Are you REALLY ready for some football?

You are not really ready for the big game unless you have your game day gear! Hats, shirts, banners, etc. There is even jewelry for the ladies! Shoes, scarves, ties, gloves, glasses, you name it, you can find it...

I have a set of Tennessee earrings and a necklace, of course shirts, a bag, and I just ordered some flip flops :)

Here is a draft of some of my favorite sites to shop for team gear!

http://collegewear.com/ - you can start off by entering your team name, so no sorting through other teams!

http://www.collegegear.com/ - serious stuff, or funny stuff - Check out their line of Honey Badger gear :) - but Honey Badger doesn't give a sh*t if you buy it or not! (I ordered mine already :)

For those living under a rock, here is the Honey Badger Video!


http://www-01.footballfanatics.com/COLLEGE - This site even has a special line by one Miss Alyssa Milano!

For great one stop shopping:

Amazon.com - they round up many of the shops and stores for you, and you can apply any coupons you might have.

For daily hot deals check out  Zulily - right now they have lots of college gear for everyone - including the babies at super low prices!

There are literally thousands of stores out there to choose from, what are your favorites?

The 2011 NCAA FB Preseason Rankings

The USA Today Poll

1 Oklahoma (42)
2 Alabama (13)
3 Oregon (2)
4 LSU (2)
5 Florida State
6 Stanford
7 Boise State
8 Oklahoma State
9 Texas A&M
10 Wisconsin
11 Nebraska
12 South Carolina
13 Virginia Tech
14 Arkansas
15 TCU
16 Ohio State
17 Michigan State
18 Notre Dame
19 Auburn
20 Mississippi State
21 Missouri
22 Georgia
23 Florida
24 Texas
25 Penn State


Some teams have a lot of ground to make up like (my team) Tennessee and Georgia Tech. Others may struggle to hang on to last years magic like Wisconsin, or struggle to just even find their feet like Texas.

Who do you think will rise, and who will fall?  I can't wait to find out!

Fem Football Week 12 review and week 13 trash talk

I am very sad to see this season coming to a close. It seems when you are away from something, you miss it and love it more than usual. While I am not 100% away from football thanks to the internet, satellites, etc... I am not as immersed in it as I am in the States. Getting up at 3, 4, 5 am to stream the games on the internet, following the gamecast from ESPN, is better than nothing, but I miss all the commercials, constant roll out of info on the teams and players, sports talk shows, and seeing the fans sporting the gear all season long out in public. Participating in the picks has helped me stay in the loop, and I feel a small sense of normalcy when it comes to football.

For week 12 I did pretty well, might be one of my best weeks yet. I called a few upsets, and came out 28/44 in the picks bringing me back in the top 10! And I can thank myself for that not the "not so magic" 8-ball.

Some notable correct picks

Tennessee over Vandy. Most years that is an obvious pick, but the few years it has been very much up in the air as to who is gonna win. Its a major in state rivalry, and a fun one. I still pull for them when they are not playing Tennessee.

Hawaii over San Jose State. They covered the 30 point spread plus 4 points.

Unfortunately I DID NOT call any of the major upsets! Boo on me!
Oregon State over USC 36-7
Connecticut over syracuse 23-6

there were others... I missed them.

Will try to catch them on this next round.
I am gonna take
ECU over SMU
Florida over Florida State
Penn State over Michigan State

52 games this week... gonna be fun!

Fem Football Weeks 9 - Favorites roll as Texas rolls over

As I predicted last week - in a half joking manner , Texas lost to Baylor. It seems to be a magic place for underdogs and teams that have never beat Texas, or haven't in a loooooooong time. 1997 was the last time the Bears beat the Horns. Baylor is usually in the bottom of the Big 12, but this year seem to be "taking over" - While lagging most of the game, they came back in the 3rd quarter with a 69 yard touchdown run, and then a 1 yard TD, then a pass for another TD. Final run - was to the corner to celebrate with the fans who trucked out to watch the victory. I think that Texas is going to need a bigger visitors section if they keep up the losing streak. Memorial Stadium, in memory of team that was once called the Texas Longhorns, but are now known as losers.

As for the picks, Favorites seemed to be taking the roll seriously, and winning as predicted. And things seemed to be status quo. Vandy lost to Arkansas, Washington to Stanford...although Virginia did pull an unexpected win over Miami (FL) who was favored by 15...

