Navy at Ohio St. is the “marquee” matchup you can find on ESPN, and another barn-burner, Minnesota at Syracuse, can be seen on the Deuce.  Kentucky at Miami of Ohio may be the best option on ESPNU.

The Big 10 Network may also provide you Akron at Penn St., Towson at Northwestern, and Montana St. at Michigan State.  You know it’s going to be riveting when Vegas won’t even set a line.

It’s a soporific start for soccer as well, with just England vs. Slovenia on FSC to tantalize you.

We will take our cue from the teams playing right now, and save the heavy-lifting for later.

Mark May’s sexy new specs come courtesy of The Sports Hernia

TBL suggested I send everyone out for their festivities with Real American. I thought, “Yeah, that’s pretty American and obviously badass, but it’s been done.” Hell, my friends and I have been bumping that video since we first figured out what YouTube was way back in college. You guys deserve something bigger and better. Something epic. Something utterly Americana.

With that in mind, I present to you the greatest episode of True Life that MTV ever saw fit to film – I Have A Summer Share. Beer, pizza, the Jersey Shore, cheeseballs, dance clubs, and Tommy – this video has it all.

Happy 4th everybody. May desirable mates sniff your pheromones.

• Opening Thursday Night (September 4, 7pm)–Washington Redskins @ New York Giants: Jim Zorn gets his “Welcome to the NFL” moment unlike most of other coaches, with a national debut. He’ll be going up against the Giants, and the ‘Skins first choice for head coach, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. Who says the NFL doesn’t have a sense humor? By the way, you can thank/blame the republicans and their damned convention for the early start time.
• Sunday Night Football (September 7, 8:15pm)–Chicago Bears @ Indianapolis Colts: Going for a little bit of nostalgia, the NFL threw out a Super Bowl XLI rematch, with the Colts opening up their new home Lucas Oil Stadium and hosting the Bears. The Colts will probably continue to do their thing; but, on the other side of the field, amazingly, Rex Grossman will still be the Bears’ quarterback, and Lisa Lampanelli will be breaking in the rookies. (Is that joke dead yet, or does it still have a little bit of life left?)
• Monday Night Football Doubleheader (September 8, 7pm and 10:15pm)–Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers, Denver Broncos @ Oakland Raiders As the comments will probably indicate, what was the NFL thinking?? The beginning of the Aaron Rodgers Era!! Woo-Hoo! A MNF Packers’ game without Brett Favre is likely to make John Madden cry. In the night cap, obviously the league went with a west coast friendly game, but was LaDanian Tomlinson unavailable? Maybe JaMarcus Russell will prove that he was worth the wait. Or, not.