Mascots & Mama

1. The College Football News has published its list of the 25 best live mascots in college football. Although Uga comes in at number two, I must disagree with the list's inclusion of humans, such as Texas Tech's Masked Raider or the Sooner Schooner. Animal mascots are better than humans every time. Which is one reason LSU's Mike the Tiger and the Army Mule should be moved up this list.

Number 1 in Athens - Keep away from the Hedges.

2. The Louisville v. Rutgers game last night was one of those games that makes college football great. Louisville spurted out to a big 25-7 lead before Rutgers (Rutgers for God's sake) turns the momentum of the game. The crowd was twirling towels and screaming as the Scarlet Knights made one defensive stop after another. Bobby Petrino's manic offense looked hobbled, like Rutgers was using 12 players to stop it. To cap off the game, Rutgers had the ball on the Louisville 20 when their kicker, Ito, missed a game winning field goal. As if Destiny herself was wearing scarlet, Louisville had jumped offsides on the play and Ito didn't miss his second chance. After the final horn sounded, all of New Jersey scrambled on to the field to mob their team, including running back Ray Rice, who then proceeds to give one of the greatest post-game interviews ever. Can you beat "where's my mother, man?"