10 THINGS TO REMEMBER AS THE FOOTBALL SEASON BEGINS

1. Most of the players whose names you’ll be hearing all season will not amount to squat in the NFL.
2. Every year College GameDay becomes more about College GameDay and less about college games being played today.
3. Neither the Big Ten nor the cable companies actually need each other in order to make money. If they did, they’d have made a deal already.
4. And if the NFL can’t get a deal done, what hope is there for a regional college sports network demanding essentially the same terms?
5. I mean, honestly, it hurts me to say this, but HGTV has a much larger potential audience than Big Ten football, and you don’t hear about them making these sorts of demands. The Big Ten is the only party that stands to lose money in this deal, so my advice is just shut up, go on an optional programming tier, and deal with it.
6. Recruiting message boards are still creepy.
7. And DJ Gallo still isn’t funny.
8. There are only two college coaches who should star in their own reality shows. One is Steve Spurrier and the other isn’t.
9. Some team in the top ten right now is going to turn out to be a major, major disappointment.
10. Likewise, some team not ranked at the moment will crack the top ten before November.