Tuesday, 11/11/08
Going Long Mid Season All Americans
At this point in the season I've seen a lot of football. Not every game. But a whole helluva lot. I'll admit I try not to watch the Big-10 or Pac-10 unless I'm forced to, because well...it's hard to pay attention when you can't stay awake. So admittedly, you'll see a lot more Big 12 and SEC players on this list because that's who I've seen play the most.
So keep in mind, this is my personal choice for the Going Long All Americans. They may not have the best stats, they may not be consensus picks for their respective positional awards, but if I'm fielding a college football dream team to represent Planet Earth in a life-or-death battle for intergalactic supremacy, these are the players Im picking for the squad.
So without further ado, I present to you the 2008 Going Long Mid-Season All Americans...
Saturday, 11/08/08
Burning Nick Saban
Turncoat... Traitor... Two-timer... Back-stabber... Betrayer...
All of these words, and ones much worse that I wouldn't dare float on out there for decency's sake, I overheard today while bangin' around in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. If you're a college football fan in any regard, than you already know to whom I am referring.
Yep, that's right -- good old Nick Saban. Crude as oil, refined but slick, Saban bolted outta Louisiana ATM quick. And Tigers fans are not a bunch that will soon forget.
Monday, 11/03/08
BCS Rankings Week 3
After another stupendous Saturday of intercollegiate football competition, the BCS rankings got a significant makeover. Sure, we all know the system is beyond backward and dysfunctionally disastrous, but for right now, it's all we got. So here is a short breakdown of the top ten teams according to two polls and a computer. Sounds like an awful sitcom starring Lou Holtz, Mark Mangino and an archaic HAL-like supercomputer from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Could you imagine the hilarity that would ensue after Holtz accidentally spits all over the computer's readout screen in the middle of a tangential tirade about M*A*S*H re-runs?
On to the list...
Saturday, 11/01/08
Dancing on the Dawgs
Anybody catch the plates on the orange and blue truck that ran over the Bulldogs today?
Friday, 10/31/08
Tomorrow can't come soon enough...
When every Georgia player so classily ran onto the field and danced following Knowshon Moreno's first-quarter touchdown against the Gators last year, who knew it would cause such a stir? The mass exodus from the sideline seemed pretty ridiculous at the time, particularly when consecutive unsportsmanlike conduct penalties (first for too many men on the field, then for taunting) forced the Bulldogs to kick off from their eight-yard line.
Thursday, 10/30/08
Haunted Hotels and Other Stories of Smalltown USA
Well ladies and gentleman, I write to you from the comforts of a hotel in Stillwater, Oklahoma where we have just traveled to a couple places over the past few days that I would have never imagined going to in ten lifetimes over, let alone this one. Not to mention, we got a chance to sleep in a haunted hotel (unintentionally, course). I guess it just seemed to fit perfectly within the Halloween season.
Wednesday, 10/29/08
BCS or BS?
Alright I'll just come right out and say it. Penn State does NOT belong in the National Title game. I repeat, they DO NOT belong in the title game. I'm sorry. And anyone who watched the snoozefest that was the de facto Big 10 "Championship" between Penn State and Ohio State on Saturday should wholeheartedly agree.
Saturday, 10/25/08
MIZ-ZOU
Ahh, the long awaited grand return to the Show-Me State. Considering I went to college in St. Louis, I always look forward to immersing myself back in the wholly Midwestern Missourah culture. For those of you that don't know, the state I'm referring to is actually pronounced Mi-zoo-rah as opposed to the commonly mistaken Mi-zerr-ee. It's a MO thing you likely wouldn't understand. And for me, I never made it up to Columbia during my scholastic days, so this was a highly anticipated trip. Did it disappoint? Not a bit...
Friday, 10/24/08
Anybody's game
That sound you heard last Thursday around 11:00 pm eastern time was the clock striking midnight for this year's cinderella team du jour, BYU. The ninth ranked Cougars got throttled 32-7 by TCU in Fort Worth, essentially eliminating them from the BCS Championship race.
Thus leaving an unthinkable scramble at the top of the rankings that I essentially predicted three weeks ago to the day. Oddly enough, I wrote that very blog entry from the comforts of an Athens, GA bowling alley after watching #1 USC wet the bed at Oregon State - the same Athens town I found myself a guest in while watching BYU break their glass slipper.
Thursday, 10/23/08
Champaign in the Rain
We started the morning off in lovely Paducah, Kentucky -- a place well versed in fast food, chain restaurants, and most importantly, gambling culture. They have an awesome casino in the Southwestern tip of the Bluegrass state.... not that I know from experience or anything, but so I have been told. Honestly, I didn't gamble despite the urge to throw the dice and catch some cards. The biggest bet I made while in Kentucky was taking a cookie from the hotel lobby before dinner. Don't laugh, man... it could have spoiled my delicious dinner!
So, we headed out into the great wide open known as the midwest with our rain jackets on and the radio up. It was on to Champaign, Illinois where we were going to hang out with one of the most well respected coaches in all of college football... a man with a reputation as being a player's coach... the ultimate recruiter... Ron Zook.
