A look at who's going which way in college football
THE CALENDAR
Football is almost here -- all we have to do is make it to Thursday.
OKLAHOMA
Sooners are a trendy pick to lose another BCS game. If only they could play Boise State in the national title game. Where's that being held this year?
STATUS QUO
Aside from the Big XII, most of the defending champions in the Big Five conferences (AQ minus Big East) are favored to repeat: Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon and ... well, who knows in the ACC? At this point, it could be Butch Davis' tutor.
ESPN
Do we really need a reason? Okay. But we'll give you one anyway. If they're going to create another hour of Gameday to showcase Erin Andrews, couldn't they put it on a channel that people actually watch?
WESLYE SAUNDERS
At this point, even if he's cleared, he comes out looking worse than he could have if he handled this correctly. But he's starting to look like he has a real future in reality television.
SEASON PREVIEWS
Football season is here. All of these -- including ours -- are going to be completely irrelevant in the course of a few days. And we wouldn't have it any other way.