Basketball, at last.

I know, I've been negligent.  I've been too heartbroken to focus on football.  Each day I'm reminded of the possibility of an Ohio State-FSU national championship game, which would send me on a drinking binge so intense that I might never fully recover.  So for now, I say roll tide and go bears.  Baylor should be ranked #3.  I'm putting that out there.  I know they haven't played Texas Tech or Oklahoma State yet, but guess what? Ohio State hasn't played anyone.  I'm much more impressed with Baylor, and the Bears should 100% be ranked ahead of the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad buckeyes.

For this weekend, I'm a Wake Forest fan.  The 2 "good" games outside of the SEC were last night, and Oregon was atrocious.  Made me wonder how anyone thought they could contend for a national title.  Just awful.  Stanford got lucky, but they played smart and took advantage of Oregon's football team completely forgetting how to play football.  The final score made it look much closer than it was.  Oregon should be embarrassed by that display.

As for this weekend, let's go Huskers! Michigan is not good.  If you can't beat them, you're not good.  I'd also like to see Houston beat UCF.  Alabama will beat LSU again.  And Gators.  This one would really help with bowl eligibility.  South Carolina and FSU still loom....wins over Vandy and Georgia Southern may be necessary to make a bowl game.  Regardless, I've never been on board with Will Muschamp.  I've made that clear since the start.  I wanted Kevin Sumlin as coach, and everyone said I was crazy.  I don't know who I want now, but I do know I want Muschamp and Pease OUT.  They've had their chances.  They've done nothing.  Muschamp is afraid to beat his alma mater, and I can't continue living in a world where Florida continues to lose to Georgia.  Georgia sucks.  I also need someone on the coaching staff who can recruit a decent quarterback! Brantley? Brissett? Driskel? Murphy? Chris Leak, can you maybe take on that responsibility? Clearly no one else can...I'm hereby assigning that job to you.  Find UF a QB ASAP.  Thanks.

Chris Doering will be serving as the "celebrity" Mr. Two Bits for homecoming. We could really use the Wuerffel/Doering pair on offense right now.

 

Ah, to have a quarterback...

Thankfully, today officially marks the start of the Florida basketball season.  Our boys tip off at 3pm, playing the Ospreys of North Florida.  Unfortunately, we'll be short-staffed "indefinitely."  We'll beat UNF, though.  I'm worried about who will be available Tuesday.  I can't have us losing to an overrated Big Ten team - especially one my brother attended.  Billy Donovan, please take a page out of the Ole Miss playbook and leave the remainder of the Harris/Finney-Smith suspensions for the start of SEC play.  And if they can't play, let's just hope enough of our team is healthy enough to beat Wisconsin.  I'll say it before anyone else says it, and I'll say it proudly as usual: THE BIG TEN WILL NOT WIN A MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SEASON.  My brother has this pattern of making stupid bets with me.  Usually he'll bet me something like "$20, 1,000:1 odds, Purdue goes undefeated."  And I say, "Okay, easiest $20 I'll ever make."  And I win.  This year he bet me $1, 5000:1 odds, Wisconsin goes undefeated in basketball.  Of course I took the bet.  Can't make an easier dollar.

Also, I'm planning to go to two Gator basketball games next month, and I could not be more excited.  Hopefully the team will be healthy by then!

GO GATORS!