Dull week to finish off October... unless you go to Oregon. Or Boise State, for that matter.
(1) Florida dismantled Georgia at the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Joe Cox threw eleventy billion INTs, Tim Tebow broke the all time rushing TD record and the Gators clinched the SEC East crown with a month still to play. Florida's offense looked leaps and bounds better than in previous weeks and Tebow reactivated the deep passing game. No word if this will be a trend, because UGA's defense features a pillow-like toughness aspect. It's a long trip back to Athens from Jacksonville and the for the 17th time in 20 years, it was just a little bit longer.
(3) Texas buried (14) Oklahoma State alive in Stillwater. It wasn't the Longhorn offense that was excellent, it was the defense that didn't let the Cowboys do anything. Will Muschamp didn't really need to, but he blitzed time and time again and made Zac Robinson regret the day he decided to play football instead of going to art class. Texas now is guaranteed a free run to the Big XII championship game now that the Cowboys have rolled over.
(4) Iowa continued to baffle the college football universe by defeated Indiana by what looks to be a commanding score. However in the 3rd quarter, Indiana was up 21-7 and on the Iowa 5 yard line. Then came a pick 6 that bounced off of 4 people before it fell into a running Hawkeye's hands. Iowa didn't look back from there. They still have Ohio State, so let's not sign off of the undefeated season just yet. (Did I just put faith in Terrelle Pryor?)
(5) USC's overrated-ness finally caught up to them as (10) Oregon handily defeated them. Their annual in-conference loss to a bad team finally caught up to as they ran into another legit team in their conference. It wasn't just that Oregon won, it's that Oregon wiped the floor with USC. It was so bad, Pete Carroll even looked slightly visibly angry. Oregon ran for more than 350 yards and the USC defense spent most of the day bend over a barrel waiting for it all just to end. Finally we can declare USC overrated with clear evidence. As for Oregon, I think we can say that they are back on track after their hiccup in week 1.
(6) TCU continues their march to being undefeated by running over UNLV and then backing the car up and then parking over their lifeless skulls. TCU has San Diego State next week (easy win) and then a huge game with Utah. Utah is the last hope to take them down. After reading that sentence, how sick did you just get?
Rest of the Top 25:
(7) Boise State blew up San Jose State. Unlike TCU, there is no game in Boise's future that could be a loss.
(8) Cincinnati took care of Syracuse in what could only be described as "meh" style. 28-7 is a win, but Syracuse is just not a good team. Yet again, we have another unbeaten. However Cincy's path is a tricky one: They still have West Virginia and they finish at Pitt.
(9) LSU crushed Tulane 42-0. LSU needed to get their offense on the tracks again (granted it was Tulane's defense) before they got to the game with Alabama next week. Remember that if LSU wins, they get to backdoor the SEC championship game. Yes, gay double entendre intended... they probably shouldn't go even if they do beat 'Bama.
(11) Georgia Tech was in a dogfight with Vandy for a while, but eventually the inevitability of the triple option's success wore down the Commodore defense. I have been told Josh Nesbitt is a dark horse for the Heisman. We'll talk about that if GT runs the table here on out.
(12) Penn State took 3 quarters to finally remember that they left the parking brake on. It was 13-13 going into the 4th quarter and then Penn State struck for 3 TDs in a very short amount of time to take care of Northwestern.
(13) Virginia Tech, on Thursday, was stunned by North Carolina at home by a last second FG. We should all remember how terrible UNC was a few years ago, and now realize that Butch Davis is sick recruiter/coach. They have turned around fully and quickly with a terrifying defense and an "ACC blandness central committee" approved offense.
(16) Utah had more trouble than you'd like to see a team who is the last hope to take out TCU have with Wyoming. They were down 10-9 going into the fourth quarter before getting 13 on the board.
(17) Ohio State finally scored more than 40 points! Yay! The Terrelle Pryor Overrated Watch Sponsored by M. Night Shyamalan will stay at "Capri Sun Juices" thanks to a slightly productive game. He was still below 50% in completions and did not "Wow" anyone at all, but he didn't turn the ball over. So we keep the Watch at "Capri Sun Juices."
