Posted by Dr Fro 9:25 AM
Will the real Vince Papale please stand up?

So, Jane calls me at work on Friday and says, "We need to go see Invincible to get pumped up for football season." I love my wife.

She tells me that it is the real-life story of a 30-year nobody that walks onto an NFL team, makes the team, does very well on special teams and ultimately stays on the roster for a few years.

I was sooooo pumped to see a movie about Eugene Seale, so I was more than a bit surprised to find out the movie was actually about some phag from Philly. While it was no tear-jerker (ala Rudy), it served its purpose: I am pumped about football season!


What I really loved about the movie was way the football scenes were filmed. Most of the footage was from Eugene's Vince's vantage point: the narrow vision out of a football helmet, the speed of the action and the utter chaos brought back some memories. The scene in the locker room immediately before the first game is tense and, IMO, quite realistic.

But NFL ain't my bag. I am pumped about college football. I have been thinking a lot about this upcoming season and have the following bold and not-so-bold predictions:

1. 1. The University of Texas will win the Big XII. We may drop a conference game (see #2), but I can't imagine us not winning the conference unless Rhett Bomar pulls a Ron Weaver and sneaks back onto the team or A&M hires a real defensive coordinator or Nebaska beats us in the Championship game by throwing the ball on 4th and 2. Since none of those are likely, I fancy our chances.
2. UT will go into Lincoln, Nebraksa expecting an easy victory only to find themselves in a tough game that goes down to the wire. Advantage: Big Red at home over the rookie-QB-led Longhorns. We will get our revenge (see #1)
3. A&M could be 8-1 after 9 games. Could. They will probably be 7-2. Their last 3 games against OU, Nebraska and Texas will be their Waterloo, Little Bighorn and Hiroshima. They will lose all three games by a combined margin of victory of 120 points. Coach Arnell will be on the hot seat.
4. There will not be 2 undefeated teams at year-end to compete in the national championship game. The season will end in a very unsatisfying manner ala 2003 with multiple 1-loss teams feeling slighted.
5. Jamaal Charles will not win the Heisman Trophy, but barring injury, he will go to New York in a fancy suit. Although Vince Young received all the media attention last year, the savvy football fan knows that our O-line was a huge reason we won last year. We had the best or the second best O-line in the country. We have had for several years and we will continue to have this year a fantastic O-line. I could be the starting tailback for UT and run for 1,000 yards. Jamaal Charles is more talented than I am (and more talented than Misters Young and Melton), so I expect him to run for a guhzillion yards.
6. Notre Dame will not live up to expectations. That might be an understatement. They will be a disappointment. This prediction is based on one truth: When Notre Dame enters a season with no expectations, they do well, but when they enter a season with big expectations, they get knocked down. They'll get knocked down (but they'll get up again, you're never gonna keep them down...)

Man I can't wait for football season.

I love College GameDay. I really love the signs at College GameDay. I have seen GameDay live 6 times. I love making signs. My best sign was at a GameDay in Austin that said "Trev Alberts: built by the Homo Depot" An ESPN exec pointed me out to a cop, who came up to me, took my sign and tore it up. No shit. I should have kicked his butt, but I didn't. At least I later spotted a guy on Hornfans with a signature that said, "Trev Alberts: built by the Homo Depot - spotted on a sign at GameDay" That made it worthwhile.

So I have been thinking up ideas for signs for the game against The Ohio State University (even though during the game I will be at home praying that my first-born child stays in the womb for at least 4 more hours.) This is what I have come up with:

Sweater vests are for fags.

UT: Undefeated at the Shoe at night

Burn this!

Clarett, have the lambs stopped screaming?

How Sweed it is!

OSU Sucks.

Go away or I shall taunt you for a 2nd time!

And the favorite is:

Are you ready for some football? I am.

2 Comment(s):

Posted by  STAK, at 6:46 PM, August 26, 2006  

meeee tooo.........GO DAWGS!!!SIC EM....WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF.........

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Posted by  Junelli, at 1:43 PM, August 27, 2006  

Are you saying that you cried when you saw Rudy?

I didn't cry in Rudy, but I cried in Goonies. What a performance.

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