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College football's two thousand twenty six season wasted absolutely no time delivering a moment. Illinois capped the first half against UAB with a Hail Mary touchdown that had Champaign losing its mind. Down to eighteen seconds, the Illini launched it deep and somehow pulled it off — the kind of play that gets replayed for years.
Across the Atlantic, the Premier League is heating up fast. Arsenal host Chelsea this weekend with both clubs carrying perfect records through two matches. Bukayo Saka has found the net in each of Arsenal's games, and Xabi Alonso's Chelsea aren't backing down. Something has to give, and the footballing world will be watching every second.
Meanwhile, Virginia high school football made genuine history Thursday night. Rachel Worsham took the sideline at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, becoming the first woman ever to head coach a varsity boys football program in the state. Her team fell thirty-six to nothing against Park View, but the scoreboard is almost beside the point — what she's done opens a door that had never been touched before.
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