Saturday Night Lights

Marching bands dusted off their tubas for the official start of the college football season.

Week 0 kicked off with a battle from Ancient Greece as the #14 USC Trojans beat the San Jose State Spartans in front of… dozens of fans (see the sparse stands). Then, at the Aer Lingus Classic in Ireland, North Carolina opened Bill Belichick’s sophomore season by squishing the TCU Horned Frogs in a 15-10 upset, avenging last year’s 48-14 opening-week loss in Chapel Hill.

Meanwhile, after winning 10 of the last 15 FCS-division championships, North Dakota State made its premiere in the FBS, where they stomped Jacksonville State 33-7. And still-in-the-FCS #7 Villanova was stunned by William & Mary thanks to a 13-point run in the final minute on Friday. (Test your knowledge on which teams are in which subdivision here).

Week 1 kicks off Saturday, headlined by a Tiger-tussle: Clemson at #11 LSU.

Verse to consider whether success right now means winning the game, biting your tongue, or just getting out of bed in the morning… “Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable crown.” 
1 Corinthians 9:25 (CSB) (read full passage)