During this time, the teams will invariably lose their edge by not playing for three weeks, and we will have to suffer through a quarter of offsides, dropped balls and a plethora of other miscues before they settle in. The NCAA should push back the start of the season so that the conference championship games are the weekend before Christmas followed by a week off and then the bowl series. As a former college athlete I can almost guarantee the players and coaches HATE having this much time off.