Monday, November 9, 2009

Final Word for College Football Week 10

Sunday was a travel day for the Quicksilver Clan, so we missed this by about 24 hours. Never fear, the biased voice has returned to college football.

(1) Florida certainly go nuts on Vanderbilt like it was expected, but the Gators made quick work of the Commodores. The offense still looks a bit stuck in the mud while the defense continues to flatten all opponents. For some reason, the Gators do not pass the ball deep. It was plainly obvious that the Vandy secondary was not keeping up with Deonte Thompson and Riley Cooper, yet Tebow threw the ball down field maybe 2 times. UF has South Carolina, FIU and FSU coming up before their date with Alabama in Atlanta.

(2) Texas trailed UCF in the second quarter before realizing that they overslept through their alarm. They rushed to the stadium wearing the same clothes from last night, threw their uniforms on and stumbled onto the field with that nasty hangover. They then hung 35 unanswered points on the Knights. Jordan Shipley, despite putting his shoulder pads on backward and forgetting to brush his teeth, had 273 receiving yards. Write it down: Texas is a lock for the NC game.

(3) Alabama yet again had a less than stellar game offensively but managed to beat (9) LSU to lock up the SEC west division. LSU didn't play poorly (barring that long TD pass off of a screen to Julio Jones) but when Jarrett Lee was in the game in place of Jordan Jefferson, you kind of knew that LSU wasn't going to pull this one out. Remember that Jarrett Lee is a Roulette Wheel in quarterback form. 48% incomplete pass, 48% complete pass, 4% INT returned for TD. Alabama has a similarly easy run to the SECCG game like Florida. That will be quite a game.

(4) Iowa was playing with fire all season and they finally got burned. Northwestern did just enough (namely injure the starting the QB) to win. Frankly, I think we can breathe a sigh of relief that we won't have to worry about Iowa in the national championship game. Iowa - Cincinnati would have been miserable for both ratings and the game itself.

Speaking of them, (5) Cincinnati survived an upset bid from UConn. UConn put up 21 points in the 4th quarter, but Cincy did just enough to pull out a 2 point victory in a shootout at home where 92 points were scored. Since the passing of their teammate jasper Howard, UConn is 0-3 and has lost by a combined 10 points in those games. That is just awful.

The rest of the Top 25:

(6) TCU keeps the beat going as they demolished San Diego State by 5345 points. TCU in the Fiesta Bowl seems pretty legit.

(7) Boise State keeps their beat going as they outlasted Louisiana Tech in Shreveport. Funny story: I saw an in screen highlight on ESPN of LA Tech pulling within 2 points so naturally I went to the game. Boise State then scored 2 TDs in like 2 minutes (game time). I think I jinxed the Bulldogs. My bad, guys.

Stanford stunned (8) Oregon in Palo Alto in a shootout with 93 total points. A nation asks: "Why???" Now USC is back in the hunt for a Rose Bowl Bid. Come on, Stanford!

(10) Georgia Tech barely escaped Wake Forest in overtime. Iroquois has a large crush on Josh Nesbitt and now Mr. Nesbitt has a "signature" moment going into the endzone in OT to beat Wake and continue the Orange Bowl hope train.

(11) Penn State laid an egg against (16) Ohio State. As I previously predicted, Ohio State would win. They just never go away. The Terrelle Pryor Overrated Watch sponsored by Colonial Willamsburg is being upgraded from "Capri Sun Juices" to "Styx." This is due to terrible numbers that would have been abysmal if he didn't get HALF of his passing yards on one play.

(12) USC almost lost an embarrassing game to Arizona State thanks to the Sun Devil offense no showing up to the game. Idiots.

(13) Pitt keeps rolling as they crushed Syracuse. You just know that the Wannstache is waiting to lose. It's like a sunset, you just know it's coming.

(14) Utah smoked New Mexico who is going for the 0 for the season award. Only Eastern Michigan and a few other teams are in that race.

A late field goal bailed out (15) Houston against Tulsa. This must have been "Don't bring your defense to work day" as this contest had 91 total points.

(17) Miami obliterated Virginia shocking absolutely no one in this quadrant of the galaxy.

In related "non-shocking" news (18) Arizona steamrolled Washington State. It should be asked: "Is this year's Wazzu team worse than last year's?"

(19) Oklahoma State pillaged Ames, Iowa leaving the corpse of Iowa State in a ditch covered in gasoline and on fire.

Oregon State blew up (20) California in Strawberry Valley. The only good news that hyperback Jahvid Best is OK after that nasty looking hit he took going into the endzone.

(21) Wisconsin was the victim of another Indiana failed comeback.

(22) NOTRE DAME LOST TO NAVY AT HOME FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW!!!!!!!!1 The Jimmy Clausen Heisman Hope Train is derailed once again. By the way, Clausen's pushing and shoving and jawing at one of the Navy Defensive players after a pick was just embarrassing. The arrogant asshole quotient on that guy reads at least 54 kilo-kanyes.

(23) Virginia Tech won a boring game against East Carolina.

(24) Oklahoma threw 5 picks against the blackshirts of Nebraska and now the Oklahoma fall from the grace is complete.

(25) BYU obliterated Wyoming.

The rest of what matters:
NC State is showing signs of life after beating Maryland who has been legally dead for at least the last 5 weeks. UNC shut down Duke who still needs 1 win to be bowl eligible. Clemson handed FSU another tough loss. Kansas State beat Kansas returning the sunflower state back to normal. Colorado's O-line must have been protesting something because they gave up 8 sacks yet the Buffs still won over TAMU. Baylor shocked Mizzou. West Virginia beat Louisville in yawnfest to stay undefeated at home. I was a little wrong... Michigan State annihalated Western Michigan. Purdue BWAHAHAHAHA'd Michigan in the Big House. The fighting Zookers beat Minnesota which keeps him off the hot seat for anouther 168 hours. UCLA clipped Washington at home. Arkansas smashed South Carolina. Georgia dismantled Tennessee Tech. Kentucky ran over Eastern Kenutcky. Auburn went bananas of Furman. Tennessee found their offense against Memphis. Finally, Ole Miss whooped Northern Arizona in this week's "Why the hell are they playing each other" matchup.

3 comments:

  1. Yet again you hate on Ohio State. It's fine, they thrive on the hate and they thrive in big game situations. They may be the best team in the nation in big games. They will roll through Iowa and go to the Rose Bowl.

    Oh, and Terrelle Pryor is not overrated, he just hasn't been turned loose yet.

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  2. Jeff we appreciate your comment but Ohio State is not remotely close to the "best team in the nation in big games." Not even close. I'll let the numbers talk for me:

    2006 National Championship
    UF 41 OSU 14
    2007 NC
    LSU 38 OSU 24
    2008 @ #1 USC
    USC 35 OSU 3
    2008 home vs. #3 Penn State
    PSU 13 OSU 6
    2009 Fiesta Bowl
    Texas 24 OSU 21
    2009 Home vs. #3 USC
    USC 18 OSU 15

    You haven't beaten a top 10 team since 2006 and you are something to the effect of 2-9 this decade against top ten teams this decade. It's OK to be a fanatical fan who likes to say crazy things about your team just show how "jacked up" a fan base is... I see that with Notre Dame every single day... but that is a bit much.

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  3. Jeff,

    I'm not sure why you're actively seeking my (or anyone else's) approval from this site. I'm pretty sure I have solidly laid out that an endorsement by me is a jinx. If anything, you owe me a kickback for pulling against OSU all year.

    - Iroquois

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