No more speculation. No more anticipation. The first real week of college football is back. Which teams will live up to the hype? Which teams will crumble under the pressure? It’s time to sit back, relax and watch it all unfold in what is sure to be another exciting college football season.
The slate of games for week one couldn’t be any better, including the two highest-ranked teams to ever face off in the opening weekend of a season, as well as several other marquee matchups between some of the most storied college football programs in history. In the first installment of this season’s college football pick ’em, sports writers Alex Lerned and Josh Gollihar give us a preview of this weekend’s games.