Posted by Kevin K. on 09/07/2010
The LSU Tigers and the Oregon Ducks will open the 2011 football season at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, LSU has announced.
The game will be played the evening of September 3, 2011 and will be televised nationally by ABC or ESPN.
The Tigers and Ducks have played three times in their history, but haven’t faced off since 1977. LSU leads the series 2-1.
LSU’s 2011 non-conference schedule is now complete with games against Oregon (09/03), Northwestern State (09/10), at West Virginia (09/24) and home against Western Kentucky (11/12).
The Ducks will play LSU (09/03) and will host Nevada (09/10). Oregon is slated to play at Utah on September 17, but the game may be changed to a Pac-10 game or moved due to the recent conference realignment.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/07/2010
Week two of the 2010 college football season features important conference games and intriguing non-conference matchups. ESPN Gameday will broadcast live from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the site of the Alabama-Penn State game.
Listed below are the games with TV, times and ticket options:
- Auburn (20) at Mississippi State – Thu., Sept. 9, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
Auburn has won two in a row against Mississippi State – ESPN; 7:30 p.m. ET
- Georgia (19) at South Carolina (25) – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
Will A.J. Green play for the Dawgs on Saturday? – ESPN2; 12:00 p.m. ET
- Florida State (18) at Oklahoma (10) – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
The Sooners beat the Seminoles 13-2 in their last meeting (2001 Orange Bowl) – ABC/ESPN2; 3:30 p.m. ET
- Iowa State at Iowa (9) – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
Iowa leads the overall series 38-19 and has won two in a row – ABC/ESPN2; 3:30 p.m. ET
- Michigan at Notre Dame – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
The Wolverines won 38-34 last year in Ann Arbor – NBC; 3:30 p.m. ET
- Miami, FL (12) at Ohio State (2) – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
The Buckeyes beat the Hurricanes 31-24 in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl to win the BCS title – ESPN; 3:40 p.m. ET
- Penn State (14) at Alabama (1) – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
Alabama leads the series 8-5, but lost 9-0 in their last meeting with Penn State (1990) – ESPN; 8:00 p.m. ET
- Oregon (8) at Tennessee – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
Last week, Oregon won 72-0 and Tennessee won 50-0 – ESPN2; 7:00 p.m. ET.
- Stanford at UCLA – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
UCLA leads the overall series 45-32-3 – ESPN; 10:30 p.m. ET
- Virginia at USC – Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 (Buy Tickets)
USC beat Virginia 52-7 last year in Charlottesville – FSN; 10:30 p.m. ET
Posted by Kevin K. on 09/03/2010
Southern Miss and South Alabama will play a 2020-21 home-and-home football series, the Golden Eagles have announced. The 2020 game will be the first between the two schools.
Southern Miss will host South Alabama at M.M Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg on September 5, 2020. The Golden Eagles will travel to face South Alabama at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile on September 4, 2021.
On Thursday, the Jaguars announced that they will play at LSU in 2016. South Alabama expects to become a member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2013.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/03/2010
The Connecticut Huskies and the UCF Knights have agreed to a home-and-home football series in 2014 & 2015, UCF has announced. UConn and UCF have never met in football.
UCF will travel to face Connecticut at Rentschler Field in East Hartford in 2014. In 2015, the Knights will host the Huskies at Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/03/2010
The BYU Cougars and UCF Knights have agreed to a home-and-home football series in 2011 & 2014, BYU has announced. The 2011 contest will be the first ever meeting between the two schools.
BYU will host UCF at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on September 23, 2011. On September 6, 2014, BYU will travel to face UCF at Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/03/2010
The Florida State Seminoles will open the 2012 season against the Murray State Racers, the Palm Beach Post has reported. The game will be played on September 1, 2012.
This will be FSU’s first meeting with Murray State, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/03/2010
The Auburn Tigers have completed their 2011 non-conference football schedule, DecaturDaily.com has reported. The Tigers will open the 2011 season at home on September 3 against the Utah State Aggies.
