It’s a big weekend, starting off with this afternoon’s Florida-Tennessee tilt. True story: I know all of the words to “Rocky Top,” which I learned in graduate school solely to bug my one Florida-alum friend. The whole thing ended up backfiring; Florida lost so painfully that year that I didn’t have the heart to express how Rocky Top was home sweet home to me, and later my friend retaliated by twisting the old Steve Spurrier “You can’t spell Citrus without U-T” Volunteer insult into “You can’t spell Music City without U-M.”

Speaking of U-M, the hometown boys have Florida Atlantic today, and even as I write this, Howard Schnellenberger is rolling up his sleeves and offering to whup any man who dares challenge him. Take a look at Schnellenberger’s picture.

On with the links:

*Orson “Spencer Hall” Swindle at EDSBS has a look at why you should hate Tennessee. (Hint: blame twangy gee-tars and Garth Brooks.) (As with every EDSBS link, the usual bad-language disclaimer applies, along with the angry-legend-middle-finger disclaimer.)

*The Twins Geek is a mite frustrated about the Twins’ bullpen — because the whole failure is completely unnecessary. Read, then commence pounding forehead against desk.

*You know how football gets compared to war way too often? Well, Gonzo at the Daily Norseman has a story for you about M-16 Qualification Day at a military base, and a comparison to why this is like the Gus Frerotte situation — and even better, the whole thing makes perfect sense.

*And finally: you probably already saw this video of a couple of Cowboys fans missing on a high-five. But there’s nothing that’s not perfect about this video: not only is the clip great, but the music is perfect, the captions are wonderful, the sound effects are hilarious — it’s everything a YouTube clip should be. In appreciation, here’s a link to the site that created the video. You made my week, fellas.

That’ll do it for me - as always, enjoy your Saturday. For those of you who actually enjoy autumn (like me), try to pretend that it doesn’t feel like early August out there. (It’s not fair - we suffered through summer, we deserve crisp, cool air, dangit!)

In closing: Howard Schnellenberger wants you to know that he licked Bear Bryant but good, and if you’re man enough, he’ll lick you too.

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