After one of the busiest off seasons in history with the introduction of a four-team playoff system to crown a national champion starting in 2014, college football officially kicks off today.
Dave Kearns: Initial panic as problems occur in Asia and Eastern Europe (where the date changes earlier than here), which should settle down by the time the first football game kicks off and people realize their lives won't be disrupted very much.
The first of two college football bowl games taking place in San Diego kicks off tonight, when BYU faces San Diego State in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
Before the New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5 to kick off the NFL season, EA Sports officially kicks off the new season of football with the launch of Madden NFL 13 on August 28.
The South Africa Football Association have confirmed he will miss the tournament that kicks off on 14 June and serves as a dress rehearsal for the 2010 World Cup.
"It's like when you get to the final of the football World Cup and it goes to penalties: if you manage to put away all five spot kicks you're a hero - if you miss one you're a donkey, " he said.