Forde-Yard Dash: The Most Interesting Week One Matchups

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (outrage over South Carolina chickening out of calling its mascot Cock Commander sold separately):

FOURTH QUARTER

A MONSTER WEEK ONE

The Third Quarter ran long, since conferences themselves are running long these days, but The Dash is not skimping on Fourth Quarter content. We’re just going overtime to get everyone ready for what should be a great Labor Day weekend of games. Let’s break down the most interesting:

Notre Dame at Ohio State (34). How big: It’s large now—they’re both in the preseason top 10—and in historic terms. Two of the five all-time winningest programs in the sport meet for just the fifth time ever on…