1. Congrats to college football, NBC and ESPN on winning the award for “Dumbest Piece of Scheduling You’ll Ever See.”
In Week 1, on Sunday, Sept. 6 (Labor Day weekend), there are only two college football games on the entire schedule: Wisconsin at Notre Dame (from Lambeau Field) on NBC and Louisville at Ole Miss on ABC.
A normal human being would guess one game would be played at 3:30 p.m. ET and the other at 7 or 7:30 p.m. You could even imagine a scenario where one game would start at 7 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m.
The NFL does not open its season until Sept. 9, so there are no conflicts with the two college games. There is a completely open day to schedule just two games.
But, because like I always tell you, leagues and networks absolutely hate their fans, BOTH GAMES WILL KICK OFF AT 7:30 p.m.…