Miscellaneous Minutiae, 8/29/13

Fouad Egbaria

At 2:30 Chicago time today, we'll be just 48 hours away from Michigan football. Luckily, you won't have to wait until Saturday to watch some college football. Here are some links to hold you over until then:

• Games tonight, there are many. North Carolina heads to Columbia to face Michigan's last opponent, the No. 6 South Carolina Gamecocks (6:00 ET, ESPN). Poor Bryn Renner. The Tar Heels were a respectable 8-4 last season (no bowl game--it's easy to forget who has been disciplined by the even-handed, rational force of law that is the NCAA), but I don't imagine that they have a shot. This will probably be an ugly game, being the first one and all. As terrifying as Jadeveon Clowney and the rest of that defense are, scoring points could be a major problem for the Gamecocks. 
• Also, the other USC travels to Hawaii (11:00 ET, CBS Sports Network) if you'd like to stay up really late on a school night. 
• On the B1G front, Indiana and Minnesota get Indiana State and UNLV at home, respectively. Don't lose, eh?

• FAQ from Garnet and Black Attack on tonight's Battle of the Carolinas. 

• I've seen Schutt listed as both a starter and as a backup, but, either way, this is not good for the Buckeye front 7. In case you didn't click through, DT Tommy Schutt is out for 6-8 weeks. The Ohio State front 7 is going to be pretty green, albeit very talented, especially at defensive end. 
• Speaking of, here's some Spence/Washington fluff from NFL.com. 
• Myerberg talks Oregon. 

• Brian Kelly says Notre Dame will mix in some pistol this season on offense. Well, I guess it couldn't hurt to try it.
• In case you missed it, college football fans will now get unlimited replays, which is nice. Basically, you'll now have more chances to convince yourself into thinking something was a bad call that probably wasn't, sending yourself into a tizzy of saying things like "WHAT" and "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME." Refs everywhere shake their heads and walk away like so: 

• Bill C. on why we love this nonsensical thing called "college football." 

Shameless Self-Promotion Time: South Carolina Recap

To say that I am in a glass case of emotion after that loss would be like saying Jadeveon Clowney hits "sort of" hard. There are a lot of things to be said after a game like that, especially with it being the last go for so many memorable players. On that front, more will be said later when we've all had a chance to sit back and see things at a macroscopic level.

Anyway, here's my last football game recap of the season over at Maize n Brew. I don't know that it's been a "fun" season, but it's definitely been interesting. Either way, despite the step down in the win-loss department, Michigan is competitive again. The Death Star likely won't be fully operational in 2013 (and maybe not even 2014), but Michigan is getting closer and closer.

It's going to be a long 240 days.