RSSCollege Football Seasons Kicks Off
August 28, 2012
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And So It Begins…
Colgate 1895 college football team (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This Thursday with a couple of games to kick-off the season. While most of the country will be focused on watching the big opening weekend match up of Alabama and Michigan, (Alabama coincidentally is a 14 point favorite over Big Blue) Thursday night officially starts the season. 9 games top the slate of action, with Ball State and Eastern Michigan likely providing the closes match up, at least on paper.
Play Like A Champion Today
Saturday morning you can awaken early (real early if you are on the left coast) and watch Notre Dame take on Navy from Dublin, Ireland. Yes the Golden Domers – if that is what we can call them after their new helmet designs – are headed overseas. I guess the Notre Dame Broadcasting Channel – NBC must really trying to be able to spike viewership of their beloved team….or maybe hoping that they can put a better product on the field. The main thing hurting Notre Dame is that they really are irrelevant since Cheater Lou Holtz was heading the club. While a lot of people will tune in to watch Notre Dame win or lose, they lose a lot of TV sets when they are just plain average, which is what they have been for quite a while.
Best Places to Watch Games
The USA Today is running an article all week, showcasing the best stadiums to watch a game from each conference. I don’t know what they have used as part of their criteria, but I guarantee most people will disagree with their voting. They are not all done with covering all conferences this week, but to date this week they have the following selections:
ACC – Clemson – hard to argue this one, I will agree this gains the top spot. Hokie fans likely disagree, but I think they got voted down to #2 due to their hideous chicken feet helmet design…..The only one approving of this new helmet is Foghorn Leghorn
Pac 12 – Oregon – so last year….but they get the top vote.
Big 12 – A big Shocker here…Texas…OVER-RATED – This would be behind Missouri, Texas A&M and Nebraska if they had not all gotten ticked off by the Longhorns and went elsewhere.
Big East – Does anyone really care? The article picks Cincinnati. I would go with Pittsburgh, Heinz Field is a cool venue.
Big 10 – TBA – Everyone will argue that it is the Big House or the Horseshoe…Come talk to me when you sell the place out 307 times straight and counting. Yeah, call me a homer, but Memorial Stadium in Lincoln Nebraska wins the conference on that stat alone.
SEC – TBA – A lot of great venues and rabid fan bases. I still love the fact you can take your boat to the stadium so I am going to Knoxville and choosing Tennessee. Plus that checkerboard orange and white end zone is still a memory from my youth.
Upsets of the Week
Iowa State over Tulsa…The only Hurricane working this week is Isaac.
Auburn over Clemson – I just have a good feeling about this one.
Ohio over Penn State – How will the Lions react in their first game in spite of all of the events and lots of losses?
Until Next time, stay classy Eek, Alaska!
Aug 30, 2012 @ 08:43:22
I’m so relieved that it’s finally football season again. Beer will begin to taste even better, cigars will taste better, the TV picture is more clear, the kids are more quiet, the lawn becomes more green, the pizza and green chile taste better, taxes seem lower, Obama is less annoying (ok, this is a stretch), and the Huskers can start their reign of domination.
Quote of the week: I’d rather take a shower at Penn State than vote for Obama.
Squeaky…