Boo Diet. Horray College Football!

So far, we're three and a half hours into the inaugral weekend of college football. Here are some of my notes:

- ESPN's selection in music is just apalling. Nevermind the Soul Asylum song that is played pre-game and before/after commercial breaks; Big and Rich are back with their abortion "Coming to Your City". Now, I understand the reason why it could be a good song choice-- the GameDay crew goes city to city each week. It's cute. But good lord...does ANYBODY like that song? I am not sure if coon-ass Cowboy Troy is around, but Big and Rich is not college football. It's not even soccer. It's county fair/rodeo. Please, oh please Tom Cruise, make it stop. Conversely, the music for ABC Sports sounds like a DJ Premier beat from 1994. Way to go Worldwide Leader. You lead the way in douchbaggery.

- Stacey Dales needs to be on screen more. Maybe ABC could do the whole full circle thing and just put a camera on her all game, even if it's just a small PiP screen of her doing mundane things like eating a hot dog, licking an ice cream cone, applying her lipstick, etc. Would any straight person complain?

- Here's a best-case scenario for anybody who's a college football fan: ABC finds a way for Keith Jackson to broadcast games from home. Saturdays are just not the same without him. We all miss his musk.

- Why would a team play Ted Ginn one on one on the outside? Seriously. That has got to be the most asinine strategy in sports.

- We need better early-season games. I say at least 3-4 per weekend before the conference games start. Instead of feasting on D-IAA patsies, why couldn't Virginia Tech and Iowa matchup for a home and home? It just seems like the best thing, because a loss early to a good opponent is something you can recover from-- like Florida State in 2000 national title game. I think teams should be penalized (per point) in the polls for how many touchdowns/field goals they give up to a lesser-division team. And if you lose to them, you're banned from bowl games for a decade. It should NEVER happen. Either that, or stop allowing those victories to count toward the BCS standing and/or bring back strength of schedule, or institute a playoff. Just a thought.

I'll be back...