A quick glance around Week 1's college football schedule was all it took to notice how high-stakes, highly anticipated opening games between big-name, out-of-conference opponents are nearing extinction.
Most opening matchups stunk in 2026 for major-conference teams, ending up as blowouts.
Labor Day weekend offered only one game in which both teams were ranked in the **** ociated Press' preseason media poll. That game happened to be in Nashville, with Ole Miss and Louisville each traveling a little ways for a nationally televised, Sunday night contest at Nissan Stadium.
It certainly wasn't the venue that lured them here. Old Nissan Stadium, to borrow a line from colleague Terry McCormick, feels like a car about to be traded in, needing a lot of repair work that'll never happen. This game, too, wasn't just two schools sitting down and settling on a common location on a map.
Nah, this is bigger plans in motion. This game has a **** le sponsor. And maybe a future. And definitely an emu.
#game #nissan #teams
Most opening matchups stunk in 2026 for major-conference teams, ending up as blowouts.
Labor Day weekend offered only one game in which both teams were ranked in the **** ociated Press' preseason media poll. That game happened to be in Nashville, with Ole Miss and Louisville each traveling a little ways for a nationally televised, Sunday night contest at Nissan Stadium.
It certainly wasn't the venue that lured them here. Old Nissan Stadium, to borrow a line from colleague Terry McCormick, feels like a car about to be traded in, needing a lot of repair work that'll never happen. This game, too, wasn't just two schools sitting down and settling on a common location on a map.
Nah, this is bigger plans in motion. This game has a **** le sponsor. And maybe a future. And definitely an emu.
#game #nissan #teams
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