ESPN drops hype video to celebrate 10 days from kick off
By Andrew Olson
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Who’s ready for college football season?
That’s what ESPN wants to know as we’re 10 days away from the start of what’s being billed as the biggest opening weekend in the sport’s history. The network dropped a hype video on its Twitter account Monday afternoon.
The best opening weekend of college football ever kicks off in 10 days. Who's ready?https://t.co/aAng5W17TO
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) August 22, 2016
The SEC figures heavily into the best opening weekend, especially with the following marquee matchups:
- No. 1 Alabama vs. USC
- No. 2 Clemson vs. Auburn
- No. 4 FSU vs. No. 11 Ole Miss
- No. 5 LSU vs. Wisconsin
- No. 16 UCLA vs. Texas A&M
- No. 18 Georgia vs. No. 22 North Carolina
The 10-day mark is in reference to Thursday, which includes SEC games such as No. 9 Tennessee vs. Appalachian State and South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
