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Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”
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Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 7:14 PM

Seems like ridiculous Coot logic to me.

First week of the regular season = week 1, even if it’s earlier than the usual first week of the season.

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Re: Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 7:28 PM

Because “Zero” good games and only one from the Power 5 schools; Nebraska vs Northwestern from Ireland. The rest are just FCS schools. An appetizer weekend for the next. It should be Week 1 however, since it is week 1.

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Re: Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 7:40 PM

Agreed, we have zero interest in watching other than to see if any key players got injured. I think high schools started calling it week zero a few years ago because it was a very small schedule of games being played so maybe colleges or the sports media stole it from the high schools?

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Because it is a weak a$$ week hth***


Aug 23, 2022, 7:45 PM



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Re: Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 8:00 PM

I'm looking forward to next year when we will start with "Week -1."

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Re: Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 8:19 PM

Because it was designated by a computer engineer and binary always starts with zero.

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Re: Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 8:19 PM

Because it was designated by a computer engineer and binary always starts with zero.

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It’s part of the drop/add period***


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It is because not nearly all the teams are playing their


Aug 23, 2022, 8:35 PM

first game that week. I agree it's kind of lame, but it is what it are.

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It was named after your favorite coach “Weak Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 8:41 PM

Just FYI

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100% CORRECT! (Although the other responses are not wrong)...


Aug 23, 2022, 9:29 PM

But this ^^^^^^^^^^^is the true etymology of "week 0". And sadly another stain left by CBB-

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Because “weak one” was too confusing***


Aug 23, 2022, 8:43 PM



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Re: Why is the first week of college football called “Week Zero?”


Aug 23, 2022, 8:43 PM

If you are talking about this week, it is because there are zero games of interest. I have heard Week Zero in High School but never before in college.

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