November Thursday

The season is going by WAY too fast...At least we have Va Tech @ East Carolina tonight...:) Brandon Spikes increased his punishment by suspending himself for the entire Vandy game. Nice move. The pic with post is making light of comments by Lame Kiffin, that South Carolina recruits will wind up working in gas stations. :)

This weekend LSU and Alabama face off in a big SEC West rumble. Ohio State goes to Happy Vally to tangle with the Nittany Lions. Next week the Buckeyes get Iowa. Should be a great couple of weeks. Also on the slate this Saturday is Oklahoma vs Nebraska. Back in the days of the Big 8 conference, this game was the default conference championship game every year. Now that the Big 8 and the SouthWest conference are the Big 12, the Sooners and the Cornhuskers don't play each other every year. Too bad.

Vanderbilt has been much worse than I expected. They returned most of their starters from last year's bowl team. A trip to the SWAMP should not improve their season. In the early/mid 90s my cousin Bryan started at tackle for the Dores. We watched Florida beat them ~ 54 -0 one afternoon, and the UF students were not only screaming for more points, but picking on the Vandy parents, to the point of violence. Seriously. Aside from pulling for cousin Bryan, we were Gator fans, but my dad and my brother were about to jump in and kick some frat boy butts on behalf of the Vandy parents. It was a scary situation to me and I was busy trying to make sure my wife and little boys were safe. The nostalgia aside, the Gators should not have much trouble with poor Vandy.

FSU plays Clemson at Death Valley (which one is the REAL death valley? LSU or Clemson?) I am certain the Noles will be able to score some points, but I am more convinced that Clemson will be able to score more...

Abilene Christian was ranked #1 in D2 and then lost their next 2 games. They have to win on Saturday to make the playoffs.

Georgia Southern goes to Birmingham to play Samford.

We have the windows open tonight and there is a real nice cool breeze. It is a welcome change from the "run the air conditioner in November" routine we have been having!

One last nugget. My daughter played her best volleyball ever tonight. She had at least a half a dozen legitimate spikes/kills. I don't think she ever had even one before (on purpose). I think it was a break through :)

LIFE IS GOOD!