Thanksgiving college football schedule: TV times, online streaming info, and more

Had enough turkey and NFL on Thanksgiving Day? College football is here to save you, with two interesting rivalry games to choose from.

There are also three NFL games on, if you are into that sort of thing. The Eagles play the Lions at 12:30 p.m. on FOX, the Panthers play the Cowboys at 4:30 p.m. on CBS and the Bears play the Packers at 8:30 p.m. on NBC.

So make a turkey sandwich and settle in for some football. All times Eastern.

The Longhorns enter at 4-6 and need wins against Texas Tech and Baylor to earn bowl eligibility, but there’s more than that for Texas to protect: A six-game winning streak over Texas Tech stretching back to the legendary 2008 game between the then-No. 1 Longhorns and No. 7 Red Raiders won on a Michael Crabtree last-second touchdown catch.

Texas Tech is already bowl eligible at 6-5, but could cap a better-than-expected regular season with its first win in Austin since 1997. Kliff Kingsbury’s Air Raid offense is averaging 588 yards and 46.5 points per game, and ranks among the nation’s five best teams in passing yards, third-down conversion percentage and first downs gained. Tech fans are confident.

The I-4 Corridor Clash finds two programs headed in wildly different directions. After four consecutive losing seasons, South Florida has won six of its last seven games, already reached bowl eligibility and has an outside chance of grabbing a share of the American Conference East division championship. The Bulls need a win Thursday night, combined with a Temple loss to UConn, to share the division title. USF would represent the East in the conference championship game by virtue of beating Temple earlier this month.

While South Florida is rising, UCF has collapsed. Just two seasons removed from a Fiesta Bowl win, the defending AAC champion is winless, and has not been within ten points of an opponent since losing to Furman in the season’s third week. Program patriarch George O’Leary has already resigned, and interim coach Danny Barrett has been unable to right the ship. UCF is protecting a two-game winning streak in the I-4 showdown, having won both games since the series was renewed in 2013.