Dave Preston

And while they will be missed, Navy returns plenty of talent on both sides of the ball and has been picked by many to win the American Conference while also receiving votes in the AP and coaches preseason Top 25 polls.

While Virginia kicked off its 2026 season last Saturday with a win over NC State, two other FBS schools from the commonwealth begin new seasons-and new regimes-in earnest this weekend. Virginia Tech and James Madison have new coaches, but that's where the comparisons end.

While most of the Division I FBS schools begin their seasons this week, most of the D.C.-area FCS schools began play last weekend.

I've always called September college football's “Show-Me Month,” and it feels as if that's been amplified even further recently with an active transfer portal that provides Kenny Rogers-like face-lifts each offseason.

In a college football landscape where the Big Ten and SEC are always trying to one-up the other, it took quite a bit to steal the spotlight from LSU bringing players cut in NFL Training Camps to potentially play for the Tigers (they haven't yet).

I know it's Labor Day weekend, but who exactly OK'd the Washington Nationals playing a 10:10 p.m. game Sunday night against the Dodgers before Monday's 5:05 p.m. matchup in San Diego?

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