illinois at [#1] ohio state
illinois : for the fighting illini, the juice is loose [hopefully, this doesn't end in a double murder]. the fighting illini played loose while the buckeyes played tight, which was more apparent as the game went into later stages of the game. as a result, it was a big win for the fighting illini and a bigger loss for the buckeyes. hopefully ron zook can recover from the concussion he suffered when he was inadvertently hit in the head with the gatorade cooler in an attempt to shower him with the non-carbonated sports drink.
ohio state : america can breathe another sigh of relief now that an inferior buckeyes team has been defeated. most people outside of ohio could see that they were not the best team in the country, and that the only reason that they were ranked number one is because they were undefeated in a bcs conference. at any rate, the game was decided when they couldn't stop the run on a drive that last over 8 minutes that included with 13 straight running plays.
[#4] kansas at oklahoma state
kansas : although the jayhawks have a quality offense, it is disconcerting that their defense allowed so many points to a cowboys team. their defense let the cowboys come within five points after having a huge lead, which could be a sign that they can be mentally weak. with this win, the jayhawks keep their hopes alive to make the bcs championship game.
oklahoma state : just because their coach is forty, it doesn't mean that their defensive players like old men. although in their defense, they played a team in the jayhawks that has a good offense. in the end, it wasn't enough to beat that jayhawks.
[#18] auburn at [#10] georgia
auburn : the tigers looked poised to take control of this game, then inexplicably forgot how to stop the run. against the bulldogs, their defense broke down and allowed more points than they had in their previous five games combined. it also didn't help that quarterback brandon cox threw four interceptions, although the tigers should come to expect that type of play from him.
georgia : since the bulldogs wanted to keep it a secret that they were going to wear black jerseys, they warmed up in their red jerseys and switched to the black ones right before the game. unfortunately, no one had told their kicker, as he struggled to change from his red jersey to his black one on the sideline. as for the game, when it looked like momentum was on the side of the tigers, freshman running back knowshon moreno took the game into his own hands and wore down the tigers' defense. in other news, uga vi is still as temperamental as ever.
arkansas at [#24] tennessee
arkansas : besides john parker wilson, has their been another quarterback who has made worse decisions than casey dick [yes, that is his real name]? it became so bad to the point that houston nutt benched dick, and replaced him with nathan emert, a sophomore with little experience, in one of the toughest places to play in college football. [read: houston nutt is not a smart coach.]
tennessee : it's surprising to see that the volunteers were successful in containing the run against the razorbacks, namely darren mcfadden. although mcfadden did rush for over 100 yards, the volunteers' sure tackling kept mcfadden from breaking tackles or gaining any yards after contact.
air force at notre dame
air force : the cadets simply stuck to their game plan and the fighting irish had no answer. they outplayed, overpowered and outcoached their opponent the entire game. with that being said, i still wonder how they can compete when they field a team with players who are all the same size.
notre dame : the fighting irish lost yet another game in south bend to run their 2007 home record to 0-6. they didn't seem too prepared against air force, as the cadets ran the option about 90% of the time, to which the fighting irish were ill-prepared to defend. for that, the coaches are to blame. the only way for this season to be any more embarrassing would be a loss to duke at home next week.
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12 November 2007
05 November 2007
college football in review: week ten [10]
navy at notre dame
navy : i've been trying to decide whether if navy were lucky or if they are simply better than notre dame. in the end, it really doesn't matter, as the midshipmen finally beat the fighting irish after 43 years. [by the way, i think it's more that they are better.]
notre dame : this may be the most embarassing loss for a team since the washington generals beat the harlem globetrotters. i'm still wondering why notre dame, after tying the game late in the 4th quarter, didn't decide to attempt a 41 yard field goal. with decisions like that, the fighting irish deserved to lose.
florida state at [#2] boston college
florida state : the seminoles did america a favor by defeating the screaming eagles and thus preventing them from going to the bcs championship. they won by playing well on both sides on the ball, mostly due to drew weatherford leading the offense and their defense getting timely stops and turnovers.
boston college : i doubt that many people believed that the screaming eagles were going to finish at number 2 in the bcs standings, so their loss this week didn't come as a surprise. matt ryan played poorly, but i suppose that everyone is entitled to an off-day. although i do hope that this does curtail any matt ryan for heisman campaigns and/or anyone in the media calling him 'matty heisman.'
