Hot Mics, Cold Hearts: Week 2 in quotes
Potent quotables from three bright September days of college football.
• "We arrived in MI last night and are meeting now, pregame meal shortly. It was raining when we arrived. Remember MSU in '08 and the rain." -- Howard Schnellenberger, warrior-poet
• "They're playing a night game -- not landing on Mars." -- Andy Staples, on the Big House after dark
• "If they'd been doing this as long as me there'd be no fuss." -- LSU's Tiger Stadium, unsurprisingly sensitive.
• "Solid crowd of Michigan backers there -- most of them chanting 'USF' at all ND fans." -- Pat Forde, from GameDay
• "Tried to explain to my wife (raised tailgating in Baton Rogue) that Michigan was hosting their first night game. It simply did not compute." -- Steven Godfrey
• "Brady Hoke could get into any voice ID'd security system set to 'Phil Hartman's Clinton Impression.'" -- Dan Rubenstein
• "'Denard Robinson does not disappoint.' Oh yes he does! Espescially his mother, who wishes he would learn to tie his shoes." -- Tim Burke
• "We're not good enough. When we're better as a football team, we'll start winning." -- Brian Kelly, via Brian Hamilton
• "Given the shaky nature of the win, wouldn't a pitchspork be more appropriate?" -- George Schroeder, on Arizona State
• "That offense is gonna do a lot of damage this year. And penalties will cost them at least 2 games." -- Stewart Mandel, on Arizona State
• "Bulldog RB Richard Samuel's NCAA 2012 'Lateral' rating should be 'NO.'" -- Spencer Hall, observing the carnage in Athens
• "Rantavious Wooten just brought in a long touchdown pass for Georgia, so I'm exploiting this opportunity to type 'Rantavious Wooten.'" -- Matt Hinton
• "They timed that dude with a sundial." -- Tyler Dawgden, on Melvin Ingram's touchdown run
• "I do hate that Uga-SC immediately becomes about Richt. This was a helluva game. SC just made one more play." -- Bill Connelly
• "Like to think trash talk at bottom of piles in Stanford/Duke would be Noel Cowardesque." -- @TheGurglingCod
• "If you have a son named STEELE JANTZ you better damn well hope he's an athlete, otherwise he's destined to be a porn star." -- @Texas_Gal
• "What would happen if they told Lane Kiffin he could go for two from anywhere on the field without scoring a touchdown first?" -- Jason Kirk
• "No, I'm not confident. We do have to provide some more information to the NCAA." -- Gene Smith, on suspended Buckeyes returning for the Miami game, via Brandon Castel
• "Matt Millen is like sonic rat poison." -- Luke Zimmermann
• "Howard Schnellenberger: history's first man to wear a pocket square and a ball cap in a non NFL Draft day scenario." -- @celebrityhottub
• "For as corrupt and repulsive as college football and its leaders can be, oh boy does the product on the field deliver." -- Pete Thamel
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