Are You Ready For Some Football? I sure am!!!

The Off Season:

A lot has happened since the end of last football season:

*Clemson has a new Offensive Coordinator who believes in fast break football...if it works great, if not I hope the defense is in shape.

*Ohio State scandal...Mr. Rogers Jim Tressel was fired (the vest was a nice cover), T Pryor left school and then most recently was disassociated from the school so he could be drafted by the Oakland Raiders...pretty good fit (bad guy(in the sense that he received improper benefits) in college, drafted by the bad guys of the NFL)

*UNC fired their coach and AD in one week.  Which means Butch Davis was two for two at ACC (not in the ACC when he coached) schools leaving them in a wake of NCAA sanctions

*The bomb was dropped on the Miami program...the damage was minor for this season but the NCAA is not finished.  (In terms we can understand on the SC coast.  You can ride out a tropical storm but a Cat 4 or 5 Hurricane is nothing to mess with - evacuate, destruction is coming.)

*Look at all the schools recently or currently under investigation by the NCAA and you have to realize that there is a problem (and don't be a fan that says "my school doesn't do it"...Ok, sure they don't, wake up.  I am convinced that you could go to any school, investigate and they would find something wrong.)  I don't have a solution but at least I know there is a problem.  I do know that where money is involved (in this case billions), everyone doesn't have each other best interests in mind...Everyone is looking to protect what "is their share of the pie".

*If your looking for dinner or a suit and you are in Tuscaloosa call the guy the all the Alabama players use - T Town Menswear

*Craig James, Dan Patrick and Jesse Palmer are still calling college football games...arghhhh

*Texas A&M is leaving the Big 12 (which really is the Big 10 but will be the Big 9 after they leave...confused yet)

This Season

*Who's your Number 1?  I am going with Sweet Home "Alabama".  (Not who I want to win but who I think is going to win but we have 13 weeks + Championship week to settle it out and I won't be surprised or upset if I am wrong.)

*Looking forward to Saturday mornings with GAMEDAY.

*Hoping Clemson is better than I think and we shock a few people.

*Looking forward to Clemson/Lake Weekend - September 16th - 18th AND Clemson beating the defending National Champion Auburn Tigers (remember in my book your number 1 until someone beats you...welcome to Death Valley)

*A friend of mine recently had a baby girl (8 to 12 weeks old) and HE going to the Clemson game this weekend and is bringing his daughter with him WITHOUT the wife.  Those reading this blog, you can rest easy because you don't know them.  BUT I feel I need to point out a few items so other wives don't get this crazy idea.

1. Does this really sound like a good idea, sending your husband to a college football game with a baby.
2. There are pretty good odds that one of them don't make it home
3. A guy at a football game barely remembers to feed himself and uses the bathroom beside a tree or behind a car door or worse yet in a port a john.  Do you think he is going to remember to feed and change a baby.  If he does remember, he will look at the changing options and decided it can wait.
4. Odds are pretty good the baby will get sat down somewhere while he is talking to an old lost friend and next thing you know they start walking off without the baby to a new tailgate spot to see some more friends.  Not to worry, he will remember at about halftime and then decided it's no big deal (if it's a close game or blowout) and stay until the game is over.

If he somehow convinces you this will be fine and he will take good care of the baby, YOU need to have a back up plan (you can tell him or not).

1. He needs secret supervision.  Contact those that will be tailgating with him and enlist the help of the females in attendance to take care of the baby.  He will be none the wiser and appreciate the outpouring of support.  When he returns home, he will boast, "I told you I could do it." (and mention nothing of who actually took care of the baby while at the game) which is fine because they both made it home - a win/win.

If you follow that step then it's a win/win for you, your husband and your baby.

*Good Luck to your team...If your a CLEMSON TIGER fan, here's a couple more videos to get your blood pumping...




Other News:

Did you see the college football game last week that wasn't cancelled for the storm - summary of the coaches quote "You don't cancel a football game because it's going to rain".  Game Summary two punts went for negative yards and a snap was blown off course to the punter and was recovered for a touchdown.  How about canceling it for the wind?

I found this online the other day - 100 Hardest Hits In Sports. I haven't watched them all but the numbers 100 - 87 are worth a watch.

I am working on an investigative piece that might be bigger than the Yahoo Sports - Miami Bomb...it is in the early stages and I am verifying sources and getting the story straight.  Keep checking back for updates.