As the summer months bring the news cycle to slow churn, college football fans get a chance to breath and reset our brains for the upcoming season. With less than two months until media days begin and only 100 days (including Tuesday) until teams hit the field, here are 100 items that should fire you up for the unpredictable madness to come this fall. The Stories (5) 1. Ohio State is the most recognizable team in the entire sport Is there another team in the country, outside of TCU, that has as many key pieces of its roster returning for 2015? The Buckeyes are going to have a Big-Three-Miami-Heat-level of coverage and buzz, with every game demanding the attention of the entire college football world. By late October we’ll have a better idea of who else can share that rarified air, but until teams hit the field in September we cannot say, definitively, that any other team in the country looks as title-ready as the Buckeyes. 2. Oregon and Florida State move on without their Heisman winners Vernon Adams and Everett Golson will arrive on campus this summer, though there is no guarantee in either case that the starting quarterback for 2015 is not already on the roster. FSU has a lot to replace up front on offense and Oregon will be green on the back end of its defense — even moving Charles Nelson to DB to address that issue. My hunch is that 2015 will be a great example of how well-built each of these programs has become during this era of rapid inflation in the college football arms race. 3. The SEC East will be relevant as Missouri strives a third straight division title No team since Steve Spurrier’s Florida teams has reached the SEC Championship Game three years in a row. Can Missouri do it again? Tennessee is trending up and Georgia has arguably the best group of running backs and linebackers in the country, though there are concerns elsewhere on the roster. The Tigers have been doubted and discounted for the last two seasons only to prove everyone wrong. …
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