Confession....

Okay, Confession:
I always go on and on about College Football being my favorite sport and the only sport I watch. Well, that's not entirely true.

I.
LOVE.
THE.
OLYMPICS.

There's just something about watching thousands of athletes from all over the globe coming together in one place to compete against each other in the name of their country. It's inspiring.

It's hard to say what my favorite thing about the Olympics are - I mean, how could I name just one thing?
The Opening Ceremonies
The National Anthem
Swimming
The Olympic torch relay
"Do you believe in Miracles?"
The Olympic Village
Medal Ceremonies
Watching the athletes warm up for competition
Speed Skating
Moguls
Track and Field relays
Beach Volleyball
Figure Skating
"You can do it, Kerri!"
the athletes families

I could go on and on.......
Turn on the TV, watch some Olympics and quietly chant, "USA...USA....USA" You know you want to!

Match Game

I've always loved a good game of "Match Game." You know...where you flip over a card with a monkey and try and hope that you'll randomly choose a blank card with a monkey and get to keep the pair.

At the end of the season, College Football Coaching turned into a solid game of Match Game. In case you didn't keep up (let's be honest...it was hard for me too) here's a little game of matching for you:

Urban Meyer sort of decided to leave as Head Coach at Florida - Match this up with Steve Addazio sort of taking over as Head Coach at Florida

Pete Carol left USC for the dollar signs in coaching in the NFL - Match this up with Lane Kiffin leaving his program at Tennessee to take over at USC

Charlie Weis got the ax at Notre Dame - Match this up with Brian Kelly leaving Cincinnatti to coach the struggling Fighting Irish program

Tommy Tuberville is leaving Auburn to coach at Texas Tech - Match this up with Mike Leach getting fired at Texas Tech for mistreating one of his players (yikes)

Bobby Bowden retired as the winningest coach in college football at Florida State - Match this up with Jimbo Fisher moving into the head coaching role at FSU

And finally...

All Hokies shed a small tear when Al Groh was asked to leave as head coach at UVA the day after Virginia Tech beat them for the 8th time in 9 tries - Match this up with beloved U of R coach, Mike London, leaving River City for Charlottesville and the Hoos in Hooville

Where am I?

So, it turns out I'm not as good at blogging as I thought I'd be. Yes, it has been 3 full months since my last post which means I made no smarty-pants comments throughout all of the conference championship games (Tebow crying...), the Heisman trophy ceremony (How adorrrrable is Mark Ingram?), or the BSC championship games. What kind of college football fan am I?!?

A busy one. The Martin Agency just won Advertising Agency of the Year, apparently my career took over my life!!

In the excitement of the Super Bowl today I realized how much I missed good ole Heisman girl so I'm going to keep you all entertained for the next 7 months until the kick off of the REAL football season.

In true Heisman girl fashion, I'm focusing my attention on tonight's Super Bowl on the battle of the E! Reality stars. Reggie Bush's girlfriend, Kim Kardashian vs. Hank what's-his-last-name's wife, Kendra. (Well that, AND the commercials. Come on, I work in Advertising!)

......Let's go Saints!

Rivalry Week

That's right friends, it's time for Rivalry Week. There's nothing like a good rivalry in college football - we live for this stuff, right?? I just love preparing for big games against hated rivals.

Every school has that one team and one game every year that matters more than any other. There's hype, there's tailgating and there is definitely a lot of yelling.

Here are some of the best college football rivalries out there:

Florida vs. Georgia - "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" - This series goes back to 1915 and Georgia leads 46-39-2

Texas vs. Oklahoma - "The Red River Shootout" - Dating back to 1900, Texas leads 59-40-5

Ohio State vs. Michigan - "The Game" - The first game between these two hated rivals was in 1897 and it pains me that Michigan currently leads 57-42-6

Auburn vs. Alabama - "The Iron Bowl" - Alabama has a close lead in this rivalry 39-33-1 which started in 1893

Army vs. Navy - Probably one of the oldest rivalries in college football, this series started in 1890 and Navy leads 53-49-7

Heismans ARE for girls

In one month, 3 college football players will gather in New York City with their coaches, families and previous Heisman trophy winners to crown this years' winner. (Yes I said "crown"...Heismans are for GIRLS!)
It's one of my favorite nights of the year, and definitely tromps the annually boring grammy awards.

