Welcome to football nirvana.
Thursday night features two college football games and an NFL game. Texas State visits Troy, and Sam Houston State heads to UTEP, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Atlanta Falcons in a game that could be pivotal for the NFC South race at the end of the season.
You may look at that slate and wonder what the big deal is. After all, it’s just a Week 5 NFL game and two college football games featuring teams from outside the four power conferences. But Thursday is the start of the greatest football run of the season.