As the unknown blankets college football with more questions than answers, a new era of excitement and longevity appears to be taking shape.
With no meaningful football games of any kind taking place, all eyes are Indianapolis for the NFL Combine—a rare intersection where football fans and college football fans collide.
Indeed, it's stopwatch season. That part isn't new. The themes that have encompassed the NFL Combine since its inception are still true today: jump high and long, run fast, lift much.
But the makeup of this specific event is taking on a much different feel, and the NFL has college football to thank for that.