We are less than one month, 23 days to be exact, to the first college football game of the 2008 season. I still have a lot of things planned for the blog between now and the start of the season, and I will outline them below:

If you’ve been counting, you will notice that there are still 3 BCS Conferences yet to preview in the podcasts. Don’t worry, I do not plan to skip any because I planned the previews out perfectly. This week the podcast will be focused on the ACC, while on August 14th the Big 12 will be previewed, and on August 21st the Big 10 will be previewed. We will have a few names from the past, as Jon Johnston from Corn Nation and Big Head from MizzouRAH will join me for the Big 12 podcast.

The week prior to the season starting, we will be switching night for In The Bleachers Live to either Tuesday or Wednesday. Either on August 26th or 27th, I will be having a 2 hour predictions show special for In The Bleachers. I already have a few guests lined up from the preview shows along with many more to fill 2 hours of podcasting. If you are interested in joining me on the Prediction Show, drop me a line at the email address listed for this site. On that show, everyone will make their predictions for the BCS Conferences, BCS Bowls, National Champion, and Heisman Trophy winner.

Coming back again this year will be Operation Pick Em where we pit bloggers against fans against the main stream media. I will once again ask Bruce Feldman to pick games against us this year, and I have a few emails out to some other MSM guys to see if they would like to join us. If you are a blogger and/or fan and want to pick games for this contest, please send me an email. Last year I handed out copies of Bruce Feldman’s Meat Market to the winner. This year’s contest will once again have prizes, but they are yet to be determined.

Finally, I plan to start coverage of my Top 25. I will be releasing the teams I think should be in the top 25 starting in the coming days. I plan on doing 3-5 teams a day and I encourage everyone to pick me apart. I love a good healthy debate.

Thanks for reading In The Bleachers, and I hope you are as excited as I am for the coming football season, it can’t come soon enough!