Brian Kelly is &#*!ing Crazy

Pictured at right is Kelly's precise opposite, Mike DeBord, who is as &#*!ing crazy as George Will.

Dude. Duuuuude. Dude. Central Michigan had a fun game against Boston College in which Kelly's frenetic spread offense did much better than your average CMU offense would against... well... anyone. Credit to Kelly: the Chips were downright competitive with BC all night. The closeness of the score was not a fluke. But why would you...

pass up a fourth and inches from around midfield,
find yourself in second and one from the two and throw twice,
kick a field goal on the subsequent fourth and one,
then go for it on fourth and eight from the 27?

There's only one reason: you're &#*!ing crazy. So, we're settled on that. Brian Kelly is out of his &#*!ing mind. This allows him to do things like get his starting quarterback killed and bring in a kid who could not have been older than 14 -- having sex with this quarterback is AGAINST THE LAW -- and still get a buttload of points against what should be a pretty good defense from a BCS conference. But being &#*!ing crazy is a harsh mistress. She demands sacrifice. Like pulling Opie the Quarterback so Brooks can fumble. Or the fateful swinging gate play call, which, yes, was &#*!ing crazy. Completely, irredeemably bats.

Don't get me wrong: this is a wonderful development for college football. Central Michigan is competitive for the first time in years because they hired a man marginally less sane than Charles Manson. Brian Kelly, we salute you! Michigan's game next week suddenly looks like an interesting test for this year's defense, especially the bound-to-be-confused linebackers. Plus, Kelly might bite the head off a student manager.

Side Note: hearing the Central fans chant "SNEEEEEEED" whenever outstandingly-named Ontario Sneed got the ball was eerily reminiscent of the Palace's "SHEEEEED" chant. Obviously.

Side Note II: Thumbs up to Doug Flutie, color commentator. A little rough still but funny and interesting. Reads coverages and tells you things you didn't know; does not spend the game panting about supahstars.