Four London football games are on this fall's schedule: Kansas vs. Arizona State plays today as the lone college entry, with three NFL fixtures to follow. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league has no doubt it wants multiple teams based outside the United States. Joe Kinsey placed the formal franchise announcement roughly three years out.
One college game plus three NFL games: four total. The multi-year accumulation of London fixtures points toward a permanent franchise well before the league commits to one.
Heidi Klum tapped the Hofbrau keg at her annual Hollywood party this week, marking the traditional start of Oktoberfest in the United States. The ceremony opened college football's heaviest Saturday. LSU entered at -3, with Kinsey projecting a 35-31 final and taking the over. Oxford, Mississippi faces potential disorder if Ole Miss drops a last-second game; beer is confirmed for sale at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Road delays
A return drive stretched to four and a half hours, with a single 40-mile stretch accounting for the worst of it. Interstate 75 through Monroe, Michigan is under active construction. Interstate 71 into Louisville drew the same complaint. None of the three corridors carried a repair timeline.
Country club per-unit math
A Pacific Northwest reader priced a membership at one of Washington's top courses, 25 miles from home. Monthly dues require 10 to 12 rounds per month to justify the cost. The offer: two years to pay off initiation at no interest, one year of free dues and cart, and a substantial food credit. Distance limits realistic access to the practice range and restaurant.
Kinsey ran the parallel on a club one mile from his own home. A nearby 2.5-star course runs $100 per round for two players; five rounds per month reaches membership breakeven. The shared question in both cases is whether playing the same course 35 times a year produces burnout before the dues math closes.
A vendor outside the Big Tree Inn in Buffalo set up a folding table operation this weekend, selling tables to Bills fans on game day. The operator said his boss directed him to stand at the location and sell. The model depends on intoxicated fans paying a premium to break tables for content.