School is Back in Session!

The Maize and Blue, War Eagle, Howard's Rock, a Saturday night SEC battle in Death Valley, Penn State's White Out Game, The Tunnel Walk, Georgia's Black Out, The Iron Bowl, The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, The Big House, Colorado's Ralphie, Script Ohio, FSU's Chief Osceola mounting Renegade and then tossing a flaming spear, Clean, Old Fashioned Hate, The Apple Cup, Yell Practice, The Game, Paul Bunyan's Axe, the pink road locker room at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa, Running Through the T, The 12th Man at Texas A&M, Mike the Tiger, a Thursday night in Blacksburg, USC's Traveler, The Holy War, student volunteers putting fresh paint (containing flakes of gold) on the Notre Dame helmets on Monday night's, The Egg Bowl, Wake up the Echoes, The Swamp, a crisp October afternoon in South Bend, JoePa, The Rose Bowl, Bedlam, Tennessee's Rocky Top, Linebacker U, Miami's camouflage uniforms, The Victors, Harvard vs. Yale, The Tiger Walk, Army vs. Navy, Uga, The Little Brown Jug, Boomer Sooner, Tailgating at the Grove, The Red River Shootout, The Heisman Trophy, Between the Hedges, Touchdown Jesus, Texas' Bevo, The Big Game and finally...Brent Musburger's voice saying at exactly 8:00PM on a Saturday night while you sit on your couch with a Sam Adams' Octoberfest in hand..."Folks, you are looking live at a packed and raucous..." Holy Shit! I just creamed my pants!!!!

Ask people who know me what my favorite sport is and they'd likely answer "basketball." Put a gun to my head and a deep dark secret surfaces...it's college football.

The pageantry, the pride, the fight songs, the traditions, the legendary uniforms, coaches and stadiums...who among us doesn't have a hard on! I look forward to those chilly October late afternoons like I'm looking forward to a scantily-clad Erin Andrews entering my dreams tonight!

And what a college football season we are in store for this year 501 fans...a litany of questions will be answered!

- Will we witness the greatest Heisman race of all time...Tebow, McCoy and Bradford?
- Are the Golden Domers finally headed in the right direction?
- Can Florida repeat?
- Is Tim Tebow the greatest college football player of all-time?
- Has USC taken a step back? Will UCLA steal some of their thunder?
- Will Georgia and Oklahoma exact revenge in their rivalry games?
- Can Miiiiiiiichigan right the ship?
- Will anyone go undefeated?
- Big 12 vs. SEC...which conference is superior?

The list goes on and on and on...and as your resident college football prognosticator, I have some of those answers!

Team to Watchout For: Ole Miss...very favorable SEC schedule...no Florida or Georgia

2nd Team to Watchout For: Stanford, yes folks the Cardinal! With alumnus Tiger Woods in attendance, The Trees defeat USC at The Coliseum on November 14!!! Lock it up!

Biggest Tumble: Texas Tech...no Crabtree, no Harrell, murderous Big 12...Mike Leach, the most innovative offensive mind in all of football, will have his Red Raiders competitive, but no where near their level in 2008.

Prediction Sure To Go Wrong: Cal triumphs USC, wins the Pac-10 and finds itself in Pasadena on January 1. Some will say Cal belongs in the BSC Championship Game.

2nd Prediction Sure To Go Wrong: Notre Dame goes 10-2, and makes a BCS bowl on the strength of their name...South Bend Haters are furious!!

3rd Prediction Sure To Go Wrong: Rich & Co. will have the Maize and Blue over .500.

4th Prediction Sure to To Go Wrong: No one will go undefeated.

5th Prediction Sure to Go Wrong: Georgia upends Florida in Jacksonville...Oklahoma doesn't enjoy the same fate against the Longhorns.

Boldest Prediction: The team closet to going undefeated will be the Utah Utes, before losing to bitter rival BYU in their season's final game

ACC Champ: Georgia Tech

Big East Champ: Pitt

Big Ten Champ: Penn State

Big 12 Champ: Texas

Pac-10 Champ: Cal

SEC Champ: Florida

MAAC Champ: IO.....ohhhhh, too soon? Sorry Boom Boom, no more Saturday afternoon magic at Mazella Field!

Heisman Winner: Colt McCoy...nation's most prolific passer, superior O-line and his top wide receiver, Jordan Shipley, returns

BCS Championship Game: Texas defeats Florida, 27-20

Enjoy the season kids!!! Remember, it's the shortest season of any sport...we'll be bowling before you know it!