WATCH GRID: An ... actual big Saturday?

Kind of?

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Behold the WATCH GRID for Week Whatever. Each week, the WATCH GRID guesses general watchability for each game on the college football schedule. This is never strictly a metric of team competence, and the reason I am overlooking your alma mater is because your traditions are simply too inspiring.

This is … an actual good schedule? Like, if you filled it in with some random games, a few quality Big Ten punts, and a midnighter, it’d look like something from a normal season? What is happening?

In the early window, several matters of potential consequence might not top what promises to be an especially messy edition of the always-messy Red River Robust Royal Rumble Ruckus. In the middle, there really might not be anything to distract from Tennessee’s first big game in 1,000 years. And if Clemson pulls away from Miami, there’s always Loki Kiffin somehow infuriating Thor Saban while losing by like 33 points at the time.

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And as always, this offer still stands:

Jason Kirk, This American Life's cornhole expert @thejasonkirk

I'd like to offer my services to any and all sports pregame shows: I will join your panel and disagree with all unanimous verdicts, in order to prevent your show from later being memed when an upset happens

mooncrew.substack.comHow to not get memed: Stop making unanimous picksYour sports preview show needs a Designated Contrarian.