There was a second there where the title of this blog entry was, "Monday, Monday". Then a facebook email popped up that said, "three days 'til South Carolina football, five days 'til GOLD ENDZONES!" 

And life was whole again. 

It's game week baby as the marquee games get underway on Thursday with Oregon visiting the Smurf Turf in Boise. College Gameday is in Atlanta for Alabama and Virginia Tech. Hopefully for VT it doesn't go like the trip they took to Baton Rouge a couple of years ago.

The big games continue with No. 20 BYU visiting No. 3 Oklahoma and Miami visiting Florida State should be fun too. 

But for all you Husky fans the debut of the Gold Endzones is on Saturday. Also, there might be a new coach making his debut that day too. Sark kicks things off in the only way Washington knows how to schedule, in the fire against LSU. Les Miles and his boys come to town after a pretty down year in which they lost five games. This coming off of a National Championship the previous year.

I have started the all sports blog and will have more info on that as the week goes on. One top-25 poll is already in. For now stick with Bob Condotta's Seattle Times blog, where he is answering questions about the upcoming season.

As the weeks go on I've been sneaking in more time during the day to update the blog and hopefully today is no different. So more substantive stuff later.

Happy Game Week.

PS: Real quick shoutout to UW volleyball, which finished 3-0 over the weekend to start the season. They should jump a spot in the rankings after Nebraska was swept by Michigan. And Jack Hamann made his debut, along with the return of Carolyn Farny to the broadcast booth. Big time.