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Thursday, August 31, 2023 – The Eve of Snarky Football Friday

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Thursday, August 31, 2023 – The Eve of Snarky Football Friday

Tonight and tomorrow kick off another college football season. This one will be different for many of us. Sadly, too many to mention, but you know who you are. I’m not talking of teams, realignments, coaches, or championships.

As we watch our alma maters and favorite teams this season many of us will not be watching the games, discussing, texting, listening to, hearing F bombs, laughing, crying, and celebrating with our loved ones. These include husbands, wives, significant others, relatives, friends and neighbors. It has been a tough year so far and we are still a few months away from a “hard candy Christmas.”

So I give you a song of memories as we move forward.

From 1965 – The Byrds, with Turn Turn Turn written by the great Pete Seeger.

A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late.

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Monday, August 28, 2023 – My Monday Morning After College Football Awards

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Monday, August 28, 2023 – My Monday Morning After College Football Awards

My apologies for no Snarky Friday. Had some eye issues. Besides the only schools playing were from the new I Don’t Care realignment and it was week ZERO!

However, just because I was unable to actually watch any football games  does not prohibit me talking about some of them. People talk all the time about things they don’t know about. However, I heard it through the yard lines that there were some weird things.

First, even though I did not hear, nor see, I award The Big Mouth/ No Substance Award to former Dallas Cowboy coach Jason Garrett for the Notre Dame/Navy game. I understand Garrett noted the strength of Navy every other breath far into the fourth quarter when the score was 42-3. I understand Garrett will call all ND games. Another reason to dislike Notre Dame.

The Award for Stoppage of Football Game, Not Due to Injury, Weather or a Fight goes to The Drone Flying over the UMass and New Mexico State Game. Note to Aggies: That is not the NM we play on Saturday. Like we care, but UMASS won its opening game for the first time since 1973.

Flying drone causes delay in UMass’ football game against New Mexico State

The Score Bug Award goes to Notre Dame. If you are like me you had no idea what a score bug was. It is that ribbon of statistics on the bottom of the TV screen. I was unaware that the score bug belonged to the home team. Notre Dame enlarged their score bug. Now it sits just under the wide receiver’s feet at the bottom of your screen. We shall see this weekend if other teams enlarge their score bug.

And as THE University in Austin prepares to enter its final year in the Big 12, Conference the team and Stevie Sarky adopted a new slogan. Embrace the Hate! Seriously, that is their slogan. So chosen because Texas knows/thinks all the other schools hate them because “We’re Texas!” With slogans like that no wonder other schools hate you. HWIT – BOOMER SOONERS! SIC ‘EM, BEARS! GO COUGARS! Any team, but TU! I also think TU might have fumbled big time on this. Remember, next year TU, you will be U-T-2! Tennessee was there before Texas long before football.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/sarkisian-and-texas-to-embrace-the-hate-in-their-last-season-in-big-12-before-joining-sec/3319558

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Friday, August 18, 2023 – Big Ball’s in Cowtown and Big Bubba Too!

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Friday, August 18, 2023 – Big Ball’s in Cowtown and Big Bubba Too!

Big Ball’s in Cowtown; we’ll all gone down,

Big ball’s in Cowtown; we’ll dance around. Yee haw!

Anybody who hung out in Texas for any period of time, knows that song is from the King of Western Swing, the great Bob Wills.

I have always thought the lines meant a big dance in Fort Worth. It seems another version begins with Big Balls in Cowtown, with no verb implied and perhaps an inuendo of male body parts. And there is a version that begins with Big Boy in Cowtown. And is there ever a Big Boy in Cowtown this football season. Meet Big Bubba – Brione “Big Bubba” Ramsey-Brooks. Big Bubba is 6’5 and weighs 455 lbs. He is a freshman at TCU in Fort Worth. He plays in the offensive line. He is the offensive line!

He won two State Championship at Dallas South Oak Cliff High School in 2021. The article sounds as though he won the state championship by himself and maybe he did.

Four hundred and fifty-five pounds. What did and does he eat? How much does it cost to feed him for just a week? Where does he find clothes? Does TCU have to order a special XXXX Large uniform?

HWIT, that is very large person. I do not do math, but he could be at least five Carolyn Sues, at least five, if not six Jannes, four or five Barbaras, and at least three and a half of me!

