| Well, I had my College Game of the Month going this | | | | later Pete Carroll and Co. were ambushed in Corvallis. |
| weekend and was treated to three-plus hours of | | | | Great call.- Florida State is just 7-9 over the course of |
| frustration, angst and general feelings of dread. I took | | | | its last 16 games. They have the same problem as |
| Missouri laying just a couple of points at home against | | | | Miami - too many head cases and pure athletes and |
| a ho-hum Oklahoma team. The Tigers proceeded to | | | | not enough refined players. Throw in the fact that |
| lay a fantastic egg, losing 26-10 in front of 60,000 | | | | they've both whiffed on their quarterback signings over |
| disappointed fans.This game definitely doesn't count as | | | | the past five years and you have two mediocre |
| a bad beat, but I still feel like I was on the right side on | | | | programs.- This one is courtesy of Stuart Mandel, and |
| this one. Yes, I may be delusional. But I'm taking pills and | | | | it explains why Notre Dame may be the most |
| whiskey for that. However, there were four separate | | | | overrated team in football:"In 2005, Notre Dame |
| sequences that doomed us. And if one of these had | | | | finished 10th nationally in total offense. This year it's |
| gone the other way things likely would've been | | | | 34th. The Irish have gone from eighth in scoring |
| different:1) Missouri's first drive, Chase Daniel hit Greg | | | | offense to 37th. Quinn, the nation's seventh-rated |
| Bracey up the left sideline for 46 yards. Bracey barely | | | | passer last season, has slipped to 34th. Walker, who |
| stepped out of bounds at the 26-yard line and Mizzou | | | | averaged 99.7 yards per game and 4.7 yards per |
| had to settle for a field goal. A touchdown on the | | | | carry in '05, is averaging 82.7 and 4.1 in '06."Notre |
| opening drive may have opened the floodgates.2) | | | | Dame has improved on defense, allowing 64 fewer |
| After a three-and-out on OU's first drive, Missouri took | | | | yards per game than it did last year (332.7, down from |
| the ball and then suffered the blunder that changed the | | | | 396.9), but its ranking has only gone up from 75th to |
| game. Tight end Chase Coffman dropped - and when | | | | 61st. In terms of scoring defense, the Irish have actually |
| I say dropped think Robin Williams in "The Best of | | | | gone down, from 53rd to 65th."- You can't say enough |
| Times" - what would have been a sure touchdown. | | | | about how completely dominant Michigan's defense is.- |
| That score would've made it 10-0 and would have | | | | If Ohio State had to travel to Austin to face Texas |
| opened the floodgates.3) Trailing 16-3 at halftime, the | | | | right now I think the result might be a bit different than |
| Tigers scored in under two minutes the first time they | | | | what it was in September. The main reason: the |
| got the ball in the third quarter. It's now 16-10 and | | | | maturation of Colt McCoy. The young colt has the |
| Missouri's defense forced another three-and-out. The | | | | benefit of playing on a veteran squad, but he's still two |
| Sooners punted and the kick was fielded at midfield. | | | | touchdowns away from tying the school record for |
| The Tigers would have had the ball in OU territory with | | | | touchdown passes (24).- Boston College held Buffalo |
| all the momentum. But an atrocious roughing-the-kicker | | | | to -12 rushing yards. The Bulls top runner had just one |
| penalty occurred when the punter landed on an idiotic | | | | yard on nine carries. I also protest that B.C. may be the |
| Missouri rusher. Oklahoma scored on the extended | | | | ACC's best team.- Flip a coin to determine the best |
| drive to go up 23-10 and things were looking bleak.4) | | | | team in the MAC.- I didn't have a strong feeling either |
| However, even after that disheartening drive the | | | | way about last week's Clemson-Virginia Tech game. |
| Tigers marched down to the Oklahoma 1-yard line. | | | | But after taking one look at the crowd about five |
| However, four terrible play calls (why keep going to | | | | minutes before their primetime match-up, I ran to my |
