***2026-27 College Football (non-ISU) Thread***

[Cydkar]

I really don't think bowls should be played outside of the US.
/S

 

[RagingCloner]

The James Franklin VT Era starts off with a bang! Nice!

 

[MartyFine]

 

[BigJCy]

 

[BigJCy]

 

[BigJCy]

Hoosiers got their Championship Rings:

 

[BigJCy]

 

[SolterraCyclone]

I liked their backup QB last year. I know he tore his ACL. Will he be ready to start the season?

 

[MartyFine]

 

[BigJCy]

 

[BigJCy]

 

[MeowingCows]

Little bit of ESPN glazing time: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...tt-campbell-remaking-penn-state-nittany-lions

Some quotes:

"He wants to build a player-led program," said Becht, who arrived with 64 career touchdown passes over three years starting for the Cyclones. "When you're not all aligned with the same goals and expectations, you're not going to win those big games. ... Last year, it wasn't really player-led and the culture just wasn't always there.

In 2021, Campbell initially agreed to coach the Detroit Lions before changing his mind; the Lions hired Dan Campbell instead.

"Leaving Ames wasn't something that I was looking to do or wanting to do," he said.

But that first December week, after BYU coach Kalani Sitake declined the Nittany Lions' offer, the search shifted to Matt Campbell.

Becht had offers to transfer elsewhere. But after a 15-minute phone call with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, who played for Campbell at Iowa State, Becht knew he was going to Penn State, too.

"The trust he had in Coach Campbell, that just brought me clarity," Becht said. "What he's been able to do and how he leads a program the right way is something that I wanted to be a part of my last year."

Curious to see how many more of these pop up on various sports sites. It's pretty decent for a long-form bio, but there may be some effort to get a little bit of a hype train going for PSU between now and September. Some subtle shots are taken at Franklin also.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[BigJCy]

Fox 2026 Friday CFB schedule

Sept. 4	Fresno State at USC	9 p.m.
Sept. 11	Missouri at Kansas	8 p.m.
Sept. 18	Houston at Texas Tech	8 p.m
Sept. 25	Northwestern at Indiana	8 p.m.
Oct. 2	Penn State at Northwestern	8 p.m.
Oct. 9	Iowa at Washington	9 p.m.*
Oct. 16	Washington at Purdue	8 p.m.
Nov. 6	Nebraska at Illinois	8 p.m.
Nov. 13	Illinois at UCLA	9 p.m.
Nov. 20	Oregon at Michigan State	8 p.m.
Nov. 27	West Virginia at Utah	8 or 9 p.m.
Dec. 4	Mountain West championship	9 p.m.

*May move to FS1 due to MLB playoffs

 

[theshadow]

Fox 2026 Friday CFB schedule

Sept. 11	Missouri at Kansas	8 p.m.
Sept. 18	Houston at Texas Tech	8 p.m
Nov. 27	West Virginia at Utah	8 or 9 p.m.

Which should probably put the rest of the Big 12 Friday night games on an ESPN channel.

Oct. 9 - Iowa State at BYU
Oct. 30 - Baylor at UCF
Nov. 6 - TCU at Arizona
Nov. 13 - Houston at Colorado
Nov. 20 - Iowa State at UCF

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Fox 2026 Friday CFB schedule

Sept. 4	Fresno State at USC	9 p.m.
Sept. 11	Missouri at Kansas	8 p.m.
Sept. 18	Houston at Texas Tech	8 p.m
Sept. 25	Northwestern at Indiana	8 p.m.
Oct. 2	Penn State at Northwestern	8 p.m.
Oct. 9	Iowa at Washington	9 p.m.*
Oct. 16	Washington at Purdue	8 p.m.
Nov. 6	Nebraska at Illinois	8 p.m.
Nov. 13	Illinois at UCLA	9 p.m.
Nov. 20	Oregon at Michigan State	8 p.m.
Nov. 27	West Virginia at Utah	8 or 9 p.m.
Dec. 4	Mountain West championship	9 p.m.

*May move to FS1 due to MLB playoffs

Gotta get those two Northwestern appearances out there. Yikes.

 

[not-the-manager]

Fox 2026 Friday CFB schedule

Sept. 4	Fresno State at USC	9 p.m.
Sept. 11	Missouri at Kansas	8 p.m.
Sept. 18	Houston at Texas Tech	8 p.m
Sept. 25	Northwestern at Indiana	8 p.m.
Oct. 2	Penn State at Northwestern	8 p.m.
Oct. 9	Iowa at Washington	9 p.m.*
Oct. 16	Washington at Purdue	8 p.m.
Nov. 6	Nebraska at Illinois	8 p.m.
Nov. 13	Illinois at UCLA	9 p.m.
Nov. 20	Oregon at Michigan State	8 p.m.
Nov. 27	West Virginia at Utah	8 or 9 p.m.
Dec. 4	Mountain West championship	9 p.m.

*May move to FS1 due to MLB playoffs

Mentioning any Iowa game and "beef up" is an oxymoron

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Which should probably put the rest of the Big 12 Friday night games on an ESPN channel.

Oct. 9 - Iowa State at BYU
Oct. 30 - Baylor at UCF
Nov. 6 - TCU at Arizona
Nov. 13 - Houston at Colorado
Nov. 20 - Iowa State at UCF

ESPN already has VT-Miami on 11/20 and it's in the middle of Feast Week.

I'm guessing ISU-UCF is FS1.

 

[BigJCy]

Gotta get those two Northwestern appearances out there. Yikes.

At least the Penn State game is the Opening of their brand new Stadium. So can check out what that looks like.

 

[SolarGarlic]

Closing the Campbell to Penn State thread....our fans are such soft little babies