Thursday, August 28, 2008, 02:17 PM EST
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LSU Tigers]
Ladies and Gentlemen, football season is here.
With summer coming to a close, we begin to turn our focus away from the baseball diamond and onto the gridiron for what looks to be another exciting year - especially if it's anything like last year - of college football.
Although for some reason, it doesn't feel like there's been as much hype around this season as in years past.
Am I alone on this one or does anyone else feel that way, too?
Between all the twists and turns that college football experienced last year, you would think that there would be a little more hype about this upcoming season.
Maybe it's because the Olympics just wrapped up last weekend and we haven't had enough prep time for football.
With Michael Phelps breaking Olympic and world records and Team USA redeeming its failure in Athens with a gold medal in Beijing after all, there probably wasn't as much time for ESPN to devote to its college football preview.
Or maybe I'm just stuck in a political cloud right now after watching MSNBC's political coverage for the past 12 hours (or so it seemed like).
Yet nevertheless, the season is here, eagerly awaiting to fill our television tubes for the next six months and many of us just as eager to see what sort of excitement it brings us.
It probably couldn't get any more interesting after last season.
I mean, for god's sake, a two-loss team won the national championship. That doesn't happen all too often.
A one-loss team sure, but a two-loss team?
No doubt LSU was worthy of its national title, but could we really see the same thing happen this year then too?
I wouldn't be surprised.
Either way, after the third week of the season, we should know whether Ohio State or USC will be contending the rest of the way for a national title.
Who they'll play is anyone's guess. That's mostly because in the SEC, anyone can lose to anyone on any given Saturday.
But don't forget about Oklahoma in the Big 12, West Virginia in the Big East and Virginia Tech in the ACC - they all should be national championship contenders as well this season.
So for all of you still in your post-Olympics fog, open up your arms and welcome the football season back in your life starting tonight.
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