The Weekend that Was

After a trip to Rome for the weekend, I am back to the real world where there are always places to be and things to get done. At least the drive over and the extra hour was nice. Really though, I don’t think many have a better drive home from school than I do, through the north Georgia mountains and over Lake Lanier. With the leaves changing and crispness in the air, it was nearly perfect.

 One of my reasons for going home? I love sitting on the couch and watching football with the old man, especially when the Hogs play. Both of us sit there with our laptops looking up information about different teams and scores. Not many things can be more relaxing to me. (Mama, I enjoyed the walk, too.)

It is nice when the Razorbacks do not add any more stress to your life. They looked great against the No. 18 ranked team in the nation. We couldn’t get ever how much more fun it is to watch a game when your team can get the lead and control the rest of the game. Mallet looked great with another 300 yard game. Besides a few of the terrible calls by the refereeing crew and Tyler Wilson fumble at the end of the fourth quarter there was no negative yelling at the TV screen. The win insured that the SEC East winner will have at least 3 losses for the first time ever.

As far as the rest of the nation…

1. Called it a mile away. I knew that TCU was legit and now they have proved it to the rest of you. Their defense has allowed only 20 points in six games. No matter the league or division that is an impressive stat.

2. LSU won a huge game and in effect helped Auburn. Yes to beat Alabama at any time is impressive but the Tide looked as if they were giving a lack luster effort. And come on Saban, is that the best final play you could have run at the end of the fourth quarter.

3. Let’s take out the C in TCU because right now they are the best team in Texas. With the Longhorns blowout loss to Kansas State you have to wonder what is happening in Ausitn, from national championship to hoping for a bowl game. Come to think of it TCU is the only positive thing going in terms of Texas football as the Cowboys just fired Head Coach Wade Phillips.

4. Yes it is pretty much settled that Oregon is the best team in the PAC-10. I got up to go to get some sweet heat chips and they put up 40 points. I just wish ABC would let the east coast see one of their games every once in a while.

5. Sticking with the PAC-10 Stanford won another big game. I just wonder what would happen if Stanford had the chance to play Oregon in a title game. The Cardinal sure are looking good right now and Andrew Luck is solidifying his number one overall pick for the NFL Draft in April.

6. In light of the recent hoopla about non automatic qualifying teams playing for the national championship is the Big East really getting a bid for a BCS game? Right now the best they can offer is Pittsburgh, a 5-3 unranked team. Come on…