I'm back baby!

Alright kids, just three weeks until the pigskin hits the turf again. To say I'm excited would be an understatement.

My brother refers to it being like Christmas Day. Honestly, I don't get as excited for Christmas anymore as I do for college football gearing up.

A couple thoughts from the off-season:
--Remarkable work by the NCAA. It only took them like 4 years to figure out that Southern Cal was cheating. Here's the report. And here, I think, is my favorite quote from the Trojans' now-fired athletic director Mike Garrett when he learned about the report:

"As I read the decision by the NCAA … I read between the lines and there was nothing but a lot of envy. They wish they all were Trojans."

A few thoughts on that: not the best way to show the NCAA that you are going to clean up your program. Also not the best way, as he may have learned, to keep your job.

--Also in the Pac-10, the University of Oregon football team was busy in the offseason getting wasted and stealing stuff from frat boys, beating and choking their girlfriends, and driving cars full of weed around Oregon's most annoying town.

That's right. Jeremiah Masoli, the starting quarterback, was first suspended from the team and then later booted off of it for being incapable of staying out of trouble for one long offseason. He lied to coaches about his role in a theft from a frat house, then got pulled over while driving and had a bit of illegal substance in the car. So Masoli's out. Amazingly, he's headed to Ole Miss!?!?
Several other players were removed or suspended from the team this off-season as well. Top times in Eugene.

--Last thing for today: Deadspin has been trying to find the dumbest college athlete, which while I find amusing I also find tragically depressing. But here's my favorite so far: Clemson's obviously educating the shit out of their players.

Final thought: this new Oregon QB is kind of hot, huh?


That's my warmup post to get ready for my valiant return.

Stay frosty!