Is This Thing On?

*taps the mic*

Is this thing on?

Hey again. Long time no see. Football is back, and so am I.

Last season was a busy one with wrapping up college and being swamped traveling coast to coast covering Virginia Tech football, so this page regrettably got put on ice. Turns out education and employment are important after all.

As much as I wanted to bring it back during down periods and/or after graduation, it felt disingenuous to pick up in the middle of the season after so much time off. Considering how it turned out for a certain team that dons burgundy and gold, I partially regret that. But I’ll get into that plenty when the time comes.

For the time being, the fact is this — we are back. That means the usual Power Rankings and Picks pieces will be returning once the season starts, but I’m going to do things a little differently this time.

Preseason predictions will start today and run every single day leading up to the opener on Sept. 4 — truly can’t think of a better way to spend my 24th birthday than watching that team raise a banner — in a series of 32 teams in 32 days. Part of me wanted to go in inverse draft order or from best 2024 record to worst, but I’ve decided to introduce a little anarchy and leave it up to chance, more colloquially known as a good ol’ wheel spin. First up later this afternoon: the Seattle Seahawks!

As we get closer to kickoff, I’ll also drop some other pieces here and there such as award predictions, bold predictions, preseason position rankings and maybe even the trusty uniform articles.

But, again, I want to do things differently this time. So I’ll be branching out throughout the 2025 season, touching on teams outside of the nation’s capital a lot more and trying out things like film breakdowns and more in-depth, football-brained posts to try and stir the pot a bit. Gotta put that NFL+ subscription to use somehow other than rewatching Jayden Daniels tape for hours on end.

Combine all that with some stuff that’s cooking behind the scenes, and this should be the best football season from a content and analysis perspective that I’ve ever had. It helps to not be in school anymore — who would’ve thought? I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, and now that pigskin season is right around the corner, I can’t wait to get rocking and rolling.

So, now that the dusty microphone is back on, let’s start talking once more. Sam Darnold, you’re up first.