An exciting weekend from the looks of it. Sorry that I’m late on this post football fans, but I had to move to the other side of the world this week, and well that takes some time. I’m downloading three games now, so I’ll be up to speed, but for this post I’ll just shoot from the box scores.
So let’s not delay and get right to it…
GAMES OF THE WEEK:
#12 South Carolina over Georgia 45-42
Was there really another game that was as good as this one? Sure, but being a Georgia fan, I’m going to give this one the game of the week. Turnovers! There’s your story. Turnovers killed Georgia last year and it looks like they’ve reared their ugly head again this week (3). Tied at 28 in the 4th this one was a shootout to the end with Georgia just coming up short. You can’t really blame this one on Mark Richt and it’s sad that he may just be coaching his final few games at Georgia. But, win or go home and he hasn’t been winning much as of late. Georgia was the only team to play back to back ranked opponents to start the year. Guess there’s something to be said about playing that cupcake warm-up huh? Now they are one of a few teams looking at an 0-2 start.
#15 Ohio State escapes Toledo 27-22
Toledo out gained OSU through the air but managed only 46 rushing yards in the game. 46! Still they led 22-21 up until the final four minutes. Too bad, I would have loved to see a MAC team go into Columbus and knockout the Buckeyes. Better luck next year Rocket fans.
#24 Texas sucked less than BYU 17-16
Apparently Texas coach Mac Brown thought his starting QB was going to be good. At least he realized he wasn’t early enough to allow everybody else a shot at throwing the ball before this one was over. 4 different Longhorns threw a pass in this game including the TE (who went 1/1 for 23yds. Texas only managed 123yds through the air all day). Each team had two INTs in this one, time of possession was almost equal, and Texas only had about 50 more total yards. Guess those 50yds were good enough for that one extra point. And, you know what that means… Cue the Mormon Girl!
UPSETS OF THE WEEK:
Unranked Auburn over #16 Mississippi State 41-34
Two things here: one, I don’t know that I’ve ever typed ‘unranked Auburn and #16 Mississippi State’ in the same year and two, I have a hard time calling this one an upset. I mean did anyone think that Miss State was going to go into Auburn and win? I didn’t. I guess the Bulldogs of Mississippi thought they would by putting up 333 rushing yards and out gaining Auburn by about 150 total yards. It took an Auburn defensive stand at the end to ice it and this one was probably really entertaining to watch.
Unranked Arizona State over #21 Missouri 37-30 in Overtime
Ouch. Missouri was looking for a nice road win and a climb in the rankings. Instead, they found themselves down 30-16 in the 4th. Give the Tigers credit for tying it up but this one had to hurt. ASU is now 2-0 and may find themselves in the top 25 before too long.
PILLOW FIGHT OF THE WEEK:
We’ll stick with a Bulldog theme here today and go with South Carolina State (1-1) over Bethune-Cookman (1-1) 26-18. Each team committed FIVE TURNOVERS in this game. Feathers flew and suckage was rampant in this pillow fight. The BC Wildcats blew a six point lead in the last 5 minutes then threw an INT to give the SCS Bulldogs an extra TD in the last 4 minutes. At one point the score of this game was 8-5 thanks to a safety. Wow. What can you say about this game that hasn’t already been said about genital warts? Ah the MEAC Conference. I expect we’ll be seeing you again at some point this year.
BEATDOWN OF THE WEEK:
#17 (and overrated) Michigan State over Florida Atlantic 44-0
Yes MSU is overrated, but putting a whippin’ on Florida “don’t call us Gulf Coast” Atlantic will only help their ranking. FAU had one, yes that’s right one first down during the ENTIRE GAME! Michigan State out gained them 434 to 48 total yards. Yep, you read that right 48 total yards and they held the ball for only 17 minutes. If you’re going to score, you’re going to need the ball at some point.
BIGGEST LOSER:
I know this is way too easy and I probably should look for a better one, but I’m giving this week’s biggest loser award to Notre Dame. After getting upset last week they went to Michigan and lost… again. When will sports broadcasters stop telling us that this game matters? But, I have to admit the fourth quarter of this one was great. Michigan led 28-24 with 1:12 left and then gave up a 29yd. TD pass giving ND a 31-28 lead. Not to be outsucked, and in the final 3 seconds, Notre Dame grabbed this week’s biggest loser award by giving up a 16yd. TD pass to lose the game 35-31.
4 comments:
Toledo is pretty darned good. I think they go to Boise soon. Should be a good one.... Wait, Boise would kick the snot out of The Ohio State University. Nevermind. Toledo is good, though.
so glad you're keeping up w/ college football over there. The Falcons game was a disgrace this week, but @ least Dallas lost :-) Here's hopin' the cheating Patriots lose tonight!
Please tell me you did not just refer to those gay acorns as THE ohio state university. Stop that or you'll be banned from this blog.
Yes, the Falcons sucked it up. I've been telling everyone that last year was a fluke and this year we may just go 8-8. Dallas. That's all you needed to say. Of course they lost.
I do enjoy playing around with the official school names. That's why I never refer to Miami University as Miami (OH) or Miami of Ohio, neither of which are the proper name of the place.
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