Like Punxsutawney Phil, I've roused myself from a long hibernation, emerged from my burrow and, seeing no shadow before me, declared an early end to the offseason. The 2026 season officially kicks off this Saturday with a slate of week 0 games, giving us just enough of a fix before the full college football world swings into motion next week.
It's been a ****** of an offseason already, one that began with Indiana of all programs winning the CFP national championship, perhaps the most unexpected and meteoric rise of a program in all of sports history. Since that January night, we've seen debates over just how big the CFP should be, new eligibility rulings paving the way for erstwhile professional players entering the NCAA transfer portal, and the beginning of the NASCAR-ification of player jerseys, all in a few short months. Lest you should think it's been nothing but arguments and tribalism, we also witnessed a brilliant moment of unity when the entire college football world unite against a single program under the banner that betting on your own team is just a liiiiiiittle bit bad.
The start of a new season is such a palette-cleanser of all the off the field drama so that instead of talking about College Football, we can get back to just talking about college football.
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