That "Big and Rich" intro to ESPN's College Game Day might be the worst thing I've ever seen. It's five minutes later and my gorge only now stopped rising.
Then again, the only reason to watch this dumb ass show in the first place - aside from She Who Shall Not Be Named deciding to take a two hour playtime between 3 and 5 AM, allowing me to watch something on Saturday morning not Backyardigans or Barefoot Contessa related since the late 20th century - is to see if anybody can sneak another Lee Corso sign into camera range.
I missed Miami's 34-17 defeat of Texas A&M Thursday night cause I was at the Resident Evil: Extinction screening (review here). On one hand, I could've watched the loathsome Hurricanes manhandling the no-longer 20th ranked Aggies, on the other I had Milla Jovovich slaying zombies with Gurkha knives. I'm comfortable with my choice.
I sympathize with A&M fans, however. If there's one thing I can agree about with my Big 12 rivals, it's that Miami sucks. And they can take comfort in the fact that this defeat, potentially crippling to their conference title hopes (which, let's be honest, weren't that great to begin with), wasn't nearly as embarrassing as the pasting we suffered at Miami's hands in the 1991 Cotton Bowl, a game I was supposed to attend after driving up to Dallas for New Year's Eve. I had to work, so I stayed in Austin, getting drunk by myself and making the not-at-all regrettable decision to hook up with my neighbor. That made for a comfortable rest of my lease, let me tell you.
Anyway, I woke up after noon, turned the game on and - seeing we were behind by something like 20 points in the first quarter - turned the TV off and went back to bed.
Speaking of Miami, Oklahoma slaughtered Tulsa last night. Not having seen all their games so far won't prevent me from predicting an OU-USC (or possible OU-Rutgers) title game. It also won't stop me from taking the over on Longhorn turnovers. I'm thinking McCoy gets picked off twice and Charles fumbles at least once.
Notre Dame has been outscored 102-13 so far this season. I hope Regis helped.
Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention UT running back James Henry becoming the the sixth Longhorn player arrested this year. Henry was pinched for obstruction and tampering with evidence, which is pretty impressive for a freshman.
