When the time comes for a change in college football, it happens gradually and then all of the sudden, much like bankruptcy and Hemingway novels. Nobody is ready for the end of a contender, the changing of a guard and the fate of a conference to shift.
We’re facing two such games this Saturday. The return of Florida State has been heralded for some time across the offseason, with a declarative victory over LSU to open the year. Yet now that same return has to pass its greatest test: defeating Clemson on the road.