It's TIME!!!

I have to say that i love this time of the year. College football is kicking off tonight with some SEC action. Vanderbilt and South Carolina both open up their seasons with what should be easy wins for both schools. I love all of the hype and talk (thank the Lord for the internet) about who will end up on top in January and who is favored in what games. All of it is great fun but at the end of the day, it means nothing. Predictions from the top analysts and the pre-season polls are just opinions. There is no real way of knowing what will happen until the teams take the field. In other words, talking is great but we have to wait and see what each team will do. There are some great teams who have recruited well and have great coaches and are ranked very high nationally in the pre-season but have a mediocre or loosing seasons. Why? It can be for tons of reasons. Team leadership, morale, injuries, unity and on and on.

It's a lot like people. Listening to people say what they are going to do is great. Hearing a person tell me how great their past has been (last years season)is wonderful. But just like a football game, we have to wait and see what they do. What we say and what we do are sometimes worlds apart.
That's why i think there should be no pre-season polls. I think they should wait for one month of play and then release the polls. We can't argue with that. It's all about what each team has done up to that point. It's also a great way of measuring a persons leadership ability. All the hype is great and it makes for some good conversation to pass the time but i love to be around people who perform. Even if what they are doing isn't exactly right. At least they are in the game getting knocked around. Sooooo Roll Tide Roll!!