I am happy.

This weekend kicks off the college football season. Although I always pull for Baylor, let’s be honest – we’re not exactly a football powerhouse. Since joining the Big 12, I think we’ve averaged 1 conference win per season. I remember one game while I was a student when we played Nebraska, then one of the best in the nation. The line against us was about 40. Nebraska still beat the line.

Last season we got (another) new coach and an exciting new quarterback named Robert Griffin III, a Vince Young-style scrambler who runs the 40 in 4.4. Our 4-8 record actually people excited about Baylor football again. This weekend our first game brought us to Winston-Salem, NC, to play the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (isn’t that the best mascot ever???), a respectable team who SMOKED us last year. But this year we emerged with a 24-21 victory, our first road victory since September 2007. No, we’re not buying any Rose Bowl tickets quite yet, but we have a winning record, and some people are even talking about a possible bowl game for us. Sic ’em, Bears!