Kickin' it today.....

It's raining in the ATL for the 853rd consecutive day. No wonder people in Seattle off themselves all the time. Not only do you have to watch Washington State & UW football (post James/pre Sarkisian) but you don't see the sun for half the year. Take heart, those in despair, for the rain offers us a precious chance. No Fall Fair with the parents, brother & sister, niece & nephew. Working in the joke we refer to as a "yard" would entail scuba gear. What is a man to do? Well with the Jackets playing tonight there is but one option: watch football. Not that this deviates from any other day, we just have a somewhat valid excuse today. Some things we might or might not watch:

• The Big Ten (aka steaming pile of turd left by the roadside). Today's slate of games: Indiana @ #4 Iowa, Michigan-Illinois, New Mexico State @ #17 Ohio State, Purdue @ Wisconsin, #12 Penn State @ Northwestern, Michigan State @ Minnesota. Are you fucking serious? That's the best you can give us? Not a single compelling game of the bunch. Can I schedule a colonoscopy instead of having to watch this? No wonder the Big Ten isn't relevant....

Big Ten football circa 2009...smell the excitement!!!!!

• #25 Ole Miss @ Auburn. Your friends set you up. The first couple meetings (with said friends) go well. There's some interest. You follow that up with a date. Then another. Things are moving along well now. The third date is a concert with friends. Everyone gets a little hammered & you end up back at her place. Hot damn! The morning arrives. Coherence begins to return. She has 5 cats & a parrot. She believes in reincarnation & is a fervent practioner of Feng Shui. Vegan. A 5' by 5' picture of her father hangs above her bed. She demands you attend a couples workshop the next weekend.....WTF!!!!! Welcome to Ole Miss & Auburn. Ranked in the preseason as high as #4? Off to a 5-0 start under Gene Chizik? The wheels have fallen off. We'll watch this morbid train wreck to see who plays more like Chris Todd; the real Chris Todd or Jevan Snead. It's sorta fun to sit on the sidelines & watch a fan base implode...
• Duke-UVA. Cutcliffe has the boys from Durham in the driver's seat for a bowl bid. Seriously. They just won back-to-back ACC games for the first time since 1994. Three in a row might cause Durham to explode. Or maybe no one at Duke gives a rat's ass as basketball practice started this week.
• The Cocktail Party. We're rooting for General ZOD. Really. Glad they have "safe haven's" around the stadium this year to help those who get too hammered. Wonder if they have one for the Ginger Ninja? Paging Brandon Spikes, Paging Brandon Spikes. People are sleeping too much on the Dawgs here. Beating Florida & Tech is all that's left in this moribund season for them. They'll play well. But it's a day game & we know about the Ginger Ninja's aversion to the sun...

Is that a roll of dimes or are you just happy to see me?????

• South Carolina @ Tennessee. Alshon Jeffery is a really, really good football player. So is Eric Norwood. Monte Kiffin is a great coach. The potential to witness Jonathon Crompton playing well or shitting all over himself on national TV is reason enough for me to watch....
• #3 Texas @ #14 Oklahoma State. How powerful is T. Boone Pickens? We'll know if he can buy off Colt McCoy & Jordan "the Great White Hope" Shipley. Kendall Hunter is back. Dez Bryant is eating wings & spending money he has yet to earn at Deion's place...
• #5 USC @ #10 Oregon. The good news is that somebody loses & Tech moves up. Matt Barkley is good. Taylor Mays is overrated. The Song Girls aren't. No Anthony McCoy hurts USC. The 18 capable tailbacks they have don't hurt USC. It would be a HELL of a coaching job if Chip Kelly can bring his team to a victory after where they were the first thursday night of the season. I'll take LeGarrette Blount. Against anyone....

Incoming....

Have fun today & GO JACKETS.......