Florida took the controversial win over Georgia, in over time. This is the first OT in 95 meetings, and one for the history books, as both teams were unranked for the first time in over a decade. Although Florida has won 18 of the last 21 games, they came in as the underdogs of this game. Taking beatings the last 3 games, and falling out of the top 25 in week 8, things have been bleak for the Gators. Next week might as well be a bye week as they play Vandy, but they then have ranked South Carolina to contend with in week 11!

Predictions for next week
Dare I call ANOTHER Texas loss?
TCU over Utah
Iowa State over Nebraska
Texas Tech over Missouri

Fem Football - week 7, Aloha! huh? sigh... Aloha...

EEEEEEEEKKKKKKK! I did what? For those who may not know, Aloha, means hello AND goodbye. Why am I saying that in a football blog? Because, this weekend, Saturday the 16th, I threw a Luau birthday party for a [turning] 3 year old. It was great! There were leis, coconut cups to drink out of, tiki torches, and fantastic beach birthday cake! Organizing the decorations + planning the menu + packing good bags + shopping for last minute items (like a pineapple) = I forgot to do my picks.

Yeah. I know.

Thankfully, there is a default in our little program. Preseason we choose how we want our "missed" weeks to auto pick for us. I default to the favorites. Choices are favorites, underdogs, home team, road team...so while you won't miss a week, you don't get much choice in the picks other than that variant. I defaulted 24/50... ho hum.

So other than the stupid mistake of NOT doing my picks this week, I can't blog about why I picked so and so, and his hair, or any other choices I made.

So I will go to another default, this time for the blog. I will actually talk about some of the football info floating around out there.

I will now reach into my helmet and magically pull out a topic...

Oklahoma, Oklahoma VS Iowa State, and Oklahoma vs Missouri - No for the record, I am not a Sooners fan, but I am married to one.

I didn't pick this team for that reason though.

Oklahoma vs Iowa State - this is the game that put Oklahoma back in the #1 spot. While they hold a few records for this spot, such as "most weeks ranked #1" which sits at 97 weeks, and a streak of 15 consecutive weeks ranked #1, this spot has been eluding them for some time now. In 2004 they were seated number 2 from preseason, through the end, where they lost the BCS championship title to LSU 21-14. Thats when the trouble started. They spent the next 2 years barely waving in and out of the top 25, 2007 they seemed to be getting their groove back, and 2008 they were back in the top 10 all season, even taking turns in the #1 seat weeks 5 and 6. Again they played for the BCS Championship title, and AGAIN they lost - this time to the Gators, and the not so Tiny Tim Tebow 24-14. Which made 2009 an interesting season. We expected the team we saw the year before, but instead the team lost that loving feeling and fell out of the top 25 in week 10. They remained outside the circle for the rest of the season. HUH??

This brings us to this year. They magically managed a number 7 ranking in the preseason, and after some sketchy "almost losses "that were somehow wins, find themselves in the #1 seat once again. A 52-0 victory over Iowa State, more than doubling the spread of 23.5, Ryan Broyles had 182 yards receiving and DeMarco Murray set the school record for most TDs during their stomping of Iowa State, bringing his total to 58 [career touchdowns]. Iowa State was still reeling from their 68-27 loss to Utah, but looked like a high school team with barely 183 total yards the whole game despite 27:03 minutes of possession time. The Sooners magic offense and defense made the most of their 32:57 minutes of possession with 37 first downs, 7 TDs and a field goal. Could this be the team we once knew?

Remaining in the number one spot is going to be tough, and with the schedule set ahead of them, some may say impossible. They are only favored 3 points over next weeks Missouri. Missouri, who managed 7 sacks in last weeks game vs Texas A&M, winning 30-9, will be OU's biggest test this season, despite their 11th place ranking. Missouri is 6-0, Oklahoma is 6-0, Oklahoma has won seven in a row over Missouri and 19 of 20 in the series, with the Tigers' only victory coming in 1998.

The Tigers 35 point game average, and impeccable defense take on the Sooners record setting offense....

Eenie Meenie Minie Mo, can a Sooner catch a Tiger by the toe, again?

dum dum dum.... tune in next week, and find out!