Welcome to what will hopefully become a semi-regular column on the Blarney. It’s called 2 Minutes Of:, and it is a solution for those days when I have some random thoughts to spit out, but no particular topic that that requires a deeper look (Okay, when has this blog ever done that anyway?).

Up today, it’s 2 Minutes Of: Pre-season thoughts:

SEC media days this week. It’s time to start turning up the thermostat on the college football season, it’s not far away. There’s no better way to get things going than asking questions and visiting the hot topics of the baddest college football conference in the land. How fun would it be to go all Howard Stern on these sessions, and be that faux reporter to ask Urban Meyer or Nick Saban completely ridiculous questions?

Reporter: Hey Urban, when you were coaching at BGSU, were you ever afraid that you would get Herpes from a drinking fountain?

Urban Meyer: (A weird twitch in his facial expression appears-think state trooper Harland Williams in Dumb and Dumber. Before he can respond, his head explodes.)

Reporter: Coach Saban, how many of your starters do you think can pass the “Terry Bradshaw test”? That is, if you spotted them the “c”, and the “t”, how many do you think could spell “cat”?

Nick Saban: We’re just not very good right now. We lack focus. I keep tellin’ ‘em, last year doesn’t mean squat. You can’t let up-ever.

Reporter: Umm…Coach? That’s not what I… (Unidentified man in Alabama polo, an assistant coach possibly, snipes the reporter. Hey, they do have one of the largest support staffs in the country.

Anyway, there’s sure to be some good stuff coming out of these sessions. By the way folks, it is not a coincidence that the SEC is less academically restrictive than conferences such as the Big Ten, and Pac-10, while also being the better football conference. Yes, the SEC does offer “basket-weaving”. (Notre Dame fans should remember that assistant provost for admissions Dan Saracino said his university does not.) And football players love it.

Speaking of the SEC, many believe that Georgia’s A.J. Green is college football’s best receiver. Others that get mention are ‘Bama’s Julio Jones, Oklahoma’s Ryan Broyles, ND’s Michael Floyd, and Pitt’s Jonathan Baldwin. I think Floyd is #1 (he’s a blended version of Jones and Green), and will be watching closely this season to see who truly deserves to be dubbed as the nation’s best.

Will Jim Tressel fully unleash Terrelle Pryor, or continue onward his path of replacing Rush as the king conservative of America?

If Boise State makes it to the BCS Championship, do the Broncos overtake potatoes as the state’s most valued resource for a short time?