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And Earnhardt Jr. on the outside looking in again.

Series resumes on Saturday in Columbia.

While the legal system promises the presumption of innocence until proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, that’s a myth in real life and life in the NCAA.

In a college football season that’s as wide open as any we’ve had in the last 10 years, Week 1 was, well, wide open. Here are several observations.

For one mild, sun-drenched September day, all was right with the Georgia Bulldogs.

It's merely called something else.

Harvick, Jeff Gordon locked in

This whole high school sports on ESPN-thing bothers me.

The question entering the 2010 college football season isn’t “who will win the BCS championship?” It’s more like “will a team not in the SEC win the BCS championship?”

The Bulldogs simply don’t beat the Gators very often, and Urban Meter has rubbed Richt’s face in that fact the last two seasons, winning 49-10 in 2008 and 41-17 last season.

For USC to have a big year, challenge for the SEC East title and earn double-digit wins, it needs to be Garcia leading the charge.

The UFL still isn't sure what it wants to be.

And players are pushing back.

Can C.J. Spiller be replaced?

Team tries to deal with distractions heading into opener.