Football heaven . . . sort of . . .

College football's regular season winds down after Thanksgiving weekend . . . but for now enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! The "big games" that could impact Penn State's future with regards to their bowl invitation include Texas winner over Texas A&M yesterday and the UCS/UCLA next weekend. Well, the Aggies looked like they'd get it done through 3 quarters of the game . . . too bad, beating Texas would have been sweet!

Today . . . we may get to witness Florida State get beat (and drop out of the Top 25 for the first time since 1996) . . . I just don't understand how some teams can lose 3 or more games and still linger with the elite in the polls. I call it the "Oklahoma Syndrome" . . . those who followed college football for 3 decades or more know about the syndrome. A loss by Florida State today gets JoePa one more game closer to reclaiming "winningest active coach" status (I think he's holding off retirement until he reclaims the top spot) . . . so . . . Go Gators!

Barry Alverez coached his last game at Wisconsin to a win yesterday in Hawaii . . . he'll do well as the AD at Wisconsin . . . nice to go out a winner.

For the next 48 hours or so . . . left over turkey sandwiches, bratwurst and longnecks, and of course college football!