How 2021 can rank among the weirdest college football seasons ever

Posted Oct 15, 2021
College football fans revel in things going wrong. Fans like to complain about rankings, but that tune changes as soon as ranked teams start losing. As each season takes on its own character, college fans nationwide descend into a kind of bloodlust, hoping their own football teams’ failures can be buried beneath the blunders and woes suffered by others. (USA Today)

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