(19) Miami survived a legit season ending upset bid from Wake Forest. Miami was down 27-14 going into the 4th quarter, but then Jacory Harris went into "Shaft" mode and busted some motherfuckas. Remember that while Georgia Tech can win out to take the ACC Coastal crown, Miami did beat them. A GT loss equals a Miami opportunity to literally play in front of hundreds of people at the ACC Championship game.
(21) West Virginia lost to South Florida in Tampa. This is bad for both schools. Bad for WVU because it is a loss. Bad for USF because now they will think they are good again.
(22) South Carolina got embarrassed by Tennessee. Man did Tennessee look stupid in those black uniforms. I mean really stupid. Not stupid as in: "I hate Tennessee and thus I hate whatever they do." No, that is hardly it. That orange color is puke orange and is terrible and I thought that any attempt to cover it or replace it would be welcomed. Well, black was not the replacement we were looking for, ladies and gentlemen. Oh yeah, South Carolina losing means UF wins the SEC East a month early.
(23) Notre Dame blew out a team (technically) on the road so I guess we should wheel out the Jimmy Clausen Heisman Hope Train again. Worse still about this, it was against Washington State who would have trouble stopping a Pop Warner team. About the JCHHT, I have a theory. Notre Dame has no shot at a BCS game. So all the Irish have is the "maybe" hope that Clausen can somehow get accidentally put on the ballot and then have some hanging chads and maybe win due to strange circumstances (all the SEC voters decided to vote for... let's say... Jevan Snead.
It took 59 minutes and 40 seconds but (24) Cal completed their comeback over Arizona State.
(25) Ole Miss experienced one of those regular and totally normal Houston Nutt failures wherein he loses to an inferior in-conference team. Good night, Ole Miss. It was real and all, but we both knew you weren't #4 in the country.
The rest of everything:
Did you ever think you'd see the day when FSU would have to score late in a shootout with N.C. State just to get back to 4-4? Neither did we, and neither did we see Duke being 5-3 (3-1 in conference!) after beating Virginia. Clemson surprised no one by blowing out a school called "Coastal Carolina" which suggested that the school should be made of sand and the football players have shells instead of helmets. Boston College ran over Central Michigan who already used their one win over a BCS school already this year. Nebraska got back on track thanks to the fact that they got to play Baylor. Mizzou smashed Colorado. Texas A&M ran over Iowa State. Texas Tech demolished Kansas which brings the Fightin' Manginos (mascot: Econo-sized bag of Ranch Dipped Fried Cheese Balls) back to complete mediocrity (at least basketball starts soon). Oklahoma had a touch of trouble with Kansas State, but pulled it off. Rutgers got a late TD to beat an emotional UCONN. Louisville had a handful with Arkansas State. WisCANsin smahed Purdue to pieces. Illinois woke up the offense to hang 500 yards (and 38 points) on Michigan. Michigan State found a new way to lose a heartbreaker: This time it was the refs forgetting the rules of football (if you are laying on your back with the football... you are down, right?) Temple proved how much they hate America by beating Navy on a late TD. Oregon State continued UCLA's march to terribleness. Arkansas went nuts on Eastern Michigan early, but the EMUs pushed back in the second half at least. Finally, Mississippi State edged Kentucky in the SEC "blah" matchup of the week.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Final Word for College Football Week 6
Here's your weekly college football rundown for teams that matter in case you missed something here or there:
(1) Florida walked into Tiger Stadium and dismantled (4) LSU's offense. Completely and totally. LSU's offense could not move the ball when they needed to as the Gator D-line was a permanent fixture in the Tiger backfield. Florida had more than 3 times more plays on their opponents side of the field. 13-3 was the final, but it easily could have been much higher. A missed FG, a decision to not take an easy FG and a Rush Limbaugh-esque conservative offensive gameplan limited the scoring. Remember, UF outgained LSU's total yards more than 2 to 1. Frankly, UF played a perfect game because they preserved Tebow's health, they dominated LSU at the point of attack and they crushed the Tiger offense on all but one drive.
