Last week was rough. For lots of reasons. Tailgating as hard as I did last weekend has left some lingering effects. There’s also a sprinkle of great games from Thursday through Saturday. So I decided that this week, it will be some major home spectating. It’s a weird week for me anyway because this is the first Thanksgiving I’ve had away from home. Hopefully I won’t miss Mom’s stuffing too much. Let’s check out the games.
Games:
- 7:00 PM CT No. 25 Texas at Texas A&M Lone Star Showdown (Thursday)
- 1:30 PM CT No. 3 Arkansas at No. 1 LSU Battle for the Golden Boot (Friday)
- 6:00 PM CT Pittsburgh at West Virginia Backyard Brawl (Friday)
- 11:00 AM CT Iowa State at No. 9 Oklahoma
- 11:00 AM CT No. 13 Georgia at No. 23 Georgia Tech Clean, Old Fashioned Hate for the Governor’s Cup
- 11:00 AM CT Ohio State at No. 15 Michigan The Game
- 11:00 AM CT Rice at Southern Methodist Battle for the Mayor’s Cup
- 11:21 AM CT Tennessee at Kentucky Battle for the Barrel
- 2:30 PM CT No. 2 Alabama at No. 24 Auburn The Iron Bowl
- 2:30 PM CT No. 5 Virginia Tech at Virginia Battle for the Commonwealth
- 2:30 PM CT Oregon State at No. 10 Oregon Civil War for the Platypus Trophy
- 2:30 PM CT No. 19 Penn State at No. 16 Wisconsin
- 2:30 PM CT Purdue at Indiana for the Old Oaken Bucket
- 2:30 PM CT Duke at North Carolina for the Victory Bell
- 2:30 PM CT Missouri vs. Kansas* Border War for the Indian War Drum and the Lamar Hunt Trophy
- 3:00 PM CT Memphis at Southern Miss Black and Blue Bowl
- 5:00 PM CT Air Force at Colorado State for the Ram-Falcon Trophy
- 6:00 PM CT Texas Tech vs. No. 18 Baylor*
- 6:00 PM CT Florida State at Florida Sunshine Showdown
- 6:00 PM CT Ole Miss at Mississippi State Egg Bowl for the Golden Egg Trophy
- 6:30 PM CT Washington State at Washington Apple Cup
- 6:45 PM CT No. 17 Clemson at No. 12 South Carolina Battle of the Palmetto State for the Hardee’s Trophy
- 7:00 PM CT No. 22 Notre Dame at No. 6 Stanford for the Legends Trophy
- 7:00 PM CT San Jose State at Fresno State
- 10:00 PM CT UCLA at USC Crosstown Showdown for the Victory Bell
Notes: Whoah nelly this weekend is stuffed with rivalries! We here in the Big 12 will kiss two of the longest ones goodbye in the Lone Star Showdown and the Border War. I hope Texas puts one over Texas A&M and Kansas gets their first win in the conference over Missouri. Kick them on their way out of the Big 12. Sure, there are other games going on. The big ones for me include Alabama vs Auburn, LSU vs Arkansas, and Oklahoma vs Iowa State. Why? They have bowl placement implications for Kansas State. I’m such a home away from homer.