College Football Extravaganza-Big Bonanza-Stick it in your BIG FAT Canza

Vacations are over and I am back to my blog. And what better to write about than college football. I am a huge fan of college football. Not quite as huge as the Schmoo look-alike Bama fan above....but, pretty huge all the same. This year my team, Arkansas, has some fairly large expectations going into the season. All of the message-boards and sports radio shows are already going crazy. The only bad thing about the beginning of the football season is listening to the overzealous Razorback fans promise the world that the Hogs are going 14-0 and winning the National Championship. The truth is...is that ARKANSAS RAZORBACK FOOTBALL FANS ARE THE MOST IGNORANT FANS IN THE COUNTRY. Yep! You heard it here first. Hogs fans have absolutely no idea what football is all about. They think that just because they played high school football in Lonoke, Bald Knob, Farmington, Mena, Bauxite, or any other little fucking hick town...that they KNOW football. A normal and/or smart football fan knows his/her teams' limitations. They HOPE for the best, but expect to be competitive and play hard. For example...Alabama, Penn State, and Nebraska fans know and accept when their teams are down. And yes, these programs have had down years over the last decade. They will tell you, while not overly happy, that their team has holes and there have been some positional recruiting gaffes. But they will admit and accept that their team may go 7-5 and go to a mediocre bowl with absolutely no chance at a conference championship. BUT, their team will still show up, try hard, and hit hard. Arkansas fans are different. They have HUGE chips on their shoulders....like "what do you mean we will go 7-5".."We will kill Florida this year"...and "If we don't go 10-2 and go to the BCS, then fire every fucking coach up there!" This year is no different. The fans think that every single position player is an All-American and that the Hogs will win the National Championship....and 10-2 or 9-3 is a miserable waste. The truth is....Arkansas, with a semi-favorable schedule and many very good returning skill players, has a chance to have a 10-2 or 11-1 caliber season. BUT, to me....10-3 including a bowl win would be great....and anything better would be a wonderful and exiting year. Razorback fans see their program as being in the same caliber as USC, Ohio State, Florida, and Texas....year in and year out. They think that everytime the Hogs lose....the refs fucked them out of it. It has been this way for years. They also can't ever believe that the recruiting services and websites consistantly rank Arkansas between numbers 17-35 on a year to year basis. They believe that any kid that signs with Arkansas should be ranked at least four stars if not five. They call into the radio shows every fall and demand to know why the Razorbacks are not recruiting some dumb hick kid from their hometowns like Arkadelphia or Blytheville. They argue stupid shit like..."Why ain't the Razorbacks recruiting ole' Billy Bumpkin from over here in Dequeen? This kid is special! He's scored 18 touchdowns already this year." WELL JACK-ASS! I'll tell you WHY! Because little Billy Bumpkin is only 5'6" and weighs 155 pounds soaking wet....he runs a 4-9 Forty....has a vertical leap of 11 inches....and can't benchpress a pumpkin. Well, enough venting for now..but here are some predictions...
ACC-Atlantic Division
FLA ST.
BOSTON COLLEGE
CLEMSON
NC ST
WAKE FORREST
MARYLAND

ACC-Coastal Division
VA TECH
GA TECH
NORTH CAROLINA
MIAMI
DUKE
VIRGINIA

Big 12-North
NEBRASKA
KANSAS ST.
MIZZOU
KANSAS
COLORADO
IOWA ST>

Big 12-South
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
TEXAS AM
OKLAHOMA ST.
BAYLOR
TEXAS TECH

Big lEast
PITT
WEST VIRGINIA
UCONN
CINCINNATI
RUTGERS
LOUISVILLE
SOUTH FLORIDA
SYRACUSE

Big 10-err 11
OHIO ST.
IOWA
PENN ST.
WISCONSIN
MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN ST.
PURDUE
NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA
MINNESOTA
ILLINOIS

PAC-10

OREGON
USC
ARIZONA
STANFORD
CALIFORNIA
OREGON ST.
UCLA
ARIONA ST.
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON ST.

SEC EAST

FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA
KENTUCKY
TENNESSEE
VANDERBILT

SEC WEST

ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
AUBURN
LSU
MISSISSIPPI
MISS ST.

Best of the rest....
BOISE ST.
TCU
BYU
SMU
HOUSTON
UTAH
NOTRE DAME
NEVADA
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
NAVY