Monday August 18 Open Thread

Hot damn, we have college football in days. DAYS. Hours, even! Meanwhile,

• The Big Ten now wants to expand to 24 or 28 teams in the playoff. Ahem, Mr. Pettiti: WE DON'T WANT THIS.
• And from our friends over at SBN's NC State blog, yeah. These dudes running the B1G have lost the plot.
• Farmageddon leads off this weekend's Week Zero festivities, but this fantastic series, running every year since 1917, will end in 2027. A damn shame. Save Farmageddon.

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