What Coach Is Watching: Saturday’s Halloween College Football Watch List
Saturday is Halloween, and college football is ready to deliver its own brand of horror. Forget haunted houses. Nothing is scarier than watching your team blow a fourth-quarter lead while the entire fan base loses its mind.
Four time slots, eight games, and plenty of potential nightmares. Here’s what Coach is watching this Saturday.
1:00 PM Slate of College Football Games
Main Game: Wisconsin vs. Iowa
Backup: Notre Dame vs. Navy
The first jump scare might be the offense.
Wisconsin-Iowa is the perfect Halloween opener: a defensive grind where a completed third-down pass might qualify as a supernatural event.
If the scoreboard starts looking like a typo, Notre Dame-Navy is the backup. Grab some candy and settle in. The afternoon horror show is just getting started.
3:30 PM Slate of College Football Games
Main Game: Florida vs. Georgia
Backup: Arizona State vs. BYU
Rivalry hatred is scarier than anything in a haunted house.
Florida and Georgia meet in the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, where bragging rights are everything and one fan base is guaranteed to leave miserable.
Georgia has expectations to meet, and a stumble could turn the postgame coverage into a horror movie of its own. Nothing haunts a fan base quite like losing a game it was supposed to win.
If this one disappoints, Arizona State-BYU is ready to rise from the grave.
7:30 PM Slate of College Football Games
Main Game: Texas vs. Mississippi State
Backup for everyone else: Ohio State vs. USC
Forget the haunted house. I’m a Texas fan. I already know fear.
As a Texas fan, I’ll be watching the Horns take on Mississippi State. Everybody else can watch Ohio State-USC.
Texas is coming off the win over Ole Miss and needs to keep the momentum rolling. I’d love a comfortable win, but expecting a stress-free Saturday night from Texas feels like asking a vampire to donate blood.
For everyone else, Ohio State-USC is the prime-time attraction, with heavyweight talent and bragging rights on the line.
Enjoy the Buckeyes and Trojans. I’ll be busy hoping the only thing getting booed is a bad play call.
10:00 PM Slate of College Football Games
Main Game: Texas State vs. Boise State
Backup: Oregon State vs. Fresno State
Welcome to the witching hour, where the college football sickos thrive.
Texas State takes on Boise State under the lights, with the blue turf looking like somebody spilled supernatural slime across the field.
By 10 PM, the trick-or-treaters are heading home and normal people are going to bed. We’re watching late-night college football.
If Texas State-Boise State loses its magic, Oregon State-Fresno State gets the call. Some people chase ghosts on Halloween. We chase football games that most of the country stopped paying attention to three hours ago.
The Final Watch List for College Football's Halloween Slate
1:00 PM: Wisconsin-Iowa | Backup: Notre Dame-Navy
3:30 PM: Florida-Georgia | Backup: Arizona State-BYU
7:30 PM: Texas-Mississippi State | Everyone else: Ohio State-USC
10:00 PM: Texas State-Boise State | Backup: Oregon State-Fresno State
Four windows. Eight games. One remote. And absolutely no guarantee your team won’t ruin your night.
Stock the snacks, hide the good candy from the kids, and prepare for a Saturday full of tricks, treats, and questionable play calls.
Happy Halloween—and Hook ’em… or whatever.
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