The Heisman Trophy is awarded each year to the most outstanding collegiate football player of the year. It's sort of a big deal.

You can pretty much find me every Saturday striking the "Heisman pose" any time one of my favorite players makes a great play. There's something about kicking your leg up and protecting a fake football that substantiates a good play.

There's sometimes controversy involved - I mean, OJ Simpson won the Heisman when he played at USC, it doesn't get much more controversial than OJ.
And of course, there's the controversy with players that win it more than once. Granted, that "controversy" may only be experienced by Ohio State fans......
So, let's be honest. Only one player has ever won the Heisman Trophy twice. And...well, he's a Buckeye. We feel very strongly about our boy, Archie Griffin, keeping that title. (So strongly that my dad has said to me that if anyone ever wins it twice, it will "taint" the Heisman for him...he's extreme) I semi-disagree but do think that the next person to win it twice needs to completely knock my socks off. I've just set a high standard, good luck to all trying to achieve it.

This year's race has been all over the map from the beginning of the season. We started out strongly with the top 3 as Tim Tebow (Fla.), Sam Bradford (Okla.) and Colt McCoy (Texas). But give yourself 10 weeks and now we're looking at a new crew of boys: Mark Ingram (Alabama) Colt McCoy (Texas) and Case Keenum (Houston).
We've got 7 weeks left in the season and a lot to prove.

Make sure to tune in Saturday December 12 to the Heisman Trophy Ceremony on ESPN.

Time to give Thanks

The month of November brings me two things:
1. Thanksgiving - a time to be thankful for all of the blessings in our lives and my favorite holiday of the year.
2. The home stretch to the BCS

Everything in college football seems to go crazy come November 1. Coaches get louder, players get more personal fouls and fans get insane (myself included...) It's like the lead up to rivalry weeks just gets everyone off their rocker or something!

This week brought on the craziness in full effect:
--VT lost to UNC (okay FINE! That happened in October, but it was crazy and unfair and just remember...it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to!)
--Alabama took LSU for a ride and sits comfortably on their way into the SEC championship
--Stanford brought down ranked Oregon
--Cal fell to Oregon State (looks like the state of Oregon knows something the state of California doesn't....)
--Colt McCoy started polishing his Heisman acceptance speech by passing 470 yards against UCF.
--College Gameday was live from the Air Force academy as they took on Army - doesn't get any more American than with the President opening up for College Gameday - CRAZY!!
--Uhhh TCU continues to blow everyone's mind by ribbiting to the top. (Yeah, I said "ribbiting" because I've learned that their mascot is the Horned Frog. C-R-A-Z-Y.)
--Florida beat Vanderbilt. Yep, congrats Gators! It's sooo crazy that you continue to beat unranked teams!!
--Ohio State and Penn State took their rivalry to a new level with the Buckeyes dominating in Beaver Stadium. Those CRAZY lion fans just haaate seeing their homeboy Pryor in red and grey!

Bring it on, November! Bring me rivalry week...Bring me the conference championships...Bring me the Heisman Trophy Award...Bring me the final rankings for the BSC bowl games. We're on the cusp of the best time of the year - ENJOY!!

What the CRAP?!?

Hi. Today's blogpost is called, "What the CRAP?!?" as in, "What the CRAP happened this weekend????"

Virginia Tech lost to Georgia Tech...what the CRAP?

Sam Bradford re-injured his shoulder in the first quarter of the Red River Rivalry...what the CRAP?

Ohio State lost to UNRANKED Perdue....what the CRAP?

Florida found a way to win and stay on top...what the CRAP?

UVA won...what the CRAP?

Nebraska lost to UNRANKED Texas Tech...what the CRAP?

Kansas lost to UNRANKED Colorado...what the CRAP?

If I had any explanations, I'd offer them here. Obviously...I don't.