(2) Texas toyed with their prey from Colorado. Colorado even had the lead for a while, but Texas eventually decided to wake up, brush their teeth, have a light and nutritious breakfast and then murder in cold blood Colorado with a pair of lopping shears in the second half.
(3) Alabama embarrassed (20) Ole Miss in Oxford. Something must be mentioned about Alabama's terrifying defense. Yes, Ole Miss's Offense was transparent. Jevan Snead had a Casey Dick with Houston Nutt coaching-like stat line of 11/34 140 yards with 0 TDs and 4 INTs. But this is what you get with Nutt at the helm. I predicted an Ole Miss win, but I wasn't shocked to see their offense decide to not leave the locker room. Frankly, I was impressed with the Rebs defense, because this game should have been a 40 point blow out.
(5) Virginia Tech looked fabulous against BC. BC finally got a touchdown, but by then they were already down by 34 points. Their second TD was in severe garbage time. For Va Tech, they didn't have to force Tyrod Taylor to win the game, he played reasonably well and so the Hokies played a good game wherein they looked good.
(9) Ohio State looked terrible but still won over previously undefeated WisCANsin. The Terrelle Pryor Overrated Watch has been raised from "rubbing one's facial hair while taking a deep breath" to "people are starting to make pamphlets stating the theoretical case that he could be overrated." Seriously. In a 31-13 rout, OSU won on a kickoff return, a pick six and two missed FGs. WisCANsin should have won as Ohio State had 184 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE! Terrelle Pryor made his case for the Badger's MVP by going 5/13 for 87 yards with a TD and an INT.
Rest of the Top 25:
(10) TCU did the usual non-BCS powerhouse thing and had trouble with an average-at best in conference opponent.
(11) Miami obliterated FAMU with long play after long play.
(12) Iowa beat a still overrated Michigan (yes, they aren't ranked but they are still overrated) team that wound up pulling out wunderkid Tate Forcier for the shoe knowledge challenged wunderkid Denard Robinson. It didn't matter much as Corn survived a late push.
(13) Oregon had a little bit of trouble with UCLA. Quick note on UCLA: Their offense is miserable.
(14) Penn State ran over Eastern Illinois with a semi truck, backed it up over them, ran over them again and then parked over them.
(15) Oklahoma State had considered trouble with Texas A&M. Dez Bryant was ineligible and injuries were hurting them, but Okie Doke St. should have crushed this TAMU team that is not that good.
(16) Kansas needed to pass for 1000 yards to beat Iowa State, who appears to be better than most expected. Note: The expectations they are better than could be summed up as: "We expect them to at least show up, on time, for each game."
Arkansas beat (17) Auburn in a battle between two teams that run their own brands of a high flying spread offense variant. This is only worth a mention because thirty years ago they may have only combined for 10 passes due to two offenses that were as power-run centric as they came.
(18) BYU crushed UNLV. Isn't it funny that the Mormons from BYU almost always have to travel to Sin City every year without fail? I wonder if they have to stay in isolation chambers carried in by semi trucks from Provo.
Sam Bradford returned for (19) Oklahoma to pass for almost 400 yards on Baylor. The Bears certainly put up more fight than some thought (I thought the UN would need a binding resolution to end the game early) and OU scoring only 33 points is a rather subdued event. Next week will be fun.
On Thursday (21) Nebraska won at (24) Mizzou in what can only be described as "What a football game would have looked like during the Biblical flood." Mizzou was overrated, we knew that, but it proved that their version of the spread can't work in the rain. You need to be able to have a reliable running game if you run the pure spread (see: Florida, Oregon).
(22) Georgia Tech may have finally be the one to put the sword through FSU and Bobby Bowden's heart. FSU's offense was very good, but their defense looked confused, tired and routinely decided they were morally opposed to tackling.
(25) South Carolina escaped a loss to Kentucky thanks to a failed 2 point conversion late in the 4th.
