Football Rundown

Big weekend for all male U.S. Americans twas the start of football full time. SportsBullies is here to break down all that happened in the world of pig skin...starting on campus.


Texas A&M had their hands full with a feisty Fresno State team. Very thrilling triple overtime game that had us here at Sports Bullies puzzled a bit. In fairness, we only started watching at the end of regulation. Apparently in Aggieland, refs are allowed to make 14 different ruling after a play has been reviewed. This cluster fuck started when the Fresno State receiver tippy-toed down the sideline towards the end zone, only to fumble near the goal line. The receiver was originally ruled out of bounds at the Aggie 1, which would have let Fresno punch it in for the game winning OT score. The call was absurd, the runner was clearly in bounds...it was either a touchdown or touchback. The play was reviewed, the ruling was upheld...then overturned...then roughing the passer was called (correctly but the flag thrown during the play must have been invisible), then it was announced that the original ruling would be upheld but Fresno took control the ball at the 12 after a 10 minute argument on the sidelines from both coaches. One of the best parts of having a big screen tv is being able to read lips, Fresno State head coach Pat Hill's mustacheoed lips were very easy to read with "bullshit" being uttered about 34,000 times in 5 minutes. Apparantly Hill ended up feeling bad for A&M and just ran right up the middle for no gain 3 times, kicked and set up another OT. Coach Frans' genious give the ball to Javorski Lane strategy worked out, somewhat surprisingly as the 300 lb running back didn't pass out during the course of the game (unlike the goal line camera operator who's heat stroke left that crucial angle unavailable for review on the game-altering fumble play)

Side rant: When will A&M stop home scheduling day games to start the season? Texas summer lasts into September. A school built on loyal student support repays their students by forcing them to stand in 110 degree heat for 4 hours. College Station in the middle of a barren desert wasteland and third deck at Kyle Field is located 3 feet from the surface of the sun. Tradition/peer pressure forces 100's of kids each year to get heat related illness.


Lloyd Carr era officially ended on Saturday. The Ducks of Oregon, who weren't sporting the crazy neon unis, handily defeated the Wolverines with the exact same offensive scheme (spread option) as Appy State. Carr's inability to recognize and correct this ultimately cost him his job, not Michigan's horrendous defense. (That didn't help either.) At the beginning of the game a lot was made of Michigan seniors Henne, Hart, and Long collectively deciding to return for their senior year... maybe they should have invited some of the defensive guys into that meeting. Henne and Hart were both banged up in the game, making their decision look worse. Pretty sure that a high school team could beat Michigan right now if they ran the spread option. Lots of crowd shots for hot Michigan girls looking very dejected.

Not so for the hot Sooner chicks, Oklahoma looks like a juggernaut. We were a little skeptical with thier 78 point explosion against the mighty Mean Green. Consider us believers after they hung half a hundred on the Hurricanes. Randy Shannon maybe a great defensive mind and leader of men, but whoever is calling their offensive plays did about the worst job I've ever seen. Anyone on Earth with more than 50 hours of Madden/NCAA Football experience could have coached circles around him.


Texas decided to come out of its coma in the second half and actually play TCU, exploding for 24 points in the 4th quarter.

Auburn was shocked by the fighting Anthony Henry's.

Penn State roughed up the Golden Domers in a match up of Sports Bullies authors random beloved teams. Lincoln called to scoreboard JJ just prior to Penn State running back the punt for their first score. Joe Pa looked completely lost from the opening kick to the last. At one point after State called a timeout, he turned to Dan Conner and said, "Ham, cut your hair you damn hippie." They don't even give the guy a headset anymore, he's just some nice old man who has a really good seat for the game. A final note about Joe, Lincoln recently watched a ESPN Classic of the 1990 Penn State- Notre Dame game. His observation from a game that featured Rick Mirer and the Rocket, the one thing that stood out was how incredibly old Joe Pa looked 20 years ago...matched only by the human tea kettle, Lou Holtz.

And finally, LSU cemented its status as the legit number one, after demolishing Va Tech. And of note here, Lincoln was very happy the Bayou Bengals covered in his "Big-Daddy-Double-up-Stone-Cold-John-Lock of the week."

Onto the boys who are payed to play...legally at least.

Favre tied Elway, which is spanish for 'the way', for most career wins. While Green Bay's offense didn't score a TD, Favre made it look like it was the mid 90's with several highlight reel plays. Great win for the Pack and an even better win for the Cowboys. As the old saying goes, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Dun dun da tadun dun Go Pack Go!!

Also reverting to late 90's form was Randy "I actually care now" Moss. Huge day in his Pats debut.

Big Ben didn't lose any internal organs this summer and it showed today. His 4 TD performance is the only thing keeping Lincoln's fantasy team, The Bad Newz Kennels, in the mix.

Unfortunately, Lincoln is playing the owner of "Touchdown" Tony Romo.