As I mentioned on Tuesday, this will be the last dropback of the summer. The seasons are here!
Headlining tonight's slate: Wake Forest at Baylor, N.C. State at South Carolina and Oregon State at Stanford. Enjoy!
THE PROS
News and notes: Shawne Merriman, eschewing knee surgery, will play. ... Joe Horn a fit for the Browns? ... Jacksonville's Derrick Harvey is in camp. Holdouts are stupid, folks. ... Fantasy alert: Rudi Johnson expects to be traded, as Nick Seuberling pointed out this morning. ... Trouble for Erik Bell's boy Dennis Northcutt. ... Kind of funny: Daunte Culpepper is perplexed about his unemployment.
ESPN.com's John Clayton's mailbag: How weakened will the Giants' pass rush be?
Breaking down ESPN.com's experts' picks. ... And here are SI.com's writers' picks. (Editor's note: Ours will come next week.)
Forget the quarterback debacle: How good will the Cardinals' defense be?
Mike Holmgren isn't treating this like a lame-duck season in Seattle.
What's it like to be on the cut line?
Analyzing who should be the next players' union president. ... And, someone had to say it: More could have been done during Gene Upshaw's tenure.
COLLEGES
News and notes: Southern Cal QB Mark Sanchez is ready to go. ... Hopefully, Ben Mauk moves on with his life. ... Virginia Tech will redshirt Tyrod Taylor. ... Indiana suspends key players. ... So does Bowling Green.
Twenty-five reasons to be excited. ... I-Formation: Looking back, and looking ahead.
Clemson defensive coordinator jokes about Alabama's recruits, then backtracks.
Plenty of interesting storylines for Saturday night's Illinois-Missouri clash, including Juice Williams' desire to prove the Illini were no fluke.
Its monumental loss to Appalachian State is motivating Michigan.
No doubt in attempt to combat ESPN's extensive blog network, SI.com has started one. ... And here is its outside-the-box Heisman Watch list.
Stewart Mandel's mailbag: LSU's chances of flopping, no respect for The Man Mike Gundy, etc.
Headline says it all: "We're still waiting for (Charlie) Weis to prove himself."
Why you should be watching this weekend.
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