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This is a funny subject for me, so I thought I'd write about it.

I grew up watching college football with 3 goals in mind: 

Ohio State wins.

Ohio State beats Michigan

The Big Ten wins.

 When Ohio State played Miami in the 2002 National Championship, prior to the game Chris Fowler asked Desmond Howard who he wanted to win and he said, "I'm a Michigan man and will always root against the Buckeyes.  I pick Miami."

Let's not focus on what my dad said here, but what my mom said - My mom, who is usually very level headed and soft-spoken when it comes to Ohio State (to balance out my father) yelled at the TV, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  WHERE'S YOUR BIG TEN LOYALTY????"

Woah.

Here's what I've witnessed recently about this:

     Let's call a spade a spade, most people hate the SEC.  I am one of those people, however, I will say, SEC fans are conference loyal.  If their team sucks, they'll root for whichever team is winning.  They just want an SEC team in the National Championship, pulling out a W.  I'm in awe over this because this is the way it should be.

     I always root for the ACC.  I'd love to have an ACC team in the National Championship.  Of course, I'd prefer that team NOT be UVA, but still I'd root for the Cavaliers to take home that sparkly football trophy if it meant recognition for my conference.  

UVA fans root against Va. Tech.  They don't care about the ACC, just that Tech loses.

Texas fans root against Oklahoma.  They don't care about the Big 12, just that Oklahoma loses.

Desmond Howard roots against Ohio State.  He doesn't care about the Big 10, just that OSU loses.

I encourage the 2 people reading this (probably only my mom and dad) to start cheering on your conferences.  It's okay to be happy when your rival ends up losing that game, but let's start showing some loyalty!

Official ruling on the Field

Well, it's official.  Reggie Bush is giving back his Heisman Trophy.

Here's the short:  In order to be eligible for the Heisman Trophy, you have to be in compliance with all NCAA rules.  Since it has come out that Reggie Bush & his family had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from sports agents, there has been a long-going investigation into whether that made him eligible to receive the award.  USC had already given over their Heisman Trophy statue back in July when all of this first started coming out in the public.  They also had already removed Bush's jersey from the stadium before the 2010 season started.

It's just terrible.

I'm starting to get really frustrated with all of this agent crap in college football.  

Again - Dear college football players,

You're not allowed to take money, trips, cars, gifts...anything from agents trying to lure you into the NFL.  

You're also not allowed to have other people write your papers or take your tests.  

You're also not allowed to hold people up at gunpoint and rob them.

You will either: Get kicked out of school, have to give back your Heisman trophy and forfeit ALL games that were played (whether they were last week or 5 years ago) or go to jail.

Let's get some positive news out there.  Anyone else with me?

I mean, dare I say it...but Tim Tebow might ACTUALLY have been a Saint.

Mark Ingram Update

If you thought I was going to write about the Boise State / Virginia Tech game the day after that game, then you don't know me at all.  Obviously I have an opinion, but I'd like to all remain friends, so let's just leave that for another day.

Quick update on Mark Ingram for you: As of this morning, he has yet to return to the practice field at Alabama following his knee surgery last Tuesday.  He missed the opener against San Jose State and according to Nick Saban, it's unlikely he will play this Saturday against Penn State.

     Cons: I love Mark Ingram.  He had the cutest little Heisman Trophy acceptance speech last year and he can do a pushup from a hand-stand.  That's pretty cool.

              Alabama is pretty stacked and they're not hurting in the back-up running backs category. 

     Pros: Could the Nittany Lions use this minor set-back to dethrone the Crimson Tide?

We'll seeeeeeeee!

Game to watch: Saturday @ 7pm on ESPN - #1 Alabama hosts #18 Penn State.