Welcome to the third installment of "(insert amount) college football games to get way too excited about way too soon," which, as my four loyal readers might have notcied, is still a working title. Though the headline might be on its third version, the mission of the article remains the same: to get you pumped up for another glorious college football season at least a full month before it starts. No, we don't mean to rush summer, we're just bored of baseball.

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What you'll find below is the 12 games I am most looking forward to the upcoming season, and a potentially smart but more than likely dumb explanation for each. Some will be left out, some might seem like they don't belong, some I know I'm going to bet the over on and some you might actually agree with. However you feel about my selections, we can all agree that nothing gets the blood flowing like looking at Saturday schedules for November in July, am I right? So let's get it on.

Week 1

Miami vs. Florida, Aug. 24 (7 p.m., ESPN)

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Folks, this one is merely a month away (deep breaths). It's one of two games kicking off the season a full week before the rest of the country gets started, and the schedule-makers couldn't have picked a better matchup. Amazingly, it's the first time the two teams will play each other since 2013 (!), renewing one of college football's great in-state rivalries. The last time they met, some of your favorite fantasy football duds were balling out, Duke Johnson and Allen Hurns for Miami and Matt Jones and Trey Burton for Florida. This year, Tate Martell, who transferred from Ohio State, will be leading the way for the U, and he brings the type of swagger the Canes have been missing at the position for quite some time. But Florida, ranked eighth in some preseason polls, will be the favorite with redshirt junior quarterback Feleipe Franks leading the way under second-year head coach Dan Mullen. Both teams will be full of so much promise (is the U back??), each with big aspirations for the 2019-'20 season. And though each squad is more likely to finish 9-3 than 11-1, for one Saturday they'll be the center of the college football universe.

Week 2

Texas A&M at Clemson, Sept. 7 (3:30 p.m., ABC)

People forget that the Aggies had the eventual national champs on the ROPES in week two last season:

Once again, Clemson and A&M will meet in week two, though this time in Death Valley, where it will be an enormous task for A&M to even play the game close. Clemson will only be stronger, as Trevor Lawrence has almost a full-year of experience and is already being dubbed the consensus No. 1 draft pick in 2021. But if the Aggies want any shot at being in the playoff conversation, this is a must win. They've got trips to Georgia and LSU on the schedule later in the year, plus an annual date with Alabama, a team the Aggies haven't beaten since Johnny Manziel happened. A&M will be better this year, head coach Jimbo Fisher's second at the school, but with that schedule, it's hard to imagine them being a playoff threat. That said, this is still a must-watch early-season game.

LSU at Texas, September 7 (7:30 p.m., ABC)

Just as you're coming off the A&M-Clemson high, WHAM, ABC rolls right into this doozy. We'll know if "Texas is back" earlier than usual this season, as the Longhorns welcome the Tigers for another "whoever wins this gets to claim their team's conference is bigger, stronger and faster" primetime matchup. Texas had its fun at the expense of Georgia after the Sugar Bowl, but, to be fair, there will be much more on the line in this one. As long as both teams win their openers (lol, they will) this will be a top 10 vs. top 10 game after which the winner will be thrust into the College Football Playoff conversation. September non-conference matchups don't get much better than this.

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