"when jesus does cool shit, it’s called a miracle, but when tebow does cool shit it’s called hot-dogging. double standard. i consider jesus one of the biggest hot-doggers of all time. 'watch me walk on water because i’m the son of god.'" - commenter on every day should be saturday


yesterday was absolutely the perfect storm for me to enjoy a day of college football, even while being ravaged by a bitch of a cold. let's review...

the day began with brandon cox single-handedly ushering in the kodi burns era at auburn and i was able to breathe a huge sigh of relief. i know you are already sick of hearing about it, but my prediction back in my college preview that cox would crash and burn is one that i will relive for the duration of the season. enjoy!!! for brief moments this week, i reconsidered my hatred for cox. he's been through a lot. it's his last year. why hate him so? but, seriously, it only took a couple series for me to be reminded of just how awful the guy is. and i absolutely freaking love that the auburn "fans" in attendance yesterday fully endorsed my hate by welcoming his replacement with the loudest cheers of the entire game. just beautiful. so, welcome, kodi burns. i am happy to meet you and your era. i can now recommence with my support of auburn (my sigh of relief) in all games minus the iron bowl because my hostility towards one brandon cox will no longer get in the way. before we get off this game, though, classy move by you, miss. st., to celebrate with your coach by giving him a gatorade bath after defeating a 1-2 team. if the starkville bulldogs ever beat someone that's actually good, someone could very well die.

the day continued with my way-too-young-for-me man crush, tim tebow, owning tennessee. i mean, owning. it was really kind of funny listening to the announcers call the game yesterday. you could tell that they were trying very hard to not overpraise the man-child, but every time they would temper a comment, tebow would do something ridiculous. it was awesome. i know this isn't the best tennessee team (which bodes well for alabama). and i know that lsu stands in the way. and i know that some team is going to have to knock off usc. same for oklahoma. but if florida and west virginia could somehow play for the national championship, it would be the single, most exciting college football game in the history of the world. i am sure of it.

then came the alabama game. the first ten minutes just went too good, didn't they? there was just too much time left for arkansas to make a run, pun intended, and make a run they did. "humanity advanced" was every bit the best player on the field and it was a pity cramps kept him from making alabama's defense from looking even more pathetic than he did. john parker wilson? he and his flutterballs are going to be the death of me. i told heath that it was the ugliest 350 yard game i could ever remember watching. he went from being pretty good. to bad. to vandy game bad. to brandon cox bad. and then a funny thing happened. he went all clutch on us and led the drive that will define his and matt caddell's career (at least for one week). and for one week, i will try and forget about two years from now and visions of star jackson and savor the game that was as accurately defined as a rollercoaster ride as a game could be.

the nightcap was almost as fun and every bit as dramatic as the bama game. kentucky ousted jesus brohm's team as pretenders (not jesus...he, of course, was awesome.) and andre woodson went ahead and made it official that he would be a first round draft pick. good job, kentucky. and good for you.

so, there you have it. had the head cold not got in the way, i would have had the sweetest night of rest that i've had in sometime. even while tossing and turning, though, i couldn't resist looking forward to a week of sports-talk that will go back and forth between bama's "gutsy" bounceback win and auburn having lost their season to a true freshman's learning curve.

should be fun.