The 2011 matchup between Auburn and Utah State will be the first ever meeting of the two schools.
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Posted by Tim K. on 09/03/2010
Kansas State has added Kent State and Eastern Kentucky to complete their 2011 non-conference football schedule. Eastern Kentucky will receive $375,000 while Kent State will receive a larger amount for the one game series (source).
With the departure of Nebraska to the Big Ten in 2011, the Big 12 will only have three non-conference games with a nine game conference schedule.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/02/2010
The Florida State Seminoles have added the ULM Warhawks to their 2011 football schedule, the Orlando Sentinel has reported. An exact date for the game was not specified.
FSU and ULM (a/k/a Louisiana-Monroe) have never met in football. The Warhawks are a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/02/2010
The LSU Tigers have added a game against the South Alabama Jaguars to their 2012 football schedule, the school has announced. The Tigers will host the Jaguars in Baton Rouge on October 15, 2016.
This will be the first ever meeting between the two schools. South Alabama, an FCS school, expects to complete a full transition to the Football Bowl Championship Subdivision by the 2013 season. They will compete in the Sun Belt Conference.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/02/2010
The BYU Cougars have agreed to a 6-year football contract with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, ESPN has announced. Dates of the games and other details have not been finalized yet.
BYU and Notre Dame will meet six times through the 2020 season. The Irish lead the overall series against the Cougars 4-2. The two schools last played in 2005, a 49-23 win for Notre Dame in South Bend.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/02/2010
A 2016 and 2019 home-and-home football series between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Purdue Boilermakers has been canceled, Purdue has announced.
The two schools were scheduled to play at West Lafayette, Indiana on September 17, 2016 and at Stillwater, Oklahoma on September 14, 2019.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/02/2010
The BYU Cougars have scheduled future football games against five WAC schools for 2011 and 2012. The games are part of a scheduling agreement with BYU and the WAC.
On Tuesday, the Cougars announced that they will leave the Mountain West and go independent in football in 2011. As a result, the WAC has agreed to supply BYU wil five football opponents in 2011 and four in 2012. Listed below are details of each matchup.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/02/2010
The Big Ten has announced their 2011 and 2012 conference football schedules. Changes were made to the existing schedules after Nebraska was added from the Big 12.
A Big Ten Football Championship Game will be held starting in 2011 since the conference now has 12 teams split into two divisions.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/01/2010
The Big Ten Conference has announced their future division alignments that take place for the start of the 2011 football season. The names of the divisions will be announced at a later date.
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Posted by Tim K. on 09/01/2010
The BYU Cougars have announced that they will leave the Mountain West for the 2011-12 season and become an independent in football, while joining the WCC for other sports.
BYU originally scheduled to go to the WAC for everything expect football, but canceled those plans when the Mountain West took Nevada and Fresno State.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 09/01/2010
The 2010 college football season begins on Thursday, September 4 (see schedule). A full slate of games are on tap for this weekend. The entire USA Today Top 25 will be in action, including no. 1 Alabama and the rest of the Top 5 – Ohio State, Florida, Texas and Boise State.
ESPN Gameday will broadcast live from Atlanta, Georgia, the site of the 2010 Chick-fil-A College Kickoff game between the LSU Tigers and the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/31/2010
TicketsNow.com, one of our ticket partners, is having a 48 hour sale Thursday, September 2 through Friday, September 3, 2010. Enter the coupon code FALL05 at checkout and receive 5% off of your order.
The code is good on most all events, including college football tickets and NFL football tickets. The only exclusions are the NFL Ticket Exchange and US Open Tickets.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/30/2010
It’s finally here! The 2010 college football season begins on Thursday, September 2. There are 18 football games on Thursday and three Top 25 teams will be in action.
