And just like that, a season that was once young is all grown up now. Suddenly it has arrived at middle age. Blink, and it’ll all be over. We’ve already reached the halfway point of the 2022 college football season.
Doesn’t it feel like yesterday when it all began?
Yes, those were innocent days, weren’t they, back when we thought the N.C. State offense might be especially formidable, and that Duke might struggle to win a conference game. When Drake Maye was a mystery instead of a certainty. When Wake Forest wasn’t thought to be North Carolina’s best, and when Appalachian State still had yet to collect a check for beating another top-10 team.