IT’S HERE!!!

The coffee is on. The smoker is lit. The Crock-Pot is heating up. The rocks glasses are cleaned and dried. It’s early.

I’m tired and you are too. If you’re anything like me, you weren’t going to get much sleep last night anyway.

But none of that matters because today we get to celebrate the beginning of another Fall in the best town on the planet. With that comes expectation and anticipation. Hopes may be met and fears may be realized. But for this one moment, there is only the promise of what might be.

It’s time to start another season Between the Hedges.

And now a little mood music...

This is your Early Morning Open Comment Thread. Bask in the glory that is the return of college football season and share how you’re passing the hours as we wait for the games to begin.