The Jersey Benchwarmer's Guide to Sports

First off, welcome back college football! After seven long and agonizing months away, your buddy’s favorite sport returned to bring peace back into this world. Truly, the shenanigans that just occurred throughout week zero were simply incredible.  From USC’s questionable attendance to Beau Pribula and Virginia beating down NC State, week zero was in a way, hilarious. Yours truly has his thoughts on what may be his only free Saturday this fall. Enjoy! College Football, meet Trent Mosley: Lincoln Riley’s time in the “City of Angels” has been strange. Even with him developing a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback in Caleb Williams a few seasons ago, somehow, Riley has still not brought the Trojans to the College Football Playoff (CFP). As a blue blood in the sport, the fact that they still have not made the playoff since its inception is ridiculous.  For the 2026 season, expectations are high for USC. With another talented QB in Jayden Maiava, this by all means has to be the seaso...

There was a time last summer where I thought I was going to "Big Sky Country." I love the state of Montana a lot. One of my goals in life is to visit that beautiful state and call a game there.   Someway, somehow, I was able to secure two interviews with a Montana television station and I felt like I got the job. So much so that I started to plan out when I would make the move out West and start my role as a reporter.  Unfortunately, life threw me a curveball and I wasn’t offered the position. Not securing that role was one of the more frustrating moments of 2025 and I still wonder what could have been had I earned that position.  Looking back, it was even more frustrating when you take into account the season Montana football had in 2025.  The Grizzlies are by far one of my favorite FCS teams and I wished that they had more nationally televised regular season games so I could watch them more. Historically, they are an incredible program and they are always in c...