Conferences After Two Point Twoish Weeks in 2026. College Football.

    How are the Conferences Doing So Far?

    American Conference. 14 Teams.  Only 3 teams undefeated. South Florida, Tulsa, and U. Texas San Antonio. Not that great. Maybe North Texas is the best one. I hope so, because I like the former Indiana QB Tavveon Jackson. And, my kids did some fun church time on the North Texas campus. Denton, I think.

    Army and Navy have taken some lumps.

    Atlantic Coast Conference. 17 teams. 8 left without a loss. They are: Miami, SMU, Virginia, Duke, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. Hmmm... My favorite of them? Virginia. But I have less reason to like them the last couple years. I kind of like Tech in some ways more. Things can switch outside my childhood favs. Not Duke. Not Pitt... Definitely not Miami. I do not like the ACC that much. Sorry.

    Big Ten. 18 teams. 11 left without a defeat. Indiana, USC, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State, UCLA, Washington, Northwestern. (Only 1-0.) Ohio State and Oregon blew it this weekend. Minnesota looks bad. Illinois choked, and Purdue blinked. Rutgers lookes really bad, and I have tickets! Should be some cake walking.

    Big 12. 16 teams. 8-- half-- still with no losses. BYU, Cincy, Colorado, Houston, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Utah, West Virginia. Could BYU or Texas Tech be the national champ? Utah? Hmmmm... Likely not the Utes. Cougars, may not be good enough on defense. We need Sione Moa back as a runner.  Play better. Yeah.

    Conference USA. 10 teams. All have lost! Waa waa, as my son would say. Which one is the best? Maybe none. Not the Flames... I think.

    Independents. 2 teams. Notre Dame is 2-0. UConn lost this weekend. Fear that Turtle.

    Mid American Conference. 13 teams: Only UMass remains without a loss! They were picked 138th by Lindy's or Athlon! Haha. Magazines. What do they know? Not much.

    Mountain West. 10 teams. North Dakota State and New Mexico have not lost. Only two. This conference has changed a lot.

    PAC 12. Eight (measly) teams. Colorado State and... that is it. They should have invited Brigham Young in 2010. Or 2011. They imploded with no tv deals, too, but they tried to break up the Holy War. Their loss. Big Ten and ACC got you now. Plus the Big 12.

    SEC. 16 teams. Lossless? 13. Those WITH a loss: Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Sorry Boomer Sooners. Michigan does have talent. Despite the gift against Western Michigan. Broncos are okay. They look strong and good to win this fall.

    Sun Belt. 14 teams. Whoo. Appalachian State is it with 0 in the loss column.

    Tough day for the Big Ten. SEC is looking better overall.

    On to week 3.

    See ya, coach potatoes.

    Are we coach spuds? Maybe. Nah, we move and jerk. We are active enough.

    My waist line is going down. Sure.

    Thanks Hegseth for the Panty Waist initiative. I was warned to watch my digital footprint about these things. Sure, will do. Good loooking out.

    

    

    

    

    

    

Undefeated Division 1 (FBS) Teams after 2.2 weeks. 2026

    Breaking News: I snoozed a little and Texas came back and beat Ohio State. Wow. The Buckeyes had this game, setting up a huge game with my Hoosiers in October. Hmmm. Maybe OSU is not all that. And Texas is? Also, Oklahoma State, the other OSU, drops a life killer on the Oregon Ducks, picked by at least one of my six magazines to win the whole thing. Maybe neither Big Ten team makes it now? They have losses, so they are on the outside looking in now.

    After two or so weeks, I think that maybe 75 teams are unblemished midway through this beautiful yet tantalizing September. 

    Let me count as the last teams of the day are playing on the West Coast, plus Clemson in a weather delayed game. 

    1. Indiana. I was going to start with Appalachian State, but why not the Cigar Swagging Cignettis, while the Buckeyes fall on their swords in Austin? Hoosiers, 2-0. North Texas, their first opponent, looks like they may be a top 50 team.The HBCU Howard Bison? First ever matchup for Indiana? Good luck. 

