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Call it Week Zero.
Call it The Early Portion of Week One.
Call it just Week One.
Call it Week 0.5.
Call it Christmas Comes Early.
Call it COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK... in two weeks.
Not only is college football back, but our Irish play in the very first game of the season. In Dublin, Ireland. Against our favorite* friendly foes, the Navy Midshipmen. We get first dibs on celebrating, complaining, yelling, screaming, stressing, relaxing, and hot-taking our way through a game this season.
We have been blessed, and I can't wait... even if it means pissing and moaning about Navy chop blocks (maybe their offense changes so much with a new coach that we don't have to worry about those anymore?), or simply being bummed out that we have to play these plucky, scrappy, goshdarn national heroes every year when other teams get to open against FCS schools for appropriate warmups (we have to wait for week two for that, dammit!).
Without further ado, let's see what kind of thrilling, titillating slate the college football gods** have provided us for Week Zero!
* I know ND owes a great debt to Navy, a debt ND themselves will never consider fully repaid... but idk how much I'd complain if this game somehow went away. I'm conflicted.
** "Gods" here meaning "the ADs, Presidents and network execs that are trying to ruin the sport we all know and love"
- The Irish either score in three plays and Hartman makes it look easy on the way to a 14-0 championship season and the Heisman, or the Irish go three-and-out and find themselves in a dogfight that surely spells doom for the entirety of the 12-game slate... no in-betweens here (really, it will be interesting to see how the ND defense handles the new-look Navy offense, which we don't know much about, and how much, if at all, the Irish open up the playbook to get Hartman and the receivers settled in. We know Estime and the OL will dial in the run game at some point, but the passing game needs to be ready by week 4 and 5. I'm taking ND giving the points, and the over. Life's too short to bet the under when you're rooting for Sam Hartman.)
- C-USA gets conference play started EARLY! Rich Rod leads JSU into FBS/CUSA play, and they had a decent squad last year. UTEP is meh. I bet Rich Rod gets his boys on track early, and they're competitive in CUSA off the bat, starting conference play (and the season) 1-0.
- Football's on!
- This is a sneaky-good matchup between MAC and MWC powers. Shoutouts to Ohio for traveling to the West Coast to kick off the season. That's ballsy scheduling, and will prepare them for the later midweek MACtion grind, win or lose. Tune in and enjoy.
- I'll let one of my favorite CFB Twitter follows do this one (rooting for Clark Lea to back up his refreshed contract and continue to build Vandy into something respectable, which for a defensive coach means not covering in heartbreaking fashion, sometimes):
- Will returning Heisman Trophy QB Caleb Williams have to break a sweat in this one? Doubtful, but it would be fun. Too bad nobody has the Pac12 network to check and see! Maybe Reddit will have a link? Someone teach me how to find those, because I know they have to use secret language for game stream threads.
- Week Zero night cap! Kick back, enjoy a frosty beverage on the couch, and see if you've got the stamina to make it through the 4th quarter of a 9pm game. Stretch the late-night stamina muscles before the 10pm (and later) kickoffs start.
Call it The Early Portion of Week One.
Call it just Week One.
Call it Week 0.5.
Call it Christmas Comes Early.
Call it COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK... in two weeks.
Not only is college football back, but our Irish play in the very first game of the season. In Dublin, Ireland. Against our favorite* friendly foes, the Navy Midshipmen. We get first dibs on celebrating, complaining, yelling, screaming, stressing, relaxing, and hot-taking our way through a game this season.
We have been blessed, and I can't wait... even if it means pissing and moaning about Navy chop blocks (maybe their offense changes so much with a new coach that we don't have to worry about those anymore?), or simply being bummed out that we have to play these plucky, scrappy, goshdarn national heroes every year when other teams get to open against FCS schools for appropriate warmups (we have to wait for week two for that, dammit!).
Without further ado, let's see what kind of thrilling, titillating slate the college football gods** have provided us for Week Zero!
* I know ND owes a great debt to Navy, a debt ND themselves will never consider fully repaid... but idk how much I'd complain if this game somehow went away. I'm conflicted.
** "Gods" here meaning "the ADs, Presidents and network execs that are trying to ruin the sport we all know and love"
| TIME | MATCHUP | COVERAGE | VEGAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:30 PM |
| NBC | ND -20.0 | Total 50.5 |
| 5:30 PM |
| CBSSN | UTEP -1.0 | Total 51.5 |
| 7:00 PM |
|
| NMSU -8.0 | Total 44.5 |
| 7:00 PM |
| FS1 | SDSU -3.0 | Total 49 |
| 7:30 PM |
|
| VAN -17.5 | Total 55 |
| 8:00 PM |
| PAC12 | USC -30.0 | Total 64.5 |
| 9:00 PM |
| CBSSN | LT -9.5 | Total 59 |
- The Irish either score in three plays and Hartman makes it look easy on the way to a 14-0 championship season and the Heisman, or the Irish go three-and-out and find themselves in a dogfight that surely spells doom for the entirety of the 12-game slate... no in-betweens here (really, it will be interesting to see how the ND defense handles the new-look Navy offense, which we don't know much about, and how much, if at all, the Irish open up the playbook to get Hartman and the receivers settled in. We know Estime and the OL will dial in the run game at some point, but the passing game needs to be ready by week 4 and 5. I'm taking ND giving the points, and the over. Life's too short to bet the under when you're rooting for Sam Hartman.)
- C-USA gets conference play started EARLY! Rich Rod leads JSU into FBS/CUSA play, and they had a decent squad last year. UTEP is meh. I bet Rich Rod gets his boys on track early, and they're competitive in CUSA off the bat, starting conference play (and the season) 1-0.
- Football's on!
- This is a sneaky-good matchup between MAC and MWC powers. Shoutouts to Ohio for traveling to the West Coast to kick off the season. That's ballsy scheduling, and will prepare them for the later midweek MACtion grind, win or lose. Tune in and enjoy.
- I'll let one of my favorite CFB Twitter follows do this one (rooting for Clark Lea to back up his refreshed contract and continue to build Vandy into something respectable, which for a defensive coach means not covering in heartbreaking fashion, sometimes):
- Will returning Heisman Trophy QB Caleb Williams have to break a sweat in this one? Doubtful, but it would be fun. Too bad nobody has the Pac12 network to check and see! Maybe Reddit will have a link? Someone teach me how to find those, because I know they have to use secret language for game stream threads.
- Week Zero night cap! Kick back, enjoy a frosty beverage on the couch, and see if you've got the stamina to make it through the 4th quarter of a 9pm game. Stretch the late-night stamina muscles before the 10pm (and later) kickoffs start.
