College Football, Why Are You So Good to Me?

Yesterday reminded me of why September through December is the best time of the year. College football season officially started at 9 am with ESPN College Gameday in Atlanta. There's something about seeing Chris, Lee and Herb on that set that makes the air feel a little crisper and the water taste a little sweeter. I had planned to have a Texas-Florida Atlantic game watching party at my place on Saturday evening, but had to cancel mid-week because AT&T U-verse (my new cable provider) wouldn't state whether or not they would carry the game. After an obligatory stroll through IKEA (no weekend plans = IKEA deals to be had), I camped out at Mark, Suzanne and Luke's for some football watching and napping. At 1 pm, Statesman.com reported that AT&T U-verse would, in fact, be carrying the pay-per-view Longhorns game at 6 pm. Suddenly life had meaning. The sun would come up tomorrow. The Statesman was the best news organization in the world for reporting this all-important news fact.

We loaded up the caravan and headed back to my place by way of Jason's Deli, and took in the PPV goodness. After the Longhorns had put away Florida Atlantic, Mark and I focused our attention on other games of interest but not before brewing a pot of coffee for the longhaul. Maxwell House just tastes better when it's brewed and enjoyed with your brother at 10 pm. The rest of the night was spent in disbelief as we refreshed CBS Sports Gametracker to discover the Aggies in a knock down, drag-out pigskin brawl with the SEC powerhouse Arkansas Razorbacks. Oh wait, make that the Sun Belt's Arkansas State Red Wolves. By 10:30 am, the Longhorns were 1-0, had contributed $900,000 to the FAU athletics department, the Aggies and Michigan were 0-1, and Mark and I had a good night of brotherly bonding.

Week 1 is in the books. Let's hope weeks 2-12 are just as enjoyable.