Football is back

Greensboro, NC -- It usually takes me a couple of weeks into the season to acquire the football season because the baseball pennant races are winding down at the same time. Living in the Southeast has its perks and benefits with the chief reason being the sports scene. A couple of observations from this past weekend:

• The SEC Conference is hands-down the best NCAA football conference.
• Just as Herbstreit and I predicted, Georgia took down Alabama on their home turf (in OT). The loss was Nick Saban's first in the crimson red.
• Florida is better than last year's championship team.
• One of the best football games that I've ever attended was this past Saturday's Wake Forest-Maryland game. With MD up 24-3 with 1:51 in the 3Q, the CB for Wake interecepted a pass in the endzone and ran it back 100+ yards for the score. With 4 seconds left, Wake would tie Maryland, then win it in OT; 31-24.
• Wake Forest will beat Vandy in November on the road.
• Keep an eye out for Michael Oher, LT from Ole Miss. He'll be the next Orlando Pace in the NFL in 2 years. Read his unbelievable story in "The Blind Side" (see the blog in June) and he will prevail.
• When the Giants scored a TD in the 3Q to bring the score to 17-10, a sick feeling came to my stomach when the Redskins went 3 and out.
• The Panthers took care of the woeful Falcons in a meaningless game. Check out DeAngelo Hall's blowup incident.
• If the Nats can defeat the Mets and Phillies on the road this week, the Braves still have a shot. However, the Wild Card is probably their best route at this point. The Rockies are smoking hot (oxymoron).
• NC State is the worst football team in the state.
• LSU will win the National Championship when it's all said n' done.

Fall, while not my favorite season, is one of the best times of the year for sports.