College Football Is Rock 'N Roll

Are you kidding me?

Did you see the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl on Janaury 1? Holy shit.

College Ball vibrates at the speed of life. The competition itself is exciting, and the intensity gets amped up ten times over by the crowd - students, alumni, parents, grandparents, infants, and fetuses - who are emotionally invested in their team at a level that explodes skulls.

96,000 people at the Rose Bowl. 74,000 people at the Sugar Bowl. Bringing the thunder.

I caught the first half of the Rose Bowl. Then I fell asleep. I woke up to find that Michigan won the game in overtime. Fucking overtime. And I missed it. There were extenuating circumstances.

I stayed up until 2 am on New Year's Eve sipping whiskey and listening to music. The Allman Brothers, and Leonard Cohen. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Felt good. Felt right. Carol went to bed at 1:00. I was sitting in the dark sitting, listening, and reflecting.

Felt a little beat up on January 1 - my birthday - but nothing I couldn't handle. Carol and I met up with Keith for a birthday lunch. We had a great time. I had a couple of beers. So the odds were stacked against the possibility I would make it through the entire game. And I didn't.

Caught the Sugar Bowl. Another great game. Texas had a chance to win it, literally up until the last second. But they blew it.

Two huge bowl games that delivered big time on the excitement meter.

I was rooting for Alabama. I was rooting for Texas.

The championship will be played on Monday, January 8. Michigan vs Washington. Two undefeated teams. Should be spectacular.

Apparently I need to beef up my insider's knowledge of big time college football.