The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

…and no, I’m not talking about Christmas.

There’s only about 2 weeks left until College Football Season starts! While I am quite ready to stay in orange and blue for the next 4 months to rep my Florida Gators, I’m ready to discuss something of equally importance (or not, depending on your POV): Fine College Quarterbacks!

I was having a discussion on twitter with my friend @krissygator discussing who we thought were the cutest BCS QB’s of recent memory (my memory: about 4 years lol). We detailed our Top 5, and I thought I would reveal them to you, my dear troopers. Just now that this morning I controversially changed the order of them and am prepared to catch some flack from it. But without further ado:

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#5. Trey Burton. He’s just adorable. I wanna bake him cookies and pinch his cheeks. He’s so engaging which makes him that much more endearing. He constantly talks to his fans on twitter, and he loves him some Jesus! What’s not to like? I just hope he can take better command of my Gators this year. *crosses fingers*

#4: Matt Leinart. Being from USC, he’s got the classic All-American Boy look. And he looks like he could be Christian Bale’s less crazy younger brother. The only knocks against him? Well, he was part of that awful 2006 draft class (I mean really, if we knew then what we know now, him, Reggie Bush, & Vince Young would’ve been drafted completely different.), and he’s yet to pan out as an NFL quarterback. Not quite a bust, but awfully close.

#3: Colt McCoy. While I despise most things from Texas (and I especially despise Longhorns and their fans), I can’t ignore the “aww, shucks” cuteness of Colt McCoy. Although he looks like he could’ve played the role of Chad Linus, the shy guy in 2ge+her. Just sayin.

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#2: Tim Tebow. Yes, I put my beloved Timmy Terrific at number 2, after labeling him the hands down #1 last night. I had to step out of the hardcore Gator fan mentality and look at it objectively. Yes he is all sorts of handsome. He has the cuteness of Burton, the aww, shucks demeanor of McCoy, and the All-American-ness of Leinart.  And he’s easily the most buff of the quarterbacks mentioned. But he’s just missing a smidge of something, which is why my #1 is…

 

  

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#1: Mark Sanchez. Believe me, it pains me to give any type of credit to USC, but I have to (which I’m sure will delight my friend Rasheda tremendously). USC hasn’t done much of anything right in a long time, but Mark is easily the best looking athlete to come from there. The biggest thing that placed him above Tim Tebow all boiled down to swag. While Tebow does have some swag, Sanchez’s is on a whole different level. He just makes it effortless. A sports journalist was detailing the recent crop of rookie QBs in the NFL and said, “If Sanchez, Tebow, McCoy, all these quarterbacks were about to go out for a night on the town, they’d all toss Sanchez the keys to the car, without question.” Sanchez has been described as the Alpha Male among the Alpha Males. That’s some serious pull. And that’s why he’s my number one pick. Besides, anyone who can go from All American guy to Saint Tropez jetsetting model, simply can’t go wrong.

Courtesy of GQ Magazine

 

Who’s your top 5?

 

For the Love of the Game

Dear Pillar: Thank you for giving me an amazing song to workout to. And thanks for the unintended co-sign on my sports fanaticism.

So, after much debate and discussion, my boo Tim Tebow is a Denver Bronco. Someone photoshopped what the potential jersey could look like:

Trading the orange and blue of Florida for the orange of blue of Denver as Woody Paige would say. I can totally say that I didn’t see this coming. When talking to my dad yesterday, I said I would love it if Minnesota drafted him and he started throwin to Percy Harvin next year. But now that I think about this, I think this has the potential to be great. As I am already in love with the Nuggets (Carmelo, K-Mart, Birdman! My soul says yes, but I digress…), so this provides a greater incentive to visit Denver. NFLShop.com already has pre-orders going for a replica jersey and I will indeed start saving my money to get one before the season starts.  Oh, and they play the Titans at LP Field in Week 4. Hmm… which boo do I cheer for, Tebow or Finnegan? To be fair, Tebow will probably not be playing so I need to cheer Cortland on. We’ll see which jersey i have first, then we’ll go from there.

Can’t wait til football season!

 

Oh Happy Day

yeah…Happy Friday to Alexis indeed. Can something be wrong and right at the same time? If so, I’ve just found the perfect example.

So I was catching up on news related to the Senior Bowl (of course I gotta keep tabs on my boo Tim Tebow. I wasn’t doing a good job or else I would’ve known beforehand that he was in Nashville for 2 weeks, but I digress…) when I came across this video of Riley Cooper. I’m pretty sure my heart stopped for a couple of seconds.

As a Gators fan, I knew a ton on Riley Cooper, especially with him being my boo’s roommate. He’s a great wideout and he’s got some physicality that is rarely seen at that position (and blocking skills…great! T.O. could take a page from his playbook. Just sayin…). And he was okay looking. Whenever I would see him with his helmet off I would always mention that he needs to grow his hair out.

But back to the video. I see Riley Cooper and become all sorts of happy. He finally grew his hair out and he looks AMAZING!! And then he started to talk…and I was done. When he answered a question and said, “Naw…I’m just doin me.” I did a happy dance. No one should be this fine and that talented and not in my vicinity.  But then again, God definitely knows what He’s doing. Jesus be a fence indeed! Check the video and see for yourself.

I love being a sports fan. Happy Friday troopers.

 

The Dreaming Tree

Before These Crowded Streets hovers between 1-3 of my top 8 albums of all times. Dave Matthews Band is just amazing. Period. Every track on this CD is a masterpiece.

So I am a person who likes to dream. Less importantly, I am a person who likes to dream about things that are silly. But silly dreams make me smile, and who says I can’t make them come true. I’m going to drop hints for what I want for my 26th birthday, so everyone has a chance to save up: I want jerseys. And not just any jerseys, but jerseys of all my boos. Take notes, because there’s a lot.

Derek Jeter. And yes, they must be pinstripes.

Dwayne Wade. I might need this one before my birthday. Unless he can get LeBron or Chris Bosh to come down to the MIA, this jersey will be out of date by the next season.

The dearest boo of all my boos. You  might be able to hold off on this one. Next time I’m in Nashville I’m just gonna find him and get one from him personally. I’m not sayin, I’m just sayin…

Of course, I can’t talk about jerseys, or my boos for that matter, without mentioning the terrifically awesome Tim Tebow. Greatest college football player ever and such a great guy. Since I can’t have him, the jersey will be sufficient.

Yeah, these are my silly dreams, but there’s no reason why this one can’t come true.