As the headline says, this is a bad time to start a college football blog. We are in the nuclear winter that is (a) a dead recruiting period; (b) all of the spring practices are over; and (c) the only things going on are idiots getting kicked off of teams or projections of next year's draft.
Seriously, is there anything going on? Sportscenter had a special on Nick Saban. Ugh. That's not news. I'm sure there will also be specials on Les Miles, Rich Rodriguez, Steve Spurrier, and maybe even Paul Johnson thrown in for good measure.
That said, why did we start this blog? Its because there is one thing that permeates every day of our collective thinking and it is college football. Sure, the Commish and I vehemently disagree regarding the merits of conferences, styles of play, and whether jorts are an essential element of any wardrobe, but we both agree that college football is the king of fandom. Anyone can root for a professional team, but not everyone had the stamina to root for a college program. In college, the names change more frequently, you may or may not have a connection to a big-time program, and a region's identity is more closely connected to the team. As an example, lets compare two random places. When you think of Madison, Wisconsin, you think of the Bret Bielema and the Badger football team. Before that, you knew Madison was the home to the fat guy that looked like he should be on the Sopranos and that Brooks Bollinger was the starting QB for 87 consecutive years. In contract, Washington, DC elicits thoughts of corrupt politicians, high crime rates, and horrible traffic. If you think of the Redskins first, you are a mouth-breather.
Hopefully, there will be some more interesting news this week, other than the consistently undeserved praise heaped on Matt Stafford for being an average QB on an underachieving team.
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