<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/college-football-week-0-recap-2024.html" dsn="news"><pubdate>08/26/2024</pubdate><author>Kyle Ferreira</author><hero-image><img src="/images/georgia-tech-upsets-florida-state.jpg" alt="Georgia Tech players celebrate after defeating Florida State"/></hero-image><hero-image-credit>Peter Morrison / AP</hero-image-credit><category>sports</category><title>Week Zero in College Football: A Beautiful Madness</title><description>After seven long, agonizing months, college football made its return on Saturday. In an era of change around the sport, Saturday’s Week Zero matchups demonstrated that there is still plenty to love about college football. From a game across the Atlantic Ocean to unexpectedly cold weather in Reno, Nevada, it was a glorious day.</description></item>