It’s here. It’s the week that we have all been waiting on since we saw Cam Newton smothering his $180,000 ass in confetti after the National Championship. FOOTBAWWW KICKOFF WEEK 2011! Go ahead and tell your wives/girlfriends/occasional sleep over buddy that you don’t have time for them because you are locked into Mitch Muschamp’s STARE. You’re waking up at 8am for College Gameday and having a Bloody Mary. By 10am, its bourbon on the rocks. You’d rather be watching the 12PM BIG LEAST or ACC game on ESPN. Heck, this gives you a 30 minute warm up to the SEC Game at 12:30. Get your books ready…it’s time for 12 hours every Saturday of FOOTBAWWW! (and of course, Reece Davis and Dr. Lou to boot)
No other sport has had this much buildup in the off season. Sure, many of you could say the NFL is numero uno…but who really thought there wouldn’t be a year of professional football? The owner’s aren’t that stupid. BUT OH MY GAWD IT’S TIME FOR SOME NCAA. How awesome is the SEC. I mean, really. The conference alone had so much turmoil for the past 8 months, it made Iran look as peaceful as a week at Folly Beach. (Dare I say Myrtle Beach…but we all know the level of trash and danger that exists there) Think about all of this…done by ONE conference:
· South Carolina (or how ESPN loves to use SCAR) continues to be investigated for improper benefits to some players by staying at The Whitney Hotel
· LSU’s quarterback decided it would be a great idea to kick a Marine with one of his 40+ pairs of shoes. (This really helps the hurting athlete argument)
· Tennessee dismisses players, as well as just having its NCAA investigation wrapped up over their basketball program
· Alabama – well everything Alabama has done is wrong. T-Town Menswear took the cake. Hey Trent, could you sign this for me? (I’ll give Clay Travis’ OutkickingTheCoverage.com website a plug for pushing the story)
· Mississippi State is allegedly in bed with Auburn when it came to shopping around Cam Newton to see his worth. This may have been Dan Mullen’s smartest move yet by not seizing this opportunity
· For the most part, Georgia has been somewhat on the straight and narrow…which is not what you could say about their AD and his “I’m not drinking or getting favors from a co-ed and holding her panties while driving down the road”. DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
· Auburn. Silly Auburn. Your one year at the top will only be followed by a sharp drop off with maybe 6 wins. I can’t wait to see what Nicky Saban is going to do to you this fall.
· And…Danny Sheridan. Oh Danny boy. Your truth and journalism is what spurred this blog to start. We are the Bagmen. We are the ones who lurk in the shadows.
This is only the first post of many that our guys will contribute to...and over the next few weeks we hope to put together some kind of schedule of reoccurring events. Hang in there…its only Monday of week 1.
Gamblin Boss
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