Mark Mangino begins a rigorous pre-season fitness regimen.
OU cheerleaders scramble to memorize the words to Boomer Sooner.
Nerds across the country prepare for twelve weeks out of the shadows as they don Micheal Jackson-esque pseudo-military uniforms to march in the band.
A Northwest Florida cryogenics lab begins de-icing Bobby Bowden.
Joe Paterno starts sundowning.
BYU embraces its African-American [...]
Turns out the folks behind the Kansas City Star’s playoff bracket have done a little simulation of their own, which they call December Madness. Currently they’ve settled on the Final Four: OSU vs. OU and Va Tech vs. SC (who beat LSU to get there, by the way).
Also, they’ve predicted each of the bowl games. [...]
From, as always, Awful Announcing:
Tonight: The Battle of the Techs, with the lovely Erin Andrews on the sidelines. I might watch, since there’s nothing else sports-related on television, but these two teams are seriously dull.
Saturday:
Early Games: Wisconsin at Ohio State on the Big Ten Network (noon Eastern). For those of you without DirecTV enjoy not [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona State, Boston College, Coaches, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Heisman Watch, Kansas, LSU, Navy, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, USC, Va Tech, Wisconsin | 1 Comment »Fanblogs brings us StubHub’s list of 2007’s Top 25 College Football Rivalries, and, wouldn’t you know it, USC shows up twice in the top five.
1 USC at Notre Dame 20-Oct $409 [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Cal, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Navy, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, The Other USC, The U, UCLA, USC, Va Tech, Virginia, West Virginia | No Comments »Let me tell you what college fantasy football has done for me. The Urban Poet is not necessarily a major college football fan. Like any good Trojan, he loves SC, hates UCLA, and talks trash about Notre Dame. Like any wise Trojan, he secretly hopes his future children will prefer UCLA, as the Urban Poet [...]
Posted in Bowling Green, Hawaii, Navy, Notre Dame, Student Body Right, Texas Tech, Toledo, UCLA, USC | 1 Comment »This is the best list that Len Robbins of the New York Post could come up with?
Now for a real list:
5) Texas A&M Yell Leaders
4) Army/Navy
3) USC Song Girls
2) Walking the Grove at Ole Miss
1) Script “Ohio” and the dotting of the “i”