It’s a football weekend without the stress. At least for Clemson fans, I guess.
The Tigers, who are ranked No.22 in the latest Associated Press Poll, are off this week, which means you can enjoy the fruits of Clemson’s 46-point victory over Appalachian State even for another week.
The best part about the open date is you can watch college football and relax the entire weekend, unless your significant other is nagging you about the chores you have put off doing for the last two weeks.
While basking in the memories of Cade Klubnik’s seven-touchdown day from a week ago, you can turn on the television and watch the Bayou Bengals take on the Chickens from Columbia. Or maybe you can switch over to the Alabama at Wisconsin game on a Big Noon Kickoff Saturday.
If that does not get done it for you, there is the Memphis at Florida State game. Can the Seminoles stop the run? Will DJ Uiagalelei be benched?
Who knows?
The good news is you don’t care.
If the noon slate does not tickle your fancy, the 3:30 window is filled with rivalry football. You can choose between a cup of apples, a brawl in the backyard and a Civil War in the state of Oregon.
Or you can see which coach’s hot seat gets warmer when Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame try not to lose to the Big Ten’s version of a Group 5 school and Billy Napier’s Florida Gators try to avoid being stomped by a second Power 4 team in the first three weeks of the season.
There should be a lot of drama in all of those games, and again, the best news is you have no care in the world on who wins.
In primetime, you can watch top-ranked Georgia take on Kentucky. This will be a game of speed vs. roadkill. When they are not racing down 441 in Athens or hanging out at the Clarke County Detention center, the Bulldogs are unstoppable on the football field, while their counterparts in Kentucky got run over by a chicken truck on its way to a Tyson Chicken Plant last week.
Tony Elliott and his Cavaliers will try to make it three straight wins to open the season, as they host the school that made Florida State’s and Clemson’s exits from the ACC very difficult. Maybe Elliott will get a little revenge for his alma mater.
How fitting is it that Primetime is in primetime as his Colorado Buffaloes take on the Buffs’ Pac-12 replacement, the Colorado State Rams. This game should have a lot of fireworks, especially considering the shots the Rams have sent towards the Buffaloes.
Maybe Colorado will get to show how far their TikTok and Instagram training has got them.
The best part about it, you do not have to stress about it. So, sit back, watch some football and enjoy the weekend. I am sure Clemson will give you plenty to stress about next week.