It’s less than three months until the kick-off of the 2008 college football season, so in anticipation of the upcoming season, the New York Times’ quite good college sports blog — the Quad — is providing an excellent summary each day of the 110 or so Division I-A teams. The Quad rates the Rice Owls at no. 104, which seems far too pessimistic to me given the Owls’ returning offensive firepower. But the summaries are generally thorough and provide a decent perspective of each program, so they are a good primer for the college football season. In these parts, it’s never too early to get ready for some football!