The rest of everything:
UNC got 6 TOs from Georgia Southern. Virginia set Indiana on fire and walked away like they in the movies. Duke is halfway to a bowl... NC St. is still halfway to a bowl. Riley Skinner keeps his NFL dreams alive (thus preventing him from his destiny in gay porn) by leading Wake over Maryland on his own. Texas Tech may have found their new QB, Steven Sheffield, who passed for 7 TDs on K-State (he was even pulled in the 4th before another TD pass). West Virginia continues Greg Paulus's woes as Syracuse's QB. Rutgers silently is now 4-1. The Wannstaches beat UCONN thanks to a late rally. Louisville is still terrible but they beat Southern Miss. Northwestern beat down Miami (OH). Minnesota cruised past Purdue. Sparty ran over Illinois... only now are people questioning if the Zooker is on the hot seat. Washington State beat Ariz... yeah right... Arizona State handled Wazzu. Oregon State's offense looked good against Stanford. Washington stormed back to beat Arizona. Vandy got embarrassed by Army, but good for the Cadets, they deserve to win (halfway to a bowl...). Miss. St. kept it close with Houston but couldn't pull off the win. Finally, Tennessee obliterated Georgia, which is completely embarrassing for UGA and gives a good deal of false hope to Tennessee. That is always good for someone who hates both of them.
(1) Florida walked into Tiger Stadium and dismantled (4) LSU's offense. Completely and totally. LSU's offense could not move the ball when they needed to as the Gator D-line was a permanent fixture in the Tiger backfield. Florida had more than 3 times more plays on their opponents side of the field. 13-3 was the final, but it easily could have been much higher. A missed FG, a decision to not take an easy FG and a Rush Limbaugh-esque conservative offensive gameplan limited the scoring. Remember, UF outgained LSU's total yards more than 2 to 1. Frankly, UF played a perfect game because they preserved Tebow's health, they dominated LSU at the point of attack and they crushed the Tiger offense on all but one drive.
(2) Texas toyed with their prey from Colorado. Colorado even had the lead for a while, but Texas eventually decided to wake up, brush their teeth, have a light and nutritious breakfast and then murder in cold blood Colorado with a pair of lopping shears in the second half.
(3) Alabama embarrassed (20) Ole Miss in Oxford. Something must be mentioned about Alabama's terrifying defense. Yes, Ole Miss's Offense was transparent. Jevan Snead had a Casey Dick with Houston Nutt coaching-like stat line of 11/34 140 yards with 0 TDs and 4 INTs. But this is what you get with Nutt at the helm. I predicted an Ole Miss win, but I wasn't shocked to see their offense decide to not leave the locker room. Frankly, I was impressed with the Rebs defense, because this game should have been a 40 point blow out.
(5) Virginia Tech looked fabulous against BC. BC finally got a touchdown, but by then they were already down by 34 points. Their second TD was in severe garbage time. For Va Tech, they didn't have to force Tyrod Taylor to win the game, he played reasonably well and so the Hokies played a good game wherein they looked good.
(9) Ohio State looked terrible but still won over previously undefeated WisCANsin. The Terrelle Pryor Overrated Watch has been raised from "rubbing one's facial hair while taking a deep breath" to "people are starting to make pamphlets stating the theoretical case that he could be overrated." Seriously. In a 31-13 rout, OSU won on a kickoff return, a pick six and two missed FGs. WisCANsin should have won as Ohio State had 184 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE! Terrelle Pryor made his case for the Badger's MVP by going 5/13 for 87 yards with a TD and an INT.
Rest of the Top 25:
(10) TCU did the usual non-BCS powerhouse thing and had trouble with an average-at best in conference opponent.
(11) Miami obliterated FAMU with long play after long play.
(12) Iowa beat a still overrated Michigan (yes, they aren't ranked but they are still overrated) team that wound up pulling out wunderkid Tate Forcier for the shoe knowledge challenged wunderkid Denard Robinson. It didn't matter much as Corn survived a late push.