That is going to be a lot of purple across that big body. Good luck Bubba!

In other football news Stanford graduate, concert pianist, member of Augusta National Golf Club, and former Secretary of State under George W. Bush, and current director of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, Condoleeza Rice and Former President George W. Bush, whose wife Laura graduated from Southern Methodist University, are lobbying to get Stanford and SMU into the ACC. Goodness, George, you already got her library! But I suppose a new football conference is the perfect gift for the woman who has everything.

HWIT – College football is getting weirder by the day. And it is only a few more days away and I can’t wait.

Pray for rain. Pray for Maui. Peace out.

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Monday August 14, 2023 – Johnny Manziel

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Monday August 14, 2023 – Johnny Manziel

Over the weekend I watched the Netflix documentary on Johnny Manziel. Here’s what I’m thinking…

Warning – Florida will probably ban it. It does have the F word stated quite frequently.

It was 112 minutes of the rise and fall of Johnny Manziel. I was left wanting 112 more minutes and maybe 112 more after that. A majority of the documentary focused on his amazing talent from Kerrville Tivy High School to Texas A&M. To see those memories was indeed thrilling. He was unbelievable. I actually remember where I was when I said (rather screamed), “Oh my God! We’re going to beat Alabama!”

There were many people interviewed. I was reminded of Kris Kristofferson’s song Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame? There were many enablers who were to blame and an equal number to bless. And some of the individuals resided in both camps.

I think one is going to see Manziel as they want to see him. The special raw talent who threw it all away. The troubled individual who to quote Brando “Could have been a contender.” There will be many points of view.

There were many minutes of Kliff Kingsbury interviews. I had forgotten he was OC. The only Head Coach Kevin Sumlin words were a few seconds replayed of a press interview. To me it seems their attitude was “As long as you can play football and perform…” Manziel even said, “I got the fourth string QB to do my drug testing.”  Would that be Conner McQueen?

There were no Aggie team mates interviewed. Kevin Sumlin was not interviewed. The fourth-string quarterback was not interviewed.

Most of the minutes were spent on the rise and success. Less time was spent after he was drafted by Cleveland. This appears to be where the unstoppable decline began. Maybe there is another 112 minutes of story here.

I was left with many questions. It did not seem to offer any “lessons learned.” It did not seem to focus on mental health issues. Here was a 20 year old kid who was suddenly thrust into glamour, fame and friends of questionable influence. How was all of this allowed to happen? Why was he allowed to continued such behaviors? To me the parental attitude (and they were interviewed – kinda) was after the facts and in hindsight. Not a psychologist, but I think there was more parental influence than was portrayed.

The documentary does indeed portray a very complex and talented, but troubled individual. I think you should watch and determine for yourself.

As he says, “I am Johnny Fucking Football.”

To me he demonstrated no remorse, along with an attitude of “What a ride! Yes, I’d do it all again if the opportunity arose.”

But…

We are the Aggies; the Aggies are we…

And we beat Alabama!

Pray for rain! Pray for Maui!

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Friday, August 11, 2023 – Snarky and The Snarketts

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Friday, August 11, 2023 – Snarky and The Snarketts

Presenting for your Friday entertainment pleasure Snarky and The Snarketts …

I really feel sorry for Standford, California, Oregon State and Washington State. The other members of the Pac 12 jumped to other conferences for more money and left them high and dry with no one to play with.

For you visual learners, and/or for those who did not read the previous HWIT post, here is a chart procured from a Face Book page that shows the 2024 Conference Alignments.

I really think the 2023 college football season will be the last as we know it. In 2024 the games will be all for the money and little for the show. But I digress into seriousness. Back on Snark course…

In an effort to assist the four schools left on the West Coast, today I am offering up schools and institutions for their consideration to form a new conference called, The 𝛑 R Squared Conference.

My first selection is Dallas South Oak Cliff High School or Austin Westlake High School. These two school are always in state of Texas championship games. Teams could alternate years and it would be a non-conference game and a good warm up. Teams can play at Jerry World.

