WOW, we could label this past weekend as "Turnover and Play Dead". We started with eleven undefeated teams and finished with five. The teams that lost lead the day with turnovers and not just one or two but to the tune of four or more. Rutgers, Ohio, Florida, and Oregon State each had four plus and did every conceivable way to give the football game away. Then there were the teams that just played dead, Auburn and Colorado. I know you're saying that Oregon and Texas A&M have such potent offenses that what could we expect. Well have about show a little heart and make a tackle when the opportunity presents itself.
Let's quickly take a look at the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of this past weekend's games.
The Good
1. Alabama, Kansas State, and Notre Dame can play defense with anybody and then pound on your
defense until you wear out.
2. Colin Klein and A J McCarron are the two best QB's in football right now and could make any
other team better (except maybe Colorado).
3. Kansas St, Boise St, and SMU are locks against the spread each week simply because they are
very well coached on the offensive side of the ball and don't play any SEC defenses.
4. Braxton Miller is the real deal. He won that game versus Penn State almost single handed.
The Bad
1. The BIG TEN without Ohio State. Michigan State over Wisconsin (which will win the leaders
division) and Nebraska which beat Michigan (without D. Robinson) was the highlight of the
day. Northwestern can jump out to a fast start in each game but can't finish. It will not matter
which team comes out of the league to play in the Rose Bowl we are talking blow out versus
Oregon.
2. South Carolina defense is not all that. Clowney is good but containable and the backend just
does not get it done. Tennessee moved at will on them and even LSU controlled the ball.
3. Key football matchups with over 200 yards combined in penalties. Take a look at the teams
that are successful, they don't have more that three to five total penalties per game and they
are usually the five yard variety.
The Ugly
1. Teams that have already packed it in for the year. I find it interesting when the starters can
not make a play but the hungry freshmen and sophomores will fly around the field and
at least make it look respectable. You can insert your own team here as an example, there
were several this past weekend.
2. Now on a more somber note, the ugliest thing I saw in a game was a good person and great
athlete was seriously injured and could quite possibly have it end his career. I am sure many
of you will join me in wishing Marcus Lattimore all the best and hope for him to make a
full recovery. I have been watching football for a long time and that was by far the most
gruesome injury that I can remember. I realize that this does not compare to a spinal cord
injury and I don't mean to minimize those in any way what so ever. But I just hope he can
make back from yesterday unfortunate injury.
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