I was in the Great Homeland for the weekend’s gridiron action. Good times:

• KU beat Central Michigan, which seems like a big deal only if you remember last year’s Toledo shocker.
• Butler County walloped Dodge City 23-0, yet the team was disappointed. We care because Dr. No’s brother, Morgan, is Butler’s athletic trainer. Dodge City’s last opponent rolled them 40-something to 7, so Butler considered the result a near-defeat offense wise. Butler is quite good and sends many of its players to big-time Division I programs. In fact, Morgan was bummed that Michigan got upset by Appalachian State because Butler has an alumnus playing for the Wolverines.

  By the way, if you’re at work, do NOT Google Morgan’s full name to learn more about him. He’s apparently also the 2002 winner of the Miss Nude Australia contest. No, no link for you, sicko.



• K-State put up a respectable show before choking against Auburn. That seems the optimal result: Don’t stink up the place, thus sullying the conference’s name, but don’t win, either

I’m not sure why college football takes up more of my frontal lobe this year than in most others. Newfound Manginuity? Maybe. Sports Illustrated? I’ve still gotta cancel that thing.

Mostly, I spent Saturday afternoon clearing weeds and brush on the farm, and on trips to the town mulch pile I’d switch the radio between the three games. Dust, sun, sweat and football. It just seemed kinda cool.