College Football Is Upon Us

With college football only days away, I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. The pageantry, the tradition, the bands, the cheerleaders, the colors, smells, sights and sounds. I get giddy just talking about it. With my beloved USC Trojans poised for yet another national championship run, things couldn't possibly get any better.

So, in honor of this joyous and glorious occasion I dug up a relevant picture that I saved away on my computer a season or two ago. For those not familiar with college football's more well-known commentators, there's a guy named Lee Corso who looks like Mel Brooks and has the brain of a fetus that grew inside the body of an alcoholic crackhead. Suffice it to say, I'm not a big fan. A lot of people like him in the way that people enjoyed William Hung. Basically, it's finding amusement in a person that you're convinced is probably retarded.

Anyway, Lee Corso is on one of (if not the) biggest college football themed shows on TV, College Gameday. The show shoots live from whatever campus plays host to the game of the week. This allows students and fans to show up early in the morning and wave signs and banners in support of their team, which, if they're lucky get airtime on national television. In a game last season (or maybe it was the season before), a fan decided to get creative with his sign and instead of making it team-centric, he made a comment about Lee Corso. Upon seeing the fan and his sign, I nearly pissed my pants laughing:





In case you haven't spotted it yet, look towards the right of the image.

I still don't fully understand what it is about this sign that makes me laugh so much. "Well duh, it's because he made a penis joke," you're probably thinking. That's true. But, there's something more about this particular sign. It might be that it's a really common, mean and nasty thing that a lot of people say to one another, except one word was switched and it became this hilariously childish, almost innocent statement. If the guy had wrote "Lee Corso is a dick" or "Lee Corso is a cock" I don't think it would have had the same impact on me. Using official medical terminology made it equal parts immature and proper, and I get such a kick out of that for some reason. Also, the guy holding the sign just looks so thrilled to be there and holding a sign that you can't help but be happy for him. It's long passed, but kudos, guy. Kudos.


With that said, bring on college football! I'm so excited that I can't keep still. Fight On.


Oh, and Lee Corso is a penis.