The opening week of college football is the best time of the year. Not just because our favorite sport is back on a 3-day weekend full of grilling and gatherings, but because we are once again reminded that expectations are a fickle thing and disappointment abounds in the coming months. Yes that Summer anticipation of a clean slate was quickly wiped away for some teams who now stare into the abyss of a long dark season. In the ACC that team was a playoff-aspiring Clemson who managed to get run off the field by Duke in a primetime Monday matchup.