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The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything — hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ethnic melting pot, boomtown gone to rust.
College football season is less than a month away from kicking off and Thursday, the first pre-season USA Today Coaches poll was released and Florida State looks to be a national championship contender.
Former LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson has denied he had a relationship with a controversial recruiting service owned by Willie Lyles. Peterson, a South Florida native, was implicated yesterday in a pay-for-play scam by a former Texas A&M assistant coach.
He may not have been the most highly recruited player to ever come out of St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, but kicker Wes Byrum is now a national champion.
Much to the dismay of college football fans everywhere; the college football season will come to an end Monday night when the Auburn Tigers play the Oregon Ducks for the BCS National Championship.
