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As always, check out 506sports to find out which games are showing your area.  Weak slate of games this week: *All games on Sunday unless otherwise noted.  Charlotte viewing area has NO early CBS game due to Panthers game broadcast* 1. Seattle at Tennessee (FOX Late) 2. Atlanta at Detroit (FOX Early) 3. Tampa Bay at Minnesota (FOX Early) 4. Dallas at Arizona (Monday Night, ESPN) 5. Houston at New England (CBS Early) 6. NY Giants at Philadelphia (FOX Early) 7. Kansas City at LA Chargers (CBS Late) 8. Baltimore vs Jacksonville (Sunday Morning, London) 9. Oakland at Washington (Sunday Night, NBC) 10. New Orleans at Carolina (FOX Early, Charlotte and Raleigh) 11. Cincinnati at Green Bay (CBS Late, Charlotte and Raleigh) 12. Denver at Buffalo (CBS Early) 13. Pittsburgh at Chicago (CBS Early, Raleigh) 14. Cleveland at Indianapolis (CBS Early) 15. LA Rams at San Francisco (Thursday Night, NFLN) 16. Miami at NY Jets (CBS Early)

We're starting to get into the meat of the conference season as 9 out of the top 10 games this week are between conference teams.  Nothing truly spectacular but we do have two match ups between ranked teams topping the list of games to see: *All games on Saturday unless otherwise noted 1. (17) Mississippi State at (11) Georgia (ESPN, 7:00 PM) 2. (16) TCU at (6) Oklahoma State (ESPN, 3:30 PM) 3. Notre Dame at Michigan State (FOX, 8:00 PM) 4. (1) Alabama at Vanderbilt (CBS, 3:30 PM) 5. (7) Washington at Colorado (FS1, 10:00 PM) 6. (4) Penn State at Iowa (ABC, 7:30 PM) 7. Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (ESPN, Noon) 8. UCLA at Stanford (ESPN, 10:30 PM) 9. NC State at (12) Florida State (ABC, Noon) 10. (20) Florida at Kentucky (SECN, 7:30 PM) In Order by Airtime Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (ESPN, Noon) NC State at (12) Florida State (ABC, Noon) (16) TCU at (6) Oklahoma State (ESPN, 3:30 PM) (1) Alabama at Vanderbilt (CBS, 3:30 PM) (17) Mississippi State at (1...

As always, check 506sports to see what games are playing locally in your area.  They typically update on Wednesday afternoon. Week 2 Game Rankings (All games on Sunday, unless otherwise noted) * = "Marquee" Match Up 1. Green Bay at Atlanta* (NBC, 8:30) 2. Minnesota at Pittsburgh* (FOX Early) 3. Dallas at Denver (FOX Late) 4. Philadelphia at Kansas City (FOX Early) 5. New England at New Orleans (CBS Early) 6. Detroit at N.Y. Giants (Monday, ESPN, 8:30) 7. Tennessee at Jacksonville (CBS Early) 8. Miami at L.A. Chargers (CBS Late) 9. Buffalo at Carolina (CBS Early) 10. Houston at Cincinnati (Thursday, NFLN, 8:25) 11. Arizona at Indianapolis (FOX Early) 12. Washington at L.A. Rams (FOX Late) 13. Chicago at Tampa Bay (FOX Early) 14. San Francisco at Seattle (FOX Late) 15. Cleveland at Baltimore (CBS Early) 16. N.Y. Jets at Oakland (CBS Late)

This week's slate isn't near as stacked as last week's but it should still offer up some intriguing intra-conference match ups as well as a few key conference games. 1. (3) Clemson at (14) Louisville (8:00 PM, ABC) 2. (12) LSU at Mississippi State (7:00 PM, ESPN) 3. (25) UCLA at Memphis (Noon, ABC) 4. (18) Kansas State at Vanderbilt (7:30 PM, ESPNU) 5. (23) Tennessee at (24) Florida (3:30 PM, CBS) 6. (9) Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh (Noon, ESPN) 7. Texas at (4) USC (8:30 PM, FOX) 8. Georgia Tech at UCF (7:30 PM, ESPNW) 9. (19) Stanford at San Diego State (10:30 PM, CBSSN) 10. (10) Wisconsin at BYU (3:30 PM, ABC) In Order by Airtime (25) UCLA at Memphis (Noon, ABC) (9) Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh (Noon, ESPN) (23) Tennessee at (24) Florida (3:30 PM, CBS) (10) Wisconsin at BYU (3:30 PM, ABC) (12) LSU at Mississippi State (7:00 PM, ESPN) (18) Kansas State at Vanderbilt (7:30 PM, ESPNU) Georgia Tech at UCF (7:30 PM, ESPNW) (3) Clemson at (14) Lo...

