With all due respect to fight songs, stadium entrances and dads embarrassing their children by crying themselves to sleep on the front lawn after the outcome of a game played by 19-year-olds, the most time-honored college football tradition is the Week 1 overreaction. When one loss seems to be the end of the known world for the remainder of autumn, before even one leaf has changed colors.
At least, that's how it feels in the hoity-toity land of the Top 25. Here in the Bottom 10 Cinematic Universe, there is no overreaction to a season-opening loss. There is just plain old reaction.
The Zips traveled 126 miles to Ohio State for the honor of losing 52-6, though their paycheck for the day was $1.8 million. It's just part of the expectation in college football.
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