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100 Things You Can Do To Pass The 100 Days Until College Football Season Starts


100 Things You Can Do To Pass The 100 Days Until College Football Season Starts


Mountain West football kicks off in 100 days. There’s still a lot of time kill before that, though.


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Don’t know what to do with yourself until Week 0? We can help.

  1. Invest in a Kickstarter, like Envelopes of Cash
  2. Read a book about college football, like The Border War by Ryan Thorburn and Robert Gagliardi
  3. Get into that College Football Revamped video game
  4. Visit a nearby National Park Service site
  5. Watch the first season of Yellowjackets
  6. Make a road trip to Nevada and place a few college football bets
  7. Relax by a pool and work on your tan
  8. Visit a local deli and build your own charcuterie board
  9. Learn to craft a literal charcuterie board
  10. Join a college football forum, like MWCBoard
  11. Watch lots of baseball
  12. Try a new local tasty beverage
  13. Go for a walk
  14. Rewatch one of your favorite games from last season
  15. Go fishing
  16. Definitely watch Top Gun: Maverick
  17. Check out a local festival
  18. Write something
  19. Hang out at the beach or, if you’re inland, by a lakeside
  20. Try a local restaurant you’ve never been to before
  21. Adopt a pet from a local animal shelter
  22. Make a donation to your favorite team’s athletic programs
  23. Visit your local library branch
  24. Take a siesta
  25. Create a “drawing [insert whatever you want here] until college football season starts challenge” for yourself
  26. Learn to play blackjack
  27. Join a local rec league
  28. Sign up for stuff to get tons of freebies on your birthday
  29. Update your resume
  30. Find a podcast to enjoy
  31. Perform at an open mic night
  32. Unplug from the internet for a time
  33. Buy a Rifftrax for one of your favorite movies
  34. Floss daily
  35. Establish a stretching routine
  36. Learn a new language
  37. Brush up on your cooking skills for tailgating season
  38. Create a Dungeons and Dragons character
  39. Become a CFBordle master
  40. Craft the perfect gameday music playlist (or just get amped up with this one)
  41. Do a stadium tour
  42. Find a Coke Freestyle machine and make as different drink combinations to try as you can possibly imagine
  43. Buy a graphic novel to read
  44. Ponder whether a hot dog is a sandwich
  45. Play a round of True American with friends
  46. Watch a video game speedrun
  47. Read from a sports-themed online literary magazine, like Boudin’s special football mini-issue, The Under Review, Clinch Lit
  48. Visit a local museum
  49. Check out local yard sales
  50. Try to make some tasty vegetarian recipes
  51. Start a skin care routine
  52. Rewatch the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in chronological order
  53. Learn how to throw an axe
  54. Create a sourdough starter
  55. Get a jump on planning your Halloween costume
  56. Watch some birds
  57. Invest in something (just not crypto)
  58. Perfect your selfie game
  59. Make a painting
  60. Donate tickets to one of your favorite team’s football games
  61. Create some useful GIFs for the masses
  62. Indulge in a Cameo from a Mountain West athlete, like Brian Cobbs or Xavier DuSell
  63. Try out Xbox Game Pass
  64. Nerd out at a comics convention
  65. Check out the night sky at its fullest
  66. Visit a local farmer’s market
  67. Play a round of mini-golf
  68. Play a round of actual golf
  69. Volunteer some time with a local organization
  70. Clean your living space
  71. Clean out your email inbox
  72. Try as many different flavors of Oreo cookies as you can find
  73. Get some reps in at a batting cage
  74. Climb a rock wall
  75. Support the local music scene
  76. Make some homemade juice pops
  77. Join a book club
  78. Hang out at a county or state fair
  79. Ride Amtrak somewhere you’ve never been before
  80. Work on your 40-yard dash time
  81. Step up your bath game
  82. Buy a new college football jersey
  83. Eat the best burger in your state (and maybe the next state over, if you have time)
  84. Stay hydrated
  85. Visit your local zoo
  86. Watch a nature documentary or three
  87. Go bowling
  88. Buy the biggest puzzle you can find and put it together
  89. Barbecue
  90. Swede a movie you like
  91. Take a camping trip
  92. Support a local food truck
  93. Buy a planner and get organized (or at least build your future schedule around this fall’s Saturdays)
  94. Buy a plant and grow some herbs or vegetables at home
  95. Take a Udemy course and learn something new
  96. Learn a dance
  97. Donate some food and supplies to your local pantry
  98. Eat somewhere that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
  99. Go skating, whether on ice or wheels
  100. Stare at a wall and just wait for August 27 to arrive

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