This is probably the biggest new rule change, aimed at tackling the increasingly pervasive phenomenon of players falling prey to mysteriously short-lived injuries… usually late in the game, and usually on defense while an opponent is putting together a successful and fast-paced offensive drive.

It's August and no games have been played, but that's not keeping ESPN's college football reporters from predicting the 12 schools that will make up the College Football Playoff beginning in December.