But this post, as if you didn’t know, is all about the great game of college football. I’m sad to say that this week featured a lot of mismatches and predictable outcomes; a few bright spots aside. Of course I say that (full disclosure here) having missed 3 picks this week. I play the ESPN College Pick Em’ game and after missing those 3 this week my percentage dropped to 90%. Last year I finished at 95%. I’ll try to do better.
It’s a good day to be from South Carolina I guess. Well, everyday is a good day in SC, but I’m talking college football here. Normally South Carolina is the place where football hopes go to die, but this year seems to be different. USC is ranked #12 and won; Clemson is #21 and just won a huge game (see below). And yes, in case you aren’t familiar with this blog I refer to the University of South Carolina as USC not USC as in the University of Southern California. I can’t wait till I flip on Monday Night Football one day and see a South Carolina player refer to his university as THE USC. Hahaha. Anyway, looks like this year may pay off for SC, we’ll see.
Let’s not get a delay of game and get right to it…
GAMES OF THE WEEK:
#7 Oklahoma State over #8 Texas A&M 30-29
Yes Sir! Now this was one of the games I miss-picked because I just went with the home team. I figured with all that 12th man swaying back and forth A&M would ‘protect this house’ and all. Guess not. But what a great game! A&M was up 20-3 at half but this one was really back and forth. Total yardage almost even, time of possession almost even, it was A&M turning the ball over 4 times to OSU’s 1 that made the difference. Talk about having a day though; the Cowboy’s QB Brandon Weeden went 47/60 for 438yds!!! and 2TDs with 0 picks. With all that throwing though OSU only managed 46 yards on the ground at an anemic 1.3 yard average. Am I alone in wanting to see Oklahoma State play Navy? One team refusing to pass the other refusing to run. It would be like watching two separate football games at once.
#2 LSU over #16 West Virginia 47-21
Accuse me of being lazy if you want, but this was one of the few matchups this week featuring two teams in the top 25. Not a close game and not a pretty one either. But, LSU had to go on the road and prove themselves against a much hyped West Virginia team. There was one interesting thing here that has me a little concerned about LSU going forward. They got killed in the stat lines! WV had 533 total yards on offense compared to LSU’s 366. LSU is going to have to tighten up that defense a little this week in practice for sure. How then did LSU win by 26 points? Turnovers and special teams. We all hate to hear the commentator tell us every week, “It’s going to come down to turnovers and special teams Vern.” But, in this one that held true. LSU had a 99yd kick return and WV had 4 turnovers compared to LSU’s 0. Stats be damned!
Kansas State over Miami 28-24
Did I just put a game featuring two non top 25 teams in my games of the week? Yes I did. Miami only has one win this year and that was against the gay acorns of Ohio State last week. Remember? They got all those suspended criminals back and pulled it off. Well as far as I know nobody else got arrested this last week and they were playing at home against K-State. Now, I’m not knocking K-State here (well, not much) because they are now 3-0 and went to Miami to get this third win. K-State put up 265 yards on the ground and had a back go for 166 of those on only 18 carries. This was a very even game and watch out other Big-12 schools, the Wildcats may just be playing spoiler this year.
UPSETS OF THE WEEK:
#21 Clemson over #11 Florida State 35-30
Call this one the Hangover Bowl. FSU was coming off that home loss to Oklahoma and Clemson
had just beaten Auburn. Productivity in the up state of South Carolina must be at 0 right now since the Redneck Clemson fans were probably hung over till Wednesday of this week after that win and now after pulling off this upset I’m sure more than a few fans will be calling in on Monday. I couldn’t believe FSU only had 15 rushing attempts on the day for only 29 yards. Ouch. They are not a passing team and need a balanced offense if they plan on winning too many more games this year. Remember the pundits picking them to win the ACC this year? Hmm… Good game though and Clemson’s Tajh Boyd is quickly establishing himself as one of the elite QBs in the ACC.Honorable Mention to Unranked Arizona State over #23 University of Southern California 43-22
Um, what is up with Arizona State crushing my picks this year? One week they upset Mizzou then lay down against Illinois then they upset USC. What the hell?
PILLOW FIGHT OF THE WEEK:
The Leigh Mountain Hawks over The Liberty Flames 27-24That’s right, Leigh over Liberty 27-24. If you’ve got the time, go look up the box score for this one. The lines were virtually identical. The difference was Liberty’s kicker missed two field goals. I just think it’s strange that Leigh is in the Patriot conference while Liberty is in the Big South. Shouldn’t that be the other way around? And how many jokes can you make about Liberty going up in Flames? Really? Liberty Flames?
BEAT DOWN OF THE WEEK:
As I’m having my coffee this fine Sunday morning and writing this blog, Hawaii is up on UC Davis 49-0 at HALFTIME! The Warriors have held the Aggies to only 1 first down and 51!!! total yards. Meanwhile Hawaii has racked up 486 total yards in the half. I don’t care what the final score of this one is. That’s a beat down!
BIGGEST LOSER:
Oregon State. Time to hit the panic button. The Beavers have started off 0-3 this year after losses to:
Sacramento State, Wisconsin and now UCLA. Guess where they get to go next week? Arizona State! Now I’d like to make a thousand jokes revolving around Beavers but I’ll save it and try to keep this post PG-13 today. Everyone expected a little fall off from OSU (not Ohio State University; although you should always expect them to fall off) but an 0-3 start has them so far behind in the PAC-12 and looking up at teams like #5 Stanford and #10 Oregon in their own division. Spoiler may even be too high of a goal for this team this year. Sorry Beaver fans, but this year; you stink!
4 comments:
you are correct, every day is a good day to be from SC. All the rabid, redneck fans from both teams should be happy this week. Can't wait for the update on you!
Don't join me on the K-State hayrack ride (I say that because we are all hicks up there) - they are not very good. That was a trap game for Miami. Don't get me wrong, it was a good win for the Cats, but that was not the same Miami team that kicked the crap out of The Ohio State Univesity last week. Heck, Bill Snyder was prbably cursing Ron Prince for scheduling that game right up to the final goal line stand. Lucky, lucky, lucky.
I remember writing somewhere that USC would never be more than a middling SEC team. They are proving me wrong.
Um, did you elite acc quarterback? Did not know such person existed. Learning more everyday!
Yeah Dave elite QB in the ACC = average QB in other leagues. There was a hidden slam there.
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