One of the things that’s really frustrating about this particular college football season is that #1-ranked Florida — which, as a defending national champion with most of its key players returning, would be an overwhelming favorite under any circumstances — has such a ridiculously easy schedule that it’s actually quite difficult to envision them losing, never mind losing twice, as… Read more »
It’s a Monday Night party! Loyette’s ready: I made that video a couple of weeks ago, in anticipation of the start of football season, after discovering some months earlier that Loyette could “sing along” with the Monday Night Football theme song (or at least mimic Becky’s and my singing of it). Naturally, because this was super cute, we practiced it… Read more »
Roger Federer at the U.S. Open: Heh. Good thing Gus Johnson didn’t have the call on that one. I think his head actually would have exploded. (Hat tip: B. Minich.)
Here’s the video: I love Gus Johnson — even though, whenever I hear him call a crazy ending like this, I can’t help thinking of: “RAIVIO!!! LAST CHANCE TO DANCE!!! … HEARTBREAK CITY!!!” etc., etc. Curse you, UCLA! Curse you for (partially) ruining the Best Play-by-Play Announcer In Sports for me.
…you lose some. Ah, well, they were both great games — reminders of why I love college football so much — and my team won the more important one. With Ohio State out of the way, USC “just” needs to go undefeated in the Pac-10 and beat Notre Dame, and they’ll be back in the national title game. It’s no… Read more »
Last Saturday, we noticed that a house in our neighborhood, a couple of blocks away, had some rather conspicuous Ohio State gear in its front yard: So we resolved that, this Saturday, we’d introduce ourselves to our local neighborhood Buckeyes with a bit of friendly trash-talking. Thus, this morning, we walked over to their house with a sign in tow,… Read more »
Here is SI.com’s always helpful TV schedule for tomorrow’s college football action. Games of particular interest to me, with times converted to Mountain Daylight Time: • North Carolina at UConn, 10am, ESPNU (so, not really televised) • Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 10am, no TV • Notre Dame at Michigan, 1:30pm, ABC • BYU at Tulane, 1:30pm, ESPN2 • UCLA at Tennessee,… Read more »
To my mild surprise, both the AP sportswriters and the USA Today coaches’ poll voters have, in a rare display of good judgment, moved BYU, formerly #20 and #24 in their respective polls, ahead of Oklahoma, formerly #3 in both, as a result of the Cougars’ victory over the Sooners on Saturday. Here’s the AP poll, which isn’t part of… Read more »
Not a bad opening day. 🙂 Up next: Ohio State and Michigan, respectively. BEAT THE BUCKEYES!!! and BEEEEAT SKUNKBEARS!!!
YAY!!! It’s football season!!! The party officially starts at 3:30 PM EDT (when USC and ND kick off), but y’all are welcome to start using the Live Chat window (below right) whenever. As for the Live Blog (below left), I expect the frequency of my updates will vary wildly, as I’ll sometimes be holding a baby or chasing a toddler… Read more »