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Saturday College Football Open Thread

Rob Leifheit-US PRESSWIRE
Rob Leifheit-US PRESSWIRE
Rob Leifheit-US PRESSWIRE

The first Saturday of college football is finally upon us. After a long offseason of evaluating players and breaking down the match-ups, real football is finally back on our television sets.

Saturday features a handful of decent games, and college football fans have already been treated to thrilling contests on both Thursday and Friday night.

Here’s your place to discuss all of today’s action, which NFL Draft prospects are jumping out at you and anything thing else that you see fit. After the jump, we’ll have a full schedule of today’s games.

At long last, let the football discussion begin.

Saturday, September 1, 2012 College Football Schedule

Games we previewed:

12:00 PM Miami (OH) at No. 18 Ohio State - Big Ten Network - NFL Draft Watch Notes

3:30 PM - Southern Miss at No. 17 Nebraska - ABC/ESPN2 - NFL Draft Watch Notes

7:00 PM - No. 14 Clemson vs. Auburn (Georgia Dome) - ESPN - NFL Draft Watch Notes

8:00 PM - No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 2 Alabama (Cowboy Stadium) - ABC - NFL Draft Watch Notes

The rest of the games:

12:00 PM Buffalo at No. 6 Georgia - SEC Network

12:00 PM Marshall at No. 11 West Virginia - FX

12:00 PM - Troy at UAB - Fox College Sports Pacific

12:00 PM - Appalachian State at East Carolina - Fox Sports Net / Fox College Sports Central

12:00 PM - Northwestern at Syracuse - ESPN2

12:00 PM - Ohio at Penn State - ESPN

12:00 PM - Western Michigan at Illinois - ESPNU

12:30 PM - Elon at North Carolina - ACC Network/ESPN3

3:00 PM - Nevada at California - Pac-12 Network

3:00 PM - Richmond at Virginia - ESPN3

3:30 PM - Northern Iowa at No. 12 Wisconsin - Big Ten Network

3:30 PM - Bowling Green at No. 23 Florida - ESPN

3:30 PM - Tulsa at Iowa State - Fox Sports Net / Fox College Sports Atlantic

3:30 PM - Miami (FL) at Boston College - ABC/ESPN2

3:30 PM - Eastern Kentucky at Purdue - Big Ten Network

4:00 PM - Colorado State vs. Colorado (Denver) - FX

7:00 PM - North Texas at No. 3 LSU - ESPNU

7:00 PM - Jacksonville State at No. 10 Arkansas - ESPN3

7:00 PM - Savannah State at No. 19 Oklahoma State - Fox College Sports Central

7:00 PM - Southeastern Louisiana at Missouri - ESPN3

7:00 PM - Central Arkansas at Ole Miss - ESPN3

7:00 PM - Lamar at Louisiana-Lafayette - ESPN3

7:00 PM - Jackson State at Mississippi State - ESPN3

7:00 PM - South Dakota State at Kansas - Jayhawk Sports Network

7:00 PM - Northwestern State at Texas Tech - Fox Sports Southwest

7:30 PM - Hawaii at No. 1 USC - FOX

8:00 PM - Wyoming at No. 15 Texas - Longhorn Network

8:00 PM - Indiana State at Indiana - Big Ten Network

8:00 PM - Texas State at Houston -Comcast SportsNet South

8:00 PM - Rutgers at Tulane - CBS Sports Network

10:30 PM - No. 4 Oklahoma at UTEP - Fox Sports Net / Fox College Sports Atlantic

10:30 PM - Arkansas State at No. 5 Oregon - ESPN

10:30 PM - Toledo at Arizona - ESPNU

10:30 PM San Diego State at Washington - Pac-12 Network

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