The absolute greatest weekend of college football season is upon us. Postseason stakes continue to rise in prominence and all that, but more importantly, this is the week in which every other game means a whole lot to a specific group of people. Some of those are trophy games, and some aren’t, but these are the games most likely to have cousins brawling in the garage. It’s wonderful.
Your Watch Grid guide to Rivalry Weekend 2017, the best week of the entire college football season
Below, TV and streaming info for the most endlessly enjoyable weekend of the year.
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Oh, and games are barreling at you all day long on Black Friday, too. (Weeknight games removed from this post, for your Saturday convenience. Thanksgiving was wild, as was Black Friday.)
Below, the Watch Grid attempts to sort your weekend based on a crude estimate of watchability, along with TV and streaming info for each game.
Saturday, Nov. 25 college football schedule
Early shift
Once the weather gets cold, the early groups are always loaded because nobody wants to kick off at 10 p.m. ET in late November. I guess we’ll go with Ohio State probably beating Michigan in an unbelievably ugly classic, but heads on swivels. After that is one of the biggest Iron Bowls ever — no big deal. Also, I’m giving preference to the FCS playoff games that have single-digit spreads.
Late shift
The Watch Grid’s only rule, broken three or four times a year: only one WATCH THIS game at a time. Ranked-vs.-ranked Palmetto and Apple Cups call for just such a breakage. Meanwhile, Kevin Sumlin’s assumed last game at A&M happens to come in a rivalry that just gave us Les Miles’ wrongly assumed last game at LSU and Ed Orgeron’s wrongly assumed last game at LSU. In other words, CONTRACT EXTENSION COMIN’.
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