    2. Miami. They pasted their HBCU (Florida A&M) Thursday. 2-0. Hurricanes.V

    3. Viginia. HBCU? Yep. Friday night wipe out massacre. Norfolk State. Cavaliers, 2-0.

    4. Missouri. They handled a respectable Kansas Friday night. Tigers. 2-0.

    5. Appalachian State. Better than East Carolina by 3. Mountaineers. 2-0.

    6. Texas A&M. Overwhelms Arizona State. Aggies, 2-0.

    7. North Carolina. Scraped by TCU in Ireland, and now easy ETSU. Tar Heels, 2-0.

    8. Virginia Tech more than doubles Dominion. Is there hope in Blacksburg? Hokies, 2-0.

    9. Michigan. They get the stolen win first game, then upsets previously hyped Oklahoma today. Wolverines, 2-0.

    10. Penn State. Handles home state Temple. Nittany Lions, 2-0.

    11. U. Southern Florida. Over Army by four points today. Bulls, 2-0.

    12. James Madison. Who needs Cignetti? Kills, or wallops woozy Wagner. Dukes, 2-0.

    13. Wake Forest. Beats Purdue in double OT. Same ugly colors. Demon Deacons, 2-0. Whay is up with Satanic mascots in private school North Carolina?

    14. Kansas State. Impressive, maybe. Over the Cougs of Spokane. Wildcats, 2-0.

    15. Georgia. Number two in the land? Drops 70 on the Hilltoppers. Bulldogs, 2-0.

    16. West Virginia. No real tests yet. Mountaineers of Morgan, 2-0.

    17. BYU. Whoo. I mean "whew". Rallied in the second half over Arizona. Cougars of my college alma mater, 2-0.

    18. Alabama. Still them. Starts slow but smushes Kentucky. Crimson Tide, 2-0.

    19. Duke. Takes it to Illinois in Champagne. Or Champaign. Blue Devils, 2-0. Satanic, I think.

    20. Michigan State. New but old coach. New hopes. Spartans of East Lansing, 2-0.

    21. Maryland. Impressive win against okay UConn? Fearing the Turtle, perhaps, 2-0.

    22. Mississippi State. Bulldogs be bulldogging over the poor Gophers. Los perros como Toros, 2-0.

    23. Notre Dame. Still picked high. Crushing, or steaming Rice. Fighting Irish, 2-0.

    24. Massachusetts. Might be good, after stomping Rutgers. Then again, the Scarlet Knight might suck worse than the rest of New Jersey. Kidding, only Donald Trump sucks in the Garden State. Minutemen, 2-0. Not bad!

    25. UTSA. The... Roadrunners? Wily Coyote getting his ACME law suits on? I digress. These guys could be a thing. Roadrunners? 2-0.

    26. Washington. You Dub. By two over possibly scrawny Utah State. Huskies, 2-0. The jury is far from out.

    27. Pittsburgh. They win a rainy one in the Three River City. Over the team I saw, rallying late. Panthers, 2-0. (Central Florida, low scoring, and respectable win.) 

    28. Colorado. They beat up on Weber State, as they should. Neon Deon might be looking up. No Travis Hunter or sons, no problem? Buffaloes, 2-0.

    29. Troy State. Thet bear their HBCU opponent, Alcorn State. I do not remember the the Troy mascot or nickname. Troy Trojans? 2-0.

    30. Southern Methodist. The horsies ride again. Beat up a FCS California team. Mustangs, 2-0.

    31. New Mexico. Kill an FCS, too. Who knows? Land of Enchantment enchanters? Lobos, 2-0.

    32. Vanderbilt. They are powerfil, maybe? Poor FCS Delware. Commodores, 2-0.

    33. U. Florida. Campbell is chomped. Gators, 2-0.

    34. Nebraska. They win big over Bowling Green of the MAC. Cornie Huskerers, 2-0.

    35. Georgia State. Maybe they are a thing? My old battle-buddy's daughter's school. Panthers, 2-0.

    36. Houston. Ranked Big 12 team wallops, I mean, wastes Southern. Another HBCU, me thinks. Cougars of Texas, 2-0.

    37. Colorado State. Who knows? Fort Collins may have a winner! Not much competition in the Southern Utah Thunderbirds. Rams, 2-0. Blow the shofar like Gail Godot and millions of Jewish folks. Happy new year, or Roshannah. La chaim!

