Weekend Fun: Full Pigskin Jacket

September 1st, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

In case you were worried, let me assuage your ponderings: Indiana is not - repeat, is not - a football state.

Our squad, IU, is perenially terrible; the small schools - Indiana State, Ball State, etc. - give suck a new perspective. Hell, even the state’s best (Purdon’t) are terrifically average by anyone else’s standards.

Thus, with the exception of tailgating, we’re a bit more excited about non-Indiana area football this weekend. The first glorious college football Saturday is here, complete with College Gameday, hungover roommates, a late tailgate, and loads and loads of exciting games.

Ranking-wise, the most exciting should be Cal vs. Tennessee, on ESPN at 5:30, but the Notre Dame-Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt-Michigan, and USC-Arkansas things should be relatively interesting, if not disasterously entertaining. Then again, as we’re tailgating from 12-6 on Saturday afternoon, the margin of football watched here might be pretty slim. Still, it’s comforting to know the games are out there, huh?

If college football isn’t your thing - in other words, if you’re a robot - solid baseball races still abound. The White Sox will look to hold on against the Royals as the Twins and Tigers test their mettle against the Yankees and Angels, respectively. Just for kicks, the Cubs are playing too, and are actually up 6-0 on the Giants right now. Whoaaa.

Also, if you’re masochistic, you could tune into USA Basketball as they complete their only slightly dissapointing FIBA World Basketball Championships. After the loss last night, it’d be nice to see Coach K, you know, try something different, if not for the purposes of the win, then at least to see where we need to go from here.

Scattered NFL exhibitions are around this weekend, too, but come on. It’s the first weekend of college football. Get to a campus - even if it’s one without a football team; hey, just like IU! - get a grill, get some beer and some tequila or whatever else floats your boat, and break off a piece of that pigskin. And we’ll see you there.