College Football Week 8 TV schedule: How to binge-watch

Week 8 may not have as much heat as Week 7 did, but a nice spread of good games should make for a pleasant binge-watch experience.

We’ve hit the midpoint of the season! We still have quite a bit of games left to be played, including a secretly solid Saturday this weekend, but because we’ve seen a good chunk of the season, I think now is a good time to reflect a bit, specifically on last week’s results, for just a moment. As you may remember, in last week’s binge-watch guide, I said that the week has the potential to be very, very good.

Well, it certainly didn’t disappoint. We saw upsets galore, from LSU-Georgia to Michigan State-Penn State, and quite a few awesome games between UCF-Memphis, Oregon-Washington, Baylor-Texas and Notre Dame-Pitt, among others. Oh, and all of those games happened in the afternoon slate, because the NCAA is stupid. There was what felt like a 15 minute period where five different close games were ending at once, and while it was nearly impossible to follow, it was the kind of football euphoria that we love about this sport.

It was a full day of pretty good games, with a three-hour stretch of awesome games. That’s a tough act to follow, and it may be, looking back at the end of the season, the best week of the whole year. Week 8 does have to follow though, and while it isn’t a pretty on paper, I do think it’s got some depth, and lends itself well to binge-watching.

Before we do that though, let’s rank my picks last week, and see how many of my game suggestions were entertaining to watch. After an awesome 7/8 in Week 6, I took a slight step back, hitting on nine of my 11 picks in Week 7, good enough for nearly 82 percent.

Had it not been for BYU-Hawaii and Michigan-Wisconsin, it would’ve been my first perfect week of the season, but I’m still happy with that hit rate. On top of being my second straight great week, Week 7 also moves my yearly average up to 69 percent. Let’s hope for even more from Week 8!