Catch the Fever.

In the immortal words of a guy I worked with in New Jersey: Rutgers football, catch the fever.

He didn't put an exclamation point after it, and I'm going to go ahead and assume that's because even Rutgers grads know the truth. But after the 31-0 romping the Scarlet Knights just laid on South Florida, I was slightly excited about the team.

I have an unfair disgust for Rutgers, because of two, interminable years working in New Jersey with two very overzealous Rutgers grads who were pretty psyched that in 2006, with the Big East missing Virginia Tech, Miami and Boston College, they pulled off a number of wins and were nationally ranked for much of the season.

One of those Rutgers fans may read this blog...so I will refrain from saying anything else, like the fact that the obnoxious banter reminded me in no small way of the kind of crap I've heard from Ducks fans this year.

Point is, it pains me to say it, but Rutgers looked pretty good tonight. Or more to the point, USF looked real real real bad.

Two other things to say:

1) Boston College vs. UVA this weekend. Let's be very clear. UVA lost to William and Mary this year. That's a Division I-AA football team, for those of you playing at home. If we lose, I give back all the money that I won from U of O fans last week.

2) Hey Tennessee football players. Aren't you kind of busy? Shouldn't you be too busy to go out and commit armed robbery? No? Hmm.