This is a little embarrassing.  We’re getting all hyped up for another great year of college football and stumbled a bit in our preparation.  You see, we naturally assumed that in the last two years of this fine and dandy operation that we actually had a barspot at a Tanner’s Bar & Grill location.  This is not true.  So to make up for it, we are kicking off our 3rd season by hanging out in one of the storied sports bar traditions for the Kansas City Area.  Join us at the Waldo district to kick the season off in style and welcome to another year of KC College Gameday!

When: Saturday, September 5 2009
Time: 12:00 pm
Where: Tanner’s Bar & Grill, 7425 Broadway Street, Kansas City, MO 64114 816-822-7525

Games:

• 7:00 PM CT North Dakota State at Iowa State Thursday
• 8:00 PM CT Utah State at No. 19 Utah (Battle of the Brothers) Thursday
• 9:15 PM CT No. 16 Oregon at No. 14 Boise State Thursday
• 11:00 AM CT Appalachian State at East Carolina
• 2:30 PM CT No. 13 Georgia at No. 9 Oklahoma State
• 2:30 PM CT Baylor at Wake Forest
• 2:40 PM CT Missouri vs. Illinois* (Arch Rivalry) in St. Louis
• 6:00 PM CT Louisiana-Monroe at No. 2 Texas
• 6:00 PM CT No. 20 Brigham Young vs. No. 3 Oklahoma* in Cowboys Stadium
• 6:00 PM CT Florida Atlantic at No. 24 Nebraska
• 6:00 PM CT Northern Colorado at No. 25 Kansas
• 6:00 PM CT New Mexico at Texas A&M
• 6:00 PM CT North Dakota at Texas Tech
• 6:10 PM CT Massachusetts at Kansas State
• 7:00 PM CT No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech* (Chic-Fil-A Kickoff Classic) in Atlanta
• 7:00 PM CT Miami (FL) at No. 18 Florida State Monday

Notes: This is it.  Kickoff Week!  Already there are some major games with some major implications right out of the gate.  Sprinkle in a couple of rivalry games and we got ourselves a tasty weekend.  The big game starts Thursday with two top 20 teams locking helmets on the blue field of Boise State.   Oregon may have a tough challenge there.  Oklahoma State also has quite the assignment hosting Georgia in the biggest non conference game of their history.  The Arch Rivalry will be on hiatus after this year but not before we see if Missouri is reloading or rebuilding.  BYU brings the big air to Oklahoma as both teams try to hit the video screens in Jerry Jones’ big new Cowboys Stadium.  We also get a great Kickoff Classic with the Va Tech Hokies facing Alabama.  The rest of the Big 12 games are cakewalks.  Finally we wrap up the weekend with the annual Florida State vs Miami rivalry game.  We’ve been waiting all year so let’s get to it!