WELCOME BACK. It’s time for football so let’s get right to it.

Never have the Buffalo Bills been more poised to ascend their NFL ranks to achieve a WNY-wide nirvana, a Super Bowl victory.

At least that’s what the national media thinks in this era of fake news.

We’ll just have to see how they do this season. Their schedule is tough at the beginning and end. They open with super strong Baltimore and close out the regular season by hosting, first the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and then, in the Highmark Stadium finale, the despised New York Jets.

Look for the well rested Josh Allen and company to pick apart the Baltimore defense Sunday night, while the Buffalo defense slows down the powerful Ravens offense just enough.

FREDDIE sees it this way:

BILLS 34, Ravens 25

HOME teams are capitalized. Teams picked to win the game are listed first, followed by the expected margin of victory. The official Las Vegas odds are in parentheses.

COLLEGES

Friday

LOUISVILLE +20 over J. Madison (+14.5)

MARYLAND +17 over N. Illinois (+18.5)

Saturday

TEXAS TECH +42 over Kent St. (+48.5)

SMU +3 over Baylor (+2.5)

PITTSBURGH +35 over C. Michigan (+21.5)

IOWA STATE +7 over Iowa (+3.5)

TEXAS +46 over San Jose St. (+36.5)

SYRACUSE +7 over UConn (+6.5)

OKLAHOMA +3 over Michigan (+5.5)

MICH. ST. +9 over Boston College (+3.5)

LAST YEAR: 115-37 (.757). Vs. line 70-82 (.461).

PROS

Thursday

PHILADELPHIA +13 over Dallas (+8.5)

Friday in São Paulo, Brazil

Kansas City +11 over LA Chargers (+3.5)

Sunday

BUFFALO +9 over Baltimore (+1.5)

Tampa Bay +3 over ATLANTA (+2.5)

Pittsburgh +7 over NY JETS (+2.5)

INDIANAPOLIS +3 over Miami (+1.5)

JACKSONVILLE +5 over Carolina (+3.5)

WASHINGTON +3 over NY Giants (+6.5)

Arizona +1 over NEW ORLEANS (+6.5)

Cincinnati +3 over CLEVELAND (+5.5)

NEW ENGLAND +6 over Las Vegas (+2.5)

SEATTLE +8 over San Francisco (+2.5)

DENVER +3 over Tennessee (+7.5)

Detroit +3 over GREEN BAY (-2.5)

LA RAMS +7 over Houston (+2.5)

Monday

Minnesota +3 over CHICAGO (+1.5)

LAST YEAR: 195-92 (.679). vs. line 149-138 (.519).