I'd like to thank all my fellow college football bloggers (20 or so) who participated for contributing to this unusual but worthy cause/event.  I greatly appreciate it.  More important, it certainly provided at least a little help to those whose lives have been turned upside-down.  You guys (and gals) did a great job.  I promise not to bug you collectively if I don't have to after this.

Thank you's also go out to the generous people who contributed to the relief charity I selected (at least two of you according to the TTLB tracker) and any other contributions that were made at the other bloggers' websites.

I basically devoted the entire early part of this week to Hurricane Katrina and how it affected college football.  It was exhausting, but informative at some level.  No, I didn't talk much about the devastating human and economic impact, because I've long tried to avoid going too off-topic on here, either about my life, or the world at large.  This is a college football blog and for now remains as such.  So within that framework I went along with the college football angle of this, and I think its a relevant one.

Now, we shift the focus back onto college football.  There's certainly going to be more Katrina-related entries, but a lot of the college football stuff has revealed itself.  A few early postponed games, several programs' towns recovering from damage, Tulane in uncertainty, LSU and its relief efforts.

This hurricane has basically become the marker for the beginning of the 2005-2006 college football season, something that will be talked about again and again, etched in our memories.

Anyway, that's getting a little off topic, but thank you once again for rallying alongside CFR for a good cause, for paying attention, for your patience and for your concern.