Seth's Saturday Watchlist: 10/26/24
There's so much sports and so little time, especially on Saturdays.
Saturdays are sacred. It's the one day of the week, especially in the fall and winter, when I am fully at peace. No work. No stress. Just sports.
During the college football season, I try to jam-pack as many games into my viewing schedule as possible. That task is already difficult to manage, but once October rolls around, it becomes almost impossible. The MLB, NHL, NBA, and college football compete for my attention simultaneously. How in the world do I manage all that?
For the last several years, I've created a solution. Every Friday evening–say around 11:30 PM–I sculpt a schedule for the following day in my head. The mental gymnastics usually go like this:
What am I watching in the early window? What is on the primary screen, and what is on the rest? Wait, how many screens do I need? Crap, I don't think I have enough screens. Will my WiFi even be able to handle all that streaming? Wow, this is unorganized.
You're right, me from the past. It is unorganized. It's way too unorganized for the fine people that read this SubStack. That's why I've created this post. Today is going to be a glorious day of sports, and it's important to know what to watch and when to watch it. Without further ado, here's what I'm watching today.
Note: All rankings are from the D Poll for Week 9 and all times are CST.
Early Window
Primary Screen: #13 Notre Dame @ #21 Navy (11 AM - ABC/ESPN+)
Secondary Screen: Washington @ #7 Indiana (11 AM - Big Ten Network)
Tertiary Screen: Arkansas @ Mississippi State (11:45 AM - SEC Network)
Keeping an eye on it:
Nebraska @ #4 Ohio State (11 AM - FOX)
Tulane @ North Texas (11 AM - ESPN2)
Afternoon Window
Primary Screen: Texas Tech @ TCU (2:30 PM - FOX)
Secondary Screen: #8 BYU @ UCF (2:30 PM - ESPN)
Tertiary Screen: #6 Texas @ #25 Vanderbilt (3:15 PM - SEC Network)
Keeping an eye on it:
Missouri @ #20 Alabama (2:30 PM - ABC/ESPN+)
#18 Illinois @ #1 Oregon (2:30 PM - CBS)
Evening Window
Primary Screen: New York Yankees @ Los Angeles Dodgers (7:08 PM - FOX)
Secondary Screen: #11 LSU @ #14 Texas A&M (6:30 PM - ABC/ESPN+)
Tertiary Screen: Chicago Blackhawks @ Dallas Stars (7 PM - Victory+/ESPN+)
Keeping an eye on it:
Kansas @ #15 Kansas State (7 PM - ESPN2)
#2 Penn State @ Wisconsin (6:30 PM - NBC/Peacock)
#17 SMU @ Duke (7 PM - ACC Network)
Late Window
Primary Screen: Cincinnati @ Colorado (9:15 PM - ESPN)
Secondary Screen: Washington State @ San Diego State (9:30 CBS Sports Network)
Tertiary Screen: Nevada @ Hawai'i (10:59 PM - Fubo)
Keeping an eye on it:
Sacramento Kings @ Los Angeles Lakers (9:30 PM - NBA TV)
This week's watchlist is more diverse. It's still mostly college football, but there's also some NHL, NBA, and of course, the World Series sprinkled in there. It should be a good day.
A quick shoutout to Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers for last night's epic Game 1 of the World Series. That moment was amazing and I can't imagine how Dodgers fans feel waking up this morning after witnessing that. A grand slam to walk off a World Series game? I'm speechless. I don't know how the rest of that series can live up to what last night was. It was just utterly amazing. Maybe I’ll write about it more in-depth one day.
I want to end this by somewhat apologizing for last week. I said that last Saturday had the "potential to be a sports Saturday that we all remember for a long time." Well, that was flat-out wrong. I led you astray, and for that, I am sorry. Hopefully, today is better, and if everything plays out like it will on paper, it definitely will be. Here's to an amazing Saturday of sports watching!