Upset of the Week: Maryland 35 Cal 27. Let's see, last week the Terps lose by ten to Middle Tennessee State. Meanwhile, Cal beats Washington State 66-3 and are ranked no. 23. That's an upset right there. It seems like the theme of upsets this year is that they aren't close and up in the air until the end; it seems that ECU, Vanderbilt, Maryland, and others have upset teams in dominating fashion and had the game in hand most of the way.
Maryland scored on its first three possessions and didn't let Cal score a TD until the closing minutes. ECU beat Virginia Tech up and down the field and halted WVU's offense to a stop with three points. Vanderbilt was obviously the better team over South Carolina. I think that's pretty interesting in comparison to last year with Appalachian State winning on the blocked field goal and Stanford beating USC on that dramatic TD pass in the final minutes.
Conference Report Cards: ACC - North Carolina dominated Rutgers and Duke beat Navy 41-31. Of course Maryland had their big win and FSU dominated. Virginia, though, got beat bad by uConn, 45-10. In in-conference grades, which don't count for or against them, Va Tech beat Ga Tech like they should and Clemson beat NC State. ACC did better than they have been. I GIVE THE ACC a A.
Pac-10 - Of course USC killed OSU, we'll get to that later. But besides that the Pac was terrible!! Stanford, Washington State, and Arizona all lost. UNLV upset ASU, their second-best team. UCLA had their worst loss since 1929 to BYU, 59-0. Oklahoma beat Washington, but that was expected. The only team besides USC to win was Oregon, who beat Hawaii. Pac had their best win this season but everyone else slacked off! I GIVE THE PAC-10 a C+.
SEC - Conference went undefeated. In conference games, which again don't count, were Auburn-Miss. State which we'll get to later and Georgia surviving South Carolina. Outside that, everyone did what they were supposed to. Tennessee, Alabama, and LSU all were in big blowouts. Combination of their scores was 116-13! Ole Miss and Vanderbilt did their duty, the 'Dores are 3-0 and sittin pretty! I guess the only disappointment, and you can't even call it that, was Kentucky struggling with Middle Tennessee. But a win is a win and everyone else did great. SEC GETS an A.
Big 10 - Of course Ohio State got totally embarassed for what, the third time in three years? Wisconsin barely got by Fresno State, but both were ranked so that helps their grade. Penn State kept their offensive rythm and beat Syracuse 55-13. Iowa, Minnesota, and Northwestern and Michigan State did what was expected with routine wins. But Illinois had lots of trouble with Louisiana Lafayette 20-17...are you kidding? Also, Michigan got beat by Notre Dame. One good spot for the Big 10 was that Purdue just kept coming back at No. 16 Oregon and took them to two overtimes. But that wasn't enough for the Big 10 to even get a B. I GIVE THE BIG 10 a C-.
Big 12 - Their top teams dominated; Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas Tech. OK State and Nebraska did too. Baylor had a big win over Washington State. Kansas lost a heartbreaker to USF, but that game was so good that that doesn't count too much off. Iowa State lost. I GIVE THE BIG 12 a A.
Big East - South Florida scored big for them with their win over Kansas. Rutgers lost in a disappointment to North Carolina. Syracuse got killed but Connecticut did surprisingly good. West Virginia was off. BIG EAST GETS a B.
Tell me what you think about those grades.
Game Analysis...
The Big One (USC vs. Ohio State): I know that I predicted a big win by USC, but I didn't know it would be that big. Can we go ahead and crown the Trojans national champs? No. But can we go ahead and give them a spot in the nat'l title game? Yes. Who the heck is going to beat them on their schedule?? Their path from here is nothing tough. Now; will Mark Sanchez win the Heisman? That's hard for me. I haven't really been thinking of his as a Heisman candidate, but he has to be up there now. It's kind of hard to tell with the Heisman this early, but he's on my list. Ohio State, meanwhile, should probably drop five or six spots. That was downright embarassing. Just another embarassment for them. First Florida, then LSU, now USC. I don't know how we can consider them contenders for anything now, except for the Big 10 title, which really doesn't count for anything much anymore.
Auburn 3 Mississippi State 2: Wow. It's really hard to know what to think after that. I mean, who has seen a score like that in the last ten, even twenty years? I haven't heard of it. Those two defenses are amazing. Auburn's defense is the best in the country. There. I said it. But I believe it. Just watch next week against LSU. I don't think we'll win, but I'll bet on that they won't score over 20 points 17 max. The offense, though, is another story. THE FUMBLES MUST BE FIXED!!! Five in the last two games have almost done us in. Three points will not cut it in any game in the next 100 that the Tigers play, I guarantee it. Why the heck was Kodi Burns not put in for at least one single snap? I mean, at the goal line when we have four downs to go five yards why isn't Kodi in there? Can the spread really work with a QB that won't run? Not looking like it. And then, on that goal line situation, we missed a chip shot field goal. My man Wes Byrum never misses field goals, but he missed two out of three!! Everything looked pitiful except the defense. State never even got inside the red zone. War Eagle. A win's a win. We're undefeated and 1-0 in SEC play. That's all I can say.
Rankings after Week Three
- USC - no explanation needed.
- Florida - I've had them there, and I think it's stupid to move a team down because they didn't play.
- Oklahoma - looking better and better
- Missouri - moves in front of Georgia with 69-point effort.
- Georgia - had several chances to lose against South carolina.
- LSU - dominated North Texas, big game next week against Auburn
- Auburn - might as well put 'em here
- Texas - game was postponed
- Alabama - looking good over Western Kentucky
- Penn State - I know, they haven't had a quality team yet, but they're scoring like crazy!
Well thanks for reading, I'm worn out. NFL's in full swing, and AP's dominating. Will have to wait until next time for NFL coverage.
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