    38. Tennessee. They beat up on Georgia Tech in Rocky Top. Maybe decent. Vols, 2-0.

    39. Tulsa. Watch out! First Oklahoma State, who may be good after toppling the vaunted Ducks today. Hurricanes, or Hurricane. 2-0.

    40. South Carolina. Towson  State, of Baltimore, goes down. Gamecocks, 2-0.

    41. Cinncinnati. They are rolling, over sub-standard teams. Bearcats, 2-0.

    42. UCLA. Is something brewing? Get it? Bruins, 2-0. It was weird to see the Big Ten team compete against the PAC 12 San Diego State Aztecs. Weird. Vinny Barbarino. Bruins, 2-0. I said that already.

    43. Iowa. Good win against state rival Cyclones. Hawkeyes, 2-0. They may struggle on offense as normal.

    44. Louisiana State. Hmmm. Does Kiffin have them as a thing? Time tells. Tigers, 2-0.

    45. Texas. Aforementioned, at the top. Archie and Co may run a gauntlet. I hope that they lose... Buckeyes choked. Longhorns 2-0. OSU was hookem'd. 

    46. Texas Tech. Needed time to buck the Beavers. Red Raiders, 2-0.

    47. Ole Miss. No problem, Charlotte. Like IU last year. Rebels, 2-0.

    48.  Auburn. Staying afloat. Tigers, 2-0. War damn? War Eagle.

    49. Forgot Louisville from Friday night. Possibly potent. Cardinals, 2-0. 

    50. Utah. Cruising over the Razorbacks in Rice-Eccles. Could be good. I like them less since the Friday night McAfee show. Forget the Utes, yeah. Utes, running hard. 2-0.

    51. USC. The U of So Cal. They are busting the Rajin' Cajuns as I scribble. They will be... 3-0. Trojans, playing early. More than most. The only 3-0 as of today? Maybe so.

    There are only 51? Not 75?

    Interesting. Some FCS teams are 2-0 and 3-0, with wins over FBS (i.e. bigger schools.)

    Hmmm...51, will widdle it down to 1. Maybe. Indiana or Brigham Young, I will dream on.

    Love you, miss you, see you soon.

    I baby sat today. Yep, for my friends and colleagues.

    Blog it.

    52. North Dakota State. They are tough. The Bison?  Are 3-0.

    So, we got 52 teams undefeated after three weeks, most teams only playing twice. This coming week more will go down. Quite a few play each other.

    May the best teams win.

    

White Sox Win a Big One. Can they Do More this Fall?

    Maybe. The answer is maybe.

    I watched a little bit between the college football games that were thrilling and fun, after a work day. But I snoozed, and the Pale Hole rallied late against the Cardinals to get a clutch 6-5 win. They are still leading their division despite spiraling lately, scuffling. Not doing well, losing more than perhaps all this long 2026 season. They were better than this, yes?

    Yes, I think so. Even though they have four starters hitting a little over .200. People in the majors are not hitting for high averages this year. Arraez, the best hitter, is maybe only around .320. Guys are down.

    The White Sox are staying above .500, but this last week was rough. Can they play agains the killer teams with tons of wins like the Rays, or the Yankees? Who else? In the American, maybe the... the... Red Sox? I cannot remember. The Blue Jays? Who else is close? No one in the West... right?

    The National League has killer squads, like the Dodgers, Braves, Cubs, Brewers. Wait, the Brewers are in the American. Time warp, I am confused. 

    Anyway, mayne these White Sox have some magic in them yet.

    Montgomerys, Grichuk, Murakami, Benintendi, Antonacci. Fedde and a few pitchers. They have been above average. We shall see.

    Baseball. It's a thing.

