Intriguing

When you've been with someone for nearly 15 years and he's from Nebraska, you inevitably become sucked into the world of the Huskers and college football. To those who can relate, this has been a busy weekend.

Unfortunately, they weren't playing the Nebraska game out here on the left coast, but through the magic of the internet, we know the Huskers are starting out with a win this season. We're Bo-lievers with Bo Pelini taking the helm after the disappointing last couple of seasons. Hopefully we'll get to watch a game on one of the networks soon...

The big game, of course, was the UCLA-Tennessee game. I've watched Norm Chow work his magic from BYU to USC and now he's at UCLA. With a top defensive coordinator, DeWayne Walker, and Rick Neuheisel's inaugural year at the helm, this is a Cinderella story in the making for unranked UCLA with a thrilling OT win against #18 Tennesee tonight. I won't bother with the details like how the 1st and 2nd string UCLA QBs are out with injuries, how they lost four seniors in the first half, how the current QB threw 4 interceptions (one for a Tennessee touchdown) in the first half, how they drove down in the last 2 minutes to get a touchdown to lead with less than minute left and how Tennessee kicked the game-tying field goal with 5 seconds left, kicking it all into overtime. UCLA kicked a field goal in their drive and the Tennessee kicker, who brought it all into OT, missed his field goal kick. Poor guy. But what a way to start the season for UCLA. This may be a good sign for UCLA. Very intriguing indeed...