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As summer winds down, and students return to school for another year, a new season in college returns this weekend: Football.
The Excitement
The hype of college football has been intense as schools prepare to kick off their seasons. Fans and official sports accounts took to Twitter, and other social media outlets, to express their excitement.
This is the last Thursday night without college football.
This is a good thing. pic.twitter.com/pk3Bj8jrRh
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) August 25, 2017
THERE IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOMORROW Y'ALL!!!
— Dave Miller (@Miller_Dave) August 25, 2017
Five straight days of college football?
In just one week, it's all happening. pic.twitter.com/atiigU5QIR
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) August 24, 2017
College Football Influence on Campus
College football influence on campus culture varies from school to school, but that has only intrigued Barstool Sports more. The popular satirical sports blog has taken a particular interest in what college life is like during football season.
This year will be the third year of Barstool U. However, the show is taking a new approach by extending itself to a new social media platform, Snapchat.
It’s the third year Barstool is making the series—in the past, Barstool posted the show on its website—but this is the first time the publisher is making content for a third party.
The series will launch on Sept. 8. More details about the show and why they decided to use Snapchat can be found in an article written by Lauren Johnson.
Barstool Sports is making a Snapchat show about campus life during college football season: https://t.co/EBXbiZkSQz pic.twitter.com/iqTHPRefdf
— ADWEEK (@Adweek) August 24, 2017
Florida Gators: Season and Quarterback Battle
With a little more than a week until their season opener, a huge question that has been surrounding the Florida Gators football program is: who will be the starting quarterback?
According to an article written by Scott Carter on August 23, head football coach Jim McElwain said, “I’m not naming a starter right now.”
Currently the competition for the starting position is between Luke Del Rio, redshirt freshman Feleipe Franks, and Malik Zaire, a new addition to the football team. Del Rio was last year’s season-opening starting quarterback.
Inside the numbers: Best SEC streaks, facts about season openers https://t.co/WU7yKLhiOd pic.twitter.com/ii2IQDaTsr
— College Football (@CFB) August 25, 2017
The Gators season-opener is on September 2nd, in Arlington, Texas. Florida will take on the Michigan Wolverines. Kick-off is set for 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
