Some random thoughts about week after having a day to digest everything.
- Washington got screwed. I understand that the excessive celebration penalty was called as it is stated in the NCAA rule book, but I think the spirit of the rule was not upheld. Did Locker toss the football in the air? Yes. Did he do it to taunt BYU or excessively celebrate? No. He was charged up from scoring in the final seconds of the game to seemingly send the game to OT and give his team a chance to win. There is a lot of emotion in college football and as long as Locker wasn’t doing it in an unsportsman like manner (and he wasn’t), then it shouldn’t be called. The game should have been decided on the field and not by a poor call by a referee.
- Why were Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno still playing late during their blowout of Central Michigan? My guess is that it had something to do with padding their stats for thier Heisman campaigns. But doesn’t Richt know what can happen when a coach foolishly leaves in his best player late in a blowout? That was a dangerous move to keep those two in the game, especially when UGA is trying to make a title run.
- Notre Dame looked BAD (3-12 on 3rd down, 4 turnovers) against San Diego State. Jimmy Clausen didn’t look very good and they didn’t run the ball very well (3.1/carry). And I LOVE it!!!!! I HATE Notre Dame. They won 3 games all of last year and they got more coverage than teams like BYU and Cincinnati, that actually had winning seasons. This year, its more of the same. They are undeserving of all the hype and media attention they get. And I hope they fall on their faces again. HARD!
- Miami is on its way back to being a dominant program. They played Florida tough, but just ran out of gas at the end. That is attributed to their lack of quality depth, but that will be solved with a few more recruiting classes like this past one. Randy Shannon is going to turn them around.
- How about East Carolina?!?! They knock of their 3rd consecutive ranked opponent (going back to the bowl game last year) and their first top 10 team since 1999. And they didn’t just squeak by West Virginia – they DOMINATED them. Looks like Skip Holtz could be on his way to a Conference USA title and giving BYU a run at being this years BCS buster. Keep your eye on ECU.
- If Alabama is going to be taken seriously, then they’ll need to have more games like the Clemson game and less like the Tulane game. They didn’t score a single offensive TD and only had 172 total yards. Sure, they were missing some O-Linemen, but they need to execute better to be able to beat the heavy weights in the SEC.
- The ACC didn’t do much to redeemed itself after being beat up in week 1. Maryland was whipped by Midde Tennessee State, Duke lost to Northwestern in the Turd Bowl, Virginia managed to only put up 16 points against FCS team Richmond and Miami was beaten by Florida. When they added BC, VT and Miami back in 2004, they expected to beocome the new superpower in college football. We are still patiently awaiting that moment.
- Sam Bradford continues to put up better numbers than Matthew Stafford agasint similar (if not better) competition. Why does he still not get as much Heisman love?
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