By next week, most football fans will be fixated on their NFL fantasy squads, the Sunday betting lines and just opening week in general.

Thanks to the NCAA schedule, however, we have a wonderful appetizer on this long weekend — to go along with the CFL’s three traditional Labour Day rivalries.

A dynamite Week 1 schedule in the college ranks is highlighted by a Saturday matinee featuring star quarterback Arch Manning and his top-ranked Texas Longhorns against the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes — the defending national champs — at the famous Horseshoe in Columbus, Ohio.

It’s one of three opening-week tilts featuring a pair of top-10 teams — No. 4 Clemson hosts No. 9 LSU on Saturday night at Death Valley before No. 10 Miami entertains No. 6 Notre Dame on Sunday night.

The final game of

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