My second selection is Princeton. Why? I like Princeton. The former College of New Jersey played in the first football game ever. Albert Einstein taught there. This should be a good intellectual fit for Stanford and California. Have you ever listened to a Princeton sporting event? It goes like this: The opponent – Donald Running Back – is majoring in General Studies with a minor in Sports Identification. The Princeton- Dewey Running Back- is majoring in quantum physics, with a minor in international law. He speaks Russian and Mandarin Chinese and plays violin with the New Jersey Symphony.

Next selection is MIT. Like Princeton this is a very smart school. I bet, like myself, you were unaware that MIT even fielded a football team. Meet the Division III Calculators. Seriously, the MIT football team is called the Engineers.

Next is the University of Phoenix. The games of course will be played on-line, perhaps via ZOOM whenever you feel like watching and taking the exam.

My final selection is the Bellarmine Knights. This very, small private bible school in Louisville is also only on-line. But it plays Sprint Football. The sport is not recognized by the NCAA and in fact the NCAA refers to it as Non-football. However, the league (Yes, there is a Sprint Football League) does follow the NCAA football rules. The catch is there is a weight requirement. A player cannot weigh over 178 pounds. This just sounds like inter collegiate football for skinny boys.

https://www.sprintfootball.com/

HWIT – The newly proposed 𝛑 R Squared Conference – Standford, California, Oregon State, Washington State, Dallas South Oak Cliff High School or Westlake High School, Princeton, MIT, University of Phoenix and Ballarmine.

Happy Friday. Pray for rain. Pray for Hawaii and Maui!

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Monday, August 7, 2023 – The Death of the Pac 12 Football Conference

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Monday, August 7, 2023 – The Death of the Pac 12 Football Conference

Go beat the drum slowly and play the fife holy,

Play the dead march as they carry me on,

Go carry me t’th grave yard and throw the sod o’er me

For I’m the Pac 12 and I know I am gone!

And so we say goodbye to the Pac 12 Football Conference. It seems the teams that made up the Pacific Conference played musical chairs and Stanford, California, Oregon State and Washington State found no chairs left for them.

So what happened and why? First of all, we are discussing the 2024 football season. This is because nothing has yet happened in the 2023 season to discuss.

USC and UCLA first exited and moved to the Big 10 Conference. Then Oregon and their ugly ducky uniforms and Washington and their pretty huskie uniforms moved to the Big 10 Conference too.

Then because THE University of Texas and Oklahoma University moved to the SEC there was a gap in the Big 12 Conference. With USC and UCLA jumping conference, the following also jumped to a new conference. Arizona, Arizona State, Utah who joined Colorado who had already moved to the Big 12.

This means the Big 10 Conference now has 18 teams. These are Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Northwestern (not the Natchitoches one), Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland, Rutgers, USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington,. This also means Rutgers, Maryland et. al get to fly 3000 miles to the West Coast and vice versa for USC and UCLA.

This means the Big 12 now has Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah. and West Virginia for a total of 16 teams.

And that leaves Stanford, Oregon State, California, and Washington State as orphans of the threaded incline movement of other schools.

This certainly simplifies HWIT. I never did care much for the schools of the Big 10. Now that here are more, I really do not give a pig skin.

As to the Big 12, I am somewhat excited by Utah joining I can make lots of references to the Two Utes from My Cousin Vinny. And there are Baylor and Oklahoma State for family reasons. It was just a matter of time before the championship of Utah between the Mormons and Christians moved to Texas.

Here’s what I’m thinking. It will be interesting to say the least. Here are my reasons for the intense conference break ups. By the end of a Saturday, no one wants to watch a football game that starts at 9:30 PM. If you are young, it is time to go out for a Saturday night on the town. If you are old, it is time to go to bed.

But the real reason for such a breakup. Cue up Pink Floyd’s song Money. The Pac 12 could not reach media agreements. So there was an exodus to other conferences. There is more money depending on the time zone in which you play. Press play for Pink Floyd’s Money. $$$$

It remains to be seen how this all plays out. First the 2023 season must be played. Did you know that Stanford and California produce the most Olympic Athletes than all the other schools combined?

Since Stanford and California (aka Berkeley) both tend to lean toward the left, you know the outside influences of Old Army of the Peni at Texas A&M will not extend an invitation to the SEC. Besides, HWIT, I doubt any school in either Big 10 or Big 12 can beat any school in the SEC. Well, maybe Vanderbilt.

Happy Monday, Stay cool. Gig ‘Em!

