Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent ! Find your walk-up music this week —but more importantly, find a fan who will follow you around to play it.

Today we're talking about FIFA and some troubling developments that are starting to affect actual competitive soccer, in addition to the off-field corruption we're used to. Then we'll move on to the college football fervor that everyone is talking about.

But first, we're firing up more pick'em action for Free Agent subscribers with Bowl Mania on ESPN . Bowls already start this Saturday, so you need to join by then if you want to play. As with our NFL Eliminator Challenge, there's no entry fee—and no prize other than a shoutout here.

Speaking of the NFL Eliminator Challenge, our champion was sewn up long ago back in week five when

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