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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

2016 College Football Season: Chaos! Chaos! OMG! Chaos!: Deep Dive

Closest Gaps
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Date
Time
TV
Rating
Difference
TCU
Oklahoma State
4.363
7.591
0.649
19-Nov
11:00
FS1
0.649
Nevada
Utah State
-10.008
-8.232
0.679
19-Nov
15:00
ESPN3
0.679
Central Michigan
Ohio
-4.412
-3.790
0.762
15-Nov
18:00
ESPN2
0.762
Oregon State
Arizona
-2.917
-0.818
1.109
19-Nov
21:30
-
1.109
Iowa State
Texas Tech
-7.973
-2.766
-1.256
19-Nov
14:30
FS1
1.256

Alright, so the this week’s closest games aren’t great, TCU-Oklahoma State is a solid matchup with ramifications on the Big XII title race and should be a barn burner. Outside of that Iowa State-Texas Tech should be interesting but unimportant, Nevada-Utah State and CMU-Ohio should be solid if unspectacular group of 5 games, and Oregon State-Arizona is a game you probably shouldn’t watch.

Biggest Gaps (FBS-Only)
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TV
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Difference
Western Michigan
Buffalo
12.772
-21.872
36.410
19-Nov
14:30
ESPNU
36.410
Washington
Arizona State
22.292
0.532
25.850
19-Nov
18:30
FOX
25.850
BYU
UMASS
4.341
-16.744
25.080
19-Nov
13:00
ESPN3
25.080
Georgia
Louisiana
8.904
-10.206
24.358
19-Nov
11:00
SECN
24.358
Boise State
UNLV
10.288
-9.692
23.152
18-Nov
20:00
ESPN2
23.152

In the biggest gaps, WMU and Boise get to keep rolling, Washington gets to lick their wounds after a beating from USC, Georgia gets to letdown against Louisiana and BYU-UMASS wins most random game of the week.

Best Matchups
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Average
Rating
Colorado
Washington State
14.728
14.732
2.911
19-Nov
14:30
-
14.730
Washington
Arizona State
22.292
0.532
25.850
19-Nov
18:30
FOX
11.412
Houston
Louisville
4.841
17.372
-9.904
17-Nov
19:00
ESPN
11.107
UCLA
USC
5.014
17.090
-8.083
19-Nov
21:30
ESPN
11.052
LSU
Florida
11.235
10.061
6.638
19-Nov
12:00
SECN
10.648

Here we go, Colorado-Washington State and LSU-Florida should be barn burners in completely different ways. The Pac-12 matchup has title implications with Wazzou being the only undefeated team in conference, and Colorado is best surprise of the season (no, there isn’t another answer). The Buffs and Cougs should play a high scoring back and forth that will be oh so enjoyable to watch, but also have stakes. LSU-Florida is going to be too extremely fit hobos just beating the shit out of each other, and by god is there a better way to start your Saturday than a good old fashioned bum fight. WATCH THE BUM FIGHT!! Houston-Louisville has lost most of its luster from the first few weeks of the season, but it still has playoff implications for Louisville and that’s really the only reason to watch this game. Lastly, we have the other Pac-12 matchup and is anyone really excited for this game (outside of LA)? The only storyline that is interesting at all is probably USC losing and Helton subsequently losing all the good will built up last week at Washington.

Worst Matchups (FBS-Only)
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Average
Rating
Rice
UTEP
-17.859
-20.142
3.599
19-Nov
11:00
ESPN3
-19.001
FIU
Marshall
-17.387
-12.382
-3.261
19-Nov
18:00
-
-14.885
New Mexico State
Texas State
-11.844
-16.554
6.169
19-Nov
15:00
ESPN3
-14.199
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
-16.392
-7.809
-7.542
19-Nov
13:00
ESPN3
-12.101
Fresno State
Hawaii
-17.657
-4.781
-10.102
19-Nov
18:00
-
-11.219

For the first times in a couple of weeks I don’t have anything to look forward to with this group of games.


Enjoy the next couple of weeks because we only have two weeks of full slates left and championship game weekend are in three weeks. Happy Football!!

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