re: Guesses on Cuse start time?

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Obviously won't be the CBS game

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Decision would normally have to be made by Monday (12 days in advance), after this weekend's games, although a limited number of times each season, CBS can postpone their decision until the following Sunday (6 days in advance).

The games that weekend are:

Alabama at Vanderbilt
Syracuse at LSU
Auburn at Missouri
Mississippi State at Georgia
Florida at Kentucky
UMass at Tennessee
Arkansas vs. Texas A&M
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

It's unlikely, but it could be the CBS game if:

1. Arkansas loses to TCU
2. Missouri loses to South Carolina
3. Auburn loses to Clemson
4. Georgia loses to Notre Dame
5. Syracuse beats Middle Tennessee

Of course, there are some other results in other games that would make it more likely, but all of those would be unlikely upsets, the only one even close to realistic being Mississippi State losing to Louisiana Tech. The ones above are all realistic. Even if all of the above occur, it would still not surprise me if CBS chose Alabama-Vandy, Arkansas-Texas A&M or Florida-Kentucky over LSU-Syracuse. Of course, when they choose a game, unless they exercise their 6-day option, they are risking that one of the teams will lose on the intervening weekend (Sept. 16th). The games that present uncertainty there are:

1. LSU at Mississippi State
2. Tennessee at Florida
3. Kentucky at South Carolina
4. Kansas State at Vanderbilt
5. Purdue at Missouri

My guess is that Arkansas will beat TCU, CBS will not exercise their 6-day option, and Arkansas-Texas A&M will be the CBS game of the week on Sept. 23rd. UMass-Tennessee will be the early game and all the rest will be sprinkled among the ESPN/SEC networks in the 4:00 or later range, with LSU probably on ESPN2, SECN or maybe ESPNU at 7:00 ET or later.