Wear your college colors!

(Photo from owner/taken from Instagram)

Today's the day! As promised, here's a photo before I jetted out of my apartment this morning to head to work. Let's GO DUCKS!

Are you wearing your school colors? Share your pics!

Friday, August 31 is College Colors Day!

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Celebrate the start of the 2012 NCAA football season by wearing your school's colors!

True fans don't ever need an excuse to show their school spirit, but if the opportunity arises, we can't pass it up, right?  Start a day early and ring in the season right! Whether it's yellow & green, blue & white, or even orange & black, wear your pride on your sleeve. Check out College Colors Day's website for more details.

I'll post a picture of me tomorrow rocking my Ducks gear! I expect you all to be doing the same!

Thursday Thoughts: Almost Upset and Eh, Average

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It's time for Thursday Thoughts, in which I try to sum up the major lessons I learned from college football today. It's halftime in the Wazzu/BYU game, and I've now got a breather to get some words out.

First lesson: It's finally college football season!
I know what you're thinking: "Well, duh." But don't stop reading there! We've already seen multiple invocations of the new helmet loss rule, the student fans are out in full force, and (most important of all) there was almost a huge top-10 upset in tonight's SCar/Vandy game. I'm through with hearing about the NFL pre-season, and I'm so very ready for Saturday. Don't get me wrong - I like watching the Mannings play, and I'm still a Packers fan at heart. But I can only take so much of the NFL, their ridiculous time clock rules, and piss poor fans before I break. Luckily CFB swept in and saved me!

Second lesson: It's not just Tuel that's average, Leach.
Walking into the locker room at halftime, Coach Leach was asked what he thought of Wazzu QB Jeff Tuel's performance in the first half. He shrugged and said, "Eh, average," before looking away and continuing in to hopefully give his team some much needed motivation. My first reaction was laughter. Oh, that Leach. Then I thought, "Hey, the guy has a point." Of course the commentators followed his comment up by saying "14 for 24 and an interception qualifies as average?" No touchdowns, no defensive stoppage to speak of, and multiple mistakes on the part of the QB - Tuel's not the only one that's average, Leach. I admit - I was a little concerned when I heard he was hired by Wazzu. He was an offensive beast at Texas Tech, and quite honestly, Wazzu isn't horrible. But today's performance (so far) isn't anything to write home about.

Now that I've typed all of this, Wazzu responds with a great kick return to open the second half. Let's go Pac-12!

Petrino's Problems...

...are no longer Arkansas'.

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Literally breaking news - Arkansas Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino fired today following behavior the university deemed reckless.

On April 1st, Petrino was involved in a motorcycle accident that turned out to be much more than that. After the story broke that there was an additional passenger on the motorcycle when the crash happened, a police report was released, showing that 25-year-old University of Arkansas employee, Jessica Dorrell, was riding with him. He also admitted to what he termed a previous "inappropriate relationship" with Dorrell.

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Fentress' Sour Grapes

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So now spring practices are closed to the public. To be honest, I'm not sure why reporters even feign surprise at this point. It may be the first time he's done it in the spring, but it's not as if he's never done it before period.

Aaron Fentress, sports writer for the Oregonian complains about how "closing practices during spring drills is yet another step in the process of creating a barricade between the team and the state."

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Amy's Bracket, or Why this blog isn't called College Courts Amy

(Photo from author/taken from ESPN Tournament Challenge website)

For this year's March Madness tournament, I decided to actually give some thought to my bracket. I paid attention when they said Fab Melo was out (a whole lotta good that did me). I got inspired when they said Florida State was hot (again, a dud). And then, per my usual, it all fell apart.

So in 2012, as in 2011 and the years prior, I have to look at this experience as entertainment and only that. I've got months to wait before a real kickoff, so in the off-season, I play pretend that I care about college basketball and give it a shot. And I usually end up with a laugh. Not a bad March, eh?

If you need some entertainment, you can laugh at my follies, too.

Welcome!

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I'm getting started early for the year! What better to do during the CFB offseason than start a blog getting ready for the CFB season?

Disclaimer: I attended the University of Oregon, am a huge Ducks football fan, and will try to not let that color my commentary on this page. But let's be honest here, that probably won't happen.

Enjoy!