College football is live, and Lincoln Riley's fifth season at USC starts this afternoon against San Jose State. Host Jim Rand explains why a forty-point favorite is not the story. The story is a 35-18 ledger that matches Clay Helton, zero College Football Playoff trips, and a September slate that will not accept another nine-win ceiling. The NFL plays its last two preseason games today, then every club must post a 53-man roster by 6 p.m. Eastern Sunday, the first Sunday cut deadline in twenty-two years. Las Vegas still will not name Kirk Cousins or Fernando Mendoza. Indianapolis starts Anthony Richardson while Daniel Jones sits. Sunday is the honest document. Friday night the Colorado Avalanche made Cale Makar the first $20.4 million player in NHL history on an eight-year, $163.2 million extension. Markets reset. Front offices that stall should wa ...