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We may not actually know a damn thing about how this college football season will pan out, but part of the sport’s beauty is feeling absolutely certain that we do
This is also the same quality that defines every season’s opening week: overreaction. College football’s return brought no shortage of prominent storylines, but within the next month or so, the majority of our Week 1 takeaways will probably be rendered reckless, stupid, or wholly inaccurate. (Remember when we were ready to dismiss Stanford last fall after it couldn’t find the end zone at Northwestern?) They’re also one of the best parts of the sport’s annual return, a symbol of autumn as ubiquitous as falling leaves and pumpkin spice lattes. And unlike the latter of those two, these assessments are fantastic...
Here is what we think we know for sure as Week 1 winds down: Houston is going undefeated; LSU’s Les Miles is about to be out of a job; Tennessee is primed to flop; Louisville’s Lamar Jackson is a Heisman Trophy candidate; and Steve Spurrier is the greatest human who ever lived. (That last one is unequivocally true, and if you disagree I will fight you.) We also believe that Ohio State and Michigan will both be 11–0 entering their game in Columbus on November 26; Alabama’s defense will not allow a touchdown all fall; and Northwestern will routinely lose in ways that once would’ve seemed impossible. (That last one is also true, and for alums like me, the source of great and unending sadness.)
https://theringer.com/college-football-2016-week-1-embrace-overreaction-a73f2d07440f#.8hwpdas0q
This is also the same quality that defines every season’s opening week: overreaction. College football’s return brought no shortage of prominent storylines, but within the next month or so, the majority of our Week 1 takeaways will probably be rendered reckless, stupid, or wholly inaccurate. (Remember when we were ready to dismiss Stanford last fall after it couldn’t find the end zone at Northwestern?) They’re also one of the best parts of the sport’s annual return, a symbol of autumn as ubiquitous as falling leaves and pumpkin spice lattes. And unlike the latter of those two, these assessments are fantastic...
Here is what we think we know for sure as Week 1 winds down: Houston is going undefeated; LSU’s Les Miles is about to be out of a job; Tennessee is primed to flop; Louisville’s Lamar Jackson is a Heisman Trophy candidate; and Steve Spurrier is the greatest human who ever lived. (That last one is unequivocally true, and if you disagree I will fight you.) We also believe that Ohio State and Michigan will both be 11–0 entering their game in Columbus on November 26; Alabama’s defense will not allow a touchdown all fall; and Northwestern will routinely lose in ways that once would’ve seemed impossible. (That last one is also true, and for alums like me, the source of great and unending sadness.)
https://theringer.com/college-football-2016-week-1-embrace-overreaction-a73f2d07440f#.8hwpdas0q
