This year, the end of summer came sooner than usual for most of college football. As one might expect, not everyone is happy about that.
If they haven't already begun training, most programs will be taking the field for training camp Monday, before the calendar flips to August. The early start comes as an unintended consequence of new NCAA rules banning teams from holding two-a-day practice sessions in the name of student-athlete welfare. The number of practices each team is allowed to hold stayed steady at 29, but after being stripped of the power to squeeze a couple of them into one day, most schools have extended the usual four-week training camps to five this season.