Monday Miscellany with Bobby Bowden's Ghost: Tainted Legacy Edition

The ghost of Bobby Bowden here, rolling over in my grave because my once great football legacy has been tarnished beyond repair. Two sons who are failures, and the rest of the kids aren’t far behind. At least the football this weekend was worth watching.

Dabo Swinney proved to be a better coach than my good-for-nothing sack of excuses of a son, coaching Clemson to a close loss against Georgia Tech, 21 – 17. Much maligned quarterback Cullen Harper led a rally in the second half with two touchdowns to take the lead at 17 – 14, but the Yellow Jackets were able to answer, and Clemson couldn’t retake the lead. Swinney did all of this without star running back C. J. Spiller. Did you hear that Tommy? He did more with less, you twit. Imagine what he will be able to do once he gets the speedster back.

Texas beat the everloving holy bejesus out of Missouri 56 - 31. And that score makes it look like the game was much closer than it actually ever was. I’d like to take this moment to say, “I fucking called it!” The Bowdenator spent the entire week last week babbling to anyone who would listen that Texas Defensive Coordinator Will Muschamp was going to shine in this game, and I was so right. The Longhorns held the Tigers to 3 points in the first half, while scoring touchdowns on their first 5 drives. Chase Daniel could do no right, and the Mizzou offense was stacking up the penalties. Oh, and some kid named Colt McCoy gave an almost flawless performance at quarterback, for what that’s worth.

North Carolina gave up a last second loss in overtime to Virginia. Wait a minute. Didn’t Virginia lose by 28 points to Duke earlier this year? What. The. Fuck. With Maryland, Virginia, Florida State, and NC State so up and down, the ACC makes no goddamn sense this year. I blame Clemson. Either way, the Tar Heels beat Notre Dame the week before, and I’ll pretty much forgive anything when people have given the Irish a loss.

Alabama looked “meh” in a 24 – 20 victory over Ole Miss. The Rebels were playing solid football for the bulk of the game, while Alabama continued their “tradition” of performing great in the first half, and looking forward to joining Sanchez at the Waffle House during the second half. Talk about phoning it in, the Tide gave up 17 points in the second half. To be fair, gigantic Nose Guard Terrence Cody was lost on a suspect play early in the second half, and that had a tremendous impact on the defensive line. The officiating was particularly bad for this game, and not in favor of Bama. Maybe the Tide should divert some funds from buying recruits to buying off the zebras.