Spring football is over and there's nothing left to do but think about the fall. Here are 10 things I would like to see:

1. ... The USC Trojans in Jordan-Hare Stadium on a Saturday afternoon in August, when it's 92 degrees and, oh, about 82 percent humidity, and the gnats are buzzing about the face masks, and there's a pool of sweat below every three-point stance, there aren't enough seats around the misting machines next to the USC bench, and the USC players thinking about how it will be 77 in Santa Monica that day, with a breeze coming off the Pacific, and the Auburn fans are yelling like someone just tried to truckjack them. If the Trojans survive all that and win, watch out.

2. ... Boston College's visit to Connecticut's new Rentschler Field on Sept. 13. The game had been scheduled as a welcome to the Huskies, which will join the Big East in football in 2005, and as a "trailer" of sorts for what everyone expected would be a great conference rivalry. Once Boston College makes its departure for the Atlantic Coast Conference official, the Eagles will be about as welcome in Connecticut as New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Emotions will run high for that one.

3. ... Mike Shula take Alabama to Georgia on Oct. 4, where he enjoyed one of his greatest victories as a Crimson Tide quarterback, the 20-16 last-minute comeback victory that he led in the 1985 season opener. But that's not why I want to see Shula in Athens. That week, Shula will have surpassed Mike Price's tenure of four months, 20 days as Alabama head coach. The ways things go in Tuscaloosa, it's worth commemorating.

4. ... The postgame press conference of Texas coach Mack Brown in the Cotton Bowl at about 6:30 p.m., Texas State Fair time, on Oct. 11. Whether Texas beats Oklahoma, in which case Brown will have a hard time reigning in his emotions; or not, in which case Brown will have to explain away a fourth consecutive loss to the Longhorns' Red River rival, that will be great theater.

5. ... Miami tight end Kellen Winslow seal off the Florida defense, so that Frank Gore can turn the corner and make the decision whether to run past or over the Gator safety. On that play, and not before, the debate over whether Gore or Willis McGahee -- who couldn't beat Gore out in the spring of 2002, then became the best running back in the nation after Gore injured his knee and missed the season -- is the best tailback that the Hurricanes have ever produced, will begin.

6. ... New Mexico sophomore tailback DonTrell Moore, a first-team All-Mountain West Conference rusher as a freshman (1,134 yards, 13 touchdowns) with his entire offensive line returning, have big games at Texas Tech on Sept. 6 or at Washington State on Sept. 20. The eight MWC schools have produced exactly two All-American tailbacks in their history: Luke Staley of BYU in 2001 and Marshall Faulk of San Diego State in 1992-93. I'm not predicting Moore will be the third, but with talent and an experienced O-line, he's off to a good start.

7. ... Wisconsin wide receiver Lee Evans catch a textbook fade from Badgers quarterback Jim Sorgi, and I don't care which week he does it. After 16 months that included two knee surgeries, and, worse, two knee rehabs, the senior, an All-American in 2001, has a perspective that players only gain the hard way.

8. ... Ralph Friedgen walking, not limping, not waddling, but walking the sideline at Byrd Stadium. The Maryland coach had a right hip replacement performed earlier this month, and expects to be at full speed for the Terps' opener at Northern Illinois on Aug. 28. While we're at it, it would be nice to see a healthy Bruce Perry at tailback for Maryland, too.

9. ... A kickoff, or a punt, in college football overtime. Special teams compose one-third of the game, if you listen to every coach who has ever won a game because of them. After 60 minutes, everyone who isn't on the field goal team is sent to the showers while the offense and defense continue playing. Doesn't make sense.

10. ... Lloyd Carr of Michigan lose a close game and not whine about it. ... Tyrone Willingham of Notre Dame give an answer that doesn't sound programmed. ... Walt Harris of Pittsburgh get the credit he deserves. ... Jim Grobe of Wake Forest and Fisher DeBerry of Air Force get the kind of talent available to top 10 schools, just to see what they would do with it. ... Michigan State play Texas A&M in the Alamo Bowl, and watch whether John L. Smith or Dennis Franchione takes another job before the game. ... The sun rise in Nebraska for the home opener against Oklahoma State on Aug. 30, just to assure Husker fans that there is life after a 7-7 season.

Ivan Maisel is a senior writer for ESPN.com. E-mail him at ivan.maisel@espn3.com.