Roll Tide

What another great weekend of college football. Bama manhandled Tennessee in the second half for a 41-17 win. We heard the end of the LSU game while we were getting close to Longview and right before the station started to fizzle out. Of coarse I forgot my camera, but Stephen took a few pictures, so I'll post those when I get them. I'll post more about the Alabama game day experience later in the week, but I'll go ahead and say that it gave Clemson a run for the top spot on my list. I still don't know how to post U-Tube videos, so I'll leave you with this link of one the best cheers in college football. If you can't make out the words this is what the crowd was yelling. Also note that this was during a TV timeout and the Vol defense was just standing around out on the field and the Vol fans hadn't began their mass exodus yet.

Hey Vols
Hey Vols
Hey Vols
We just beat the hell outta you
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer Give'em Hell Alabama

Third Saturday in October

The weekend I've been waiting for is finally here, Alabama vs Tennessee. We are pulling an old school road trip. We will leave late Friday night, drive through the night, and hopefully pull in right as the tailgating is starting. I'm a little disappointed that the game is an 11:30 kick-off, but I can get over that. We will rest up, maybe watch a little of the Florida/Kentucky game, and then get on the road back to the Lone Star State. Everyone please pull for a close game with Bama scoring on the final drive of the game for the win.

Sorry, Please come back after October 15th!!

Leave any random college football thoughts in the comments and we will discuss when I'm back. To borrow a message from a poster at BON to the team:

STOP.
DOING.
ILLEGAL.
THINGS.

Pick 5 - Week 2

1. Texas 35 - TCU 21
2. OU 24 - Miami 10
3. Georgia 28 - South Carolina 24
4. Michigan 42 - Oregon 35
5. LSU 14 - Virginia Tech 10

Quick Hits

-Games I watched
Washington-Syracuse
Virginia Tech-East Carolina
Georgia Tech-ND
Colorado-Colorado State (Partial)
Missouri-Illinois (Partial)
Nebraska-Nevada
Tenn-Cal
Flipping between OSU-Georgia and Kstate-Auburn

-Yes, App. State over Michigan is the biggest upset in college football history. I still can't believe it happened. O yeah, I'm glad I didn't post a blog last week because I thought Michigan had the best chance at an undefeated season.

-Games I'll glad I didn't watch: Texas-Arkansas St - From what I've read the Horns just didn't come to play an entire game. OU-UNT - Surely Bradford can't be that good right?? Chaz I don't know if you read this, but do you still think Bradford will be replaced by mid-season?

-How did you feel about Gameday being at Virginia Tech? When they first announced they were going there I was disappointed because I think Gameday should be at the best game of the day (which would have been Tenn/Cal). I think they did do a great job of trying to capture the emotion of the day and what college football means to universities.

-A few more Gameday quick hits: -I'm not a fan of them broadcasting at a game that starts right after the show. The atmosphere is never the same because most of the fans start heading off to the game. - Why are there no flags in the audience? My favorite part of Gameday used to be looking at all the different flags the fans had. I'm pretty sure that security doesn't allow flags in, I'm guessing because the poles could be used as a weapon. Pretty lame. - I never thought I would say this, but the Big and Rich song is growing on me. I think this is year three of the song. The first year I was so mad because Gameday probably has the best theme song in the history of theme songs, but "We're coming to your city" is not as bad as it once was.

Any other Quick Hits??

Pick 5 - Week 1

I want to pick to top 5 games each week and see how my record is at the end of the year. Our Internet was down so I didn't get to post the week 1 picks, but I did write them down before the games. Feel free to play along this season. I will pick the games straight up because I horrible picking against the spread. In future weeks I will provide scores, which will further the humiliation.

1. Cal over Tennessee
2. Auburn over K-State
3. Ok State over Georgia
4. Georgia Tech over Notre Dame
5. Clemson over Florida State

Record: 4-1
Overall: 4-1

Best Case/ Worst Case - Big12 North

Missouri

Sep. 1 - Illinois (@St. Louis)
Sep. 8 - @Mississippi
Sep. 15 - Western Michigan
Sep. 22 - Illinois St.
Oct. 6 - Nebraska
Oct. 13 - @Oklahoma
Oct. 20 - Texas Tech
Oct. 27 - Iowa State
Nov. 3 - @Colorado
Nov. 10 - Texas A&M
Nov. 17 - @Kansas St.
Nov. 24 - Kansas (@Kansas City)

Best Case: Daniel sets the world on fire 10-2 with losses to Nebraska and OU
Worst Case: Classic Pinkel coached team 7-5 with losses to Neb, OU, Tech, A&M, and K-State
TVFF Prediction: 9-3 with losses to Neb, OU, and either A&M or K-State

Nebraska

Sep.1 - Nevada
Sep. 8 - @Wake Forest
Spe. 15 - USC
Sep. 22 - Ball St.
Sep. 29 - Iowa St.
Oct. 6 - @Missouri
Oct. 13 - Oklahoma St.
Oct.20 - Texas A&M
Oct.27 - @Texas
Nov.3 - @Kansas
Nov.10 - K-State
Nov. 23 - @Colorado

Best Case: 10-2 (USC, Texas)
Worst Case: 9-3 (Wake, USC, Texas)
TVFF Prediction: 10-2 (USC, Texas)

Kansas State

Sep.1 - @Auburn
Sep.8 - San Jose St.
Sep.5 - Missouri St.
Sep.29 - @Texas
Oct. 6 - Kansas
Oct.13 - Colorado
Oct.20 - @Oklahoma State
Oct. 27 - Baylor
Nov.3 - @Iowa St.
Nov.10 - @Nebraska
Nov.17 - Missouri
Nov.24 - @Fresno St.