(13) Oregon had a little bit of trouble with UCLA. Quick note on UCLA: Their offense is miserable.
(14) Penn State ran over Eastern Illinois with a semi truck, backed it up over them, ran over them again and then parked over them.
(15) Oklahoma State had considered trouble with Texas A&M. Dez Bryant was ineligible and injuries were hurting them, but Okie Doke St. should have crushed this TAMU team that is not that good.
(16) Kansas needed to pass for 1000 yards to beat Iowa State, who appears to be better than most expected. Note: The expectations they are better than could be summed up as: "We expect them to at least show up, on time, for each game."
Arkansas beat (17) Auburn in a battle between two teams that run their own brands of a high flying spread offense variant. This is only worth a mention because thirty years ago they may have only combined for 10 passes due to two offenses that were as power-run centric as they came.
(18) BYU crushed UNLV. Isn't it funny that the Mormons from BYU almost always have to travel to Sin City every year without fail? I wonder if they have to stay in isolation chambers carried in by semi trucks from Provo.
Sam Bradford returned for (19) Oklahoma to pass for almost 400 yards on Baylor. The Bears certainly put up more fight than some thought (I thought the UN would need a binding resolution to end the game early) and OU scoring only 33 points is a rather subdued event. Next week will be fun.
On Thursday (21) Nebraska won at (24) Mizzou in what can only be described as "What a football game would have looked like during the Biblical flood." Mizzou was overrated, we knew that, but it proved that their version of the spread can't work in the rain. You need to be able to have a reliable running game if you run the pure spread (see: Florida, Oregon).
(22) Georgia Tech may have finally be the one to put the sword through FSU and Bobby Bowden's heart. FSU's offense was very good, but their defense looked confused, tired and routinely decided they were morally opposed to tackling.
(25) South Carolina escaped a loss to Kentucky thanks to a failed 2 point conversion late in the 4th.
The rest of everything:
UNC got 6 TOs from Georgia Southern. Virginia set Indiana on fire and walked away like they in the movies. Duke is halfway to a bowl... NC St. is still halfway to a bowl. Riley Skinner keeps his NFL dreams alive (thus preventing him from his destiny in gay porn) by leading Wake over Maryland on his own. Texas Tech may have found their new QB, Steven Sheffield, who passed for 7 TDs on K-State (he was even pulled in the 4th before another TD pass). West Virginia continues Greg Paulus's woes as Syracuse's QB. Rutgers silently is now 4-1. The Wannstaches beat UCONN thanks to a late rally. Louisville is still terrible but they beat Southern Miss. Northwestern beat down Miami (OH). Minnesota cruised past Purdue. Sparty ran over Illinois... only now are people questioning if the Zooker is on the hot seat. Washington State beat Ariz... yeah right... Arizona State handled Wazzu. Oregon State's offense looked good against Stanford. Washington stormed back to beat Arizona. Vandy got embarrassed by Army, but good for the Cadets, they deserve to win (halfway to a bowl...). Miss. St. kept it close with Houston but couldn't pull off the win. Finally, Tennessee obliterated Georgia, which is completely embarrassing for UGA and gives a good deal of false hope to Tennessee. That is always good for someone who hates both of them.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Final Word for College Football Week 5
By Slate Quicksilver
Here's your weekly college football rundown for teams that matter in case you missed something here or there:
(1) Florida and (2) beat their respective byes by a total of 639 points. Critics claim they were running up the score.
(3) Alabama had issues at Kentucky in the first half, but scoring 2 TDs in 19 seconds before the half opened that game up very quickly. Kentucky has no QB. At all. 'Bama, on the other hand, looks very strong and very deserving of being a top 5 team.
(4) LSU went between hedges to (18) Georgia and pulled a miracle out of thin air. 3 TDs were exchanged in the last 3 minutes of the game with LSU scoring the last one. You have to wonder if the Tigers were looking ahead to next week's battle with UF. On Georgia's end, their running game clearly has not found a replacement for Knowshon Moreno despite getting their O-line nice and healthy.
