College football schedule, Week 8: Kickoff times, TV channels

It doesn’t feel like the season is this old.

College football season always go by too quickly, probably because we spend all week looking ahead to Saturday. (For football reasons and others.) Most teams have fewer regular season games ahead of them than they do behind them by now, but it seems like Week 2 was yesterday.

There isn’t much to monitor during the early slate this week other than NC State’s game against Louisville. Unless you hate yourself and have to check out Syracuse-BC. (Note: I will totally be checking in on that game.)

Later another theoretically top-10 team will attempt to beat Alabama, and probably will not be any more successful. The Tide are three-score favorites to beat Texas A&M.

It’s a light day for the ACC, with only three games on the docket. I guess everybody took their vacation days at once here. Gonna be lonely at the office!

The full Saturday schedule:

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
Matchup	Time (ET)	TV / Online
NC State at (7) Louisville	Noon	ABC / ESPN3
(10) Wisconsin at Iowa	Noon	ESPN / WatchESPN
Texas at Kansas State	Noon	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
Indiana at Northwestern	Noon	BTN / BTN2Go
Oklahoma State at Kansas	Noon	FS1 / FS Go
Rutgers at Minnesota	Noon	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Central Michigan at Toledo	Noon	BCSN/TWC / ESPN3
Miami (OH) at Bowling Green	Noon	ESPN3
North Texas at Army	Noon	CBSSN / CBSSports.com
UCF at UConn	Noon	ESPNEWS / WatchESPN
UMass at South Carolina	Noon	SECN / WatchESPN
Syracuse at Boston College	12:30 p.m.	ACCN / WatchESPN
Ohio at Kent State	1:00 p.m.	ESPN3
Hawaii at Air Force	2:00 p.m.	Oceanic PPV
(22) North Carolina at Virginia	3:00 p.m.	RSN / ESPN3
Colorado at Stanford	3:00 p.m.	Pac-12N / Pac-12.com
Akron at Ball State	3:00 p.m.	ESPN3
(6) Texas A&M at (1) Alabama	3:30 p.m.	CBS / CBSSports.com
Illinois at (3) Michigan	3:30 p.m.	BTN / BTN2Go
Purdue at (8) Nebraska	3:30 p.m.	ABC/ESPN2 (RM) / ESPN3
TCU at (12) West Virginia	3:30 p.m.	ABC/ESPN2 (RM) / ESPN3
Eastern Michigan at (20) Western Michigan	3:30 p.m.	ASN / ESPN3
Memphis at (24) Navy	3:30 p.m.	CBSSN / CBSSports.com
Buffalo at NIU	3:30 p.m.	ESPN3
Idaho at Appalachian State	3:30 p.m.	ESPN3
PVAMU at Rice	3:30 p.m.	CUSA.TV
UT Martin at Georgia State	3:30 p.m.	ESPN3
Tulane at Tulsa	3:45 p.m.	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Middle Tennessee at Missouri	4:00 p.m.	SECN / WatchESPN
(19) Utah at UCLA	4:00 p.m.	FOX / FS Go
Charlotte at Marshall	5:30 p.m.	beIN Sports / beIN Video
Colorado State at UNLV	5:30 p.m.	ROOT SPORTS / MWN
(17) Arkansas at (21) Auburn	6:00 p.m.	ESPN / WatchESPN
Oregon State at (5) Washington	6:30 p.m.	Pac-12N / Pac-12.com
(11) Houston at SMU	7:00 p.m.	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
East Carolina at Cincinnati	7:00 p.m.	CBSSN / CBSSports.com
Louisiana Tech at FIU	7:00 p.m.	ESPN3
Old Dominion at WKU	7:00 p.m.	ASN
UL Lafayette at Texas State	7:00 p.m.	TSSP / ESPN3
UTEP at UTSA	7:00 p.m.	KMYS-CW 35
Michigan State at Maryland	7:30 p.m.	BTN / BTN2Go
Mississippi State at Kentucky	7:30 p.m.	SECN / WatchESPN
Tennessee State at Vanderbilt	7:30 p.m.	ESPNU / WatchESPN
(2) Ohio State at Penn State	8:00 p.m.	ABC / ESPN3
(16) Oklahoma at Texas Tech	8:00 p.m.	FOX / FS Go
Georgia Southern at New Mexico State	8:00 p.m.	ESPN3
(23) Ole Miss at (25) LSU	9:00 p.m.	ESPN / WatchESPN
ULM at New Mexico	9:00 p.m.	ROOT SPORTS / MWN
Washington State at Arizona State	10:00 p.m.	Pac-12N / Pac-12.com
Fresno State at Utah State	10:30 p.m.	CBSSN / CBSSports.com
Wyoming at Nevada	10:30 p.m.	ESPN2 / WatchESPN

