re: "Week Zero" - How does it work?

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don't need a Week Zero game. Stop with all this nonsense. Playing a glorified high school team won't do a thing for us, and would open up risk of injury. A quality coach like Kelly will have us ready Week 1.

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The dumbest post of the day

Actually, there is another circumstance which will allow Week 0 games, which we would be able to meet fairly easily. FCS teams can schedule during Week 0 as long as it’s a non-conference matchup on national television.

If this is indeed correct (two articles are linked below for reference), the Grambling game could be moved up to Week 0 as long it gets picked up for a national broadcast. This is a no-brainer in my opinion. We get the Week 0 game, Grambling gets national TV exposure, and we get a bye week after Fla State to prepare for Miss State.

USA Today Week 0 games explained

Palm Beach TV station explains Week O rule

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By the way, Florida St is in the same boat with FCS opponent North Alabama. They could do the same and create a Week 3 bye week before facing Florida.

Annnddd we had no business winning that game. I’ll give you it was Les’ first game and it was a sign of things to come with playing down to our opponents. That being said in all 3 of those loses the teams we played weren’t significantly better than us. Unfortunately, they had a game to prepare and were way more sharp. Playing a week zero game definitely helps you stubborn douche!

Much-to-do about nothing.