There is no time like the present to talk about the upcoming football season. A College GameDay announcement here, a TV time there. As we stare into the doldrums of the offseason chock full of high-minded rhetoric about the future of the NCAA and all the hand-wringing about NIL you can stand, it can be hard to remember that this is about actual games. They may be a long way off, but to look forward to September, here’s a list of games we can’t wait to see and why.
Week 1
Notre Dame at Ohio State
The Marcus Freeman era at Ohio State wastes no time heating up in one of the best “helmet games” we’ve seen in a while—and the site of Week 1’s aforementioned College GameDay.