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Not to get too far ahead of ourselves here, but could Sept. 3, 2016 be the best day in college football history?

It’s not that crazy a concept, especially after Auburn and Clemson announced a new home-and-home series on Tuesday.

We’ve seen the College Football Playoff – which will supposedly emphasize strength of schedule – inspire athletics directors of big-time schools to put together some marquee non-conference games. And already, the slate for 9/3/16 looks absolutely ridiculous:

Alabama-Southern Cal at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
LSU-Wisconsin at Lambeau Field
UCLA at Texas A&M
Notre Dame at Texas
Clemson at Auburn

That’s 10 of the top 30 programs in the country scheduled to play each other in non-conference games, and with other big neutral site kickoff games yet to announce participants, there may be more to come.

​It’s still two years away, of course, but opening weekend in…