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Games for Friday, January 1, 2021. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: Georgia vs. Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl (ESPN) The Bulldogs might decide to care about this one since J.T. Daniels has had such limited time this season. Will Luke Fickell treat this like a broadcast interview for a bigger job opening?

Noon: Auburn vs. Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl (ABC) Interim coach Kevin Steele will surely be fired up to win one for the fans who waged campaigns to keep him from being hired to the permanent job.

3 pm: Alabama vs. Notre Dame in the relocated Rose Bowl (ESPN) Suggest you paint a wall of your house on Friday morning so that you can spend a couple hours watching it dry. With no clickover games, it’s your best bet to have something more entertaining to watch than this blowout.

7 pm: Clemson vs. Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl (ESPN) Should be competitive we hope.

Saturday, January 2: A trio of decent matchups with Ole Miss vs. Indiana (11:30 am, ABC), Iowa State vs. Oregon (3 pm, ESPN) and Texas A&M vs. North Carolina (7 pm, ESPN).

Web site redesigns originate for unique reasons, but fundamentally they fall into two distinct categories: the right and the wrong.

Working early in my career for the joint venture of CNN and Sports Illustrated, cnnsi.com, I was on a team that led several redesigns. Why several? The executive leadership changed frequently, to the point that we could set our watches to the timing of a new redesign starting upon arrival of the next President or Managing Editor. A classic example of redesigning for the wrong reasons -- because some executive needed to put their stamp on the site like a dog marking its front yard.

Rational redesigns originate for the right reasons and manage to avoid some common mistakes along the way. Ultimately a rational redesign delivers true value to an organization, instead of simply consuming time and money for window dressing.

Most of the right reasons for redesigning a site carry an objective goal, such as:

• Increasing conversion rate for registrations or product purchases
• Improving user experience
• Putting the focus on core content and removing non-performing clutter
• A shift in overall company strategy toward a new product or service
• Migration from an inflexible legacy CMS to a modern framework like Drupal

Subjective reasons, such as an executive thinking the current site is "ugly" can certainly be addressed with a redesign. But to be successful, the beauty is best tied to a rational and measurable purpose.

I still remember a late '90s redesign project as a good example of one that originated for solid reasons, even though the design holds up to today's standards about as well as the pager I sported at the time. As the first Webmaster for Major League Soccer, I was tasked with converting a brochure-ware site into a destination for current league news and information. The league's initial site, built and maintained by a graphic design firm, was par for the course in the olden days of the Web. It had plenty of pointless graphics and Flash for the sake of Flash. All of the broken images and plugins in an archive.org snapshot serve as evidence.

Content was an afterthought, buried behind the graphics and often posted several days late. The redesign focused on bringing the content, the teams and the players to the forefront, and getting the news out to fans at a time when media coverage of the young league was scarce. Simple adjustments brought the right focus to the homepage. The scoreboard was updated after every goal, the standings after every game. The HTML structure was refactored (yes, it was hand-edited HTML back then) to ensure that league news and game stories could be published quickly -- stories that the league would then feed to the Associated Press and USA Today to appear, often verbatim, in the next day's newspapers around the country.

Though the new design certainly never deserved any awards (nor would those of any of the other professional sports leagues at the time), the project served its purpose. While the league's in-stadium attendance was dropping year-over-year, the new site's traffic grew. The focus on content turned the site into a destination for fans who couldn't find much coverage elsewhere.

While the available tools have come a long way since the days of Netscape 3.0, the fundamentals of successful site building remain. Finding the right strategy first, before deciding how to wrap it with modern design and technology, turns the project into a rational one.

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Games for Saturday, December 19, 2020. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: The day starts with a trio of games with hopes that one in the bunch won’t be a blowout: Iowa State vs. Oklahoma (ABC), Northwestern vs. Ohio State (Fox) and Texas A&M at Tennessee (ESPN).

2:30 pm: Ole Miss at LSU (SECN) Next stops for the Lane Train: suggest that the only way he leaves Oxford is in a pine box. Get hired at Auburn. Eventually become U.S. Senator?

3 pm: Clemson vs. Notre Dame (ABC) so that the Fighting Irish can suffer their typical postseason blowout even before the playoffs start.

7 pm: Alabama vs. Florida (CBS) Dan Mullen used the phrase “after we win” this week. Cobra Kai Saban heard it and promptly instructed his players to sweep the leg. No mercy at The Benz tonight.

Sark After Dark: Arizona State at Oregon State (ESPN) Disappointing weather forecast of 50+ degrees in Corvallis tonight. A rare December Sark matchup demands for 20s and snow!

The world’s foremost authority on college football viewership, helping tens of people to clickover from Bama blowouts to more quality games since 2018!

Games for Saturday, December 12, 2020. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: Georgia at Missouri (SECN) The Tigers are ranked and even in down years they tend to give the Dawgs fits. Utah at Colorado (Fox) with a strange morning kickoff.

2 pm: Navy at Army (CBS) seems like it will be more fun on campus instead of a boring NFL stadium.

2:30 pm: North Carolina at Miami (ABC) and Wisconsin at Iowa (FS1) seem the best options in a pretty sparse afternoon window.

6 pm: LSU at Florida (ESPN) should get ugly quick. Alternatives include USC at UCLA (ABC), Virginia at Virginia Tech (ACCN) and Auburn at MooU (SECN).

Sark After Dark: Oregon State provides shelter for nomadic Stanford (ESPNU). Also: San Diego State at BYU (ESPN2) and Fresno State at New Mexico (FS1).

The world’s foremost authority on college football viewership, helping tens of people to clickover from Bama blowouts to more quality games since 2018!

