Take a Look at 2007!

Isn’t it great how the schedule for next season is released just after the current one has ended? (We now know that USC will play Arizona State on Thanksgiving night. I was wondering what I was going to do that evening.)

It is like an immediate turning of the page. It makes you forget everything that just happened and forces you to look ahead, no matter how many months away the new season is.

Here’s how I do it:

1. Scan the schedule
   
2. Get the calendar out and schedule the fall weekends we’ll be out of town. (If you’re lucky enough to find a schedule for your team that can be directly downloaded in to Outlook that helps so much.)
   
3. Quickly reserve these weekends against any other conflicts: weddings, parties for engagements, parties for weddings, etc.
   
4. Take the next seven months to game plan how your team can make a run at the BCS next year.

I really do appreciate NCAA Football putting out these schedules so far in advance. As much of a torture device as it is, it does give us something to look forward to and talk about.

What matchups look good? Who has the strongest schedule? Who has the weakest?

How else would we all fill our time over the next half year?

So it gives us something to hang on to about NCAA Football. The great thing is, no matter how much we dissect every team’s schedule over the next few months, no one will be able to predict everything.

So have fun with it. But remember, we’ve got a long way to go. Save something for the middle of summer.