[#3] lsu at [#17] alabama
lsu : the tigers seem to be the best team in the country, and they have the best player in college football [glen dorsey]. so it's a surprise to me that they always play in close games. i suppose that playing in close games doesn't mean that they aren't the best team, but it does say that they have plenty of flaws. against alabama, they were one 4th-and-4 away from losing. fortunately for the tigers, they converted the fourth down and won the game thanks in large part to a john parker wilson fumble.
alabama : i'm a certain that nick saban went home and punched holes in the wall right after this game. alabama had every chance to win this game, and played tight as the game got closer to its end. when it mattered, the lsu defense did not let the crimson tide move the ball down the field.
[#4] arizona state at [#5] oregon
arizona state : even though the sun devils came into the game the higher in the rankings, the ducks were always considered the better team. and it showed as the sun devils comparative inexperience to oregon showed. the good news is that they still only have one loss and their hopes to make the bcs championship game are still alive [barely].
oregon : the ducks called a brilliant game offensively. after scoring two touchdowns on swing passes, they throw a touchdown where they faked a swing pass only to throw to a receiver downfield. now that's what it means to get deep into a playbook. oregon is clearly the most consistent team in a strong pac-10 conference.
nebraska at [#8] kansas
nebraska : i think it's a safe bet that all of the returning players and coaches will be looking forward to next year's game against the jayhawks. not only will they want to avenge the loss on the field, but they also might be throwing molotov cocktails through the kansas players' hotel bedroom windows.
kansas : all i can say is that this was beatdown city. i don't know bill callahan slept with mark mangino's wife or what, but the jayhawks pulled a 'patriots' and just wanted to undress the cornhuskers.
navy : i've been trying to decide whether if navy were lucky or if they are simply better than notre dame. in the end, it really doesn't matter, as the midshipmen finally beat the fighting irish after 43 years. [by the way, i think it's more that they are better.]
notre dame : this may be the most embarassing loss for a team since the washington generals beat the harlem globetrotters. i'm still wondering why notre dame, after tying the game late in the 4th quarter, didn't decide to attempt a 41 yard field goal. with decisions like that, the fighting irish deserved to lose.
florida state at [#2] boston college
florida state : the seminoles did america a favor by defeating the screaming eagles and thus preventing them from going to the bcs championship. they won by playing well on both sides on the ball, mostly due to drew weatherford leading the offense and their defense getting timely stops and turnovers.
boston college : i doubt that many people believed that the screaming eagles were going to finish at number 2 in the bcs standings, so their loss this week didn't come as a surprise. matt ryan played poorly, but i suppose that everyone is entitled to an off-day. although i do hope that this does curtail any matt ryan for heisman campaigns and/or anyone in the media calling him 'matty heisman.'
[#3] lsu at [#17] alabama
lsu : the tigers seem to be the best team in the country, and they have the best player in college football [glen dorsey]. so it's a surprise to me that they always play in close games. i suppose that playing in close games doesn't mean that they aren't the best team, but it does say that they have plenty of flaws. against alabama, they were one 4th-and-4 away from losing. fortunately for the tigers, they converted the fourth down and won the game thanks in large part to a john parker wilson fumble.
alabama : i'm a certain that nick saban went home and punched holes in the wall right after this game. alabama had every chance to win this game, and played tight as the game got closer to its end. when it mattered, the lsu defense did not let the crimson tide move the ball down the field.
[#4] arizona state at [#5] oregon
arizona state : even though the sun devils came into the game the higher in the rankings, the ducks were always considered the better team. and it showed as the sun devils comparative inexperience to oregon showed. the good news is that they still only have one loss and their hopes to make the bcs championship game are still alive [barely].
oregon : the ducks called a brilliant game offensively. after scoring two touchdowns on swing passes, they throw a touchdown where they faked a swing pass only to throw to a receiver downfield. now that's what it means to get deep into a playbook. oregon is clearly the most consistent team in a strong pac-10 conference.
nebraska at [#8] kansas
nebraska : i think it's a safe bet that all of the returning players and coaches will be looking forward to next year's game against the jayhawks. not only will they want to avenge the loss on the field, but they also might be throwing molotov cocktails through the kansas players' hotel bedroom windows.
kansas : all i can say is that this was beatdown city. i don't know bill callahan slept with mark mangino's wife or what, but the jayhawks pulled a 'patriots' and just wanted to undress the cornhuskers.
17 September 2007
college football in review: week three [3]
notre dame at michigan
notre dame : the fighting irish could not do a thing against the wolverines. jimmy clausen didn't play like the greatest notre dame quarterback that some are projecting him to be. then again, he is only nineteen years old. when i was nineteen, i thought dvd's were just a fad. the rest of the team also played awful. the only good news for notre dame that i took from the game: charlie weis looks skinnier.
michigan : this win doesn't take lloyd carr off the hot seat. he still should be fired after this season. beating the irish at home would have been like beating appalachian state. and is chad henne rooting for or against ryan mallett to do well? because he looked good enough to be the starter even when henne comes back.
