10) Making fun of rival player arrests as your entire D Line gets 5-10
"Man, can you guys believe that LSU player did a Diamond Dallas Page on his Econ teacher? What a bunch of thugs. I mean, sure, our strong safety roid-rufied a mascot, but I mean... that was bullshit."
Odds are, this sounds like you. Bless our hearts, most college football fans couldn't see the world straight with a team-sponsored leveler. We make fun of each other for doing the things, well, we do. Arkansas calls Mississippi inbred. Oklahoma calls USC cheaters. OJ calls Donte Stallworth a copycat.
Hey look, it happens. But when it comes to mocking player arrests, tread lightly. It's like running for president when you're a Bush: everybody gets their turn. And yours is right around the corner. So if you aren't careful, you'll end up with Dukakis on your face.
Besides, are you really that surprised that the guy who's on scholarship because he really likes to hit people really likes to hit people?
If you're in SEC country, heed this rule especially. Put down the stone and say hello to your glass house.
In the SEC, coaching salaries aren't the only thing out of control. It's like Hank Williams Jr. said. Only this time, all your rowdy friends are on scholarship.
It works like this: If you laugh at a rival guy for stealing a car, your guy will steal a tank. If you laugh at a rival guy for smoking a joint, your guy will smoke a pedestrian. That's karma, that's how it works. The second you make fun of a rival fullback who stumbles into an underage MIP, your favorite linebacker Lattimers an underage KD.
If you're with a team outside the SEC, you have every right to look down in concern. In fact, you should be concerned about who SEC players are victimizing the worst: You.
9) Reading about recruits from ridiculously futuristic-sounding years
The next time you log on to Rivals.com, you're going to read about a weakside linebacker from the year 2046. He's visiting your campus the weekend of the next Haley's Comet.
His first name is Megabot. His last name is a series of decimals. He has offers from USC, Ohio State and the Galactic Empire. And he runs a 3.1 40, because his lower torso is a fucking rocketship.
Of course you feel old. It's natural. As you see the headline '2012 QB loves Trojans' you think "When the fuck were these kids born, W's second term?"
But hey, this is recruiting. Do the groundkeepers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium prefer it when the official visitor list is potty-trained? Of course they do. Then again, that's not their call. Pretty soon, Urban Meyer and Nick Saban are going to be evaluating talent using stethoscopes in the maternity ward. The future is the future.
Speaking of the future, what happened to the movie-future? You know, the one we were promised as young impressionable children in the 1980's? Where is my goddam spaceship? "Uh, yes, Microsoft? I'd like one giant robot suit, please. Express Ground."
Seriously, what in the name of Sigourney Fucking Weaver is going on here? Future my ass. This is more Flintstones than Jetsons.
According to 1980's movies, you should be reading this article from a goddam space pod hovering above your other space pod in front of your robotic dog while your robotic maid reaches in your lap and rubs one out into a robotic hand towel.
Instead, you have an iPhone. Yabba dabba do.
8) Talking lots and lots of man-gossip
The next time you give your wife/girlfriend/fuck buddy a hard time for reading US Weekly, remember that at some point this year, you are going to call your buddy and say something to the effect of:
"OMG, did you see Mark Barkley's scrimmage stats?"
"Yea, like totally. I can't believe he went 13-21 with 221 yards and 2 TDs. He got like, so hot. Do you think he'll start? I bet he does. He should start, I don't blame him. That Mitch Mustain is no good. I heard bad things about him. Oh wait... this is Russell beeping in. I bet he doesn't know. Let me call you back-"
They have a word for the previous conversation: gossip. Yea, it's man-gossip, and yea it's exagerrated, but come on fellas. Give the ladies come credit. We all do the same shit.
She's reading about Britney Spears' labia, you're reading about Julio Jones' hernia. What's the difference?
The time you made fun of her for renting 27 Dresses with the pink DVD case? That was right after that time you rented Rambo 4. Which got a fucking 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.
37%?? My fourth-grade production of The Music Man has a higher Tomatometer than that.
Yep, we got trouble. Right here in College Station. Because, dudes that love to talk college football, let's face it: when it comes to the hypocritical factor, we are guilty-as-charged.
P.S. I heard Bryce Brown and Lane Kiffin are like, already thinking about calling it quits.
7) Being at work and not working
Admit it, you haven't done anything productive in three hours. And no, logging onto espn.com 13 times in 12 minutes to see if the new AP rankings are out yet is not productive.
But honestly, who can blame you? You may be pulling a 9-5, but your team just pulled a 41-17.
OK, so your boss can blame you. But not if he thinks you're working. So make like a celeb-in-public and disguise.
Remember, no one is casting stones here. It's fucking Friday. In 19 hours, your team is about to play the #5 team in the country, at home, in front of a national TV audience and shitloads of friends you cannot wait to hang out with. What does your cubicle have to match the excitement of that?
The hot office girl?
Face it, she's not even that hot. Yea, she's hot when compared to Steve from IT, but who isn't? Alf is a fucking 10 if we're using Steve from IT as the barometer. If you took hot-office-girl and put her in a bar full of other hot girls, your eye would wander like David Caruso in Kung Fu.
The bottom line is this: jobs are boring, college football is not. So get your work done early in the week, pop open Internet Explorer, hide it behind PowerPoint, put a serious look on your face, and click away my friend.
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