(5) Boise State did not meet the expectations everyone had against UC Davis. UC Davis is a D2 school, Boise State is supposedly one of the few true powerhouses in a non BCS conference. Yes, they won and maybe UC Davis is good, but the #5 country in the nation should NEVER have issues with a D2 school even if it is the former D2 national champion. Right, Michigan?
(6) Virginia Tech continues our disappointment trend with their 8 point win against Duke. Yes, a win is nice. But Duke should never come with 20 points of a D1 school. Tyrod Taylor looked miserable and their Defense let up several long plays to white nerdy Duke receivers. That was both funny and a let down for the #6 team.
(7) USC ran over (24) Cal. I guess it didn't matter that Cal lost last week to an Oregon team that was wielding a battle axe and a kite shield. Even if Cal won, USC probably still would have pantsed them at home in front all of their friends and family. Jahvid Best had 47 yards on 13 carries. Not good for the best RB in the nation if you ask me.
Rest of the top 25:
(8) Oklahoma had (17) Miami on the ropes early, but Miami ratcheted up their D and Landry Jones (an awesome name for a QB in the Big XII... with an awesome mustache by the way) couldn't lead the comeback. Da U went 3-1 through their death-run/blood gauntlet which is very much worth a pat on the back, an "attaboy!" and a beer.
(9) Ohio State beat Indiana in unspectacular and boring fashion. The Terrelle Pryor Overrated Watch has been raised from "one eyebrow raised" to "rubbing one's facial hair while taking a deep breath."
At one time (10) Cincy was only up 23-13 to Miami (OH), but they realized their offense wasn't plugged in properly for the first three quarters.
(11) TCU dismantled SMU with no one being surprised.
(12) Houston took on the real markings of a C-USA team by losing an in-conference game after shocking two out of conference teams.
(13) Iowa made things more interesting than it had to be against Arkansas State, but is now 5-0.
(15) Penn State crushed Illinois to bounce back from their loss to Iowa.
(16) Oregon vivisected Washington State (as most teams do) and left them for dead to be eaten by wolves.
(21) Ole Miss had more trouble with Vandy than most thought. They should expect a win next week against Alabama. Welcome to the Houston Nutt Era.
(22) Michigan was completely rocked and dominated by Michigan State for 3 and a half quarters, scored 14 points in the last 4 minutes and then screwed up in overtime. MSU, as this website has maintained, is better than their record. Michigan, as this website has also maintained, has been overrated. So this was not a shock.
(25) Georgia Tech beat a potentially improving Mississippi State team.
The rest of everything:
Maryland survived Clemson. Virginia perplexingly beat UNC. BC nearly screwed the pooch but held on against FSU. Wake dodged NC State. Colorado continues its quest to be bad enough to finally fire Dan Hawkins. K-State blocked an extra point to beat Iowa State. TTech went nuts on New Mexico. Baylor is halfway to a bowl after beating Kent State. Texas A&M forgot to show up against Arkansas. Greg Paulus threw 5 INTs to lead Syracuse to a loss to USF. The Wannstache beat down Louisville. WisCANsin won Paul Bunyan's axe over Minny. Northwestern got a last second TD against Purdue to win. Don't look now but Stanford is 4-1 after beating UCLA. Notre Dame beat Washington in OT but certainly didn't deserve it. Oregon State beat Arizona State. South Carolina beat South Carolina State soundly (and according to the ESPN.com one line summary is "off to best start since 2007". 2007!). Finally, Auburn continues the fun train with a win over the inbreds... I mean Tennessee. Note: As of now, Lane Kiffin has sang "rocky top" "all night long" exactly two times this year out of 5 chances.
Here's your weekly college football rundown for teams that matter in case you missed something here or there:
(1) Florida and (2) beat their respective byes by a total of 639 points. Critics claim they were running up the score.
(3) Alabama had issues at Kentucky in the first half, but scoring 2 TDs in 19 seconds before the half opened that game up very quickly. Kentucky has no QB. At all. 'Bama, on the other hand, looks very strong and very deserving of being a top 5 team.
