THIS WEEK IN SPORTS: AUG 29TH – SEPT 4TH

NFL Preseason is complete and the prologue of college football via Week Zero has concluded. All the games count moving forward and talking season has officially ended. This week we have college football 4 straight days in addition to NFL Roster Cut Day and MLB closing another month.

Don’t forget to subscribe to The Irrational Confidence Podcast (@IRConfidencePod on Twitter) for year round college football podcasts. We release 2 episodes a week during the season, a preview episode and a recap episode. You can subscribe on any podcast platform as well as the Spinnable Sports YouTube page. We just released our preseason Top 25 in installments of 5 schools as well as season previews for Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama, and Notre Dame. In addition to the podcast, you can locate our conference previews of the Sun Belt, Conference USA, Mountain West, MAC, AAC, PAC 12, BIG 12, ACC and coming soon, the SEC.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

• Opening Week of College Football….. games everywhere Thursday thru Sunday.
• WEST VIRGINIA AT #17 PITT. Thursday, Sept 1 7pm EST. ESPN
• PENN STATE AT PURDUE Thursday, Sept 1. 8pm EST. FOX
• WESTERN MICHIGAN AT #15 MICHIGAN STATE. Friday, Sept 2. 7pm EST. ESPN
• TCU AT COLORADO. Friday, Sept 2. 10pm EST. ESPN
• COLORADO STATE AT #8 MICHIGAN. Saturday, Sept 3. NOON EST. ABC
• #13 NC STATE AT EAST CAROLINA. Saturday, Sept 3. NOON. EST. ESPN
• #11 OREGON VS #3 GEORGIA Saturday, Sept 3 3:30pm EST. ABC
• #23 CINCINNATI AT #19 ARKANSAS Sept 3. 3:30pm EST. ESPN
• #7 UTAH AT FLORIDA Sept 3. 7pm EST. ESPN
• #5 NOTRE DAME AT #2 OHIO STATE. Sept 3. 7:30pm EST. ABC
• BOISE STATE AT OREGON STATE Sept 3. 10:30pm EST. ESPN
• FLORIDA STATE AT LSU Sept 4. 7:30pm ABC

NFL:

• HARD KNOCKS: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions. Tuesday, August 30th. 10pm HBO
• Roster Cut Down Day is Tuesday, August 30th. Rosters must be reduced to 53 players.

MLB:

• BALTIMORE ORIOLES AT CLEVELAND GUARDIANS (Tuesday – Thursday)
• LA DODGERS AT NEW YORK METS (Tuesday – Thursday)
• NEW YORK YANKEES AT TAMPA BAY RAYS ( Friday – Sunday)
• SEATTLE MARINERS AT CLEVELAND GUARDIANS (Friday – Sunday)
• MINNESOTA TWINS AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX (Friday – Sunday)
• SAN DIEGO PADRES AT LA DODGERS (Friday – Sunday)

EUROPEAN SOCCER:

• SOUTHAMPTON VS CHELSEA — Tuesday, Aug 30th 2:45pm EST
• LIVERPOOL VS NEWCASTLE — Wednesday, Aug 31st 3pm EST
• ARSENAL VS ASTON VILLA — Wednesday, Aug 31st 2:30pm EST
• EVERTON VS LIVERPOOL — Saturday, Sept 3rd 7:30pm EST
• ASTON VILLA VS MANCHESTER CITY — Saturday, Sept 3rd 12:30pm EST
• MANCHESTER UNITED VS ARSENAL — Sunday, Sept 4th 11:30am EST
• BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS HOFFENHEIM — Friday, Sept 2nd 2:30pm EST
• UNION BERLIN VS BAYERN MUNICH — Saturday, Sept 3rd 9:30am EST
• FRANKFURT VS RB LEIPZIG — Saturday, Sept 3rd 12:30pm EST
• SASSUOLO VS AC MILAB – Tuesday, Aug 31st 12:30pm EST
• ATALANTA VS TORINO — Thursday, Sept 1st 2:45pm EST
• FIORENTINA VS JUVENTUS – Saturday, Sept 3rd 9am EST
• AC MILAN VS INTER MILAN — Saturday, Sept 3rd 11am EST
• SEVILLA VS BARCELONA — Saturday, Sept 3rd 3pm EST
• REAL MADRID VS BETIS — Saturday, Sept 3rd 10:15am EST
• NANTES VS PSG — Saturday, Sept 3rd 3pm EST

MLS:

• ORLANDO CITY VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS —Wednesday, Aug 31st 7:30pm EST
• NYCFC VS DC UNITED — Wednesday, Aug 31st 8pm EST
• AUSTIN VS PORTLAND TIMBERS — Wednesday, Aug 31st 9pm EST
• REAL SALT LAKE VS MINNESOTA UNITED — Wednesday, Aug 31st 9:30pm EST
• MINNESOTA UNITED VS FC DALLAS — Saturday, Sept 3rd 3:30pm EST
• LA GALAXY VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Sunday, Sept 4th 8pm EST
• LAFC VS REAL SALT LAKE — Sunday, Sept 4th 10:30pm EST

HAVE A GREAT SPORTS WEEK!!