From Cannon Shot to Cannon Fodder

Dead man running.

South Carolina watched another good practice equate to nothing as spunky upstarts *checks notes* Kentucky came to town and beat Cackalacky in overtime on a two point conversion. That’s a lot of words to say they fell flat on their face.

Please recall that their offensive coordinator in none other that Kendall Briles, so your guess is as good as mine I another Briles is about to be ascended into head coaching duties after Beamer gets fired.

One thing is definitely for sure: Beamer Ball is over in Columbia, South Carolina.

Fewer Eyes on the Prize?

Hmmmm…who could’ve seen this coming?

Sure there are a lot of assumptions that can be made here. A few thoughts:

  1. Could it be because of the number of SEC vs. Cupcake games being played the first two weeks? Maybe…but
  2. You still had some SEC vs B1G and ACC games. Generally, some good matchups and the previous weekend that featured six games with ranked teams squaring off should’ve boosted over those cupcakes, right? But…
  3. With the expanded playoffs, do these matchups matter as much? And does anyone even watch Notre Dame versus nobody anymore? The games aren’t even worth watching. But…
  4. With conferences playing more conference games, that should’ve made better watching…but…
  5. There are still cellar dwellers in conferences. Just as interesting as a cupcake game.

Who knows. Maybe it could be like college basketball you don’t know who’s playing this year or not, too?

I wonder what kind of viewership you’d have had if you flipped the LSU and Texas games?

Maybe it’s television’s fault altogether. Thanks, Mickey.

Everyone’s Scoring in Athens

I’m not sure we’ve properly appreciated this. Four weeks into the season, and your Georgia Bulldogs are the only CFB team to score on a fumble recovery, and interception, and a special teams return.

The broadcast threw up a graphic that showed we had scored some insane amount in the first quarter all season, and I told my buddy what a disappointment we only eeked out a touchdown when we’d been averaging closer to 28 points in the first quarter.

Fire Bobo.

I keed I keed. But there’s something different about this team…four covered spreads, scoring like it’s going out of style, and playing tremendous defense so far this season. Maybe there’s a reason:

Kirby’s on the mother. Thank God, because meanwhile in Gainesville:

The bad news: Florida seems to be good again.

Good news: Faulkner isn’t likely to be there long. I hear they may need a new coach in South Carolina, and I’d imagine Buster can name his price.

He’ll, they might need a new on at Texas A&M, too. Buster will be a head coach soon enough.

Keeping It Classy In Austin

In case you missed it, the “Real UTI” was defined over the weekend, with Texass prevailing over Tennessee. If you could’ve told me there was a program that could outclass the Vols, I’d say bullshit.

But, man, the Longhorns really stepped up their game, I’ll give them that.

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Colin Simmons, here’s your roses.

But wait…there’s more!

Gotta hand it to you, Shorthorns. You joined the league and have had an immediate impact to somehow wash away the general douchiness of Tennessee and Florida fanbases, albeit you can’t actually win the conference.

Tell Me Again Not to Complain About the Entertainment

Good God almighty, what has ESPN done?

Alabama vs South Carolina could be one of the premier games of the 2026 SEC season, as could Florida at Missouri…and your evening entertainment for the SEC on October 3rd is a toss up between Arkansas and TAMU or LSU vs McNeese State?

I’d rather have MSU and Bama at 3:30 and a nightcap of Florida at Missouri. Frankly, they could not televise the LSU game and I don’t know if anyone outside of Louisiana would miss it.

It’s 2026, and I still DGAF about Arkansas or A&M. What is this?

Monday Musings: What’s the Proper Mea Culpa?

Imagine you’ve headed to the ballgame for the weekend, ready to watch your highly funded, highly ranked home team go up against a perceived hapless opponent in conference play with their new head coach in their first road contest.

Imagine at the end, this is what the stadium looks like, and not in a good way.

After the game, this is what Mike Elko had to say after his yearly head-scratchingly odd loss when no one expected it:

At the end of the day, we didn’t have them ready.