(4) LSU went between hedges to (18) Georgia and pulled a miracle out of thin air. 3 TDs were exchanged in the last 3 minutes of the game with LSU scoring the last one. You have to wonder if the Tigers were looking ahead to next week's battle with UF. On Georgia's end, their running game clearly has not found a replacement for Knowshon Moreno despite getting their O-line nice and healthy.
(5) Boise State did not meet the expectations everyone had against UC Davis. UC Davis is a D2 school, Boise State is supposedly one of the few true powerhouses in a non BCS conference. Yes, they won and maybe UC Davis is good, but the #5 country in the nation should NEVER have issues with a D2 school even if it is the former D2 national champion. Right, Michigan?
(6) Virginia Tech continues our disappointment trend with their 8 point win against Duke. Yes, a win is nice. But Duke should never come with 20 points of a D1 school. Tyrod Taylor looked miserable and their Defense let up several long plays to white nerdy Duke receivers. That was both funny and a let down for the #6 team.
(7) USC ran over (24) Cal. I guess it didn't matter that Cal lost last week to an Oregon team that was wielding a battle axe and a kite shield. Even if Cal won, USC probably still would have pantsed them at home in front all of their friends and family. Jahvid Best had 47 yards on 13 carries. Not good for the best RB in the nation if you ask me.
Rest of the top 25:
(8) Oklahoma had (17) Miami on the ropes early, but Miami ratcheted up their D and Landry Jones (an awesome name for a QB in the Big XII... with an awesome mustache by the way) couldn't lead the comeback. Da U went 3-1 through their death-run/blood gauntlet which is very much worth a pat on the back, an "attaboy!" and a beer.
(9) Ohio State beat Indiana in unspectacular and boring fashion. The Terrelle Pryor Overrated Watch has been raised from "one eyebrow raised" to "rubbing one's facial hair while taking a deep breath."
At one time (10) Cincy was only up 23-13 to Miami (OH), but they realized their offense wasn't plugged in properly for the first three quarters.
(11) TCU dismantled SMU with no one being surprised.
(12) Houston took on the real markings of a C-USA team by losing an in-conference game after shocking two out of conference teams.
(13) Iowa made things more interesting than it had to be against Arkansas State, but is now 5-0.
(15) Penn State crushed Illinois to bounce back from their loss to Iowa.
(16) Oregon vivisected Washington State (as most teams do) and left them for dead to be eaten by wolves.
(21) Ole Miss had more trouble with Vandy than most thought. They should expect a win next week against Alabama. Welcome to the Houston Nutt Era.
(22) Michigan was completely rocked and dominated by Michigan State for 3 and a half quarters, scored 14 points in the last 4 minutes and then screwed up in overtime. MSU, as this website has maintained, is better than their record. Michigan, as this website has also maintained, has been overrated. So this was not a shock.
(25) Georgia Tech beat a potentially improving Mississippi State team.
The rest of everything:
Maryland survived Clemson. Virginia perplexingly beat UNC. BC nearly screwed the pooch but held on against FSU. Wake dodged NC State. Colorado continues its quest to be bad enough to finally fire Dan Hawkins. K-State blocked an extra point to beat Iowa State. TTech went nuts on New Mexico. Baylor is halfway to a bowl after beating Kent State. Texas A&M forgot to show up against Arkansas. Greg Paulus threw 5 INTs to lead Syracuse to a loss to USF. The Wannstache beat down Louisville. WisCANsin won Paul Bunyan's axe over Minny. Northwestern got a last second TD against Purdue to win. Don't look now but Stanford is 4-1 after beating UCLA. Notre Dame beat Washington in OT but certainly didn't deserve it. Oregon State beat Arizona State. South Carolina beat South Carolina State soundly (and according to the ESPN.com one line summary is "off to best start since 2007". 2007!). Finally, Auburn continues the fun train with a win over the inbreds... I mean Tennessee. Note: As of now, Lane Kiffin has sang "rocky top" "all night long" exactly two times this year out of 5 chances.
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