Today, I'm writing about something you probably don't expect to read on my blog: football. Specifically, college football. Mostly because, it's much more fun than pro football, being scrappier, and because this has been a weird season indeed.
Let's start with the Tennessee Vols, currently #20 in the BCS rankings with a 7-3 record. That record does not tell the whole story, because like Michelle Pearcy's team, LSU, Tennessee has been playing "heart attack football" this year. The South Carolina game almost went into double overtime. I hate to say this about my team, but they won out of sheer luck - some favorable calls in the first half combined with South Carolina missing a field goal in overtime to lose the game. Lots of people in Knoxville thing Phillip Fulmer should be fired, but they're just looking for someone to blame for wearing out the batteries in people's pacemakers.
Then there is the hometown team, Texas, ranked #13 with a 9-2 record. Again, these guys have become the masters of coming from behind and I'm not sure the fans are really appreciative. The Longhorns have the week off this week, and everyone here is so bored after all the action that they're coming up with stupid video ideas to keep the locals at bay. You can see Kirk Bohls' interview from New York at http://www.statesman.com/news/mplayer/m/40550.
Lastly, I have to acknowledge to my great chagrin that Oregon lost last night which means that LSU is now #1 in both the BCS poll and the AP poll. I worked with a lot of LSU people and they never have anything nice to say about the Vols, so this burns me. But the chances of Tennessee playing LSU in an SEC championship are diminishing, so at least we won't have to get our ass kicked. And, Florida is #12. I hate Florida.
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