100 Things You Can Do To Pass The 100 Days Until College Football Season Starts
Mountain West football kicks off in 100 days. There’s still a lot of time kill before that, though.
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Don’t know what to do with yourself until Week 0? We can help.
- Invest in a Kickstarter, like Envelopes of Cash
- Read a book about college football, like The Border War by Ryan Thorburn and Robert Gagliardi
- Get into that College Football Revamped video game
- Visit a nearby National Park Service site
- Watch the first season of Yellowjackets
- Make a road trip to Nevada and place a few college football bets
- Relax by a pool and work on your tan
- Visit a local deli and build your own charcuterie board
- Learn to craft a literal charcuterie board
- Join a college football forum, like MWCBoard
- Watch lots of baseball
- Try a new local tasty beverage
- Go for a walk
- Rewatch one of your favorite games from last season
- Go fishing
- Definitely watch Top Gun: Maverick
- Check out a local festival
- Write something
- Hang out at the beach or, if you’re inland, by a lakeside
- Try a local restaurant you’ve never been to before
- Adopt a pet from a local animal shelter
- Make a donation to your favorite team’s athletic programs
- Visit your local library branch
- Take a siesta
- Create a “drawing [insert whatever you want here] until college football season starts challenge” for yourself
- Learn to play blackjack
- Join a local rec league
- Sign up for stuff to get tons of freebies on your birthday
- Update your resume
- Find a podcast to enjoy
- Perform at an open mic night
- Unplug from the internet for a time
- Buy a Rifftrax for one of your favorite movies
- Floss daily
- Establish a stretching routine
- Learn a new language
- Brush up on your cooking skills for tailgating season
- Create a Dungeons and Dragons character
- Become a CFBordle master
- Craft the perfect gameday music playlist (or just get amped up with this one)
- Do a stadium tour
- Find a Coke Freestyle machine and make as different drink combinations to try as you can possibly imagine
- Buy a graphic novel to read
- Ponder whether a hot dog is a sandwich
- Play a round of True American with friends
- Watch a video game speedrun
- Read from a sports-themed online literary magazine, like Boudin’s special football mini-issue, The Under Review, Clinch Lit
- Visit a local museum
- Check out local yard sales
- Try to make some tasty vegetarian recipes
- Start a skin care routine
- Rewatch the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in chronological order
- Learn how to throw an axe
- Create a sourdough starter
- Get a jump on planning your Halloween costume
- Watch some birds
- Invest in something (just not crypto)
- Perfect your selfie game
- Make a painting
- Donate tickets to one of your favorite team’s football games
- Create some useful GIFs for the masses
- Indulge in a Cameo from a Mountain West athlete, like Brian Cobbs or Xavier DuSell
- Try out Xbox Game Pass
- Nerd out at a comics convention
- Check out the night sky at its fullest
- Visit a local farmer’s market
- Play a round of mini-golf
- Play a round of actual golf
- Volunteer some time with a local organization
- Clean your living space
- Clean out your email inbox
- Try as many different flavors of Oreo cookies as you can find
- Get some reps in at a batting cage
- Climb a rock wall
- Support the local music scene
- Make some homemade juice pops
- Join a book club
- Hang out at a county or state fair
- Ride Amtrak somewhere you’ve never been before
- Work on your 40-yard dash time
- Step up your bath game
- Buy a new college football jersey
- Eat the best burger in your state (and maybe the next state over, if you have time)
- Stay hydrated
- Visit your local zoo
- Watch a nature documentary or three
- Go bowling
- Buy the biggest puzzle you can find and put it together
- Barbecue
- Swede a movie you like
- Take a camping trip
- Support a local food truck
- Buy a planner and get organized (or at least build your future schedule around this fall’s Saturdays)
- Buy a plant and grow some herbs or vegetables at home
- Take a Udemy course and learn something new
- Learn a dance
- Donate some food and supplies to your local pantry
- Eat somewhere that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
- Go skating, whether on ice or wheels
- Stare at a wall and just wait for August 27 to arrive
