There’s nothing bigger than a Saturday with ESPN College Gameday, the launch screen that sets the level for a full day of school football action.It’s a culture for enthusiasts across the country to listen to, as the screen creates an electrical environment on campuses to host their weekly events.
And the coronavirus pandemic does not allow the same old crowds, the screen still plans to continue on the road during the 2020 season, but not this week.
This Saturday, the first College Gameday of the year comes from ESPN Studios in Bristol, Connecticut, from 11 a.m.at 1 p.m.y.The fate of the September 12 show, which will be their first tour of the season, will be released when the ACC and Big 12 groups start playing this weekend.
The meetings that will be in action this weekend during the first week of the 2020 season are the AAC, Conference USA and Sun Belt.
Here’s a look at the full list of Week 1 games college gameday will present from the studio, as well as a preview for the contest.
Week 1 calendar, forecast
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Saturday September 5
East Kentucky in Marshall, 1 p.m. ET, ESPN
Middle Tennessee in the Army, 1:30 p.m.ET, CBS Sports Network
SMU in the state of Texas, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Houston Baptist North Texas, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3
Arkansas state in Memphis, p.m. ET, ESPN
Stephen F. Austin at UTEP, nine p.m. ET, ESPN3
Monday, September 7
BYU in the Navy, p.m. ET, ESPN
2020 season preview
With each Power Five convention delaying the start-up of your season or postponing it together, the 2020 season starts a little slowly, but things deserve to start in the coming weeks.
Next week they will start playing the ACC and Big 12 groups, the SEC will stay in a while, as their groups will start the season on the weekend of September 26, however, the schedules will be a little different from what was in the planned past.
ACC groups play 11 games, adding 10 that oppose convention opponents.The 12 primary groups will play 10 games, nine of which will oppose the opponents of the convention.Meanwhile, the SEC is making plans for a 10-game schedule as opposed to convention groups only.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 have chosen to postpone their football season, however, it is unclear whether matches will be played either either earlier this year in early 2021 or not.
It’s going to be very different on Saturday of this fall, however, it’s been the case for much of the global game in 2020.
While not all of the most productive systems in school football will work, school football playoffs still seem to go according to plan, a member of CBSSports.com’s variety committee recently told Dennis Dodd that “they are moving forward with the plan, as planned.”
The Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl (this year’s PSC semi-finals) are scheduled for January 1, while the National Playoffs College Football Championship will be held on January 11 in Miami.
Clemson’s head coach, Dabo Swinney, believes it’s the right resolution for the 76 FBS groups that will play a season this fall, which push PSC back in case Big Ten and/or Pac-12 start playing later in the year.
“We’re in a position to shoot, ” he said, according to David M.HAle of ESPN.” That would be something I wouldn’t support.It would be difficult to start in November and push the season in February.”
There are probably no contenders for school football playoffs in action this weekend, however, there are still heavy clashes to start the season.
SMU will travel to face the state of Texas on Saturday afternoon, and Mustangs Senior Quarterback Redshirt Shane Buechele is expected to have a wonderful season as he seeks to draw more of his shares in the NFL draft.
After spending his first three seasons in Texas, the 22-year-old transferred to SMU and had a wonderful 2019 season, earning the honors of the first All-AAC team.
The most productive game of the opening week will be Monday night’s game between the Navy and BYU.Midship guards have connected a new initial quarterback (Dalen Morris) in his triple-choice offense, and can make their way into the AP.The 25 best ballots with a strong start to the season.
So it would possibly seem like another one without enthusiasts in the stands and lacking some of the environment, however the 2020 school football season is here, even if the start is a bit slow.