THE BIG GAME!!!!

As many of you know, I'm an alumna of three different universities, each with a distinct football heritage. There is SMU, my law school, which received the death penalty and other nasty punishments due to some really heavy, erm, investing in the program by high-profile Texans in the early 80s. At least it got us Craig James on ESPN and later CBS football. And of course, my beloved Bulldogs. Herschel!!! Lastly, and most removed from football greatness, is Duke. Ahh, the Blue Devils. Seriously, the biggest joke in college football for, now, 30+ years and counting. Truly abysmal, and from a team that HOSTED the Rose Bowl in its only playing outside the, well, Rose Bowl. Yeah. 1942, and we still have Rose Bushes planted outside the stadium to prove it.

This Saturday marks a great achievement in Duke Football - we are traveling to South Bend to play Notre Dame with - GET THIS - a LEGIT chance to WIN! And in celebration, dukesuperbowl is one of the funniest things I've seen on the internets in, like, forever.

Conflict potential is that the UGA-Kentucky game plays at 12:30 here locally, and this game kicks off at 2:30. Having absolutely zero faith in Bulldawg Nation to hold onto the incredible momentum sparked by the "Field Party Dance" against Florida, I anticipate having to keep an eye on the first game until it plays out with a loss in the end. Nonetheless, I anticipate that Saturday is going to be a BIG DAY - the potential for seriously bad football is, truly, as high as it's been in years.

Now, can someone tell me please why Duke and SMU don't play one another annually? For real - two programs at the bottom of the heap - they should trade wins.

UPDATED AFTER THE GAME: Ugh! That was horrific! Notre Dame is one bad football team, and Duke managed to make them look *good*. Sheesh - I don't ask for bowl games or winning seasons, but please stop with the embarrassing! I have zero faith in Joe Aleva to handle this properly, but even Mr. Suntan should be able to figure out that Ted's time is done in Durham.