2025 Week 3
September 16, 2025
We're already to mid September and teams are now starting to dabble in conference play.
One of the bigger matchups took place in The Swamp, where LSU pulled out a 20-10 win. I don't think it was a good sign for Florida that their QB's leading receiver, with 70 yards on 2 catches, was Britney Spheres' son, LSU corner DaShawn Spheres.
I'd say that Gator coach Billy Napier was on the hot seat but I think he really needs to worry about being taken over to Cape Canaveral and strapped in for lift-off.
Tennessee jumped out to an early lead over Georgia but the Bulldogs came back to tie the game late. Tennessee missed a game-winning FG at the horn, then Georgia won in overtime. I'm still confused by these overtime rules. The Vols kicked a FG but the game didn't end which means it wasn't sudden death, then Georgia scored and the game ended. I guess it was because the clock showed 0:00 so there was no time remaining in overtime.
The most exciting game of the day was a non-conference tilt in South Bend. The Texas Aggies pulled out a wild shootout win, 41-40, by scoring in the final minute. The two teams combined for over 900 yards and my good friend Coach Leahy stopped by and said "I couldn't believe how bad the defenses were. It's telling when the best tackle in the game was made by that A&M offensive lineman".
That got Coach Bryant all fired up, he's still loyal to his Junction Boys and he started arguing about the officiating, which got Coach Leahy pretty fired up too. Finally Darrell Royal came over and said "you guys need to settle down, I don't like either of your schools", which caused Bear to call Darrell a t-sip then Coach Royal started to tell an Aggie joke and Frank took Bear's side and whacked Darrell upside the head.
Then I showed some quick thinking and mixed up some mint juleps and pretty soon they were all laughing and making fun of Tennessee's loss to Georgia by singing the filthiest version of "Rocky Top" I've ever heard. I learned some new things while listening to them, including what you can do with a soda pop can and two strangers looking for a moonshine still. My good friends Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty fled the room pretty quickly after that.
In the new expanded Big Ten, Southern Cal won at Purdue, 33-17. At first I thought an interesting documentary could be filmed about the Song Girls' adventures in West Lafayette, but then I remembered that they've been through worse during all those seasons that USC visited Pullman. On second thought, maybe the Purdue game would make for some good video of the Song Girls. The game was delayed due to a nasty rainstorm and, as you know, wool shrinks when wet.
Vanderbilt had one of the more surprising wins, knocking off South Carolina 31-7 in Columbia. I haven't seen a cock have that much trouble with a commode since my last prostate surgery.
Alabama had no problem with Wisconsin, winning 38-14. I'm not sure what's wrong in Madison, but the coach usually gets the blame. It may be time for a reunion between Louisiana and Coach Waterboy.
My Panthers suffered a tough defeat at Western Virginia in the Backdoor Brawl. Pitt made a strong comeback for a 10-point lead late but the Mountain Men rallied to win. I'm not sure what's going on with Coach Nard Dogg but with 4 ranked teams left on the schedule I'm thinking a hologram Coach Majors may do a better job.
I'm really looking forward to next week as there are three must see ranked team matchups between legendary national championship contending programs like Auburn at Oklahoma, Michigan at Nebraska, and, uh, Illinois at Indiana. Okay, sorry about that, next weekend there will be two must see ranked team matchups.