I'm Back I can feel football, so I'm back, Linkage

USC is not eligible for USA Today/Coaches Poll (but they'll still be in AP).

Wiz of Odds tells you Purdue is going to have some Florida speed!

The ACC has signed a 12-year television rights deal with ESPN worth approximately $1.86 billion (Dodd, CBS) Somewhere Dr. Evil is lurking with the pinky-to-mouth, not sure whether it's million or billion.

SI's Andy Staples will help you not work if you want with his Florida recruiting article. Simple link to SI Main College Page.


All over the web you can read about Tennessee players getting in a fight last night. Big deal. This is how I knew it was time to get geared up for college football. UT players always get in a fight during summer workouts. Next, Penn State players are going to do something really unseemly and we'll know that, indeed, we can smell college football.

College Football live on ESPN featuring Drew Brees talking "Glory Days". Gotta like Drew as he's the ultimate player you can point your kids to and say, "See, look at that little guy. He did it. Anything's possible if you work hard enough and study hard enough."

Discussing Mallet and Locker and how they need to treat NFL like a full-time job. Trust me. He's right. Going from a being a college player to real life isn't easy. I only ever knew how to work hard at my sport and school but not listening to regular people or working diligently in the real world once I dropped college football.

Monday Night Football: We'll be watching tap soon

Soon we'll be watching tap football and we'll have to clap for our opponents when they score or make a nice play because, well, because it's just an awful darn nice thing to do!

No celebration?

No in your face? What in the wild world of sports, as Slim Pickens said, is the sporting world coming to? We're red meat eating Americans, right? Jake Locker can't throw a ball in the air and Tom Brady is not allowed to be injured and soon Peyton Manning will get done for the season too- but not if the refs have their way. Last night a Bears LB got a fifteen yarder for a love tap on Peyton's head. It didn't matter as karma kicked in and the Bears one for having an awesome D and an O that could occasionally make plays... (did I say Defense Wins Championships? I think I did (see previous post)

Anyways, get ready for a good game after this Minny/vs/Packattack game with an effective O vs an effective D once again. If you can have one or the other, pick the D.

Anyways again-the NFL is going to do it's best to protect marquee QBs this year. There are fewer and fewer left. Tony Romo almost got knocked out against the Browns and Peyton is being held together by safety pins and Farveee is just Farvee and he doesn't get hurt- or he just takes pills so he can play the next game (don't worry prescription drugs will only kill your liver while marijuana will only cure your gloucoma).