I’m just now coming out of my euphoric haze from the opening weekend of college football and I wanted to share a few thoughts.
- First, this was the worst start to ESPN’s College Pick ‘Em I’ve ever had. I think for the first time in my history of playing that stupid game, I’m in the bottom half of the standings. That’s thanks in part to my second thought.
- Clemson…is…was…this was painful to watch. Since my primary loyalties lie with FSU I primarily pay attention to what’s going on in the ACC. All I’ve heard all preseason is how good Clemson was going to be, and pretty much all the “experts” said they were going to win the ACC. What a monumental let down. They didn’t just lose to Alabama, they were terrible. I might be being a little harsh on them, but that’s what happens when you get hyped as much as they have been. I hope for Tommy Bowden’s sake he rights the ship for the rest of the season. He’s always dancing on and off the hot seat, and a less than great season this year could spell trouble for him considering the talent he had to start the season.
- I’m really freakin tired of USC. Let me be clear that I think they’re a good team, they couldn’t have won some of the games they’ve won if they weren’t. Let me also be clear that year in and year out they play in a three or four team conference. The Pac10 is better than the ACC at football right now, but that’s not saying much. USC jumped UGA (bias notification: I’m a UGA grad school alum) in the rankings this week, I’m assuming, because they beat UVA and Georgia beat Georgia Southern. UVA is supposedly in a better conference, but I think a game between UVA and Ga. Southern would be a pretty close one. Honestly, a win over UVA isn’t all that impressive in comparison to a win over Ga. Southern. The press have turned into such USC fanboys over the last five or so years, its sort of nauseating sometimes. If USC played in a decent conference *cough SEC cough* they would not have had the same success they can claim over the last however many years.
- Finally, UCLA’s overtime win over Tennessee Monday is the kind of college football I live for. It was so good my fiancee, who usually uses college football as a substitute for Ambien, was really into the game. Tennessee was favored and there were alot of questions about UCLA because of a new coach and a new quarterback. Make no mistake, Kevin Craft’s first half was one of the worst 30 minutes I’ve ever seen for a quaterback, but the second was incredible. Someone needed to check under the helmet to make sure that was still Craft under there. In addition to Craft’s amazing turn around, neither team ever let up making for a great back and forth game, with two fantastic drives to score points to push the game to overtime. And finally, one of many reasons I think college football is funner to watch than the NFL, both teams get a chance in overtime.
All in all, I couldn’t have asked for much more from the first weekend of college football…well, except for a few more wins from ACC teams (Its really a little sad, honestly). Given some of the big upsets and close finishes, I’m looking forward to the rest of the season. Hopefully, I won’t be cursing my Seminole fanhood after FSU’s first game this weekend.
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