The link below is a great article about the loss of historical state rivalries too.

https://www.theringer.com/college-football/2023/8/4/23820686/death-of-pac-12-conference-realignment-college-football-oregon-washington-big-ten

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Friday, November 12, 2021 – Week Eleven of College Football Presents Snarky Friday.

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Friday, November 12, 2021 – Week Eleven of College Football Presents Snarky Friday.

We are getting closer to seeing which teams will go bowling and which teams will be in the weight room getting ready for next season. As usual I only snark on teams that I like and teams that play teams that I like. And recall, that I am an equal opportunity Snark. I only like a few teams this week.

In the unholy hour for football at 11:00 AM we find the following:

Oklahoma at Baylor on Fox. The Bears better be a praying for a Miracle on the Brazos. It has happened before. However, you might want to pray that the Boomer Sooner Schooner School all test positive for Covid. Sic ‘Em Bears!

New Mexico State at Alabama on the SECN. Whaaat? Why is your cupcake game against New Mexico State? Granted it is The Land of Enchantment, but there ain’t nothing going to be enchanting in Tuscaloosa. Roll Tide!

Michigan at Penn State on ABC. Michigan goes to Happy Town or Happy Time, or wherever Penn State is located. I hope the Nittany Lions are indeed Happy in Happy at the end of the game.

Mississippi State at Auburn on ESPN. To State Fans: Just in case you missed it last week, Auburn lost, and they are going to be pissed when they take the field. Just saying.

We have two goodies at 2:30. Set phasers on Upset.

Georgia at Tennessee at 2:30 CBS .

Wish that I was on ol’ Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
Ain’t no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
Ain’t no telephone bills

Rocky Top, you’ll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol’ Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

I would wear those ugly orange and white strip overalls if Tennessee could upset Georgia and throw the entire playoff system into chaos. May the ghost of Peyton Manning haunt the field.

Purdue at Ohio State at 2:30 ABC. Can the Boilermakers do it for a fourth time? May the ghost of Drew Brees haunt the field and dot the I in the OHIO band.

In the evening your choices are:

Arkansas at LSU at 6:30 on SECN. This could be a good one. Both teams have much to prove, and LSU is blazing trying to make Coach O’s last games wins.

And last and certainly least, we have Rock Chalk Jayhawk Kansas at Texas University at 6:30 on ESPNU. The Horns are not getting a great deal of video footage for the Longhorn Network because you are not winning. This is your chance. It may be your only chance to finish with a win.

Of course the game of the week that has repercussions up and down the Top 25 is

Texas A&M at Ole Miss 6:00 on ESPN.

As previously, we must know things about the opponent. Read on for the history.

When it chartered the University of Mississippi on February 24, 1844, the Mississippi Legislature laid the foundation for public higher education in the state. The legislature is still laying the foundation for any type of education in the state.

The University was used as a Confederate hospital during the American Civil War. General Ulysses S. Grant’s army almost burned it down.

The University of Mississippi has gone through several mascots as the times changed. For years, the mascot was Colonel Reb, a plantation looking owner carrying a cane.

I would explain more but I want to avoid being accused of teaching Critical Race Theory.

But in 2003 (They kept the plantation guy until 2003???) the student body voted to change the mascot. It was initially a black bear called Rebel Bear, but the bear did not last long because it had no meaningful association with the state or the University. No bears in Mississippi. So, Ole Miss adopted the mascot, Tony the Landshark because it has a meaningful association because there are so many landsharks in the state. Actually, the Ole Miss defense came up with the name.

There was a race riot on the Ole Miss campus in 1962 when James Meredith, was the first black man to enroll. Again, I wish I could give you more history, but Critical Race Theory.

The university’s byname “Ole Miss” dates to 1897, when it was the winning entry of a contest held to solicit suggestions for a yearbook title. The term “Ole Miss” originated as a title domestic slaves used to distinguish the mistress of the plantation from the “young misses”. Nothing like having the name of the university continuing antebellum thoughts. This might be CRT too.

If you can change the mascots, why not change the name. I submit the following as the new name for the University of Mississippi. The University of Manning. You could have the Archie School, the Eli School and even the Cooper School. Think about it.

