On the tube: Sept. 6 edition

The weekend warmup includes South Carolina at Vandy on Thursday (yawn), and Navy at Ball State on Friday (yawn). Watch that Navy game if you're a fan of the triple option. (Yawn.)

Saturday morning at the Kim house: Ted's bound to be putting that ESPN Gameplan to use, as Georgia Tech heads to Boston College. Again with the option.

Possible dark horse? My day really won't get started until the early-afternoon BYU-Washington game. You've heard it before, but Brigham Young is going to be a team to watch. Some stumbles against I-AA Northern Iowa last week, but the boys from Utah will get it together. If the Mountain West has a chance to break into the BCS, it'll be with BYU.

Listen closely: East Carolina seems to be doing its best to improve the Conference USA strength of schedule -- a win this past weekend over Virginia Tech helps, and then there's Saturday's matchup against West Virginia. Quirky note on this game: It's at East Carolina, so keep your ears open for the stadium background noise. The pirate cannon will be firing, and to rev up the crowd, the announcer dude lets out a big "Arrrrrrrrgggg!" every now and then. The ESPN crew is going to be in stitches.

Because you'd be dumb to miss it: Miami-Florida. Duh.

No need for that Ambien: Texas at UTEP at 9:15 instead. Yet another early-season dud.

Other games on deck:
--Mizzou hosts Southeast Missouri State. Way to challenge Kansas for the cushiest schedule in the Big 12, guys.
--Rice at Memphis. The Owls play an actual, real football team this week.