Game Day vs. Washington

Looking out the hotel window, it looks like half of Seattle is covered in sunshine, and half is covered in clouds. Weather.com says it'll be around sixty degrees and cloudy/rainy all day long and through the game. I expected nothing less. We'll hit a few spots and hopefully find a good place to watch UGA/OSU and some of VT/ALA. The Seattle chapter of LSU Alumni has apparently set up something big, so we may stop in on that as well.

There's all sorts of stories about the mass of LSU fans here, and I can attest that there were many of them on the flight here and at the airport. I've seen a few in the hotel. I don't know what the exact numbers will end up being, but I think LSU is putting up a good showing that's surprising--maybe even shocking--the local folks. I think the players and coaches will be pleased with what the LSU crowd brings to the stadium tonight.

Lee Corso picked Washington to upset LSU, which is fine. UW is a Pac-10 team with a good quarterback, and LSU is traveling across two time zones to play a night game. Stranger things have happened. One of the great lessons fans should learn is not to get ticked off at predictions, and it doesn't matter if it comes from Corso, Holtz, Herbstreit, Cowherd, Mandel, Maisel, or anybody else. Predictions do not matter. Besides, do you really want to beat up on and hate a guy who loves college football and is recovering from a stroke? In lots of areas of TV coverage there are people on camera who aren't there because they're the absolute expert on the subject, but because they're good on TV. The ability to provoke a response from the viewing audience without sounding like a complete crackpot is a valuable commodity.

I don't think I'll be able to write anything until we get back from the game, so take care till then.