As I get older, I start to notice certain things, and I mean small, tiny things, that I am no longer good at. In the last two years, I have had to repark my car in a parking lot due to paring outside the lines on the first attempt. Staying up later than 11 p.m.? That requires a show of strength that I can only muster every three weeks or so.

I can no longer fall asleep on planes, although I did catch four hours or so on the recent red-eye flight back from San Francisco last week due to having an entire row to lay down. And, oddly, I can no longer pull off a cartwheel – I did one on Saturday when being introduced at the wedding reception – and not immediately regret it.

What's my point? Well, watching a full day of college football without getting up from the couch is something that I am getting significantly better at as I near my mid-40s. I found this out two Sundays ago when I had a bit of a cold; therefore, I was stuck to the house with only myself and my television.

No longer do I have to go somewhere to be around people to enjoy a game, although that is my preferred method of watching football. But if it is just me alone yelling at Gary Danielson for another inane comment, I am also satisfied. So, what's your favorite spot to watch Auburn or any other college football?

Let's get into some ramblings.

- In 29 games at Michigan State, Payton Thorne rushed for 270 yards, including just 42 last season. That display against Samford, going for 123 yards for two touchdowns on 11 carries, kind of came out of the blue, didn't it? Let's see if that becomes a weapon in this offensive attack.

- Scanning through the channels at the Mexican resort I stayed at last week, I quickly found that this place had a channel that showed pornography ... all day long. It makes sense since it is an adults-only resort, but it was odd just to run across.

- I texted this to a bunch of friends the other day because the song came on the radio, so I have to ask: do you think Kings of Leon ever found somebody they could use?

- I've tried many different types of drinks in my day, but a passion fruit margarita is now at the top of my list. I didn't know how much I needed passion fruit in my life.

- There's an entire generation now learning about Colorado football, not realizing that they were so damn good back in the 1980s/early 1990s. It felt for a few years that every big game involved the Buffaloes, Nebraska or Miami. My, how times have changed.

- On that topic, I have a feeling Bo Nix will have a game on Saturday against Colorado that will spark his name into the Heisman Trophy race.

- Some might call me un-American for this, but I tend to cheer for the European team in the Ryder Cup. They seem to like and get along with each other much more than the Americans. Another reason might be that the USA team has never voted Fred Couples as a captain despite always being a vice-captain and that he was the captain for three US teams that won the President's Cup. Zach Johnson or Freddie? Who do you trust more to lead a team? Exactly. Anyway, go, team Europe!

- He was overshadowed by the Philip Montgomery hire, but Ron Roberts has made this defense something that could be special despite a lot of injuries. He should have received the game ball following the Cal victory.

- Another joy that is often overlooked is when you go to a country, exchange $100 or so of American dollars, and they hand you back 30 different forms of currency that make it look like you are about to go make it rain in a strip club.

- Speaking of currency, in the classic Three Amigos, the town of Santa Poca promised the gang 100,000 pesos if they came and beat out El Guapo. After doing so, the amigos turn down the money. As of today, that means they turned down the equivalent of $5,872.52 today. I have no point for this paragraph other than it came to my mind the other day, and I wanted to point it out. Also, did the amigos lowball themselves?

- It is the last season that Auburn faces LSU, Texas A&M and the other SEC West schools except Alabama on a yearly basis, so pour one out to those rivalries if you have any liquor around. I wouldn't recommend doing it if you are at work, though.

- It's hard to believe that this season will be Bruce Pearl's tenth leading the Auburn Tigers. That will become his longest stint anywhere as a head coach, beating out Southern Indiana, where he was the head man for nine seasons. Interestingly enough, Jaylin Williams and Lior Berman have been here for half of them.

- No matter what happens on Saturday, we all agree that Auburn is heading in the right direction, while Texas A&M is just a ticking time bomb waiting to go off, right? Glad we all agree.

- On that topic, I wish there was a Hard Knocks-type show that went into the coach offices at A&M and saw how dysfunctional we all think it is. It would beat the hell out of Swamp Kings, which Urban Meyer himself apparently edited.

- Finally, as I mentioned the other day on The Rundown, there are a ton of things I would love to be for one day, including Aubie. So, with that in mind, let me quickly rank the top 10:

1. Aubie

2. Fred Couples' caddy

3. Batboy for the Chicago Cubs

4. Bartender

5. The guy who changes the scoreboard manually at Wrigley Field.

6. F1 race-car driver (as long as we take it slow)

7. Puppy trainer

8. President so that I can ban Halloween as a holiday

9. Non-competing marker at a golf major

10. Mailman