2nd ranked Ohio State is the highest ranked team in action on Thursday. They host the Marshall Thundering Herd. 13th ranked Miami (FL) hosts Florida A&M and 24th ranked Utah hosts Pittsburgh.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/30/2010
The Central Michigan Chippewas and the NC State Wolfpack have scheduled a 3-game football series, CM-Life.com has reported. The series includes two games in Raleigh, NC and one game in Mount Pleasant, MI.
The series will begin when Central Michigan travels to face NC State on October 8, 2011 at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Central Michigan was scheduled to play at Michigan State on Oct. 8, but the game may have been moved due to expansion of the Big Ten.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/26/2010
The Pittsburgh Panthers will host the Delaware Blue Hens in 2014 and 2019, DelawareOnline.com has reported. The 2014 game will be the first meeting between the two schools.
The Panthers will host the Blue Hens at Heinz Field on August 30, 2014 in both teams’ season opener. The two schools will also open the 2019 season at Heinz Field on August 31, 2019.
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Posted by Tim K. on 08/26/2010
The Utah State Aggies announced today that they have signed a four-game home-and-home series with the Wyoming Cowboys.
The series will begin on October 8, 2011 when Utah State hosts Wyoming at Romney Stadium in Logan. Utah State will then visit War Memorial Stadium in Laramie on September 13, 2014.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/26/2010
The Georgia Bulldogs have added the Buffalo Bulls to their 2012 football schedule, the University of Buffalo announced today. Georgia will host Buffalo at Sanford Stadium in Athens on September 1, 2012.
This will be the first ever meeting between Georgia of the SEC and Buffalo of the MAC. Earlier this month, the Bulls announced that they will play at Tennessee in 2011.
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Posted by Tim K. on 08/26/2010
Two of the top powers in college football, the USC Trojans and Texas Longhorns, have announced a home-and-home series which will start in 2017.
The Texas Longhorns will meet the USC Trojans on September 16, 2017 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to begin the series. The return game will take place on September 15, 2018 at Darrell K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin to complete the series.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/26/2010
The Wisconsin Badgers have added the UTEP Miners to their 2012 football schedule. An exact date for the game has not been announced (Source).
This will be the first ever meeting between the two schools. UTEP, currently a member of Conference USA, finished the 2009 season 4-8 overall and 3-5 in the conference.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/26/2010
The UTEP Miners at Texas Longhorns football game originally scheduled for September 8, 2012 in Austin has been moved to 2016, Statesman.com has reported. An exact date has not been announced.
The game was moved due to the Big 12 Conference’s recent realignment from 12 to 10 teams. The league will move to a nine-game football schedule in 2012. Therefore, each team will only play three non-conference games per season.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/24/2010
The Ohio State Buckeyes have added the Colorado Buffaloes to their 2011 football schedule. The game has been officially announced by Ohio State University.
The Buckeyes will host the Buffaloes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on September 24, 2011. Ohio State will pay Colorado $1.4 million for the game. This is a single game matchup and will not be a home-and-home series.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/24/2010
The 2010 college football season is almost here! Do you have your season tickets or single-game tickets yet? If you don’t, FBSchedules.com has partnered with several vendors to offer our readers a great selection of NCAA college football tickets.
The easiest way to locate tickets to a specific game is to visit your favorite team’s 2010 football schedule. Next to each game, we have a “Buy Tickets” link that will take you directly to the ticket page for that game (via StubHub).
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/23/2010
The UAB Blazers have updated their future football schedules with an extension of a home-and-home series against Troy and a road game at South Carolina.
UAB and Troy are currently in a four-game series, but have added an additional home-and-home series for 2013 and 2014.
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Posted by Kevin K. on 08/21/2010
The 2010 preseason AP Top 25 College Football Poll has been released. The 2009 National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide top the rankings. They received 54 first place votes and 1,491 total points.
The conference breakdown of the AP Top 25 is very similar to the USA Today Coaches Poll that was released earlier this month. The SEC leads all conferences with six teams in the Top 25.
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