College football is back, though Philly sports fans will have to wait a week to see their favorite schools in action.
While Saturday is officially the opening of the college football season, it’s referred to as Week 0, since the majority of NCAA Division I teams start their season on the first Saturday before Labor Day. The first Week 0 game took place 39 years ago, when Nebraska crushed Penn State at Giants Stadium in New JerseyEleven games are scheduled for Saturday, up from five last season, though none of the teams on the Associated Press’s Top 25 College Football Poll will be in action.
The best game looks to be Nebraska versus Northwestern, a Big Ten matchup being played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland between two teams looking to turn things around after disappointing 2021 seasons. It’s the first regular-season international game in five years, and part of a five-game deal dubbed the Aer Lingus College Football Classic that was set to begin in 2020, but was delayed due to COVID-19.Austin Peay at Western Kentucky:3:30 p.m.
The game will air on Fox instead of ESPN thanks to Joe Buck’s decision to leave the network and join his longtime football partner, Troy Aikman, in the booth on. Fox agreed to let Buck leave despite having a year remaining on his contract, which happened to be Penn State versus Purdue. Penn State is 15-3-1 all time against Purdue, dating back to 1951. The last time the two faced off was 2019 at Beaver Stadium, withFirst game for other Philly-area college football programs
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