This starts with me and I accept accountability.

We’re going to learn from this.

And so on. It’s as predictable as the day is long. Somehow, though, being a highly paid coach with a highly paid and deep roster doesn’t seem to make sense to fans who are being asked to carry a higher contribution and ticket price to experience this, so it falls on deaf ears, at least to me. How anyone in this day and age with a staff of nearly one hundred people using state of the art technology can be unprepared is beyond me.

For today’s Musing – what’s the thing you want to hear from a coach after a crappy loss like this? Does anything make it better…is there anything that could be said that actually makes you believe in the adjustment?

Discuss.

We’re Still #2 – For Now: Week 3 Mumme Poll Now Open

It’s that time again…the learned council of idiots have chimed in with their rankings after three weeks of college football play.

Notably, Florida is ranked, and Oklahoma State, despite beating Oregon a week ago, remains unranked while Texas A&M remains after losing to *checks notes* Kentucky…at home.

It should also be noted that Indiana managed 38 points against the same WKU that allowed 70 against Georgia a week ago…and Notre Dame slogged their way through an ugly contest with Michigan State. Meanwhile, Darian Mensah has seemingly yet to allow a thrown ball to hit the ground and Miami is a scoring machine. Texas Tech barely escaped Houston, and Houston remained ranked.

And never mind that Ole Miss has now beaten two ranked teams, on in the top 10 last week, something no other team in the country has done (off the top of my head, I think). I’m a Georgia homer, but if that doesn’t spell #1 ranking, I don’t know what does.

Then again, here’s the voting:

Anyway, let’s right some wrongs with this week’s edition of the Mumme Poll

MASH HERE

Also this week: weigh in on the most overrated, most underrated, and most likely to head to the CFP in the SEC based on three weeks of play.

Have at it, Refugees.

Wednesday Wondering: Critical Ass

Our intent was to eat, respectfully.

Shot:

Chaser:

In Kirby’s defense, pretty much everybody had Texas winning against Georgia in 2024. Still, he entertained the reporter and said what he had to say, even throwing shade at the Network about it. But he did it in a “nice”, or let’s say, professional way.

Sark, meanwhile, is neglecting the preseason fodder that has declared Texass is back and many thought Texas should win, especially at the stadium where the rule book gets thrown out the proverbial window.

Meanwhile, Archduke got involved in it, making light of an AI generated video that shows Sark punching Holly Rowe in the face.

Arch had to later offer an apology, and Rowe replied that it was all good.

So your wunderkind quarterback gets his signature win, you act like you’ve never been in the arena, and the kid later has to issue an apology. Life comes at your fast, Archie. Let’s just say it starts at the top with the head leader of men, and how he reacted to Rowe in the first place. Instead of taking the time to advocate or beat his chest like Kirby, Sark chose the other road, and that makes all the difference.

Honestly, Sark acted like…

Well, that’s for you to tell us. Was Sark offsides? Even if he was, it’s Austin baby, and they don’t call Texas for penalties in Austin, do they?

Discuss.

Screw the AP, Let’s Get the Rankings Right

You know what time it is Refugees…time to right the wrongs of those know-nothing media types by inserting your two pennies into the only poll that matters…the Mumme Poll.

Some of you said this used to wait until the release of the CFP, but let’s be participatory and get it going earlier this year, so weigh in on your thoughts about where the teams are ranking after the first games of the year.

MASH HERE

There’s two bonus questions this week:

  1. Is Texas back?
  2. Who is our most dangerous remaining opponent in 2026?

Mash, vote, and we’ll post the results tomorrow.

MBG update – Go touch some grass edition

Corn Dogs gonna Corn Dog. Although the flip side with Ole Miss wouldn’t surprise me, I’m sure the athletic association is letting frat boys run wild in Vaught-Hemingway. If I were at Ole Miss frat boys, I would be chasing some Ole Miss sorority girls instead.

Another meteor game on the horizon this Saturday.