Before you say anything about how long it's been since I posted, I know. I haven't had a TV for the last 2 Saturday's, and school and baseball have been really weighing me down. I've finally been able to get my priorities in order, but I've only got a few minutes, so I'll make this quick.
1. USC - Any questions?
2. Oklahoma - Even against bad opponents, their offense has been impressive
3. Florida - They're defense has looked really fast and physical
4. Georgia - A few lackluster performances against mediocre opponents have dropped them down to #4
5. Missouri - Their offense has looked best in the nation so far, bar none
6. Texas - Not really sure how good the Horns are yet, but matchups against Oklahoma and Missouri in the next few weeks should tell us
7. LSU - Andrew Hatch has looked a lot better than expected so far
8. Alabama - They haven't not consistent, but expect Alabama to blow out Arkansas this week
9. Texas Tech - Nothing new to report about the offense, but the defense looked really good vs SMU
10. East Carolina - They don't play too many tough games down the stretch, which will help their BCS-berth chances
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
What We Learned in Week 1
We learned a lot in this first work in college football, but it still hasn't all been resolved. We'll start if off with a quick rundown of what we did and did not learn on Christmas Morning for college football fans.
What we learned: Only 4 of the top 10 teams weren't scared to schedule solid opponents in Week 1 (UF, Mizzou, LSU, and Clemson), Clemson should have scheduled a middle of the road Big 10 team and not one from the SEC (Alabama), I can pick a ball game (see next post, Week 1), LSU is not a pushover (look at score vs. App State), Wake Forest is the team to beat in the ACC (41-13 win vs Baylor), the ACC is crap, Mark Sanchez faked his injury (more USC publicity), Percy Harvin is not the only fragile speed demon in the country (Maclin-Wells), there is a faster player than Trindon Holliday (Jeffrey Demps), Ray Rice was the only reason Mike Teel passed for 3000 yards last year, the SEC is the most dominant conference in the country (10-2 in Week 1), East Carolina will be a match for West Virginia (win vs #17 Virginia Tech), FIU is still the worst team in college football, and Jake Locker is not the next Tim Tebow
What we didn't learn: how good the top 4 teams in the country are (opponets-Georgia Southern, Youngstown State, Virginia, and Chatanooga), if the defenses at Texas Tech and UF are really as fast as they looked, if LeSean McCoy is truly a Heisman candidate, and who the frontrunner is the for the same award.
Sadly, there's now more certainties than questions, but there's still enough to keep us bloggers...er, blogging. Week 2 could answer more of our wonderings, but could also give us more. It should be fun, which is why we do this.
~Will
What we learned: Only 4 of the top 10 teams weren't scared to schedule solid opponents in Week 1 (UF, Mizzou, LSU, and Clemson), Clemson should have scheduled a middle of the road Big 10 team and not one from the SEC (Alabama), I can pick a ball game (see next post, Week 1), LSU is not a pushover (look at score vs. App State), Wake Forest is the team to beat in the ACC (41-13 win vs Baylor), the ACC is crap, Mark Sanchez faked his injury (more USC publicity), Percy Harvin is not the only fragile speed demon in the country (Maclin-Wells), there is a faster player than Trindon Holliday (Jeffrey Demps), Ray Rice was the only reason Mike Teel passed for 3000 yards last year, the SEC is the most dominant conference in the country (10-2 in Week 1), East Carolina will be a match for West Virginia (win vs #17 Virginia Tech), FIU is still the worst team in college football, and Jake Locker is not the next Tim Tebow
What we didn't learn: how good the top 4 teams in the country are (opponets-Georgia Southern, Youngstown State, Virginia, and Chatanooga), if the defenses at Texas Tech and UF are really as fast as they looked, if LeSean McCoy is truly a Heisman candidate, and who the frontrunner is the for the same award.
Sadly, there's now more certainties than questions, but there's still enough to keep us bloggers...er, blogging. Week 2 could answer more of our wonderings, but could also give us more. It should be fun, which is why we do this.
~Will
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