The college football offseason is half-over

Where does the time go?

Alabama beat Texas on Jan. 7 to end the 2009 college football season. The 2010 season starts Thursday night, Sept. 2.

That means we just passed the halfway point of the offseason.

The second half of the offseason will be warmer. It will have more preseason college football magazines. It will have the end of the NBA season, the World Cup, three more major golf tournaments, and over a month of NFL training camps.

Then we get to Thursday night, Sept. 2, and ...

Northern Illinois at Iowa State

Marshall at Ohio State

Towson at Indiana

Minnesota at Middle Tennessee State

USC at Hawaii

Pittsburgh at Utah

And my favorite, Presbyterian at Wake Forest.

The next night gives us Arizona at Toledo.

Then comes Saturday the 4th, and ...

Eastern Illinois at Iowa

Connecticut at Michigan

Illinois vs. Missouri in St. Louis

Western Kentucky at Nebraska

Youngstown State at Penn State

Purdue at Notre Dame

Texas at Rice

Oregon State vs. TCU in Dallas

LSU vs. North Carolina in Atlanta

Wisconsin at UNLV

Things start slowly. Not to worry. It's a long season.

It's a longer offseason. But it's half over.