1. Ryan Day spent the past three seasons as offensive coordinator for Steve Addazio at Temple (2012) and Boston College (2013-14). Addazio comes out of the Urban Meyer School of Offense -- a big, physical running game and, hopefully, the quarterback can do his share of the running. In the past two seasons, Chase Rettig and Tyler Murphy combined to throw 28 touchdowns for the Eagles, two-thirds of what Marcus Mariota threw this season alone. But Day is the new quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. Here’s where you should know that Day started at quarterback for three seasons at New Hampshire, where his position coach was Chip Kelly.

2. All the ado about Marshawn Lynch and his unwillingness to speak with the media made me think of a 2006 profile of him at Cal. I remembered a nice, polite kid. Lynch’s first quote of the piece: “I’m just trying to play. If it was up to me, I wouldn’t do interviews.” The Bears’ head coach at the time, Jeff Tedford, not only called Lynch “the best athlete on the field,” but praised his intelligence. “We’re able to put him in so many positions and he’s so smart,” Tedford said. “He can get it in the meeting and take it on the field and have a pretty good idea of what we’re looking for.” That’s how you stay a force in the NFL for eight seasons.

3. Kudos to North Carolina and Wake Forest for scheduling a “nonconference” home-and-home series in 2019 and 2021. The downside of conference expansion is that plenty of historic rivalries have been sacrificed. But playing a conference opponent and calling it a nonconference game is silly. Let’s say North Carolina loses to Wake in 2019 and goes on to tie Duke for the ACC Coastal Division championship. If you’re Duke, wouldn’t you be upset that Carolina’s loss to Wake didn’t count? Especially if you beat Wake that season?