What a slate of action in prime time this Saturday!  We even have a rare sighting of an ESPNEWS broadcast!  Have your remotes ready! Your top 10 games (with airtime and channel) for Week 2 of College Football: All games on Saturday unless otherwise noted: 1. (5) Oklahoma at (2) Ohio State (7:30, ABC) 2. (13) Auburn at (3) Clemson (7:00, ESPN) 3. (14) Stanford at (6) USC (8:30, FOX) 4. (15) Georgia at (24) Notre Dame (7:30, NBC) 5. (23) TCU at Arkansas (3:30, CBS) 6. Utah at BYU (10:15, ESPN2) 7. Northwestern at Duke (Noon, ESPNU) 8. Boise State at (20) Washington State (10:30, ESPN) 9. Memphis at UCF (8:00, ESPNEWS) 10. Iowa at Iowa State (Noon, ESPN2) Chronological Listing Northwestern at Duke (Noon, ESPNU) Iowa at Iowa State (Noon, ESPN2)   (23) TCU at Arkansas (3:30, CBS) (13) Auburn at (3) Clemson (7:00, ESPN) (5) Oklahoma at (2) Ohio State (7:30, ABC) (15) Georgia at (24) Notre Dame (7:30, NBC) Memphis at UCF (8:00, ESPNEWS) (14) ...

So, for the NFL I've decided to just rank all the games and mark those that I deem to be key or worth going out of your way to watch; i.e. "switch away from Red Zone for a couple of hours during this game." Also, this website is your friend.  506 Sports posts the weekly national coverage maps for your local viewing area.  They update every Wednesday so it's worth a visit on your lunch break tomorrow to see if you get stuck having to watch the Jets and Bills. Week 1 * = "Must Watch" All games on Sunday unless otherwise noted. 1. Seattle at Green Bay* (4:25) -Looks like we are going to get stuck with Panthers/Niners this week... 2. N.Y. Giants at Dallas* (8:25, NBC) -As long as the Cowboys are good, I don't mind their games being shoved down our throats.  Ditto the Giants. 3. Kansas City at New England* (Thursday, 8:30, NBC) -Give the Thursday games time.  They'll be back to Jags/Browns showdowns before you know it! 4. Oakland at Tenne...

I'll be making this a companion piece to the monthly (or bi-weekly) MMA feature.  Some good fights coming up, including the real  match of the year. HBO Boxing After Dark (September 9, 10:15) 1. Super Flyweight (115) :  (4) Carlos Cuadras, Mexico vs. (6) Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexico 2. ***Marquee Matchup***Super Flyweight (115) :  (1) Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Thailand vs. (2) Roman Gonzalez, Nicaragua -For Srisaket's WBC World Super Flyweight Title HBO Pay-Per-View (September 16, 8:00) ***"Marquee Matchup***Middleweight (160) : (1) Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, Mexico vs. (2) Gennady Golovkin, Kazakhstan (c) -For Golovkin's IBF World Middleweight Title, International Boxing Organization World Middleweight Title, WBA World Super Middleweight World Title, and WBC World Middleweight Title I use BoxRec for my rankings; it's not perfect but they are relatively unbiased.  Even though Golovkin holds all of the titles listed above, he's still ranked numb...

Key upcoming match ups in the world of MMA: September 9, 2017:  UFC 215 - PPV 1. Flyweight (125) :  (1) Demetrious Johnson (c) vs. (6) Ray Borg -For the UFC Flyweight Championship 2. Women's Bantamweight (135) :  (1) Amanda Nunes (c) vs. (2) Valentina Shevchenko -For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship 3. Women's Bantamweight (135) :  (7) Sara McMann vs. (10) Ketlen Vieira 4. Flyweight (125) :  (3) Henry Cejudo vs. (5) Wilson Reise September 16, 2017:  UFC Fight Night 116 - Fox Sports 1 Middlweight (185) :  (3) Luke Rockhold vs. (8) David Branch September 23, 2017:  UFC Fight Night 117 - FXX Women's Strawweight (115) :  (2) Claudia Gadelha vs. (5) Jessica Andrade October 7, 2017:  UFC 216 - PPV Lightweight (155) :  (2) Tony Ferguson vs. (6) Kevin Lee October 28, 2017:  UFC Fight Night 119 Heavyweight (205+) :  (8) Glover Teixeira vs. (9) Misha Cirkunov November 4, 2017:  UFC 217 - PPV 1. M...

This blog grew out of a desire to capture those televised sporting events worth watching in this, and every successive, week.  It's not going to be pretty.  All of those bells and whistles and pretty graphics you see on other websites?  Well, they won't be included here.  This website also won't be a literary masterpiece.  It's going to exist with one goal in mind:  to tell you what sports to watch on TV each and every week. So... what is going to be included?  Well, a quick rundown of the planned content: College Football :  This will typically be updated on Tuesday mornings (before 8).  I won't include every game being televised; instead, I'll list my "top ten" games of the week, along with their respective channels and times. NFL :  NFL will be a bit different.  Everyone knows what games are on and it's likely that they will watch whatever is on, regardless of the teams playing.  Everyone else either goes into a Redzon...