Week 8 Rooting Guide and Open Thread

The Frogs have a bye today, and a much needed one at that, but there are still quite a few games Frog fans should keep an eye on, based on Hawkeyed Frog's Rooting Guide Rules:

1) If a team is ranked above TCU, they need to lose

Rule 1 Games:

• Rutgers vs. no. 1 Ohio State
  
• USC vs. No. 3 Utah
  

2) If a team is undefeated or Alabama, they need to lose

Rule 2 Games:

• No. 5 LSU vs. Western Kentucky
• Miami vs. No. 6 Clemson
• No. 7 Michigan State vs. Indiana
• No. 8 Alabama vs. Tennessee

3) If TCU is playing a team later in the season, or has already played them, they need to win

Rule 3 Games:

• No. 14 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas
• No. 17 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech - this one is a toss up game. I'll be leaning toward Oklahoma.
  

4) Baylor should lose every game

Rule 4 Game:

• No. 2 Baylor vs. Iowa State
  

So, plenty of games to keep an eye on today, because they all affect TCU in one way or another.

Here's the full Saturday schedule:

Sat, Oct 24, 2015
12:00 PM ET ABC	(6) Clemson	at	Miami (FL)
12:00 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Auburn	at	Arkansas
12:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	NC State	at	Wake Forest
12:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	(25) Pittsburgh	at	Syracuse
12:00 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo	Kansas State	at	Texas
12:00 PM ET FSNFoxSportsGo	Army	at	Rice
12:00 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	Iowa State	at	(2) Baylor
12:00 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	Northwestern	at	Nebraska
12:00 PM ET ASN	Southern Miss	at	Charlotte
12:00 PM ET ESPNNWatchESPN	(21) Houston	at	UCF
12:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Boston College	at	Louisville
1:00 PM ET CBSS	Tulane	at	Navy
1:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Bowling Green	at	Kent State
2:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Fresno State	at	Air Force
2:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Miami (OH)	at	Western Michigan
3:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	(19) Toledo	at	Massachusetts
3:00 PM ET BYUTV	Wagner	at	BYU
3:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Central Michigan	at	Ball State
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Ohio	at	Buffalo
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Eastern Michigan	at	Northern Illinois
3:30 PM ET ASN	Middle Tennessee	at	Louisiana Tech
3:30 PM ET FSNFoxSportsGo	North Texas	at	Marshall
3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2WatchESPN	Texas Tech	at	(17) Oklahoma
3:30 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Wisconsin	at	Illinois
3:30 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	Penn State	at	Maryland
3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2WatchESPN	Indiana	at	Michigan State
3:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	(23) Duke	at	Virginia Tech
3:30 PM ET CBSSEC Live	Tennessee	at	(8) Alabama
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Virginia	at	North Carolina
4:00 PM ET PAC12Pac-12 Live	Washington State	at	Arizona
4:00 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Missouri	at	Vanderbilt
4:00 PM ET ESPNNWatchESPN	SMU	at	South Florida
4:00 PM ET MWC	Hawaii	at	Nevada
4:30 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo	Kansas	at	(14) Oklahoma State
4:30 PM ET CBSS	Connecticut	at	Cincinnati
5:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Louisiana-Monroe	at	Idaho
6:00 PM ET	Old Dominion	at	FIU
7:00 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	(9) Florida State	at	Georgia Tech
7:00 PM ET ASN	Florida Atlantic	at	UTEP
7:00 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	(15) Texas A&M	at	(24) Mississippi
7:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Western Kentucky	at	(5) LSU
7:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	South Alabama	at	Texas State
7:00 PM ET RSNW	New Mexico	at	San Jose State
7:30 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Kentucky	at	Mississippi State
7:30 PM ET FOXFoxSportsGo	(3) Utah	at	USC
8:00 PM ET ABC	(1) Ohio State	at	Rutgers
8:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Troy	at	New Mexico State
10:15 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	Wyoming	at	Boise State
10:30 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo	Colorado	at	Oregon State
10:30 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	Washington	at	(10) Stanford
10:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	San Diego State	at	San Jose State