Whenever the first game week of the season rolls around, I always think of a line Morgan Freeman said when he left town to Mexico to reunite with Andy in The Shawshank Redemption: 

"I find that I'm so excited that I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the feeling only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a journey whose conclusion is uncertain."

I feel that quote fits with the uncertainty and optimism that is prevalent for every college football fan before the season starts. Nobody is sure what the season might hold, but the prospect of fall afternoons spent in front of a TV with friends nearby, and a beer in hand, brings a smile to the face and the warmth that comes with waves of...

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