So Hotty Toddy to Ole Miss, but the Texas Aggies are coming. To Aggie QB Calzada. DO NOT SLIDE HEAD FIRST! But I’m sure Jimbo has gently said something similar.

Kiffer? Do you ever modify your facial expression? Or is the look of being lost or stoned just a permanent expression? You are going to need lots of popcorn, this week, Kiffy!

But be careful, Aggies. Do not open the door if you hear from the other side “Candygram.” It’s a Landshark!!

BTHO Ole Miss

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Monday, November 8, 2021 – My Monday After Saturday College Football Awards

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Monday, November 8, 2021 – My Monday After Saturday College Football Awards

Today the Week Ten Awards Show consists of songs dedicated to each team.

The only big award today is The Ugly Uniform Award, and it goes to TCU. Those uniforms look like SMU, Ole Miss and Cincinnati uniforms were washed together in magic washing powders and all the colors mixed together. Was it supposed to be mourning garb for Patterson’s leaving?

Today everyone receives a song to make their playlist. I might have changed a few lyrics.

For the upsets, each of these teams receive Patsy Cline’s version of

Faded Love

Wake Forest 55 – UNC 58

Mississippi State 28 Arkansas 31

But onward thru the fog…

Baylor 28 and TCU 30

Baylor song – U2 – Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

TCU song – Elton John – Good bye Yellow Brick Road

Liberty 14 and Ole Miss 27  

Liberty – if you only play for what you need, you needed more.

Liberty Song – To Liberty and Coach Hugh Freeze, just Let It Go since you were Frozen.

Ole Miss – Popcorn Dance by Hot Butter. It’s like an ancient episode of Think You Can Dance. I think this could be the new Ole Miss song.

Purdue 40 and Michigan State 29

Purdue song – Lionel Richie – Once Twice, Three Times an Upset

Michigan State song – The Beatles – Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.

Texas 7 at Iowa State 30

Iowa State song – Tornado by Little Big Town

Texas song – The Eagles – Desperado

Alabama 20 at LSU 14  

Alabama song – Jack Scott – What In The World’s Come Over You?

LSU song – Police – Every breath you take; every move you make I’ll be watching you. Nothing can make a successful season for LSU more than an upset.

Texas A&M 20 and Auburn

A&M wins the Louise and George Jefferson Award  

Aggie song – cause ‘we moving on up in the West Side – we finally got a piece of the pie!

Additional songs include Scoop there is it by Tag Team and We Put a Nix on You by Creedence Clearwater Revival for the Aggie Defense.

Auburn song – The Happenings – See You in September – Bye-bye, so long, farewell; Bye-bye, so long; See you, in the Iron Bowl; see you, when the season’s through.

BTHO Ole Miss!The Aggies are coming to Oxford with popcorn and ready to kick butt, and we are all out of popcorn! And we ain’t dancing to no popcorn dance either. WHOOP!

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Monday, November 1, 2021 – My Monday After College Football Awards – Week Nine

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Monday, November 1, 2021 – My Monday After College Football Awards – Week Nine

Happy Post Halloween. There were tricks and treats this weekend.

First a treat – Mississippi State 31-Kentucky 17. Mike the Pirate does it again and wins the ARRR Talk Like a Pirate Award!

Now a trick – SMU 37- University of Houston 44. The University of Houston wins The Run It Back Award and Run Forrest Run Award for taking the football after the kickoff by SMU that tied the game and running from his end zone 100 yards to win the game with 17 seconds left. This left the poor, little rich kids stunned. So Ponies, you receive the Stun Gun Award.

Another treat – Auburn 31 – Ole Miss 20. Lane the Kiffer wins The Analytics Award for going for on Fourth Down three times and being stopped three times for no points on the scoreboard. Both teams share The Thank You Award from the Texas Aggies.

Here’s a list of treats.

Georgia 34 -Florida 7 – The Gators win Once Their Was a Time We Were Good Award. Coach Mullins wins the Better Call the Fire Department Award because your seat is getting hot. To the Dawgs, you win the Sweet Georgia Brown Award because – No gal made has a got a shade on sweet Georgia Brown. No team can throw shade to Georgia. But the Tide could come Rolling in.

Cincinnati 31 – Tulane 12. The Bearkats win the Still Undefeated, but No Style Points Award. And your schedule is weak.