[#22] tennessee at [#5] florida
tennessee : the volunteers were unable to do anything against the gators when it mattered. this was a complete mismatch.
florida : it doesn't look like the gators have lost much from last year's national championship team. tim tebow continued his evolution as the white michael vick with this game. and after watching this game, i don't think there is a team with more speed than this one.
[#16] arkansas at alabama
arkansas : darren mcfadden is the best college football player this year. whenever he enters the draft, he will be the number one overall pick [unless something dumb happens]. though i didn't think arkansas should've been dropped from the polls since they barely lost to a now top-25 team, especially when louisville lost to a then unranked kentucky team.
alabama : what a great finish to this game. i suppose saban is worth all of the money that they are giving him, although people were saying the same thing about charlie weis just two years ago. by the way, my favorite nick saban nickname is 'o-saban been lying.'
[#9] louisville at kentucky
louisville : i think bobby petrino and the louisville fan base both wish that he was still the coach for the cardinals. as for heisman hopeful brian brohm, he played well, but it wasn't enough to overcome a shoddy defense.
kentucky : in andre woodson the wildcats might have the best nfl ready quarterback in college football [better than both brohm and brennan]. he is the primary reason as to why kentucky pulled off the upset in what was a truly exciting football game. i look forward to seeing what else kentucky can do this season.
[#1] usc at [#14] nebraska
usc : after the last week's [which will probably be a year long one] debate of lsu being number one, i think people slept on the fact that usc has a dominate football team. as the game was being played, everyone realized two things: [1] usc has an unlimited supply of running backs and [2] nebraska had no chance on defense. usc has too much depth at skill positions which they will use to wear down any defense.
nebraska : i actually thought nebraska had a legitimate chance to beat the trojans. they were playing at home and they have a fairly good team. instead, they got beat down. i should've remembered that bill callahan was the coach.
notre dame : the fighting irish could not do a thing against the wolverines. jimmy clausen didn't play like the greatest notre dame quarterback that some are projecting him to be. then again, he is only nineteen years old. when i was nineteen, i thought dvd's were just a fad. the rest of the team also played awful. the only good news for notre dame that i took from the game: charlie weis looks skinnier.
michigan : this win doesn't take lloyd carr off the hot seat. he still should be fired after this season. beating the irish at home would have been like beating appalachian state. and is chad henne rooting for or against ryan mallett to do well? because he looked good enough to be the starter even when henne comes back.
[#22] tennessee at [#5] florida
tennessee : the volunteers were unable to do anything against the gators when it mattered. this was a complete mismatch.
florida : it doesn't look like the gators have lost much from last year's national championship team. tim tebow continued his evolution as the white michael vick with this game. and after watching this game, i don't think there is a team with more speed than this one.
[#16] arkansas at alabama
arkansas : darren mcfadden is the best college football player this year. whenever he enters the draft, he will be the number one overall pick [unless something dumb happens]. though i didn't think arkansas should've been dropped from the polls since they barely lost to a now top-25 team, especially when louisville lost to a then unranked kentucky team.
alabama : what a great finish to this game. i suppose saban is worth all of the money that they are giving him, although people were saying the same thing about charlie weis just two years ago. by the way, my favorite nick saban nickname is 'o-saban been lying.'
[#9] louisville at kentucky
louisville : i think bobby petrino and the louisville fan base both wish that he was still the coach for the cardinals. as for heisman hopeful brian brohm, he played well, but it wasn't enough to overcome a shoddy defense.
kentucky : in andre woodson the wildcats might have the best nfl ready quarterback in college football [better than both brohm and brennan]. he is the primary reason as to why kentucky pulled off the upset in what was a truly exciting football game. i look forward to seeing what else kentucky can do this season.
[#1] usc at [#14] nebraska
usc : after the last week's [which will probably be a year long one] debate of lsu being number one, i think people slept on the fact that usc has a dominate football team. as the game was being played, everyone realized two things: [1] usc has an unlimited supply of running backs and [2] nebraska had no chance on defense. usc has too much depth at skill positions which they will use to wear down any defense.
nebraska : i actually thought nebraska had a legitimate chance to beat the trojans. they were playing at home and they have a fairly good team. instead, they got beat down. i should've remembered that bill callahan was the coach.