College Football Saturday, 1.0

Been a long wait since last January, but college football is back.  There is nothing on the sports calendar better than autumn Saturdays.  Nothing.  As an added bonus this year, we got to say goodbye to the Boise State Frauds before the first Saturday.  Nothing like stepping into a barely above average conference to play a mediocre top 25 team and LOSING.  Wait -- isn't Boise State Fraud coach Chris Peterson a so called offensive genius?!?  Yet his Frauds could barely muster one offensive touchdown.  ONE.  Anyway, on to more important stuff (because the Boise State Frauds are now officially irrelevant in the 2012 season).

1. Wide open national championship!  USC?  Not sure on the defense.  Not sure Colin Cowherd Lane Kiffin is a championship coach.  Alabama?  No one repeats in college football.  Oklahoma?  Landry Jones hasn't shown he can survive without Ryan Broyles.

2. What about LSU?!? Bam!  We have a winner.  By process of elimination we are going with The Sons of Lester.  Great D, as always.  And losing Jordan Jefferson at QB is addition by subtraction -- duh.

3. October 20!  Charlie Weiss brings his Kansas Jayhawks to Norman, Oklahoma.  Stone cold mortal lock: Uncle Charlie and Mike Stoops will come to blows.  Charlie fancies himself a New Jersey tough guy.  Bob's brother Mike is notorious for being a wild man off the field.  On the field, he's crazy, too.  We'll never forget the time the Stoops Brothers dropped 45 on Lester's Oklahoma State Misfits.  Lester had talked sheeeet the entire week leading up to the game.  With under a minute to go, ahead 45-10, Mike Stoops walked have way across the field and screamed at Lester, "Had enough?!?"  Classic.  We love the guy.

4. College GameDay!  The powder puff piece on former employee Urban Meyer not withstanding, it's the best football show (college or pro) on the planet.  Chris Fowler was once our BFF 15 years ago when we shared weekly phone calls during the season.  That ended when we criticized his beloved alma mater, Colorado.  Regardless, the man knows college football, as does sidekick Kirk Herbstreit -- the smartest man in college football.  And we always love reading the fan signs every Saturday morning.  (Note the one to the right of Herbie's finely coiffed head.)

So enjoy the games.  We will be watching for 12 straight hours, if not more.  Depends on when we passout fall asleep on the couch.