Blogpoll Week Six

Rank
Team
Delta

1
LSU
25

2
California
24

3
Southern Cal
23

4
South Florida
22

5
Ohio State
21

6
Kentucky
20

7
Missouri
19

8
Wisconsin
18

9
Boston College
17

10
Oregon
16

11
Florida
15

12
Oklahoma
14

13
Arizona State
13

14
South Carolina
12

15
Georgia
11

16
Illinois
10

17
Cincinnati
9

18
Clemson
8

19
Hawaii
7

20
Michigan State
6

21
Rutgers
5

22
West Virginia
4

23
Purdue
3

24
Kansas State
2

25
Boise State
1

Dropped Out:
My impeccable timing allows me to enter into the Blogpoll a priori and post-Apocalyptic Top 25 meltdown. As Mergz [...]

Blogpollin’! With an apostrophe to denote casual, perhaps rural excitement!

Stupid me finally got around to asking Brian of mgoblog to enroll me in the Blogpoll. This is as good a season for me to do it as I will be seeing the vast majority of the Top 25 live, in person and with plastic cups full of substances in my hand[s]. And this I [...]

Week four, part one: Western Kentucky 20, Middle Tennessee State 17; Georgia 26, Alabama 23 (OT); hunk o’ burning goat love; tellums; a warm bath; a swab

Whatever invisible demarcation between North and South exists – and the Wikipedia entry on Mason and Dixon’s line did nothing to help me decide where or what it is, though it did pique my interest in Thomas Pynchon’s novel of the same name which, in its defense, “makes no claim of being historically rigorous” - I passed it on [...]

The South

… is awesome.

O-W: That boy was our last hope. Y: No. There is another.

I was born in 1983, but for those who were old enough to go see Star Wars Episode V (1980) when it first came out the revelation of Darth Vader’s paternity probably represents some kind of Joseph Campbellian watershed moment, the most iconic representation of all of our father-son relationships cinema might have ever delivered: [...]

Week three: USC 49, Nebraska 31, European tapestry, a centaur, Wilson

I arrived in Lincoln on Monday. I didn’t see my first USC fan until Wednesday night. The game was on Saturday. In the intervening time, to anyone who would listen, I explained my presence with an emphatic repetition of the first sentence above: “I’ve been here since Monday.” Judging by local reactions it was an [...]

This is one of the reasons I am driving half the circumference of the Earth

Or perhaps “These are six of the reasons I am driving half the circumference of the Earth”?
Or, if you’re that kind of person, “These are twelve of the reasons I am driving half the circumference of the Earth”.
Also: Notre Dame has -6 rushing yards on the season. UCLA lost by 38. Wheeeeee.
EDIT: Uploaded the rest [...]

Week two: Oklahoma 51, Miami (Fla.) 13, The U, bat wings, a cathedral

Norman, Oklahoma is, for lack of a better word, awesome. It is a word I do not use lightly. I am aware of the connotations.

Nonetheless I propose this descriptor in the hopes that those who come after me and my trailblazin’ ways do not ignore this part of Native America, as it’s put by the [...]

Quick hit

The Worldwide Leader is many things, but genuinely funny? Apparently so: ESPN Page 2’s New Rules for College Football.

Week one: CU 31, CSU 28 (OT), magic mushrooms, Appalachia

No intro, let’s just dive in. I am currently sitting at the University of Oklahoma’s Bizzell Library wondering, in no particular order:
1) Why is the University of Oklahoma’s football team wearing helmets that say “OU”?
2) Where can I get mosquito proof mesh to line my car windows with?
3) How can I acquire my own Appalachian [...]