| Well, I had my College Game of the Month going this | | | | in all of football - college or pro. Just three short days |
| weekend and was treated to three-plus hours of | | | | later Pete Carroll and Co. were ambushed in Corvallis. |
| frustration, angst and general feelings of dread. I | | | | Great call.- Florida State is just 7-9 over the course |
| took Missouri laying just a couple of points at home | | | | of its last 16 games. They have the same problem as |
| against a ho-hum Oklahoma team. The Tigers | | | | Miami - too many head cases and pure athletes and |
| proceeded to lay a fantastic egg, losing 26-10 in front | | | | not enough refined players. Throw in the fact that |
| of 60,000 disappointed fans.This game definitely | | | | they've both whiffed on their quarterback signings |
| doesn't count as a bad beat, but I still feel like I was | | | | over the past five years and you have two |
| on the right side on this one. Yes, I may be delusional. | | | | mediocre programs.- This one is courtesy of Stuart |
| But I'm taking pills and whiskey for that. However, | | | | Mandel, and it explains why Notre Dame may be the |
| there were four separate sequences that doomed | | | | most overrated team in football:"In 2005, Notre |
| us. And if one of these had gone the other way | | | | Dame finished 10th nationally in total offense. This |
| things likely would've been different:1) Missouri's first | | | | year it's 34th. The Irish have gone from eighth in |
| drive, Chase Daniel hit Greg Bracey up the left | | | | scoring offense to 37th. Quinn, the nation's |
| sideline for 46 yards. Bracey barely stepped out of | | | | seventh-rated passer last season, has slipped to 34th. |
| bounds at the 26-yard line and Mizzou had to settle | | | | Walker, who averaged 99.7 yards per game and 4.7 |
| for a field goal. A touchdown on the opening drive | | | | yards per carry in '05, is averaging 82.7 and 4.1 in |
| may have opened the floodgates.2) After a | | | | '06."Notre Dame has improved on defense, allowing |
| three-and-out on OU's first drive, Missouri took the | | | | 64 fewer yards per game than it did last year (332.7, |
| ball and then suffered the blunder that changed the | | | | down from 396.9), but its ranking has only gone up |
| game. Tight end Chase Coffman dropped - and when | | | | from 75th to 61st. In terms of scoring defense, the |
| I say dropped think Robin Williams in "The Best of | | | | Irish have actually gone down, from 53rd to 65th."- |
| Times" - what would have been a sure touchdown. | | | | You can't say enough about how completely |
| That score would've made it 10-0 and would have | | | | dominant Michigan's defense is.- If Ohio State had to |
| opened the floodgates.3) Trailing 16-3 at halftime, the | | | | travel to Austin to face Texas right now I think the |
| Tigers scored in under two minutes the first time | | | | result might be a bit different than what it was in |
| they got the ball in the third quarter. It's now 16-10 | | | | September. The main reason: the maturation of Colt |
| and Missouri's defense forced another three-and-out. | | | | McCoy. The young colt has the benefit of playing on |
| The Sooners punted and the kick was fielded at | | | | a veteran squad, but he's still two touchdowns away |
| midfield. The Tigers would have had the ball in OU | | | | from tying the school record for touchdown passes |
| territory with all the momentum. But an atrocious | | | | (24).- Boston College held Buffalo to -12 rushing yards. |
| roughing-the-kicker penalty occurred when the punter | | | | The Bulls top runner had just one yard on nine |
| landed on an idiotic Missouri rusher. Oklahoma scored | | | | carries. I also protest that B.C. may be the ACC's |
| on the extended drive to go up 23-10 and things | | | | best team.- Flip a coin to determine the best team in |
| were looking bleak.4) However, even after that | | | | the MAC.- I didn't have a strong feeling either way |
| disheartening drive the Tigers marched down to the | | | | about last week's Clemson-Virginia Tech game. But |
| Oklahoma 1-yard line. However, four terrible play calls | | | | after taking one look at the crowd about five |
