	AUSTIN PEAY	AT	SOUTHERN MISS
3:30 PM ET	MINNESOTA	AT	COLORADO STATE
3:30 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	STEPHEN F. AUSTIN	AT	(3) TCU
3:30 PM ET ESPN2/ESPNU	WASHINGTON STATE	AT	RUTGERS
3:30 PM ET WATCHESPN	TULANE	AT	(15) GEORGIA TECH
3:30 PM ET	(9) NOTRE DAME	AT	VIRGINIA
3:30 PM ET WATCHESPN	FURMAN	AT	VIRGINIA TECH
3:30 PM ET SEC LIVE	(10) GEORGIA	AT	VANDERBILT
3:30 PM ET ESPN2/ESPNU	FRESNO STATE	AT	(17) MISSISSIPPI
4:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	MIDDLE TENNESSEE	AT	(2) ALABAMA
4:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	TOLEDO	AT	(18) ARKANSAS
4:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	EASTERN ILLINOIS	AT	NORTHWESTERN
4:00 PM ET	EASTERN MICHIGAN	AT	WYOMING
4:30 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	IOWA	AT	IOWA STATE
5:00 PM ET PAC-12 LIVE	SAN DIEGO STATE	AT	CAL
6:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	(19) OKLAHOMA	AT	(23) TENNESSEE
6:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL	AT	DUKE
6:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	NORTH CAROLINA A&T	AT	NORTH CAROLINA
6:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	EASTERN KENTUCKY	AT	NC STATE
6:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	PITTSBURGH	AT	AKRON
6:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	DELAWARE STATE	AT	KENT STATE
6:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	WESTERN MICHIGAN	AT	GEORGIA SOUTHERN
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	NORTHWESTERN STATE	AT	LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	NICHOLLS STATE	AT	LOUISIANA-MONROE
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	PRAIRIE VIEW A&M	AT	TEXAS STATE
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	CHARLESTON SOUTHERN	AT	TROY
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	MARSHALL	AT	OHIO
7:00 PM ET	NORFOLK STATE	AT	OLD DOMINION
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	NORTH TEXAS	AT	SMU
7:00 PM ET	(22) ARIZONA	AT	NEVADA
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	BALL STATE	AT	(16) TEXAS A&M
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	(21) MISSOURI	AT	ARKANSAS STATE
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	EAST CAROLINA	AT	FLORIDA
7:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	MEMPHIS	AT	KANSAS
7:30 PM ET	CENTRAL ARKANSAS	AT	OKLAHOMA STATE
7:30 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	LAMAR	AT	(4) BAYLOR
7:30 PM ET WATCHESPN	KENTUCKY	AT	SOUTH CAROLINA
8:00 PM ET PAC-12 LIVE	IDAHO	AT	(8) USC
8:00 PM ET	(7) OREGON	AT	(5) MICHIGAN STATE
8:00 PM ET BTN2GO	SOUTH ALABAMA	AT	NEBRASKA STATE
8:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	RICE	AT	TEXAS
8:00 PM ET BTN2GO	FIU	AT	INDIANA
8:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	GEORGIA STATE	AT	NEW MEXICO STATE
8:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	TEMPLE	AT	CINCINNATI
8:00 PM ET WATCHESPN	TULSA	AT	NEW MEXICO
9:15 PM ET WATCHESPN	(14) LSU	AT	(25) MISSISSIPPI STATE
10:15 PM ET WATCHESPN	SAN JOSE STATE	AT	AIR FORCE
10:15 PM ET WATCHESPN	(20) BOISE STATE	AT	BYU
10:30 PM ET	(13) UCLA	AT	UNLV
10:30 PM ET FOXSPORTSGO	UCF	AT	STANFORD
11:00 PM ET PAC-12 LIVE	CAL POLY	AT	ARIZONA STATE