Honestly, this isn’t the way we drew it up. “Week zero” in college football was supposed to feature a handful of intriguing games. It was going to be a carefree celebration of the beginning of the most wonderful season of the year. There was going to be tailgating. We were probably going to shut things down with a nightcap and some early morning PAC-12 shenanigans. It was going to be awesome.
But then, well, you know what happened.
And here we are, with a lone college football telecast on the first Saturday of the season. Central Arkansas and Austin Peay, a pair of solidly above average FCS programs, will be playing at 9:00 pm eastern on ESPN live from a stadium in Birmingham, Alabama.