2010 College Football TV Schedule: Week 5
Thursday, Sept. 30 Network Time (ET)
Texas A&M at Oklahoma State ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 1 Network Time (ET)
Brigham Young at Utah State ESPN 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 2 Network Time (ET)
Ohio State at Illinois BTN Noon
Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn ESPNU Noon
Miami (Fla.) at Clemson ESPN2 Noon
Vanderbilt at Connecticut ESPN3 Noon
Northwestern at Minnesota ESPN Noon
Kentucky at Mississippi ESPN3 Noon
Kansas at Baylor FSN Noon
Florida State at Virginia GamePlan Noon
Alcorn State at Mississippi State ESPN3 Noon
Temple at Army CBS CS Noon
Ohio at Eastern Michigan ESPN3 Noon
TCU at Colorado State MTN 2 p.m.
Tulane at Rutgers ESPN3 2 p.m.
Idaho at Western Michigan ESPN3 2 p.m.
Navy at Air Force Versus 2:30 p.m.
Texas vs. Oklahoma ABC 3:30 p.m.
Wisconsin at Michigan State ABC 3:30 p.m.
Tennessee at LSU CBS 3:30 p.m.
Michigan at Indiana ESPNU 3:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech at NC State ABC 3:30 p.m.
East Carolina at North Carolina ESPN3 3:30 p.m.
Florida International at Pittsburgh ESPN3 3:30 p.m.
Duke at Maryland ESPN3 6 p.m.
UTEP at New Mexico MTN 6 p.m.
Georgia at Colorado FSN 7 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at South Florida ESPN3 7 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest ESPNU 7 p.m.
Louisville at Arkansas State ESPN3 7 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at North Texas ESPN3 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Alabama CBS 8 p.m.
Boise State at New Mexico State ESPN3 8 p.m.
Stanford at Oregon ABC 8 p.m.
Washington at USC ESPN2 8 p.m.
Notre Dame at Boston College ABC 8 p.m.
Marshall at Southern Miss CBS CS 8 p.m.
Penn State at Iowa ESPN 8:05 p.m.
Nevada at UNLV MTN 10 p.m.
Congrats to the Cincy Reds!!!3. The Reds walk off with the NL Central.
Batting in the ninth inning of a tie game, rightfielder Jay Bruce belted a home run over Great American Ballpark's centerfield fence. When Bruce touched home plate, the Reds didn't just beat the Astros 3-2 on a walk-off home run but secured their first postseason trip since 1995.
Despite the dramatic headline-grabbing playoff-clinching moment, it was the performance of Cincinnati starter Edinson Volquez that ought to have excited fans most. The Reds won the Central primarily by bludgeoning opponents with their offense's NL-leading 768 runs, but that style of play doesn't always succeed in October.
The Reds don't have a true ace, just a hodge-podge of pitchers who'd be Nos. 2-4 starters on any other team. While Bronson Arroyo and Johnny Cueto are having fine seasons and will presumably start the first two games of the NLDS, manager Dusty Baker has question marks after that -- Travis Wood has likely earned a start, but he's a rookie with fewer than 100 career innings, making the recent re-emergence of Volquez confidence-inspiring.
Volquez has returned from Tommy John surgery, a 50-game drug suspension and even a minor-league demotion for ineffectiveness that lasted into September. But Since his return to the majors he's delivered four straight quality starts, including Tuesday's outing of six innings, two runs, eight strikeouts and one walk. Overall in his last four starts he's thrown 27 2/3 innings with 31 strikeouts and a 1.95 ERA.
Power pitching plays in the postseason, and Volquez has the most electric stuff on Cincinnati's staff, with a 9.6 K/9, nearly two strikeouts per nine better than the second-highest rate on the team, Homer Bailey's 7.8.
