If you've seen the Week 2 schedule, then you are wondering: What exactly is there to celebrate? More ranked teams play FCS opponents (six) than Power 5 opponents (five), and exactly one ranked team plays on the road: No. 13 Louisville at Syracuse on Friday night.
So what is there to celebrate? The lurking upset. Don't forget: Western Kentucky, which went 12-2 last season, plays at No. 1 Alabama. Speaking of which, celebrate the birthday of Paul William Bryant, who would have been 103. Wake up Sunday and sing happy birthday to the Bear.
A rivalry renewed
When Penn State head coach James Franklin said in discussing the Nittany Lions' game with Pittsburgh that his players were toddlers the last time these once-fierce intrastate rivals played, he reminded me of the price college football paid for realignment.