Aside from the excuse of a “game” against Prairie View A&M, this is going to be a fun season. Two ESPN games against an SEC and Big 12 opponent.

And yes, your college football season begins with a Thursday night match up involving Southern Miss.

Thur., Sept. 2 at South Carolina (ESPN)
Sat., Sept. 11 Prairie View A&M
Fri., Sept. 17 Kansas (ESPN)
Sat., Sept. 25 at Louisiana Tech
Sat., Oct. 2 Marshall
Sat., Oct. 9 East Carolina
Sat., Oct. 16 at Memphis
Sat., Oct. 23 Open
Sat., Oct. 30 UAB
Sat., Nov. 6 at Tulane
Sat., Nov. 13 at UCF
Sat., Nov. 20 Houston
Sat., Nov. 27 at Tulsa

My eternal man crush, former Southern Miss running back, Damion Fletcher this week in a practice facility in Atlanta.

There is no goal line stand to hold such an athlete.

Mississippi College ranked 4th in Division III 2009 football attendance.

Yeah. This just happened:

Mississippi College is looking into the arrests last week of three football players on felony drug charges, a school official said this afternoon.

[...]

Autry is charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Evans is charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine, possession with intent to deliver marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. And Willis is charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine, possession with intent to deliver marijuana and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

MC street cred? Up.

…from last night’s Super Bowl, regarding the Saints.

“You ever wait for something for so long that waiting for it becomes the something?” he said. “It’s like waiting 43 years to hear somebody say ‘I love you’ back.

“And they do.”

Based on Yahoo’s Rivals.com rankings, the recruitment rankings in the Big East over the last three years would have been #2 in 2008, i#5 in 2009, and #4 in 2010. This comes without the benefits of recruiting into a BCS AQ conference.

Just so we’re all clear, I’m cheering for the Saints… despite the unbelievably annoying phrase uttered by everyone within 3 hours of New Orleans.

Despite the name “pig skin”, modern day footballs are not made of pigs. Rather, they are made of cow hide. The term pig skin refers to rugby/Aussie Rules Football (the game from which American football derived) whose balls were actually made pig skin.

The NFL orders approximately 12,800 footballs per season.

Found out over the weekend that Seattle (well… Kent, which is 22 miles south of Seattle) just added an indoor football team. (RIP, Steeldogs) I’m sure I’ll go to zero games.

Should I try out? Nay. There are no punts in indoor football. Hence, my punt blocking skills are not needed.

Who dat that wants to cheer dem Saints on in the Super Bowl, but are a little turned off at the overuse of this already odd phrase? I am.

You with me?

…because you just might vomit. Alabama’s new football intro video. Highlight’s included (minus Prothro).

This video is pure brilliance.

[credit to TCA]

Speculated that that was Florida Coach Urban Meyer was getting a text message about the Lane Kiffin saga as it was unfolding. I like Urban Meyer even more now because of this.

I know that I shouldn’t be surprised by this (see here and here) but my goodness… a little cart before the horse, SI?

In my opinion, a ‘dynasty’ would involve 9 or 10-straight winning seasons, in-conference domination, and blow-out wins over mid-major programs.

Let’s take a look at the past decade by cherry-picking a few stats, shall we?

Regular Season Games
- Lost at home to sub-mid-major UL-Monore
- Lost at home to mid-major Central Florida
- Lost at home (shutout, 21-0) to mid-major Southern Miss
- Lost at home to UCLA, two years straight (ULCA’s final records: 6-6 & 7-4)
- Lost 6-straight years to Auburn (overall, 3-7 vs. Auburn)
- Lost to LSU 7 times
- Lost to Tennessee 5 times
- .500 record vs. Florida
Bowl Games
- Lost to Minnesota
- Lost to Oklahoma State
- Lost to Michigan
- Lost to mid-major Utah by 14
- Defeated Iowa State by 1 point
- Defeated Colorado by 6 points (Colorado’s final record: 6-7)
Season Records
- 6 seasons with a winning record
- 3 losing seasons
- 1 season at .500
Titles
- 3 SEC Championships
- 1 BCS Championship*

While the 3 SEC Championships and 1 BCS Championship are quite impressive, Florida had 4 SEC Championships and 2 BCS Championships in that same 10-year span.

Call me when you’ve got 16-consecutive winning seasons; we’ll talk ‘global domination’ then.

*Please don’t try to turn this into a different number… it’s really getting annoying.

…that due to the college football smack talk (read: annoying Bama-mania, pro and anti) Alabamians have used the ‘Hide’ feature on facebook more over the last few days than ever before.

Truly curious as to how many people have hidden me. It’s just too much fun, and way too easy to get folks in a tizzy. Seriously, some Bama fans are sitting ducks… and some are sitting while hunting ducks, which is a whole other joke in and of itself.

One of my favorites is from Friday night. My favorite is comment #2.

It’s 8 more than Auburn has, but it’s 5 less than you’ll be bragging about at work.

Alabama has won only 8 National Championships, granted, the “only 8″ are quite impressive. Funny thing is, they’re the only ones who don’t know it.

Thank you, Playoff PAC.

If you get bored over the weekend, be sure to check out the on Walker County High School Athletics: 1920-2000 by Pat Morrison on Google Books.

Page 49 is of particular interest. Me in football gear = chocolate rain.