-There is nothing better than hearing Brent Musberger call an Alabama football game. Ok, there are about 1.9 billion things better than that. In addition to those 1.9 billion another 737.9 billion things are better than hearing Musberger call a game involving any other team. All the more reason to go to games, not watch at home.

-Well, if going to the game isn't an option because you're traveling for work, it is only fair that said work travel take you to the beach. A good beach...and on the beach.

-It's a good thing this game finally started. Watching the soggy noodle fight that was the Michigan/Notre Dame game was a waste of time. Blah. A lot of these "games" on "Monster Saturday" have been blah to say the least. A quick recap:

Michigan = blah, but Denard Robinson is quite exciting...against Notre Dame.
Notre Dame = blah, but at least its exciting when they play Denard Robinson.
Ohio State = appears to be pretty good.
Miami = uh yeah, either not good or Ohio State is better than pretty good.
Oklahoma = good, so long as not playing a team from Utah.
Florida State = ha.

-#42 for Penn State just talked trash after a hit delivered on a punt returner that called fair catch.

-This isn't going to a live-blog of the Alabama/Penn State game or anything like that, although it easily could be. However, sharing with the world (OK, a VERY small percentage of the world) the first thoughts that might come to mind while watching an Alabama game might be offensive and potentially image-destroying.

-Alabama's offensive star so far is Kevin Norwood. Alabama's defensive star so far is Will Lowery. On a team with so many big names, it is always encouraging when a couple of relative unknowns can step up against a ranked opponent in the first quarter.

-Seeing Mark Ingram chasing Trent Richardson down the sideline on a long run, then insisting on getting every last blade of grass out of Richardson's facemask after the run, is great.

-As this is typed, Tennessee is leading Oregon 6-0. For the sake of the SEC and Southern football in general, its sorta nice to see this, but not if it means Tennessee is actually going to be pretty good this year. If that's the case, let the west coast hippies beat them by 50.

-Speaking of west coast hippies, Boise State had an impressive win on a neutral field against Virginia Tech last week. Today Virginia Tech lost to James Madison on their own field. Boise is a great team and among the best in the nation, but don't make too many excuses for them.