Lane: College football overshadows Olympics

Fall practice steals spotlight from London Games

 

In case you didn't know it, there are some pretty important athletic events going on right now.

 

Fans across the country and across the world have been waiting for this. They have endured months of anticipation and now the time is here.

I'm speaking, of course, of fall football practices.

Yes, across the pond in jolly old England, there are sports being played. There are arrows being shot, bicycles being pedaled, water polo ... well, there are people playing water polo. It's an exciting time for those following the Games of the XXX Olympiad. But can the passion of those following the New Zealand rowing squad really rival what they're feeling right now on