9-16-08

Once again, another great week in college football.  I don't think there has ever been a week that you can say it's a bad week, unless of course you bet the farm, the pink slips to the cars, the mortgage, the kid's college funds and everything else...and lose.  But as far as I know, that didn't happen and a lot of great college football was played this last week.

The first game of the week, Kansas visited South Florida and that was a barn burner!  The Jayhawks lead by 10 at half and then was shut out in the third quarter while giving up 17 points to the Bulls, but they fought their way back and eventually took tied the ball game up.  But, what was inevitable, happened.  Todd Reesing's scramble and heave techniques caught up with him as he tried to get greedy and go for a big play downfield and was picked off, the Bulls returned it inside the Kansas 30 which led to a game winning field goal for Jim Levitt and his Bulls.

A lot more happened last week too.  An overpowering Georgia Bulldogs squad came in to Columbia, South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks and for being ranked preseason #1 they sure didn't play like it, they caught a huge break inside the ten minute mark, but managed to get out of there with a seven point win.  BYU absolutely blew out the Bruins of UCLA and Max Hall had a day doing it throwing for seven touchdowns (repeat to self) in a 59-0 Cougar victory.  A favored Oregon Ducks team came in to Purdue an... [More]

College Football 9-9-08

Week 2 of the NCAA football season wasn't exactly the most eventful or dramatic.  Everyone's focus is on the event of the season, USC hosting Ohio State in week 3.  But before we go there, we can't overshadow what a surprise the Skip Holtz led East Carolina Pirates have been.  First, they come back and beat Frank Beamer's Virginia Tech Hokies at their own game ("Beamer Ball") by blocking a punt and returning it for a TD.  Week 2, The Pirates simply dominated the West Virginia Mountaineers completely shutting down Pat White and Noel Devine and holding them to only three points...THREE!  They are the Cinderella story this year and I don't see the clock striking midnight on them for quite a while.

Let's get to business, USC Trojans vs. Ohio State Buckeyes.  This is the game of the year, or at least it's hyped to be.  And why wouldn't it be?  Ohio State won the National Championship in 2002, and has been in the hunt ever since.  They made two title games, the first coming in 2006, where they were heavy favorites against Chris Leak and the Florida Gators.  Florida out-everythinged them that game and blew them out.  The second time they were back was in 2007 and the same thing happened.  The Buckeyes got out to an early lead and lost it progressively throughout the game.  They were overmatched, outplayed and was just anihilated by a better LSU Tigers team.  USC won their championshi... [More]

College Football 9-2-08

Was there really any doubt?  Should Georgia have been labeled #1 in the preseason?  Should Ohio State be #1 or considered for it?  Surprises of the year...   I can't argue against preseason rankings because it's all a prediction, it's designed to create talk and speculation about the season and the tops that top the charts.  In the beginning, Georgia was ranked #1, Ohio State #2, and USC was ranked #3.  After the first week of the season, USC jumps to #1, Georgia and Ohio State each drop back a spot.  If you ask me, USC is the unanimous #1 team in the land and should have been in the beginning of the season.  Why?  They have zero...I'll repeat, zero question marks at every spot on the field.  They have an NFL defense with Taylor Mays, Brian Cushing, the punishing Ray Maualuga, and a dominant front four.  What about the offense?  The Trojan army has every receiver back from last year, including a huge and fast target in Patrick Turner who in my opinion will have a breakout season.  CJ Gable, Allen Bradford, Steffon Johnson and Joe McKnight hold down the backfield and every one of them has big play potential every time they touch the ball.  If they had one question mark at the beginning of the season, it would have been Mark Sanchez, but he quickly put that to rest with over 300 yards, and 3 TD's while showing off a cannon he calls his right arm.   Georgia and Ohio State all have the capability of be... [More]