Two-a-days

No sound cuts through the heavy late-summer air quite like that sweet symphony of pads popping and whistles blowing. As fall practice starts, us football fans finally -- FINALLY -- have some meat to chew on as news about position battles, rising stars and players showing up unexpectedly in/out-of shape begins to flow off of practice fields in torrents. Finally, after the interminably long summer, bloggers have something of substance to write about (other than off-the-field criminality, natch) .

In an example of good timing, my esteemed colleague has just wrapped a host of obligations pursuant to his quest for an advanced degree. In an example of bad timing, I must now undergo a similar (albeit mercifully brief) period of academic intensity. So for the next two weeks or so, I'll be running my own two-a-days with the goal of putting my own proverbial Tebow Smash on the Graduate Record Examination.

So for the next two weeks, my posting will be sporadic. Note -- this is not a total hiatus, just a period of relative calm before the bourbon-fueled storm that awaits us in less than four weeks.

(Now, with that said, I have time today for one more missive. Why the hell is it so hard to find highlights of individual plays on YouTube? I spent 15 minutes searching and that was the best example I could come up with. I want to see more stuff like this available for individual college players. )