College Football Season Begins — At Long Last

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Jay F Guin

There is nothing more fun that college football in the Southeastern Conference. Don’t disagree unless you’ve tried it. It’s not a hobby around here. It’s a way of life. And I’m so glad that the college football season has FINALLY returned.

No insult intended, but San Jose State never had a chance against Alabama yesterday. Our scout team is better, being loaded with 4-star and 5-star recruits. The depth of the UA football team is truly astonishing. They gained 591 yards of offense with Heisman winner Mark Ingram out with an injury, and held San Jose to 175 yards of offense with a future first rounder, Marcel Dareus, suspended.

So it wasn’t much of a game yesterday, but still it was a fun exhibition of football talent, including Julio Jones’ amazing catch (about the 0:30 and 1:50 marks on the video).

(And what’s up with Ole Miss? How do you lose to Jax State?)

About Jay F Guin

My name is Jay Guin, and I’m a retired elder. I wrote The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace about 18 years ago. I’ve spoken at the Pepperdine, Lipscomb, ACU, Harding, and Tulsa lectureships and at ElderLink. My wife’s name is Denise, and I have four sons, Chris, Jonathan, Tyler, and Philip. I have two grandchildren. And I practice law.
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12 Responses to College Football Season Begins — At Long Last

  1. David P Himes says:
    September 5, 2010 at 10:06 am

    Jay,
    This is just additional evidence of how gracious and forgiving the Lord is.

  2. Laymond says:
    September 5, 2010 at 10:32 am

    It's the year of the Christian — Texas Christian.

  3. Price says:
    September 5, 2010 at 10:33 am

    Go Dawgs !!

  4. Tom Forrester says:
    September 5, 2010 at 10:57 am

    Jay,
    Pro 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

  5. Royce Ogle says:
    September 5, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    LSU has a perfect season so far….

  6. David Ramsey says:
    September 5, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    LSU's season has already been exceeded by Jacksonville State.

  7. Jay Guin says:
    September 5, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    From the great American, the late Lewis Grizzard,

    Our Way Against Theirs

    I was walking behind a friend and his wife as we entered the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on January 1, 1981 to watch Georgia play Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. If Georgia won, the Bulldogs would be the 1980 national collegiate football champions. My friend, a fellow Georgia alumnus, was fraught with anticipation. He was pale. He was nervous. He was perspiring profusely. No, he wasn't. He was sweating like a Clemson fan trying to write a love letter.

    His wife, noticing his condition said, "Calm down, sweetheart. It's just a football game."

    He stopped dead. He turned to his wife — who had not gone to Georgia, and went to Bulldog games with her husband because she thought it was her wifely duty — looked her squarely in the eyes and said: "It's not just a football game. It's our way of life against theirs." He meant that. I knew the man well enough to know he did, in fact, mean that.

    ***

    You can go into all that stuff about the pageantry of college football, the fact the players are unspoiled kids and not a bunch of millionaires, and it's a nice way to spend an afternoon and evening with friends. But with me and mine, and with a lot of others, college football offers an opportunity to circle our wagons and fight and kick and scream for our side against their side…. College football allegiances are as clear as an October Saturday afternoon.

    ***

    And there's the opportunity to feel proud of something. Congress can waste your money, the president can lie to you, and your kid can wear an earring and watch MTV, but if your alma mater is 8-0, who's sweating the small stuff? College football season is the best time I live.

  8. David P Himes says:
    September 5, 2010 at 3:37 pm

    Jay,
    The president of UGA is a good Church of Christ boy, Michael F Adams. Doesn't that give UGA an edge !!

  9. Price says:
    September 6, 2010 at 2:54 am

    David, as far as I know that is true. An Elder at Campus View CoC in Athens, GA, was a roommate of his in college. Whether or not that gives the Red and Black any advantage depends on whether God is in a rewarding mood or reaching out to sinners !! LOL

  10. FryerTuck says:
    September 7, 2010 at 6:32 am

    I'm not going to post a comment. But I might post something on September 26. Sooey Pig!

  11. FryerTuck says:
    September 7, 2010 at 6:37 am

    OK. One comment. Boise State is 1-0 and has a clear path to the national championship game? They'd finish no better than 3rd in the SEC… West! 😉

  12. Jay Guin says:
    September 7, 2010 at 3:56 pm

    FryerTuck,

    I agree. Last year, Va Tech was crushed by UA and looked overall like a good, mid-level SEC team. Boise State has proven that it could be 4 and 4 in SEC play — hardly national championship credentials.

    Laymond,

    Does TCU play any serious competition this year? Or is it, like Boise State, trying to schedule its way into the BCS?

    David,

    The Dawgs have some talent, and many pick them to win the SEC East. Whoever wins the SEC deserves to be in the BCS championship — even UGA.

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