It was a beautiful weekend in San Diego - the sun was shining, it was the usual 68 degrees, and there were some killer waves. However, I spent most of the weekend on the couch, still in recovery from the food poisoning incident. The unexpected upside from the couch potato behavior was all the great football I got to watch. I think it usually takes me months to watch as much football as I watched this weekend. And it gets addicting - one game just rolls right into the next. An unexpected benefit of living on the West Coast is that you can get up, take your dog for a walk, and start watching football, because a 1:00p EST kickoff means football starts at 10:00a on the West Coast.
The college games on Saturday did not disappoint - I watched Florida top South Carolina, then some of the Alabama/Mississippi State game, then smaller parts of several other games. I think Tim Tebow ran for more yards than any of Florida's running backs. He is really fun to watch, even though I typically despise University of Florida sports. There were also some controversial calls - the Notre Dame fumble that was ruled a fumble on the review (I thought his arm was in forward motion) and the Arizona/UC-Berkeley call. The Arizona QB threw the ball, had it batted right back at him, caught it, and threw it again. Apparently the second throw was illegal. It was devastating to the team - it pushed them out of field goal position and the Cal Bears eventually scored another TD and marched to victory.
Today's NFL games have been interesting but I think I prefer the college games. It was fun to watch Big Ben struggle against the Bengals (Who Dey! Cincinnati peeps), and San Diego had its way with Philadelphia. If I keep getting sick, maybe I'll be auditioning to be an ESPN sideline reporter because I feel like I've learned a ton about the teams and players.