Michigan 33 – Michigan State 37 – Sparky wins The Big Chill Award. Michigan also wins a Thank You Award from the Texas Aggies.

Texas Tech 21 – Oklahoma University 52. OU wins the Hey Look Us Over, We Finally Got It Together Award. Tortilla Tech wins the Help Wanted Award.

Also winning the Help Wanted Award is TCU. The Frogs lose to Kansas State 31 to 12 and Head Coach, Gary Patterson, throws in the towel.

Iowa State 31 – West Virginia 38 – The Mountaineers win the Burn the Couches Award. Of course, anytime WVa wins the team receives The John Denver Award for Almost Heaven, West Virginia.

But the best treat of the Halloween weekend was:

Baylor 31 and THE University of Texas 24  – Baylor not only wins the game, but also wins The Costume Award – Baptist Nuns.

To the University of Texas (No longer THE University) – Bevo wins The Tent Award. Like a tent, Horns were light weight, foldable and collapsible.

The University of Texas also receives The Rolling Stone Award for “how does it feel to be on your own, like a complete unknown?”

Do not get discouraged, Horns. There are three games left and you only have to win two of them to become bowl eligible and one of the teams is Kansas. That is the good news. The bad news is the other teams are Iowa State and West Virginia.

Ten years ago, in September of 2011 the Regents of Texas A&M University voted to leave the Big 12 Football Conference and move to the Southeastern Conference. How has that move worked out? See for yourself.

Welcome to the SEC, Texas. Perhaps it is not too late to rethink the move.

BTHO AUBURN!

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Friday, October 8, 2021 – Snarky Friday College Football

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Friday, October 8, 2021 – Snarky Friday College Football

From Famous Flop Songs

There’re be a hot hot time in Lakehurst, New Jersey when the Hindenburg lands today.

Well the Hindenburg busted in Kyle Field last weekend, thus making the most anticipated, most wanted, most desired football game of the season MOOT!

MOOT MOOT! Texas A&M v Alabama at 7:00 on CBS. NOOOO! Not Motor Mouth, Gary Danielson calling the game??? He hates both the TIDE and the Aggies. I feel certain the feelings are mutual.

If the Aggies win the toss to start the game, I will count that as a victory. The only thing we can hope for is a mild case of food poisoning going through the first team offense and first team defense.

However, the one thing that Alabama should be concerned about is: Once again, Schrodinger, You don’t know if the cat is dead or alive. However, we’ll know after the first offensive or the first defensive series.

Who at network programming scheduled all of these games at 11:00? He or she needs to be fired! They obviously have never experienced the night before a football game.

Maryland and Ohio State at 11:00 on Fox. Way too early in the day to see your ugly helmets.

West Virginia at Baylor at 11:00 on FS1. Sic ‘Em Bears. Mildly entertaining, but again, Ugly Uniforms could be in play. (HA – Get it! In Play?)

South Carolina at Tennessee on ESPN2 at 11:00. Boring.

Vanderbilt  at Florida at 11:00 SECN – Pitifully boring. Is there a seventy point rule?

Here are THE games to ready your screens.

Oklahoma and THE University of Texas at 11:00 on ABC in The Red River Rivalry or The Red River Showdown. This game used to be called The Red River Shoot Out, but the two states began to take the term literally. Dallas area bars and watch parties will be rocking as far away as Plano and Frisco.

Arkansas and Ole Miss at 11:00 on ESPN – Got your popcorn ready, Lane? Don’t forget to plug in the microwave.

Georgia plays Auburn at 2:30 on CBS. Oooh! Maybe Gary D will call this one, fall down and sprain his mouth and have to go to the hospital.

TCU is on the plains playing Tortilla Tech at 6 on ESPN. No comment.

Temple and Cincinnati at ESPN at 6:00. Is Temple a Jewish institution? Or is it named after Shirley?

LSU at Kentucky at 6:30 on SECN. LSU and TAMU in the Independence Bowl?

Notre Dame at Virginia Tech 6:30 on ACCN – I want to see the Hokie Pokie all four quarters in hopes that all that glitters is not those gold helmets.

Nevertheless, The 12th Man would like to say WELCOME TO THE ALABAMA TIDE! Please know it will be the loudest welcome you have this season. Bring your ear plugs!

BTHO ALABAMA!

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