First look at the new season

Ok everybody, the college football season is right around the corner; and according to the BCS supporters every game counts.  As we all know that is absolute nonsense.  At the beginning of the season unless you are a BCS conference team, or are already in the Top 25 you have no, 0, zilch chance of playing in the national championship game.  That means outside of the 66 teams in the BCS (don't forget Notre Dame) only Boise St., TCU, Utah, and BYU are playing at all meaningful games.  The next team is Nevada at 41 in the USA Today poll.  Lets just say a 12-0 season has Fiesta Bowl written all over it.  While thats great, it's not a national championship.

We're down to 70 teams in the running.  Hey, not too bad.  How many games are already irrelevant though:

Sept 3: Troy @ Bowling Green

Villanova @ Temple

Coastal Carolina @ Kent St.

North Texas @ Ball St.

Sept 4: Tulsa @ Tulane

Sept 5: Central Arkansas @ Hawaii

Appalachian St. @ East Carolina

Nicholls St. @ Air Force

Weber St. @ Wyoming

Rice @ UAB

Southern Illinois @ Marshall

Northwestern St. @ Houston

Samford @ UCF

Southern University @ Louisiana Lafayette

Army @ Eastern Michigan

Alcorn St @ Southern Miss

Mississippi Valley St @ Arkansas St.

Idaho @ New Mexico St.

Stephen F Austin @ SMU

Buffalo @ UTEP

UC Davis @ Fresno St.

Sacramento St @ UNLV

22 out of the 78 games in week one are irrelevant.  I'll revisit it week 2.