Somebody get the Crimson Tide a tampon

I was walking through Best Buy yesterday wearing a Texas Longhorns hat when a young African-American gentleman loudly yelled at me, “Yeahhh! Hook them Horns, n***a!” My answer: “I love your enthusiasm.” Yes, the National Championship game is upon us.

I’m not sure how or when a young kid from central Massachusetts adopted the Longhorns as his college team. I do know that it happened early enough that I don’t remember rooting for anybody else. I also know that it paid off in a big way in 2005 when the underdog Longhorns beat the Trojans of the University of Southern California. I was living in Southern California at the time. Awkward…and awesome.

Vince Young would not be denied in that game just as Colt McCoy will do everything in his power to bring home the hardware tonight. For those of you who do not follow college football, yes, those are the real names of Texas’ quarterbacks. I do not think those are their birth names.

I believe there is a knighting ceremony when you become the starting quarterback and they rename you something as Texas sounding as possible. Something like, “Kneel Kyle Webster, and rise Alamo Steercock.” Some kid at Texas U should really come up with a Longhorn Quarterback name generator.

Anyway, it’s still about eight hours until game time and I am filled with nervous energy. I wanted to do a poll for profiling purposes just to see how many Alabama Crimson Tide fans read this.

P.S. If anyone knows of the best bar in Boston to watch college football, let me know.

P.P.S. Clarissa can suck it.