Games for Saturday, December 5, 2020. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: Texas A&M at Auburn (ESPN) The Aggies and a hollow No. 5 ranking might be just what the Gus Bus needs to stay out of the ditch after an Iron Bowl beatdown. Clickovers to check the temperatures of some coaching seats: Nebraska at Purdue (BTN), Penn State at Rutgers (FS1) and Texas at K-State (Fox).

2:30 pm: West Virginia at Iowa State to check in on the Cyclones’ Big 12 title quest and Indiana at Wisconsin (ABC) so we can see just how good this Hoosiers coaching staff is without their QB. Clickovers to Florida at Tennessee (CBS) and Iowa at Illinois.

4:30 pm: BYU at Coastal Carolina (ESPNU) a round of applause to these schools for putting together a randomly good matchup on short notice.

7 pm: Alabama at LSU (CBS) … yikes. Plenty of clickover options when it gets ugly: Colorado at Arizona (FS1), Oregon at Cal (ESPN), Clemson at Virginia Tech (ABC) and Baylor at Oklahoma (Fox).

Sark After Dark: Oregon State at Utah (ESPN), UCLA at Arizona State (FS1) and Wyoming at New Mexico (CBSSN) to drown our Bama sorrows.

The world’s foremost authority on college football viewership, helping tens of people to clickover from Bama blowouts to more quality games since 2018!

Games for Saturday, November 28, 2020. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: Penn State at Michigan (ABC) if you like to watch things burn. Kentucky at Florida (ESPN), Maryland at Indiana (ESPN2) or Texas Tech at Oklahoma State (Fox) in case one of the underdogs makes things competitive.

2:30 pm: Auburn at Alabama (CBS) just for fun somebody cause a cable outage in Saban’s neighborhood to see if we can hear the meltdown from across town on the broadcast. Pitt at Clemson (ABC) to see if this is the one time per year Pitt decides to wreck stuff.

3 pm: Mississippi State at Ole Miss (SECN) Leach vs. Kiffin I. Not sure we’ll get past a II or III so enjoy it while we have it.

6 pm: LSU at Texas A&M (ESPN) Jimbo Fisher spent the week drawing up 50-yard pass patterns given they are 235% successful against Bo Pelini’s defense.

Sark After Dark (almost): A pair of 7 pm games with TCU at Kansas (FS1) to remind LSU fans that it could be worse and Arizona at UCLA (Fox) to remind A&M fans the same.

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Games for Saturday, November 21, 2020. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: Indiana at Ohio State (FOX) for those not watching LSU-Arkansas (SECN). Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina (ESPN2) and Georgia Southern at Army (CBSSN) offer deep cuts clickovers.

2:30 pm: Wisconsin at Northwestern (ABC) because Cal at Oregon State (FS1) and UCLA at Oregon (ESPN2) belong in the After Dark slot. Meanwhile with no SEC game, Nessler has to listen to Gary find some random point to drive into the ground for four hours during San Diego State at Nevada (CBS).

6:30 pm: It’s a live prime-time job application for Hugh Freeze in Liberty at NC State (FSN). Keep an eye on Michigan at Rutgers (BTN) for flaming dumpster potential. Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (ABC) is the underwhelming headliner of the evening.

Sark After Dark: USC at Utah (ESPN) and Boise State at Hawaii (CBSSN).

The world’s foremost authority on college football viewership, helping tens of people to clickover from Bama blowouts to more quality games since 2018!

Games for Saturday, November 14, 2020. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: Indiana at Michigan State (ABC) where Tom Allen’s trajectory is the opposite of the teams the clickover game: Penn State at Nebraska (FS1). There’s also TCU at West Virginia (Fox) if trying to make sense of the Big 12 is your thing.

Noon: Illinois at Rutgers (BTN) where Lovie Smith vs. Greg Schiano is much more enjoyable than Chicago vs. Tampa Bay ever was.

2:30 pm: With no SEC game in its traditional CBS slot there’s a trio of options: Colorado at Stanford (ESPN), Notre Dame at Boston College (ABC) and USC at Arizona (Fox).

6 pm: Arkansas at Florida (ESPN) and Oregon at Washington State (Fox) have potential. If both become blowouts then a pair of 6:30 kicks provide the hot seat watch for Harbaugh and Coach Boom with Wisconsin at Michigan (ABC) and South Carolina at Ole Miss (SECN).

Sark After Dark: UNLV at San Jose State (FS2) and Oregon State at Washington (FS1).

The world’s foremost authority on college football viewership, helping tens of people to clickover from Bama blowouts to more quality games since 2018!

Games for Saturday, November 7, 2020. All times CT because that’s where the SEC West is located.

11 am: Arizona State at USC (Fox) brings the Pac12 into 2020 with a brunch showdown in California. Michigan at Indiana (FS1) to witness Harbaugh’s further demise and West Virginia at Texas (ABC) to keep riding the Herman rollercoaster.

2:30 pm: Florida vs. Georgia (CBS) for a special coaches in disguise episode of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Dan Mullen dressed up like Darth Vader in his presser last week. With a stumbling offense, broken quarterback room and inability to beat Bama, Kirby Smart has been running the ship like he’s Les Miles all season. Maryland at Penn State (BTN) for a clickover. Vanderbilt at Mississippi State (SECN) if you want to see the SEC’s equivalent of under-five soccer.

3 pm: Oklahoma State at Kansas State (Fox) for the continued carnage of the Big 12.

6:30 pm: Clemson at Notre Dame (NBC) for the They Ain’t Played Nobody bowl. Stanford at Oregon as a clickover (ABC).

Sark After Dark in all its true glory with two founding members of the After Dark tradition: Washington State at Oregon State (FS1).