Here are your Black Friday options:
A.) Wake up early, fight a crowd of lunatics for a product that you can buy only for only a fraction more online, and then spend the rest of the day hating yourself.
B.) Sleep in, wander down to your living room sometime around noon, watch 12 straight hours of college football, and then spend the rest of the night hating yourself slightly less because you just spent a good chunk of your day off watching Tulane attempt to play football.
If B.) is your winner here, and certainly it should be, then we've got just the thing for you. Here's our guide to help you navigate those tricky 12 hours of turkey digestion and avoid conversations with the most tertiary of relatives on November 27th.
Fri, Nov 27, 2015 | ||||
12:00 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN |
Miami (FL) | at | Pittsburgh | |
12:00 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo |
Marshall | at | Western Kentucky | |
12:00 PM ET ABC |
(15) Navy | at | Houston | |
12:00 PM ET CBSS |
Western Michigan | at | (24) Toledo | |
12:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN |
Kent State | at | Akron | |
1:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN |
Eastern Michigan | at | Central Michigan | |
2:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN |
Troy | at | Georgia State | |
2:30 PM ET CBSSEC Live |
Missouri | at | Arkansas | |
3:30 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo |
Oregon State | at | (17) Oregon | |
3:30 PM ET FOXFoxSportsGo |
(20) Washington State | at | Washington | |
3:30 PM ET ABC |
(4) Iowa | at | Nebraska | |
3:30 PM ET CBSS |
Boise State | at | San Jose State | |
4:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN |
Massachusetts | at | Buffalo | |
7:30 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN |
(7) Baylor | at | (19) TCU | |
8:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN |
Tulsa | at | Tulane |
The best games on:
12 p.m., ET: No. 15 Navy at Houston
The Midshipmen and Cougars aren't just battling to determine the AAC West title. They'll also be playing for a potential New Year's Day Bowl berth. Rising Heisman candidate Keenan Reynolds will lead a 9-1 Navy team into Texas to take on another dangerous mobile passer - Houston's Greg Ward Jr. Ward missed big chunks of last week's loss to UConn with an ankle injury, but he should be healthier and keyed up for a huge challenge against Navy's 19th-ranked scoring defense.
Bonus angle: The winner of Friday's game also gets home-field advantage for the AAC Championship Game.
3:30 p.m., ET: No. 4 Iowa at Nebraska
A 5-6 Nebraska team doesn't seem like much of a match for 11-0 Iowa, but the Cornhuskers have shocked the Big Ten before. A controversial, last-minute touchdown lifted them over Michigan State 39-38 and remains the Spartans' only blemish in 2015. They were able to pull that off without the added emotion that comes with a rivalry that pits two farmland titans against one another.
Memorial Stadium is going to be the most hostile environment that the Hawkeyes have played in this season. Maybe they should just cut their losses, rest their starters, and start prepping for the Big Ten Championship Game.
7:30 p.m., ET: No. 7 Baylor at No. 19 TCU
The battle we once thought would decide the Big 12's playoff pick may just wind up crowning a New Year's Day Bowl participant instead, but that's hardly a reason to avoid this battle between the country's best backup quarterbacks. TCU could be without All-American Trevone Boykin, but the Bears called and then raised that pot by losing both Seth Russell and Jarrett Stidham to injury. That means that we might see Bram Kohlhausen take on Chris Johnson in a shootout, and since this is the Big 12 they'll put up 126 combined points anyway.
Boykin wants revenge for last season's loss to the Bears - a defeat that kept TCU out of the College Football Playoff. If he can move faster than a crawl on that bum ankle, expect him to play - and expect some fireworks in Fort Worth.