Footy Aplenty – Morning Thread

Welcome back, dearest Premiership.  Wake and bake, if you so choose, with Men Untied away to Sham Town (7:30, USA).  Probably not much in this one.  Mighty Whitey take on Fronk’s Hammers next in the 10:00 window, sadly it is Peacocked.  TV option is Leicester/Palace, which makes no sense and holds no interest.

Sigh.  Toffees in the Spotlight, away to Villa (12:30, NBC).  Should be an easy win for the home side, but I guess one never knows.  There’s also a bonus 3p Peacock match, Chelsea away to yeah right’s Cherries.

North London Derby alert!  The King’s Afrikan Water Pistols steady their aim at the hated Hot Spurs on Sunday (9:00, USA).  It’s on Tottenham’s patch, so should be competitive.  You’ll want to flip over to Heroic RedZone Muzak after that, though.

Saturday’s JV slate is kind of “room temperature oatmeal” this week, but we’ll soldier on.

Alabama (-16) at Wisconsin (Noon, Fox)

Nothing we’ve seen so far backs up this insanely high road line.  But maybe South Florida is just uniquely kryptonite to Roll Damn Tide.

LSU (-7) at South Cakalaky (Noon, ABC)

Perhaps we will get a classic defensive battle here, or Brian Kelly’s crew fixes their shit and rolls.  Gamecock quartered back plays in googles, that’s pretty interesting.

Memphis (+6.5) at Florida State (Noon, ESPN)

Who ever thought this would be less than a full TD spread?  Somewhere the Land of Eire, an increasingly agitated DJ Taj is demanding that his barkeep find this broadcast.

Oregon (-16.5) at Oregon State (3:30, Fox)

One suspects this edition of The Civil War might be a bit testier than average.  Though it seems the rump Pac-2 is back up to 6.  Anyway, I will watch just for the Niiiiiice Beaver! jokes.

Washington State (+4.5) at Washington (3:30, Peacock)

Technically, this might be neutral – but it’s in U-Dub’s city, which takes some of the shine off happenings.  Wazzu has looked the friskier of the two jilted squadrons so far, and the Huskies might not be good at all.

Texas A&M (-3.5) at Florida (3:30, ABC)

The natives…will be restless.  And not just because they’re Florida Men left out in the heat.  Bonfire Cult has MOAR talent, but less desperation.  Sneaky good fixtures are often made from these ingredients.

West By God Virginia (-1.5) at Pitt (3:30, ESPN2)

We couldn’t bear to leave Yinz out this week, a game of fine, unadulterated hatred.  These teams both kind of suck, though.  The unaligned will only watch in case of riot.