100 things you can do to make it through the 100 days before the start of the college football season

Invest in a Kickstarter, like Cash Envelopes

Read a college football book, like The border war by Ryan Thorburn and Robert Gagliardi

Get into that College football revisited video game

Visit a nearby National Park Service site

Watch the first season of the Yellowjackets

Take a road trip to Nevada and place some college football bets

Relax by a pool and work on your tan

Visit a local grocery store and build your own charcuterie board

Learn how to make a literal charcuterie board

Join a college football forum, like MWCBoard

Watch a lot of baseball

Try a tasty new local drink

Go for a walk

Rewatch one of your favorite games from last season

go fishing

Must watch Top Gun: Maverick

Discover a local festival

write something

Get out to the beach or, if you’re inland, to a lake

Try a local restaurant you’ve never been to before

Adopt a pet from a local animal shelter

Donate to your favorite team’s sports programs

Visit your local library branch

Take a nap

Create a “drawing [insert whatever you want here] until the college football season begins a challenge’ for yourself

Learn to play blackjack

Join a local recreation league

Sign up to get tons of gifts for your birthday

Update your CV

Find a podcast to enjoy

Perform at an open mic party

Disconnect from the internet for a while

Buy a Rifftrax for one of your favorite movies

Floss daily

Establish a stretching routine

To learn a new language

Brush up on your cooking skills for tailgating season

Create a Dungeons and Dragons character

Become a CFBorddle Master

Create the perfect music playlist for game days (or just have fun with this one)

Take a stadium tour

Find a Coke Freestyle machine and make as many drink combinations to try as you can imagine

Buy a graphic novel to read

Ask yourself if a hot dog is a sandwich

Play a game of True American with friends

Watch a video game speedrun

Read excerpts from a sports-themed online literary magazine, such as Boudin’s football special mini-issue, The Under Review, Clinch Lit

Visit a local museum

Check out local garage sales

Try making tasty vegetarian recipes

Start a skincare routine

Revisit the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in chronological order

Learn to throw an ax

Create a Sourdough Starter

Get a jump into planning your Halloween costume

Observe some birds

Invest in something (but not crypto)

Perfect your selfie game

Make a table

Offer tickets to one of your favorite team’s football matches

Create useful GIFs for the masses

Get a cameo from a Mountain West athlete, like Brian Cobbs or Xavier DuSell

Try Xbox Game Pass

Nerd at a comic book convention

See the night sky in all its glory

Visit a local farmer’s market

Play a round of mini golf

Play a real round of golf

Volunteer with a local organization

Clean up your living space

Clean up your inbox

Try as many different Oreo cookie flavors as you can find

Get reps in a batting cage

Climb a rock face

Support the local music scene

Prepare homemade fruit juices

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 run time

Step up your bath game

Buy a new college football jersey

Eat the best burger in your state (and maybe the next state, 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

Swedish a movie you like

Go camping

Support a local food truck

Buy a planner and get organized (or at least build your future schedule around Saturdays this fall)

Buy a plant and grow herbs or vegetables at home

Take a Udemy course and learn something new

learn a dance

Donate food and supplies to your local food pantry

Eat somewhere that has been featured on Dinners, drive-ins and dives

Go skating, whether on ice or on wheels

Stare at a wall and wait for August 27 to come