55 straight days of football starts Thursday. Here are 5 NFL and 5 college games we’re most excited about during the stretch WSOC TV [Video]

Welcome to football nirvana.

Thursday night features two college football games and an NFL game. Texas State visits Troy and Sam Houston State heads to UTEP while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Atlanta Falcons in a game that could be pivotal for the NFC South race at the end of the season.

You may look at that slate and wonder what the big deal is. After all, it’s just a Week 5 NFL game and two college football games featuring teams from outside the four power conferences. But Thursday is the start of the greatest football run of the season.

Oct. 3 is the first of 55 consecutive days with at least one top-level FBS college football game or an NFL game. There won’t be a day without a college football or NFL game until Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving.

We’re used to Novembers being full of football until everyone takes a …