DAILY DOMER: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVES

Notes from the first Saturday spent at my apartment since July...-

--First, an observation. Nothing seems to matter more in college football than last impressions, and no one is being more victimized by that than Texas. If Tim Tebow wins the Heisman Trophy, I cannot argue with that. He is an amazing athlete and a true leader and as he himself joked to Gary Danielson and Vern Lundquist, "I really would like to throw against some of the defenses in the Big 12."

And, of course, Tebow has a vote (how awesome if he wins by one vote?).

However, Colt McCoy has better statistics in almost every meaningful category. Plus, McCoy leads the Longhorns in rushing as well. When Texas lost its only game of the season, the defense was on the field for the two deciding plays of the contest at Texas Tech (Blake Gideon dropping a sure interception, followed one play later by Michael Crabtree's amazing TD catch-and-release with 0:01 left). When Florida lost to Mississippi, Tebow was on the field for the deciding play, failing himself to run for a first down on a decisive fourth-and-one.

It isn't that Tebow is not deserving. I just think that McCoy deserves it more (just as I believe Texas deserves a spot in the national title game above Oklahoma). And what I don't understand is how so many of the talking heads and pundits just seem to accept the fact that the team or player whom they are impressed by last (the Longhorns do not play this weekend...though that's not their fault, by the way) is the one who is more worthy. There's no logical basis for that.

Okay, enough fulminating from me. On to the afternoon wrap-up:

--Army is wearing camouflage helmets and pants versus Navy and it's still not working. I phone my Mystery Science Theater 3000 partner, Charles Davis, to inquire about this. "Next year they may have to go with Harry Potter's invisible cloak," he says.

"Next year," I say, "I wanna see them with shrubbery on their helmets, like the snipers wear."

--When did Dennis Haysbert become James Earl Jones? All-State ads, SEC montages. He's everywhere.

--Navy outscored Army 17-0 in the first half, when President Bush sat on the Cadet side. Navy outscored Army 17-0 in the second half, when Bush sat on the Midshipmen side. So don't blame him.

--Kevin Craft's license plate should read "UCLAINT". I always wonder how USC back-ups Mitch Mustain and Aaron Corp feel when they watch the other school's quarterback. Those two could start at about 110 of the other 119 other FBS schools. If not more.

--Tim Tebow's eyeblack refers to the biblical verse Phil 4:13 ("I can do everything through Him who gives me strength"). Or he could have just written "Mickey" under his right eye and "Marotti" under his left.

--The irony, Vern Lundquist, is that of all the postseason awards that Tebow might win in the coming weeks, The Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Best Defensive Player) is not one of them.

--How much do you love Vern, by the way? As the camera panned toward Tim Brando and the CBS crew prepping for their halftime show, Vern said, "Looks like they're rehearsing their ad-libs."