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NC State vs. Louisville: How to watch, game time, TV channel, online streaming, odds, and more

All the info you need to catch the game.

NC State returns to action with another huge challenge in Louisville, though at least the atmosphere shouldn't be as difficult. All the other stuff: probably just as difficult. Louisville still has playoff aspirations despite a loss to Clemson and will likely keep the Cards from playing in the ACC title game. They'd certainly be in the discussion as a one-loss team.

Soooo, y'know, they're probably gonna try real hard and stuff to beat the Wolfpack. Very annoying, but not everyone can be November Boston College, I suppose.

State, meanwhile, is looking for some redemption and has a chance to do it on the national network stage once again. All they gotta do is stop the best football player in the country. No sweat.

NC State vs. Louisville

Kickoff: Noon ET

TV: ABC (Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams)

Internet streaming: WatchESPN/ACC Network Extra (these are the same thing, basically)

Odds: Louisville -19.5

Radio: Wolfpack Sports Network

Forecast: 100% chance of football

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What would a win over Louisville mean for NC State

NC State missed a chance at maybe the biggest win in school history but has a big shot at redemption Saturday in Louisville. Facing a second straight top ten team on the road is a rare situation that most teams would fear.

The Wolfpack could easily be down and out after blowing such a great chance, but there has to be some confidence after arguably outplaying the Tigers. A win over the Cardinals would be among the top 5 or 10 wins in recent Pack history and the largest in the Dave Doeren era by a wide margin. Now, winning a game as 20 point underdogs on the road is near impossible, so I am not counting any chickens before they hatch. But, as we saw last week, anything can happen.

On top of purely historic implications, it could be the boost that the team needs heading into the back half of the season. At 4-2, State sits about where most expected, even if the road there was the unexpected one. A win, or maybe even a decent showing, in Louisville could give the team confidence heading into what has become a suddenly more winnable final stretch. Boston College at home on Homecoming Weekend should be a win, with the Eagles still not winning a conference game in the last two years. Despite Syracuse beating Virginia Tech last week, the Wolfpack are still a stronger team and have had success against the Orange. Florida State and Miami are both vulnerable after seeing their initial season goals go down with a few bad losses. UNC is having a good season, but not so great that they are unbeatable in the season finale.

Winning three of these games would mean a marquee win and a 7 win season. Whereas two weeks ago many people were discussing Dave Doeren's job security, now this season could be a building block to a successful tenure in Raleigh. Obviously a lot of factors are at play, but pulling out a win in Louisville could kickstart a big growth in the Wolfpack program.

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NC State vs. Louisville: Take your best shot at picking the score between the Pack and Cards

Who’s afraid of the big bad Lamar Jackson?

NC State closes out its October road game gauntlet with Louisville on Saturday. (Can we blame this on the state fair somehow? No? Darn.) State is once again the prohibitive underdog and it is going to take one heck of an effort on the road to beat the nation’s top player.

Which we will do! We’re gonna win. I’m just sure of it.***

(***In a deep state of denial after last weekend.)

Submit your score pick below.

(You don’t have to submit an email address to submit a score pick. Don’t submit an email.)

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