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Today marks the last day of July. To be truthful, there is nothing on the College Football docket for today, but it is one day closer to fall camps opening up. To mark the beginning of August, an ode to the wonder of College Football…with all of its sights and sounds. Imagine the following, just as if it were happening on the television screen:

"And here come the LSU Tigers!!!"

There is not much like a Saturday night in Baton Rouge, and hearing the TV announcer mention that phrase, even for a non LSU fan, is pretty cool.

So what will be some of the headlines that will hit the College Football airwaves over the course of the month of August? Three things to consider:

Joe Paterno and Penn State, what in the world of "Happy Valley" is going on with all of the thuggery? Dismissing the "thuggery" as coach Paterno did when interviewed by ESPN, over the past half dozen years, the Penn State program has still acted like the late 1980s-to-mid-1990s-like Miami Hurricanes with its off the field issues. No way to hide it, Penn State has serious problems to deal with, and it's only going to be a distraction – all season long – despite the fact that Penn State could make a run at the Big 10 championship, or at least a New Year's Day Bowl Game.

Can Georgia, with a schedule that includes road contests at South Carolina and Arizona State on consecutive Saturdays, plus home dates with Alabama and Tennessee, then at Louisiana State, the anticipated neutral site game against Florida in Jacksonville, at Kentucky and Auburn, and finish up with Georgia Tech, finish the regular season unblemished? That's a gauntlet if there ever was one. The Bulldogs are loaded; now they must clear their own path to the BCS National Championship Game.

How will West Virginia play without its former head coach Rich Rodriguez and the assistant coaches he took to Ann Arbor? Do not sleep on the Mountaineers. They still have several offensive weapons. Pat White still leads the show, with Noel Devine the next media darling with all of his jaw-dropping open-field moves.

Lights, camera, action. College Football is one week closer to coming to fruition. And I, for one, cannot wait.