Six big knockout games across the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup this weekend. The latter will take place in Croke Park on Sunday after last week's vote.
I can totally understand the frustration from the hurling fraternity. Obviously, the quarter-finals of the competition is a serious level. I also understand the importance of giving the Tailteann Cup the exposure.
But it was put to a vote and it was hurling counties that seemed to vote against it. So, there can't be too much giving out about it.
That aside, the Tailteann Cup semis are definitely going to be competitive games and it is great that they're going to get the exposure that's needed for these competitions.
Tailteann Cup semi-finals
First up, we've Antrim v Laois.
I think Antrim, after their massive comeback last week and the divisional difference in the spring, will overcome Laois.
In Down versus Sligo, I would tip an upset.
Down are very motivated to win this competition after last year, they're very keen to get back up to Sam Maguire.
But Sligo have been going very well under Tony McEntee. They're very solid defensively and they've been racking up big scores. I would tip an upset there.
All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
There's three games this weekend that people might think on paper that they're straightforward enough. Galway-Monaghan is one of them.
In the league, Galway had a great win up in Monaghan. They're playing well as a team, they'll be very upset at the outcome after the performance they put in last week against Armagh.
But I think they'll learn from it and dust themselves off and they should overcome Monaghan - a team that we're forever writing off. You wouldn't know what performance you'd get from Monaghan but I think Galway's trajectory is on a better level.
Tyrone and Roscommon is a tricky one.
Tyrone have been so inconsistent this season. They got the win against Cork last weekend but the black card played a big role in that.
Roscommon kicked 3-21 against Cavan but they're porous at the back. This one could be a shootout. Of all the games this weekend - and a few of them could be difficult on the eye - this could be a high-scoring one.
I think Tyrone might just have the better forwards if there's open spaces. I'm going to give Tyrone the nod.
Mayo v Derry is the game of the weekend for sure.
Can Mayo overcome the emotions from last Sunday? We saw Kevin McStay and the players after the game, they were so disappointed not to get the result there and get them straight into the quarter-finals. And to get the scalp of Dublin, which would have been a big, big win for them.
Can they press reset and get themselves ready to go? And then, it's a very, very different team they're going to be playing against.
Mickey Harte knows how to play against Mayo, he's disrupted them in the past. I expect Derry to come with 15-men-behind-the-ball tactics.
Derry have been so poor throughout the championship, losing three games in the manner they did. They got the win last week but they still looked like a Division 3 team and nowhere near the level they were at in the league this year.
But this could be the day they come out fighting. They've nothing to lose. They have to go for it. This is the first weekend we're going to get a real flavour of knockout football.
And I just feel that Derry can get motivated behind a very defensive structure and will cause problems for Mayo.
I think it'll be a very tight affair and a cagey one. I just give Mayo the nod on current form.
Louth's season has been absolutely excellent under Ger Brennan. They were disappointing against Kerry last week but they did have goal chances.
If they're to beat Cork this weekend, they'll have to put those goal chances away.
Without the black card, Cork's game against Tyrone could have gone either way. They've that bit more experience at this stage of the competition. They'll be keen to get themselves back into the quarter-final. Cork win.
Paul Flynn was speaking on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland
Watch the Tailteann Cup semi-finals, Antrim v Laois (2pm) and Down v Sligo (4pm), on Sunday from 1.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to commentary on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1
