My Mulberry & Gold Rebels* came back to earth a bit this past Friday night.
JM Atherton pigskinners finally gave up some points in the third game of the campaign
28-7 over Mercer County. The Rebs have outscored their opponents 130-7, heading into a big one this Friday at home versus DuPont Manual.
*Yes, mulberry and gold not that purple and yellow of the Atherton merch they have on a rack at my local drugstore
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Speaking peripherally of said War Between the States, that apparently is the starting
point for the enmity between combatants Mizzou and Kansas in Saturday’s Border War battle.
So engrained is the hatred between the rivals, a Tigers fan who could have kicked a FG before the game for $25 Large or so, instead turned and booted the pigskin toward the Jayhawk players on the sidelines while bearing a homemade t-shirt with some censorable dismissal toward the enemy.
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Rocketing to the top of the Dead Man Walking charts with a Billboard Bullet, Florida coach Billy Napier.
The Gators fell at home to South Florida.
The L is bad enough, though the Bulls now have a couple Top 25 victories. The how is what makes it even worse. Napier chose to put it in the air with a couple minutes to go, when running out the clock was mandatory — sound familiar Cardinal fans — holding a 16-15 lead. Incompletions gave it back.
Then a pass interference call was compounded by DL Brandan Bett emulating Jalen Carter and spitting on a USF player. He gone. Thirty free yards, a nifty catch, juke and long gainer later, and the guys in green kicked a game winning FG at the buzzer.
The Gators next four opponents. #3 LSU. #5 Miami. #7 Texas. #16 Texas A&M.
Buh, bye, bye Billy.
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Which highly ranked Aggies are not to be confused with East Texas A&M, an institution of higher learning of which I was totally unaware until checking the scores Saturday evening. Those Lions were drubbed by rejuvenated Florida State 77-3.
Napier wishes they were that A&M on the schedule, I feel so sure.
Sorry, dude, find a realtor.
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Syracuse coach Fran Brown got in touch with his inner Bobby Knight Saturday after an unsatisfying W over UConn.
While fans were still emptying the stands, he didn’t allow his charges to go the locker room
Instead he had them running wind sprints on the field.
This order from a quirky coach, with a habit of not showering after an L. A different sort of aromatic that custom.
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I’m a sucker for those absurd, how did they even start college football cheers from back in the day. Ya know, Rudy Vallee in a raccoon coat. The sport’s greatest fight song: “The Stein Song.”
“Rah rah sis boom bah.”
The chant of the Minnesota Golden Gopher fans: “Ski-U-Mah”
Those frat boys and coeds in cocktail dresses, cocktails in hand, down in Oxford Town shouting out, “Hell yeah! Damn right! Hotty Toddy, Gosh almighty, Who the hell are we? Hey! Flim flam, bim bam, Ole Miss by damn!”
Here’s one I heard for the first time last weekend. Which, one must surmise, is still echoing around Tobacco Road.
“Riff, ram, bah zoo! Lickety, lickety, zoo, zoo! Who, wah, wah, who! Give ’em Hell, TCU!”
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Rich Rodriguez long and winding coaching career Trip Tik has him back on the sidelines at his alma mater at West Virginia.
After an opening week smackdown of Bobby Morris, his Mountaineers traveled from the friendly confines of Morgantown to play Ohio U. in Athens.
Where they were felled by the Bobcats of the MAC, 7-17.
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The career of former future U of L QB star Pierce Clarkson has taken a turn.
Not for the better.
He’s now the former backup signal caller at UCLA, having been suspended after being arrested on Friday and charged with an unspecified felony.
— c d kaplan