| the short side of the field?) the Tigers were stuffed | | | | computer and made a wager on the Hokies. Clemson |
| and the game was essentially over.Again, a loss is a | | | | really never stood a chance in that game, and |
| loss and I do apologize. However, I'm trying to look at it | | | | Blacksburg is still intimidating.- You know those |
| like that was a game that should have went our way | | | | elements and that wind that dominated the Western |
| but didn't. That means that the Gambling Gods have | | | | Michigan-Eastern Michigan game, holding it to 3-3 at |
| something big in store for us down the road, and | | | | halftime and sending it easily under the projected |
| hopefully we may end up winning a game that we | | | | 42-point total? I expected that to be the situation |
| shouldn't.But I'll still kick Chase Coffman in the nuts if I | | | | throughout the Great Lakes states this weekend, but it |
| ever see him on the street.Anyway, here are some | | | | wasn't so.The weather clearly was a factor this |
| random, scattered thoughts for a bittersweet | | | | weekend, as the total posted just a 22-29 mark.- |
| weekend of college football:- Two things are going to | | | | Where did Washington State come from? |
| keep Florida from playing for a national championship | | | | Quarterback Alex Brink is having an outstanding |
| or winning their major bowl game. No. 1: they take | | | | season and has the Cougars at No. 25 in the AP poll |
| waaaaaaaaaay too many penalties. Bettors need to | | | | and No. 23 in the BCS standings. They are raking it at |
| always beware the sloppy team. No. 2: their kicker is | | | | 6-3 ATS, and have only lost SU to powerhouses |
| horrendous. Chris Hetland is just 1-for-7 on the season, | | | | Auburn, USC and Cal.- Bad beat for Baylor backers. |
| and may lose his job.- The number of wide receivers | | | | They were down 24-21 and Texas A&M seemed |
| averaging more than 100 yards per game has dropped | | | | perfectly content to run out the clock before Mike |
| from 34 in 2005 to 17 in 2006. The number of running | | | | Goodson broke a 64-yard touchdown run with just |
| backs averaging 100 yards has also been cut in half, | | | | two minutes to play.- Kudos to San Jose State. The |
| from 12 last year to six this year.- I'm calling it right now: | | | | Spartans have benefited from a kindergarten schedule |
| neither Louisville nor West Virginia are going to run the | | | | (five home games to two away games) en route to a |
| table in the Big East. Clearly one of them will lose on | | | | 5-2 SU start. However, the schedule is going to beef |
| Thursday. But both also have to travel to Pittsburgh | | | | up over the next three weeks and we'll see how they |
| and neither has faced Rutgers yet, either. Toss in | | | | handle three Tecmo Bowl offenses in New Mexico |
| tricky games against teams like Cincinnati and South | | | | State, Boise State and Hawaii.- Speaking of the |
| Florida and I think both WVU and Louisville will lose and | | | | Rainbow Warriors, Hawaii is the new Boise State. The |
| one of them will have two losses.- There were 21 | | | | Warriors are just dominating people, posting a 5-1-1 |
| games last week where a favorite was posted at six | | | | ATS mark in the meantime. The Broncos, on the other |
| points or less. The underdogs went an outstanding | | | | hand, are 8-0 and looking to crash the BCS party but |
| 11-10 straight up in those games. On the whole, | | | | they are just 3-4 ATS.- I would say that Texas |
| underdogs were just 26-25 ATS.- USC had been | | | | Christian's 26-3 demolition of Wyoming was one of the |
| flashing all the signs of a fading team for weeks. With | | | | more impressive performances of the weekend. TCU |
| six-point wins over Washington State and Washington, | | | | is 5-2, but are just sixth in the Mountain West. With a |
| and a seven-point victory over Arizona State, the | | | | favorable schedule in November, look for these Horny |
| Trojans were stumbling like Drago right before he got | | | | Frogs to get hot.Questions or comments for Robert? |
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