There's a football in the air...

I don't know what the weather is like where you live, but at my house right now, it's about 70 degrees and just a little overcast. It dropped to the mid-50s or so last night.

Yes, it's the first fall-like week of the year, and I'm about ready to explode. I've found myself humming Better Than Ezra's "This Time Of Year" several times this week (I don't know why... I never really liked them) and counting the seconds to the start of college football.

Around this time, I usually start doing irrational things. For example, last year I plopped down to watch a Buffalo-Eastern Michigan game on some cable access channel. I ended up watching the whole thing (a surprisingly entertaining 37-34 EMU win). I would guess that these two teams probably both ranked below #100 last year, and yet I was engrossed.

This year, my pathetic addiction is taking a different, and even worse form. I'm seriously considering making a 2.5 hour drive up to the town of Mount Pleasant, Michigan next Friday night to watch Central Michigan play Indiana. I mean... I've already figured out directions, when I would have to leave work to make the kickoff (set for 7:30 pm) and if tickets are available (they are).

Frankly, I'm starting to scare myself.