Unlike your local big-box store — which is busy rearranging their Halloween aisles to make room for ... Valentine’s Day — college football players are trained to not look ahead.
Every snap of every game is precious.
But ... who’s kidding who?
SEASON OPENER
u25a0 Who: Toledo (9-5 last year) at Illinois (8-5 last year).
u25a0 When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
u25a0 TV: Big Ten Network.
u25a0 Series: First meeting.
u25a0 Line: Illinois by 9½.
Some opportunities — and their resonance beyond a single contest — are a little bigger than others.