After prepping a bit of the outside of the horseshoe grounds myself this week, the real start of college football was in the air. Akron was dispatched without worry, although maybe not as quickly or decisively as it should have been. It was great to see guys making plays that will be represented by stickers on their helmet next week as it always is, and the Buckeyes checked a box on the long road to the playoff. This team is loaded, and I would put them against anyone.

Georgia played juggernaut again, and it couldn’t have been at the hands of a more deserving loser. Because of the fact that my uncle Dan thought it was so funny, I compared Clemson’s losses last year, and their ultra religious unlovable coach Dabo Swinney to the stations of the cross. Another year, and week one: Dabo falls for the first time. I will be circling back throughout the year to recount Clemson’s woes, as they are imposters on the college football landscape, like anyone from the ACC.

I might like to also start a weekly primetime segment, one that will be a report on the Colorado Buffalos. If Oasis hadn’t reunited this week, ‘Coach Prime’ and the boys might have been the most overhyped thing in it. Where these overhyped things diverge is that Oasis is of substance, and Colorado football is a flash in the pan operation without depth. J.D. Vance might have tried to tell you the correct phrase of Appalachia is, ‘fart in a skillet’ in either respect, sell Colorado.

As footnotes go, U of Toledo waxed Duquesne 49-10 for a nice start to the non conference schedule, and they still have the best fight song in the nation. They may not be in the playoff race, but they will certainly smoke that inferior institution down I-75 in Bowling Green this year by 20. My falcon brother Jay stopped betting on the game with me a while back, and that was one of his best financial decisions. Also a shoutout to the band, made me think of my days living ‘behind Engineering’ back in the day.

I didn’t forget about the golden domes, they are still ranked higher than they naturally should be, as it has been for my entire life. We can chalk up this loss by A & M as a Johnny Manziel party gone wrong, and as per usual don’t expect much from the state of Texas. Notre Dame survives to be future playoff cannon fodder of division one teams in real conferences. It’s been a fun week one, and I hope you continue to join me throughout the season.