Mediocre College Football Teams

Elkmont, Alabama

Weather: low 45 degrees, high 54 degrees, rain until about 1000 hours, then cloudy skies

The rain started last night about 2100 hours, and continued all night with lightning and thunder rolling through. The weather seemed more suited for the spring season that the winter. At least we didn't get any tornadoes out of the system.

I hate to write about our travails with our various little sicknesses that are plaguing us, but they are affecting us so much that they restrict how much we get out and about. Carolyn seems to be getting better, but she had a tough time sleeping last night because of her cough. I didn't sleep well, either, but I think I'm starting to see the daylight at the end of the tunnel for what ails me. I certainly hope so.

Can anyone remember when college football teams used to try to play in a football bowl game on the first day of the new year? If a team played on that day, it was a pretty good bet that they had a good year. Now, the best teams play as much as a week after the first of the year, and the two most successful teams are playing a full ten days after the first of the year. With the way the bowl system is set up now, teams that only won half their games are in a bowl game. Somehow, that doesn't quite seem right. Does mediocrity get rewarded now?

There were several teams that won 7 games and lost 5 playing today. One of those teams was Florida, who had what I consider a mediocre season. Yet, they played Penn State, another 7 and 5 team today, and beat them. It was an entertaining game, but in past years, I don't think it would been scheduled for the the first day of the year. In fact, not that many years ago, the two teams might not have been picked for a bowl game at all. Just an example of what I was writing about above.

We completed putting stuff away from the holiday, which didn't take all that long. We are trying to keep the home base lean and mean from a stuff and things standpoint, much like living in the RV was. We haven't figured out where we want everything yet, but if we stay lean, it won't be a big deal.

At supper, we talked about taking a trip. We have been busy getting settled in the home base, and then the cold weather came to slow everything down. I'm not sure where we'll go, but we're getting hitch itch that we need to scratch.

Happy New Year, again.

More later, be safe.

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