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3 strangest things from college football’s first three weeks of 2020

By Matthew Bartlett

LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 08: Head coach Dana Dimel of the UTEP Miners looks on during his team's game against the UNLV Rebels at Sam Boyd Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 08: Head coach Dana Dimel of the UTEP Miners looks on during his team's game against the UNLV Rebels at Sam Boyd Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /
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The 2020 college football season has gotten more unusual with every passing week. Here are three of the strangest parts of the season so far.

College football in 2020 was never going to be normal. As recently as the summer it wasn’t even a given that the season was going to happen at all. When it did start, the oddities came with it. College football has always been quirky, but this season is starting to debut more and more strange happenings week by week.

Here are three things that have stood out the most through Week 3, with plenty of room for further bizarre twists certainly on the way.

1. There’s nothing after dark

BYU is the furthest school west playing football this fall. With the Cougars’ schedule disrupted by COVID-19 impacts, that’s left a lot of open air time when the sun goes down. In a typical year, we’d be watching Washington State shock USC or Arizona State upend Washington. At the very least, Hawaii and Fresno State might be worth staying up to see. Not this year.

Taking Pac-12 After Dark for granted was one of the subtle changes to the 2020 season that has left a lasting impact. If the west coast doesn’t get football back in the next few weeks once the MLB, NHL and NBA have wrapped up, it’s going to be back to Netflix on late weekend nights.

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