There's no crying in football video games!

Alabama video game nerds mock Tim Tebow in special edition cover

I chuckled. Also, I really miss football. Just a couple more months, thank FootballJesus Tebow.

Football = Stressful

Army 14 - Akron 22

*Sigh* Just go .500 this year boys, that's all I ask.

Kansas State 13 - (18) Auburn 23

The phrase "skin of our teeth" comes to mind. I'm glad we won, but the score doesn't show the fact that the Wildcats were winning the game until about 2 minutes left in the 4th. Kansas State played pretty strong until then, when Auburn's defense finally wore them down. That, combined with some poor coaching decisions on the part of the Kansas State coaches in the latter part of the 4th was the only thing that allowed the Tigers to win. Our offense was extremely shaky; a bunch of young players on the O-line combined with a QB with somewhat limited mobility due to last year's injuries is decidedly not a good combination. If Auburn doesn't get it together, by, say, tomorrow, it's going to be a long season.

Oklahoma State 14 - (13) Georgia 35

The score belies the fact that the Dawgs got off to a pretty slow start. The Cowboys were a good team with which to start the season; strong enough to test and create a learning experience for the Bulldogs, but not so strong as to, you know, win.

Notable:

Georgia Tech 33 - Notre Dame 3

NICE! Love seeing Tech beat up on Notre Dame at Notre Dame. I'm not a GT fan by any means, but hey, they're a home team and I'll root for them.

Appalachian State 34 - (5) Michigan 32

What. the. hell. Easily the biggest upset in college football history. There's no way a I-AA school should be capable of beating #5-ranked Michigan at MICHIGAN! I know Appalachian State's the defending National Champions (two years in a row) of their division, but still. . . that's just stellar play on their part. What's crazy is that, from what I saw of the highlights, Michigan didn't even look that bad; I mean, they weren't running the wrong way or anything. They made some mistakes, but the Mountaineers simply played a better game of football today. Amazing. I was able to see the last 5 or so minutes of the game, and it was great. Who says there aren't any good games on opening day?

Southern Baptism

God, do I miss football already. It's going to be a long time 'til fall.

Auburn 15 - Georgia 37

I was at Jordan-Hare for this debacle (section 104 on the East Upper) as I try not to miss the yearly Auburn-Georgia meeting. As long as they aren't playing each other, I'm a fan of both the Dawgs and the Tigers. When they do play each other, I'm a rabid Auburn fan, so it was pretty heartbreaking to see Auburn get dominated yesterday afternoon, to say the least.

What can I say? Georgia showed up to play, Auburn didn't. As I told Father of Garm last night, there was NOTHING (zero, zilch) in Auburn's game to point to as being remotely good. The Defense was dominated (zero sacks on a freshman QB), the Offense was horrid (INT, INT, INT, ah screw it), and the Special Teams were lackluster, to say the least (seriously, did you see those punts? gah!). I don't know where the collective head of Auburn was at. . . yes, I ended that sentence with a preposition. Anyway, Georgia came to play; after all, they had something to prove after their losses this season. Auburn didn't, and now they're out of the SEC Championship game. Oh well, hopefully they'll be better next season.

In the meantime though, we got Bama coming up, and a win on them will erase all my criticisms and make me feel so much better about life in general.

BEAT BAMA!
WAR DAMN EAGLE!

(by the way, I just want to say that I didn't talk to any Georgia fans, either in Auburn or back home while I was shopping after the game, who were obnoxious, annoying, etc. They were all gracious in their victory and quite polite about it. [not that they have that much to brag about this season, but still...] I appreciate that, and hope that Auburn fans, myself included, display similar levels of good sportsmanship next year when we kick y'all's ass.)

Football; Not happy, not sad

Army 14 - Rice 48

Meh, I'm not at all surprised. I'll be happy if Army breaks even for the season and ecstatic if they finish above .500.

Auburn 24 - South Carolina 17

Damnit Auburn, get it together. This is why AU hasn't gotten any national championship lately; they have great teams, but they either A) play too many teams that aren't nationally ranked and/or B) they don't score enough. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they won. After all, I've hated Spurrier for as long as I can remember, so beating any team he's the coach of is a good thing, but they have got to start scoring some points.

Georgia 14 - Mississippi 9

pending Good, but I'm tired and going to bed now.

Very good football day

Army 27 - Baylor 20

Hey, Army's 2-2, which for them is pretty good. Definite improvement over the last few years.

Auburn 38 - Buffalo 7

Yeah, not surprising, but a W's a W.

Georgia 14 - Colorado 13

I'll take it, but damn if I wasn't worried about Georgia for most of that game. Let's, uh, score some points in quarters other than the first, 'k guys? Thanks.

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Football; Fairly happy

Army 24 - Texas A&M 28:

Heartbreaker for Army, but damn if they didn't fight harder than I've ever seen them fight before. I don't know what was up with the play calling and clock management at the end, but the Cadets left everything on the field, and to me that comes as close as you can to winning without winning. Great game.

Auburn 7 - LSU 3 :

This was a big game on AU's schedule, so a W is a W, no matter how we take it. I gotta admit, though, that was a bad call. But hey, first time LSU's allowed a TD in something like 16 quarters of football, so that's pretty cool for Auburn. Good game if you're like me and love defense; Auburn certainly rocked at that today. I don't think their position will change on the polls, but I wish they'd score more points, especially against tough programs, to help them in the BCS.

Georgia 34 - UAB 0:

Shocking, I know, but at least UAB made some money.

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Happy Camper

Army 17 - Kent St. 14
Auburn 34 - Miss. State 0
Georgia 18 - S. Carolina 0

Today was a good day.

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