Best Case: 9-3 (Texas, Ok. St., Neb)
Worst Case: 7-5 (Auburn, Texas, OSU, Neb, Missouri)
TVFF Prediction: 7-5 (Above)

Colorado

Sep.1 - Colorado St (@Denver)
Sep.8 - @Arizona St.
Sep 15 - Florida St.
Sep.22 - Miami, OH
Sep.29 - Oklahoma
Oct.6 - Baylor
Oct. 13 - @Kansas St.
Oct. 20 - Kansas
Oct.27 - @Texas Tech
Nov.3 - Missouri
Nov.10 - @Iowa St.
Nov.23 - Nebraska

Best Case: 6-6 (Florida St., OU, K-State, Tech, Missouri, Neb.)
Worst Case: 3-9 (CSU, ASU, FSU, OU, Baylor, K-State, Tech, Missouri, Neb.)
TVFF Prediction: 5-7 (ASU, FSU, OU, K-State, Tech, Missouri, Neb.)

Kansas

Sep.1 - Central Michigan
Sep.8 - SE Louisiana
Sep. 15 - Toledo
Sep.22 - Florida Int'l
Oct.6 - @K-State
Oct. 13 - Baylor
Oct. 20 - @Colorado
Oct. 27 - @Texas A&M
Nov. 3 - Nebraska
Nov. 10 - @Oklahoma St.
Nov.17 - Iowa St.
Nov. 24 - Missouri (@Kansas City)

Best Case: 6-6 (K-State, Colorado, A&M, Neb, OSU, Missouri)
Worst Case: 3-9 (CMU, K-State, Baylor, Colorado, A&M, Neb, OSU, Iowa St., Missouri)
TVFF Prediction: 6-6

Iowa State

Aug.30 - Kent St.
Sep.8 - Northern Iowa
Sep.15 - Iowa
Sep.22 - @Toledo
Sep. 29 - @Nebraska
Oct.6 - @Texas Tech
Oct. 13 - Texas
Oct.20 - Oklahoma
Oct. 27 - @Missouri
Nov.3 - Kansas St.
Nov.10 - Colorado
Nov.17 - @Kansas

Best Case: 6-6 (Neb., Tech, Texas, OU, Missouri, K-State)
Worst Case: 2-10 (Win against Kent St and Northern Iowa)
TVFF Prediction: 3-9 ( Win against Kent, NIU, Toledo)

Quick Hits

-The Fightin' Skeeters checked in at #7 in the Dallas Morning News' area rankings. QB Kelly Page (committed to Oregon) returns from a knee injury and the defense picked up Lancaster transfer D.J. Marshall (7 sacks last year). Mesquite will play #17 Plano, #9 Plano East, and #11 Carter along with West Texas powerhouses Abilene High and Midland Lee in non-district. Texas Football has the Skeeters winning district 12-5A and my inside sources tell me that Coach Halpin says this senior class is better than the 2001 State Championship team. Sting'em Skeeters!!

-My favorite issue of Sports Illustrated came in the mail last week: the College Football Preview. I haven't read all the way threw it yet, but I did find one error on the can't miss matchups page. "Texas at Texas A&M - Aggies snapped five-game losing streak to Horns last year". It was actually a six-game losing streak but who's counting.

-I played in a Church State Softball tournament this weekend and our team won the Championship. It was fun, but I'm thinking about retiring from softball tournaments. I guess like a lot of things these days, things aren't like they used to be. I basically grew up at the softball complex. My Dad's church team won multiple State Championships and played in national tournaments all across the South. It was great, I knew every Friday night in the Spring we would be at the softball field. All the families came and the kids played wiffle ball from the time we got there until our parents dragged us to the car. This weekend there were only a handful of families at the ballpark. I wasn't playing with our Church team so Courtney and Savannah didn't come (Savannah is still too young to get out in that heat anyway), but even at our Church league games not all the families come. Is softball just not quality entertainment anymore, are families too busy to gather everyone for a night at the park? Back to retirement, I think I might not play anymore because I don't want to spend all day out at the park when I could be home with my family. I like to play and compete, but if I'm not playing on a team with my friends where all of our families can spend the day together, I don't see the point in playing. Basically, my Saturday could have been this: Fantasy Football draft 9-12, go home and hang out maybe get some stuff done around the house, go to Bourne with Aaron and Allison. Instead, I when I left for the draft Savannah and Courtney were still in bed and when I got home from the games they were back in bed. Not to mention I was very sore yesterday and today. Maybe I'll consult Roger Clemens and Brett Farve before I make my final decision.