Peter is impressed with the thickness.

FSU v ND has already been announced as an NBC game. ESPN can decide in February 2025 whether they plan to renew the ACC contract. When FSU and Clemson announce they plan to leave the ACC,ESPN will certainly negotiate ACC payouts down. That would put the ACC below the Big 12 in payouts per team. That is a big reason why the ACC needs to bring in 1-2 good football schools to keep payouts in the same general range. Odds are that other ACC teams will leave the conference after FSU and Clemson.

Nate Johnson has sprinter's speed, and with Vanderbilt having the worst offensive line among Power 4 conference teams, he might beat Pavia out because he can avoid sacks. 11 AM in August in Nashville is unbearable. Not only will it be above 90 degrees, the humidity will make the feels-like temperature over 100, unless you luck out and have the remnants of a hurricane drop 7 inches of rain. In the last 12 years, a thunderstorm has delayed the start of Vanderbilt first games three times, with one of those delays being 3 hours. The last time Va. Tech played at Vanderbilt's stadium, they blew Alabama off the field in the inaugural Music City Bowl. It was also miserable that day--low 30's with wind and sleet. Also Labor Day weekend in Nashville means there will be tens of thousands of people hanging out downtown in the entertainment area on Friday night, and there will be pickpockets, ladies of ill repute, and other hooligans hanging out there. But the people you really have to watch out for are the drunk girls at all the bachelorette parties. They will pee on your shoes.