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Week 0 is officially here. Today kicks off the start of the 2022 college football season with Austin Peay playing at Western Michigan and the Big Ten starting play between Power Five teams with a Nebraska-Northwestern matchup in Dublin, Ireland today. Illinois also hosts Wyoming later this afternoon.
Among other noteworthy updates to today’s action, Florida A&M is still set to play at North Carolina tonight at time of drafting this open thread. That is despite the Rattlers being without 20 ineligible players as a result of transfer and academic issues, including just seven offensive linemen available (some lineman are out with injuries). Florida A&M is making $450,000 for the program’s willingness to lose to the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, according to ESPN.
One other noteworthy statistic on today’s action is that the Nebraska Cornhuskers did not travel the farthest for a football game today. Despite flying from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield to Dublin, the longest travel distance award goes to the Vanderbilt Commodores who flew to Honolulu to take on the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
Although Nebraska plays in another country this weekend, Vanderbilt actually wins the award for farthest distance traveled for its Week 0 opener. 4,084mi to 4,331mi (According to Google, I'm not tracking flights. This is not a Tennessee coaching search).
— Emily Proud (@emily_proud) August 22, 2022
Please use the game thread for this week’s action to get familiar with the new Coral commenting system ahead of Friday’s season opener between Western Michigan and Michigan State. Remember, you can change the default “Newest” comment view to “Oldest” using the “Sort by” option — this will allow for a more traditional game thread view.
The schedule for today’s games can be found in full below:
2022 Week 0 Schedule
| Visitor | Home | Stadium | Time | Network | Broadcast Booth Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Home | Stadium | Time | Network | Broadcast Booth Team |
| Austin Peay | Western Kentucky | Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY | 12:00 PM | CBSSN | Chick Hernandez, Randy Cross |
| Nebraska | Northwestern | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | 12:30 PM | FOX | Jason Benetti, Brock Huard |
| Idaho State | UNLV | Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV | 3:30 PM | CBSSN | Chris Lewis, Donte Whitner |
| Connecticut @ Utah State | Utah State | Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT | 4:00 PM | FS1 | Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis |
| Wyoming | Illinois | Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL | 4:00 PM | BTN | Brandon Gaudin, Joshua Perry |
| Duquesne | Florida State | Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL | 5:00 PM | ACCN | Drew Carter, Roddy Jones |
| Charlotte | Florida Atlantic | FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL | 7:00 PM | CBSSN | Chris Hassel, Robert Turbin |
| Florida A&M | North Carolina | Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC | 8:00 PM | ACCN | Matt Barrie, Tim Hasselbeck |
| North Texas | UTEP | Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX | 9:00 PM | Stadium | Ari Wolfe, Bob Davie |
| Nevada | New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM | 10:00 PM | ESPN2 | Roy Philpott, Andre Ware |
| Vanderbilt | Hawaii | Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, Honolulu, HI | 10:30 PM | CBSSN | Rich Waltz, Aaron Taylor |
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