The best time of the year starts tonight.
College football begins and the race to the National Championship game is on.
We have all waited since January for its return. We received a small taste during the spring games for our favorite teams. It gave us a glimpse at the newcomers and how the team would work together in the upcoming season.
Now it’s time for the real deal. What we’ve been waiting for since last season ended.
People will once again congregate around the TV on Saturday to catch their favorite team in action. Or they’ll be there with the team, tailgating before the game and cheering them on in the stands.
For me, I’ve waited for the orange and blue to take the field and once again cheer with my fellow Gators.
With Tim Tebow gone to the Denver Broncos and a new man at quarterback, John Brantley, we are all excited and nervous to see what this year has in store for our beloved team.
The time of deep seated rivalries and smack talk has begun.
The Associated Press poll and Coaches’ poll came out a couple weeks ago and both had the defending National Champions Alabama as the top-ranked team. Not much of a surprise there. People are predicting them to once again go all the way.
We’ll see about that.
There are several different games on tonight.
One I’m particularly interested in is USC versus Hawaii. This will be the first time we’ll see how USC does with Lane Kiffin behind the wheel. How someone like Kiffin manages to score big time coaching positions is beyond me. He failed with the Oakland Raiders, he failed with the Tennessee Volunteers and I hope he fails once again. He plays dirty and I’m sure the University of Tennessee fans still get angry when someone utters his name.
Other games on tonight are FAMU vs. Miami, Pittsburgh vs. Utah and Marshall vs. Ohio State.
I look forward to football season every year and this year is no exception. On Saturday, I’ll be decked out in my Gator gear watching my favorite team and looking forward to each game after that.
Only two more days.
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