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College Football Week 1: Binge-watching guide

By Charles Rahrig V

Oct 17, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) before a game against the Florida Gators at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) before a game against the Florida Gators at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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Here’s the best way to binge-watch your way through the first week of the 2016 college football season.

Friends, Romans, armchair quarterbacks, send me your beers. The greatest day of the year is here, as college football gets underway. Unlike past years, the opening slate of games for college football is so great, there may never be a Saturday quite like it again. Therefore, it is only right that you binge-watch college football the correct way. Let’s break it down.

7:30 a.m. ET

Here’s the good news: College football is back in full swing. The bad news is that you have to wake up real early in the morning to catch the first game. If you’re an avid football fan on the west coast, then you might want to pick up some red bulls, two packs of Marlboro reds and some Slim Jims after a night out at the bar in your Ed Hardy t-shirt.

While you’re quickly showering and washing away the taste of deceit and regret, get a pot of coffee rolling for Georgia Tech and Boston College. The game will be played in Dublin, Ireland, which means these two teams are the best we could send overseas. But it makes for a great excuse to have an Irish Coffee to start the madness that is about to unfold over the next 16 hours.

College GameDay is also on from 9-12 from Lambeau Field where LSU and Wisconsin will play at 3:30. You’ll want to see what headgear Lee Corso puts on when making his pick and who will be the celebrity guest picker.

Plus, there will be a surprise guest as well. With GameDay taking place at Lambeau Field, one has to wonder whether Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be on hand. Speculation is running rampant about the guest celebrity.

12:00 p.m. ET

Alright, let’s cut the crap here for a second. You’re not waking up for that game at 7:30 a.m. and neither am I. That means we can all browse our phones when we wake up and find out if Boston College has learned how to win games yet. At this point, it’s already lunch time and the best games of the day are starting.

Before we get too deep, remember to pace yourself for a second. It is easy to indulge in life’s desires but this is an endurance event. It’s going to be a long day and it’ll do you no good if you’re passed out when Jim Harbaugh is doing an abstract tribal dance in front of officials with Michigan beating Hawaii by 35. Or when Leonard Fournette runs over nine defenders on the way to a 75-yard touchdown.

Instead, spend that first game with a beer or two. get some food in your gut. Eat a big breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns and any carbs you can put in the toaster. Anyways, let’s talk cantaloupe. Find yourself a great paring knife to slice it open and infuse some vodka into the musk melon. Wrap it up and let it chill for a few hours. This will come in handy as a snack during the Josh Rosen touchdown parade at Kyle Field.

3:30 p.m. ET

This is the time when stuff gets real after Oklahoma and Houston are done putting on the first show of the day. There are some banner games in this slot. UCLA at Texas A&M and Wisconsin and LSU at Lambeau.

You need to watch Fournette when LSU’s offense is on the field. The Heisman hopeful demands your attention when LSU’s offense is on the field. And you need to see what Rosen can do against Myles Garrett and the Texas A&M pass rush. The UCLA quarterback could be the No. 1 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.

Make sure you keep the remote control in one hand and a sandwich in the other so you can hop from one channel to the next. Don’t forget about using your laptop, iPad or phone to stream games online to see both at the same time.

Once these games are done, you have time to recharge the battery for about an hour, before the night games start.

8:00 p.m. ET

By now, you’ve been eating and drinking all day while sitting in the same chair for 11 hours, But you’re about to catch your second wind with Alabama and USC underway. The defending champions enter the year ranked No. 1 but have quarterback questions and lost Heisman winner, Derrick Henry.

Max Browne steps into the quarterback role for USC after beating Sam Darnold for the job. The highly touted quarterback has weapons in Juju Smith-Schuster and Adoree Jackson who can beat Alabama’s reloaded defense

The other great game at night is Clemson at Auburn. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson looks to take an early lead for the Heisman with a monster performance. Meanwhile, Auburn counters with Sean White who beat out last year’s preseason darling, Jeremy Johnson, and Last Chance U star John Franklin III.

When Alabama starts to pull away from USC in the third quarter break out the leftover pizza and polish off those last three slices you told yourself you were saving for Sunday.

After the games

After spending the entire day on the couch watching college football the only thing left to do is watch the highlight shows.

The wrap up shows on ESPN will be there to remind you of the legend you created for yourself on that Saturday. Being a fan is all about going all in and that’s the only way to successfully binge through a full day of college football.

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Just remember to spend some time with your family and loved ones on Sunday morning to make up for neglecting them. Put in some good face time so you can get away for Notre Dame and Texas later in the day.

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