Air Force (7-3) at Notre Dame (1-8), 2:30pm ET Saturday, NBC
You won’t enjoy watching this game, but you will enjoy the thought of NBC executives watching this game and picturing money literally flying out of their wallets. If that doesn’t get you excited, you can watch in search of the exact moment when Charlie Weis succumbs to the fact that this season is over.
Fun fact: I will be attending this game, marking just the 29,890,072nd time that a Catholic has walked through the gates of Notre Dame Stadium.
Cincinnati (7-2) at #13 Connecticut (8-1), 3:30pm ET Saturday, ESPNU
Connecticut makes a bid to become even more overrated than they already were. Every week in this feature, we make a plea for someone - anyone - to beat the Huskies. If it’s not Cincinnati, at least we can take heart in knowing next week will be the end of their streak of good luck.
Fun fact: The Connecticut football team is presently the second most overrated thing in the world. With a win this week, they would surpass the new Britney Spears album.
Indianapolis (7-1) at San Diego (5-3), 8:15pm ET Sunday, NBC
The Colts will suddenly realize on Friday night that they must prepare for a game this weekend. At this point, they have completely forgotten, since the media has neglected to jam that fact down their throats this week.
Fun fact: The Patriots have a bye week this week. Stating this fact continues to prove the theorem that it is technically impossible to mention the Colts without mentioning the Patriots in the same breath.
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