| (why keep going to the short side of the field?) the | | | | minutes before their primetime match-up, I ran to my |
| Tigers were stuffed and the game was essentially | | | | computer and made a wager on the Hokies. Clemson |
| over.Again, a loss is a loss and I do apologize. | | | | really never stood a chance in that game, and |
| However, I'm trying to look at it like that was a | | | | Blacksburg is still intimidating.- You know those |
| game that should have went our way but didn't. That | | | | elements and that wind that dominated the Western |
| means that the Gambling Gods have something big in | | | | Michigan-Eastern Michigan game, holding it to 3-3 at |
| store for us down the road, and hopefully we may | | | | halftime and sending it easily under the projected |
| end up winning a game that we shouldn't.But I'll still | | | | 42-point total? I expected that to be the situation |
| kick Chase Coffman in the nuts if I ever see him on | | | | throughout the Great Lakes states this weekend, but |
| the street.Anyway, here are some random, | | | | it wasn't so.The weather clearly was a factor this |
| scattered thoughts for a bittersweet weekend of | | | | weekend, as the total posted just a 22-29 mark.- |
| college football:- Two things are going to keep Florida | | | | Where did Washington State come from? |
| from playing for a national championship or winning | | | | Quarterback Alex Brink is having an outstanding |
| their major bowl game. No. 1: they take | | | | season and has the Cougars at No. 25 in the AP poll |
| waaaaaaaaaay too many penalties. Bettors need to | | | | and No. 23 in the BCS standings. They are raking it at |
| always beware the sloppy team. No. 2: their kicker is | | | | 6-3 ATS, and have only lost SU to powerhouses |
| horrendous. Chris Hetland is just 1-for-7 on the | | | | Auburn, USC and Cal.- Bad beat for Baylor backers. |
| season, and may lose his job.- The number of wide | | | | They were down 24-21 and Texas A&M seemed |
| receivers averaging more than 100 yards per game | | | | perfectly content to run out the clock before Mike |
| has dropped from 34 in 2005 to 17 in 2006. The | | | | Goodson broke a 64-yard touchdown run with just |
| number of running backs averaging 100 yards has | | | | two minutes to play.- Kudos to San Jose State. The |
| also been cut in half, from 12 last year to six this | | | | Spartans have benefited from a kindergarten |
| year.- I'm calling it right now: neither Louisville nor | | | | schedule (five home games to two away games) en |
| West Virginia are going to run the table in the Big | | | | route to a 5-2 SU start. However, the schedule is |
| East. Clearly one of them will lose on Thursday. But | | | | going to beef up over the next three weeks and |
| both also have to travel to Pittsburgh and neither has | | | | we'll see how they handle three Tecmo Bowl |
| faced Rutgers yet, either. Toss in tricky games | | | | offenses in New Mexico State, Boise State and |
| against teams like Cincinnati and South Florida and I | | | | Hawaii.- Speaking of the Rainbow Warriors, Hawaii is |
| think both WVU and Louisville will lose and one of | | | | the new Boise State. The Warriors are just |
| them will have two losses.- There were 21 games | | | | dominating people, posting a 5-1-1 ATS mark in the |
| last week where a favorite was posted at six points | | | | meantime. The Broncos, on the other hand, are 8-0 |
| or less. The underdogs went an outstanding 11-10 | | | | and looking to crash the BCS party but they are just |
| straight up in those games. On the whole, underdogs | | | | 3-4 ATS.- I would say that Texas Christian's 26-3 |
| were just 26-25 ATS.- USC had been flashing all the | | | | demolition of Wyoming was one of the more |
| signs of a fading team for weeks. With six-point wins | | | | impressive performances of the weekend. TCU is |
| over Washington State and Washington, and a | | | | 5-2, but are just sixth in the Mountain West. With a |
| seven-point victory over Arizona State, the Trojans | | | | favorable schedule in November, look for these |
| were stumbling like Drago right before he got | | | | Horny Frogs to get hot.Questions or comments for |
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