Despite the lead-up to each weekend’s games, a college football season is always an F/A 18F Super Hornet - a high-speed, well-armed joyride whose speed, weaponry and maneuverability mask thousands of moving parts beneath its sleek surface.
Yes, I saw Top Gun: Maverick. Several times.
The need for ratings and sales and clicks dictates many games on each weekend will be tagged as must-wins; a loss there and all hopes and dreams will be dashed. In the days before the ever-expanding CFP, that could be true at times; for teams with a national title on their radar, one loss was often the death knell for those hopes.