THE 2018 SEASON SO FAR: WHO’S FOOLING US?

We’re roughly a quarter of the way into the 2018 season, and so far, there are things we can say we know.

For instance:

Beyond those extremes, though, there’s a range of things we don’t really know. For instance: Nebraska is 0-2, but they’ve lost two close games to teams that were decent last year, in the first year under a new head coach who won a national* title** last year. Maybe they’ll be better than their record indicates.

Then, on the other side of the coin, there’s the questionable positives.

That is, who’s built a resume that, at first blush, looks good so far - and stands to look even better over the coming weeks - but might mean nothing?