Monday, September 4, 2023 – My Labor Day Monday After College Football Awards
What wonderful weekend for college football lovers. So many games. So many teams. So much money. Here are the first Monday awards for this season.
The Award for the Most Frequently Heard Word during the football games this weekend… It is a tie between “transfer” and “portal.”
Our first team award today is the Convincing Award. Will all of the teams that scored 40 points or more in a convincing win against their cupcake team, please pick up your trophy at the desk?
Whatsamatta U aka THE University of Texas may pick their Certificate of Participation off the printer in the next room. Horns? You scored 37 points and YOU PLAYED RICE! Vanderbilt scored more points! This was supposed to be a cupcake game, even though Rice certainly does not need the money.
However, I do award the Needs Improvement Award to THE University of Texas. Note: A lot of improvement before heading to Tuscaloosa and addressing the elephant in the room.
Also receiving a Need Improvement Certificate is Baylor. Really? Texas State Bobcats in Waco? Baylor may need more improvement that TU. Is that stadium paid for yet?
The Award for I Told You So goes to Colorado and Coach Prime. That was most fun to watch. While the game was indeed an offensive spectacular, it remains to be seen if Deion’s method of releasing all previous 80 players and selecting through the portal works.
I award TCU with the Chad and Jeremy Award for That was Yesterday and Yesterday’s Gone. Just because you participated in last’s year’s National Championship Game does not mean it should be mentioned as your laurels – especially given the way you played. Are you paying attention, future TCU announcers?
All of the teams in The Cupcake Games may pick up their entire 2024 Athletic Budget checks at the Exit Gate marked $$$. New Mexico received 1.6 million from Texas A&M. These include, but are not limited to UMass, MTST, UNM, Ark State. SE Louisiana, Mercer and Texas State. The Men’s and Women’s LaCross teams thank you.
The Best Uniform Award goes the University of Houston for their throw back Houston Oilers, Love Ya, Blue uniforms.
The Ugly Uniform Award goes to Wyoming. The yellow is ok, but it is the bovine doo doo brown that is the issue. It should be against NCAA regulations for a school to have brown as a color. Especially if the numbers are in Saloon Font. However ugly the uniforms were , they did look nice in the second OT and beating Tortilla Tech.
And last…Certainly not to be blasé, but LSU? What the Hell happened last night? At times you looked like Wyoming’s bovine doo doo brown! I would never cheer for Florida State. I know the rules – Never cheer for a team from Florida! Therefore, LSU receives the Get It Together Award.
Big Solid Swear Jar – Week One – $1.75 – All LSU fault!
Enjoy Labor Day. Pray for rain.

Great piece today. Watched the LSU game with Big Solid’s diatribes echoing in my head. Thanks for the BS Swear Jar. His football soulbuddies miss his commentary, for sure.
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Again we mostly agree but I am just pissed off at LSU coaching decisions. Since it was THE ONLY game worth watching except maybe colorado it was entertaining. It will be hard to cheed for Neon after the crazy remarks he made.
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