NCAA Week 1 – Schedule and Links

Links will be added as they become available.

Friday, January 5 Scores Stream
5:30 ET/2:30 PT – [4] Alabama @ [7] Michigan LINK ESPNU
6:00 ET/3:00 PT – Bowling Green @ Michigan State LINK BTN+
FLO
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – [2] Florida @ West Virginia LINK FREE
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – [21] George Washington, Ball State, SEMO @ [10] Kentucky LINK SECN+
8:30 ET/5:30 PT – [19] Arkansas @ [3] LSU LINK SECN
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – BYU @ [5] Utah LINK P12N
Saturday, January 6 Scores Stream
2:00 ET/11:00 PT – Illinois State @ Central Michigan LINK CSN($)
4:00 ET/1:00 PT – [25] Eastern Michigan @ Penn State LINK FREE
4:00 ET/1:00 PT – UW-Eau Claire @ Gustavus Adolphus LINK
6:00 ET/3:00 PT – [14] Auburn, [20] Iowa, Iowa State @ Arizona State LINK P12+
6:00 ET/3:00 PT – [8] Denver @ Arizona LINK LINK
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Hamline @ UW-Oshkosh FREE
7:30 ET/4:30 PT – Maryland, New Hampshire, Temple @ Towson
7:30 ET/4:30 PT – Minnesota Intrasquad LINK BTN+
FLO
8:00 ET/5:00 PT – UW-La Crosse @ Air Force FREE
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – [22] Ohio State @ [6] UCLA LINK P12N
Sunday, January 7 Scores Stream
2:00 ET/11:00 PT – NC State, Illinois-Chicago @ Northern Illinois LINK  NIU($)
Monday, January 8 Scores Stream
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – [11] Cal, UC Davis, Sacramento State, San Jose State @ [18] Stanford P12+

*Meets marked ESPNU, SECN, or P12N will be broadcast live on TV and may also be streamed online for those who have cable-subscriber log-ins or subscriptions to participating Sling, Roku whatnots.

*Meets marked SECN+ may be streamed on the WatchESPN app for those who have cable-subscriber log-ins or subscriptions to participating Sling, Roku whatnots.

*Meets marked P12+ may be streamed through the Pac-12 Network website or app and do not require a corresponding subscription.

*Meets marked BTN+/FLO may be streamed either through a paid subscription to BTN+ ($10/month) or a paid subscription to FloGymnastics ($30/month).

*Meets marked FREE are streamed through school-specific services and require no log-in or subscription fee.


Marquee meet

#4 Alabama @ #7 Michigan

An excellent selection to kick off the season, the Alabama/Michigan meet should be a legitimate competition between peers—not like all these other routs. Let’s be honest. Most expect Alabama to end up as the better team this season, but based on each side’s respective preseason preview (Michigan on December 3rd, Alabama on December 8th), Michigan looked the better of the two. Alabama has had a month since then to make up the gap, but work had to be done in that intervening month. Continue reading NCAA Week 1 – Schedule and Links

When NCAA Coaches Were Gymnasts

In just two days, the 2018 season will finally begin, but for now, let’s talk about what’s most important: the 80s. A time when all your dearest NCAA coaches were gymnasts.

See, you thought you left those makeup choices back in the first Bush administration. But you didn’t. The magic of the internet.

Some coaches got lucky because archaeologists have not yet discovered any extant video of them in situ, but that doesn’t mean we stop trying.

Jenny (Ester) Rowland – Head Coach, University of Florida

“Still very young but has quite a lot of charm.”

 

Dana (Dobransky) Duckworth – Head coach, University of Alabama

RIBBBBBBONNNNNNSSSSSSSS.

 

Megan (McCunniff) Marsden – Head coach, University of Utah

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