    Happy fall. Happy Saturday.

Embrace the Suck. Dealing With Army Setbacks or Lies. Soldiering On.

    Since being in the U.S. Army, part time as I have participated, one mantra or motto is to "embrace the suck." Sometimes we have to do things that are hard and put us in danger, or simply uncomfortble and frustrating. It happens. We sign up knowing this.

    However, some blows are harder to accept, when it seems like individuals or the system has betrayed us, the ones who have tried to live up to the mission and ideals of the miltary that we serve. It happens. Perhaps too much. All is not fair. War is the primary test that is the ultimate arbiter of what may happen  to soldiers, marines, seamen, airmen, coasties and guardians. But there is more time of preparation and peace. We put forth efforts in preparation in times of peace...

    To be continued later...

Fred Warner is a Better BYU Graduate than Puka Nacua. Why? Character.

    I am confident that Warner does not have girl or women problems. He is a man who would not hurt a female partner, right? Nacua? What is the deal?

    A second woman has serious issues with this guy that I thought was so cool, becasue of his skills.

    No, Fred Warner has to be better than Puka.

    I hope them the best. On the field, but more importantly off.

    May we do the same.

    Be good with all people. Men and women, children, and even the animals and plants.

 How and Why and Where Do Our Thoughts and Perceptions Go?

    Are we scatterbrained? Are I. Does grammar matter? It do?

    How much can you grammatically attack and control another language?

    I can, usually, my second.

    Thoughts, random and ranging.

    My wife reads a book in the terminal, getting away.

    My book from Chile maybe reached 7 chapters out of 52. I thought for a few years that it had reached 11 or 12 But maybe we could still finish it. My daughter offered it.

    So many books. So many! Tales and narratives from room to room, floor to floor. Fiction and the non. Many more to read and ingest. Like the "History Play" from the library now. Overdue.

    Kazakhstan. A player from there. Here name can be hard to pronounce, Russian.

    A map of Central America lays sideways on a cabinet in my office. A drive and a walk away.

    My son drove home on the stick tonight. He stalled a few times, some drivers were slowed. We were okay.

    We checked out a comic book store. I think that I had been there before. The seller was cool. Green hair, she reads more DC but loves Doctor Doom. The original owner had moved it from Landsdowne.

    Landsdowne, where the German-based son is. The other goes to northern Brazil, which has a place that will be more like Africa than many places. My father , flies to Minnesota to the funeral of Keith Bentler, his buddy from Sierra Leone.

    My buddy from the 100,000 acres of Vernon Parrish read Circe, as did the acerbic father of the five or six year-old, whose wife was in Iraq last year.

    We should not go to Iraq now. Donald Trump negotiated it in July. He gets us out of there, as he wanted to in Afghanistan. As he did in Syria. Mostly all wrong, as I can tell.

    I am small. Little influence.

    Two co-workers do not want an after hours get together, even if billable.

    The director of operations is smart, funny.

    I like the food and the party at the Toilet Bowl.

    Who and what is that? Ask me later.

    What do you learn from a job in 8 months?

    At a base? In a city? In a building.

    My buddy got me a two thousand dollar bonus.

    Perhaps we earn 500 from helping our daughter.

    My dad leaves his current wife to care for her mother.

    Right next to Pepper Grass. A "safe word" maybe. Ha ha.

    What else? The Hurricanes trouncing A & M 77-0. Third quarter.

    White Sox lose again, the lead is slim.

    I read a book of Marlowe over Shakespeare.

    Need to finish the Ballard book. Is it the TV show?

    I love my wife. She gives me much, I cannot demand much more.

    Even though I would like some. Like a kiss, a or a reading.

    She does not sing my songs, which I do not have too much of.

    Yeah, one was another tune.

    My niece has a baby.

    Titans lose to Riverside, tonight.

    I hope to play tennis soon.

    And watch some more.

    Like the U.S. Open. I stayed up late to see Shelton upend Alcaraz.

    I have many other thoughts.

    Tiring, perhaps?

    it's okay, don't think twice, babe.

    Love the literature.