Friday, September 1, 2023 – The Official Season of Snarky Friday Kicks-Off
Tomorrow is the kick-off for NCAA Division I Football season. I know there were games yesterday, but I’m saving my Florida Alligator and Utah Two Utes for later. But dang, the two UTES looked good!
Obviously I am excited to see Texas A&M in our Redemption Year. The Texas Aggies play the New Mexico Lobos in Kyle Field at 6:00 on ESPN.
What? What’s a lobo? It’s a wolf. Where wolf? There wolf? What? There wolf! There Castle.
Game time temperatures will hover around 102 degrees, but feels like you are stuck on the sun. It was brutal back in the day and that was just sun in your face and reasonable September temperatures of 95 degrees and 1,000,000 plus fewer sweat-sharing bodies standing and swaying during War Hymn.
Tailgaters will be copping their spots today and tomorrow. No need for stoves. Just set those hot dogs in an aluminum pan and place on the sidewalk in the sun for sizzling.
It is important to hydrate. Start hydrating the night before! We Aggies do. It is called Midnight Yell Practice. Continue to hydrate during the day. We do. We drink watered down, but ice cold Coors Beer from our new beer vendor. Stay hydrated during the game and drink our other new sponsor, Modelo. Seriously, it will be brutal out there.
But I am ready to Beat the Hell Out of New Mexico! I got my damnit doll. I got my – new this year -Big Solid Swearing Jar, and my Remember Appalachian State t-shirt rag!
But before the Aggies there are those 11:00 AM Bloody Mary Morning games.
At 11:00 Virginia is at UT (Not YOU Texas!) in Nashville on ABC. The Vols also get Game Day. Watch for ugly, orange uniforms and checkerboard end zones. Rocky Top might just be a top this year.
Also at 11:00 there is Ball State and Kentucky on the SEC Network.
OU plays Arkansas State on ESPN @ 11:00. And Baylor plays Texas State in their cupcake games.
At 2:30 UMass plays Auburn on ESPN. Wait? The same UMASS that just won it’s first opening football game since the 1970’s and the game that the drone flew over? That UMASS? Who scheduled that game? Was the drone disguised as a War Eagle?
At 3:30 SE Louisiana and Mississippi State on SECN. Hail State!
At 6:30 MTSU plays Alabama on the SECN. MTSU? Who is YOU? Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, Oh come on! Is this a Middle School or Pop Warner team? Who did your schedule? Oh wait, I see it now. This week the before the game with Texas University. Brilliant Saban.
Georgia is not on my mind and neither is it on TV unless you stream. I am unable to stream and HULU at the same time.
Elsewhere…
We have Colorado and TCU at 11:00 on Fox. Now this could be fun. See what Deon brings. TCU? Please try not to embarrass the state of Texas this year in any championships.
THE UNIVERSITY of Texas plays the Rice Owls at 2:30 on Fox. I loved going to the Rice/Texas games in the Old Rice Stadium. I hope the MOB (Marching Owl Band) plays at half-time.
If you are not aware this year’s slogan for THE UNIVERSITY is “Embrace the Hate” because the school seems to think all teams loved to hate Texas. I suppose it is somewhat better than Guns Up by Tortilla Tech who plays Wyoming at 6:30 on CBS.
Also at 6:30 on FS 1 we have the University of Houston in their Big 12 debut playing UTSA. This could be a good game. Roadrunners chasing a cougar.
West Virginia and Penn State play at 6:30 on NBC. Definitely one of them will be an Ugly Uniform winner on Monday.
Sam Houston plays BYU at 9:30. The good news is that Sammy Bearkat gets to play with the Big Boys! The bad news is that the game is in Provo, Utah. I hope I make it to half-time.
Don’t forget Sunday night when LSU plays Florida State on ABC.
I hope your team wins unless you went to New Mexico.
BTHO New Mexico!
And to my other alma mater – Stephen F. Austin State University.
Pray for rain. Pray for Maui.
Focus on the low level bowl game invitation you will now receive.
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