This week’s PAPN begins with an uncomfortably mainstream question, then veers into comfortable randomness.
PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Is Alabama-Florida State the biggest Week 1 game ever?


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Some topics:
- Bama-FSU, the impact of maybe #1 and #2 playing right off the bat, and one of the strangest 8-7 finishes you’ll ever see.
- Hey, what’s Temple up to? Is there a worse campus in the country for parking? And how’s that “on-campus stadium” thing going?
- Baylor’s offensive identity (or total lack thereof) in 2017.
- Muted Instagram videos.
- The Sloan Conference — what it is, who is there, what it has to do with this sport — and the odd, isolating circumstances that might create a Moneyball situation in college football.
- Butch vs. Lane and Butch’s cult favorite status.
- What Frank Wilson might be able to do over 3-4 years at UTSA, and what might become of C-USA if UTSA, UNT, FIU, and FAU all get their act together at the same time.
- Return of Blind Box Score Bingo?
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