Thursday, August 28th marks the opening day for NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I-A schools.

The SEC has two games scheduled both of which is are interconference games, Vanderbilt (SEC) at Miami of Ohio (MAC), and North Carolina State (ACC) at South Carolina (SEC).

The ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) has three matchups, four if you count the aforementioned interconference game, scheduled, Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech, Charleston Southern at Miami of Florida, and Wake Forest (23) at Baylor.

The Big East kicks off their season with Hofstra at Connecticut and Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati.

The PAC10 has Oregon State at Stanford. Conference USA has an interconference matchup between UTEP (Conference USA) and Buffalo (Mid American Conference).

The Sun Belt Conference has Troy at Middle Tennessee

The Mid American Conference has Northeastern at Ball State, Eastern Illinois at Central Michigan, Indiana State at Eastern Michigan, and the two previously mentioned interconference games.

The Big 12 will have two interconference matchups on Thursday with Baylor vs. Wake Forest (ACC) and Iowa State vs. South Dakota State (Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Conference USA has one interconference game (previously mentioned) between UTEP and Buffalo (Mid American).

The WAC, IA Independents, Mountain West, and the Big 10 have no games scheduled for Thursday!

While Thursdays' games will be the teaser, Saturday will be the opening salvo in what promises to be a barn burner of a NCAA season. Will Georgia, who silenced critics by stomping Hawai'i have its day? Can 2007 Heisman winner Tim Tebow lead his gators to a National Championship? What of the Buckeyes' 19 returning starters, the most of any Top 25 team? Can the Trojans' QB Mark Sanchez lead USC to not only a PAC10 title but a National Title? Where can the second year coach Mark Dantonio take Michigan State? With key receiver, Zach Luckett suspended, what can Virginia Tech realistically hope for? LSU caught lightening in a bottle with an unbelievable amount of pieces falling neatly into place, but can there possibly be a repeat?

Oh yeah! College football fans I know you are ready! Those who play for the love of the game and the long, storied histories of their schools, are about to bust heads and maybe a few records.

*EDIT: Big 12  and Conference USA were unintentionally omitted. That has been corrected.*

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