Student Body Right... Student Body Wrong...  

Ok, it was another decent week with the prognosticating and all. Except for being completely and utterly wrong on another Thursday throwdown. Anyways, the huge game between WVU and Louisville this Thursday got a hell of a lot more important, and the eyes of college football nation will be squarely on the beasts of the Big East. Frankly, it should be a compelling game no matter the national title implications, but those will only add spice to what should have already been a tasty game. As for last week's, well, there are always some hits and misses.

I was right about:

The South Carolina-Tennessee game. The Gamecocks looked in good shape going into the fourth quarter, and gave the Vols everything they could handle, but Fulmer and company still escaped with the win. Spurrier is close, but he ain't there yet.

I was wrong about:

The Clemson-Virginia Tech game. My real problem is that I forgot that Tommy Bowden was prominently involved (he is a third tier coach with guys like Dennis Franchione, and other overrated bums). Yikes, the Hokies simply burned Clemson up and down the field, and shoved the football right down their throats. Not entirely sure what Clemson was up to.

I was right about:

Clemson, they have now managed to choke away a pair of games this season, and they might have a couple more whiffs in them. They were playing as well as any team in the country, with a real chance with an at-large BCS birth, and they go and get absolutely throttled on national television. Things really seemed to be breaking right for them. Another disappointing season for the Tigers.

I was wrong about:

Oklahoma St. This is another Jekyll and Hyde team. They have streaked to huge leads in big games before, and totally choked them away. They also have the ability to have an enormous quarter, than stop scoring for the rest of the game. They were uneven, as always, against Nebraska with one 20 point quarter and one 21 point quarter and nothing else, but they took it to them for a huge win.

I was right about:

The Georgia-Florida game. The Bulldogs are always going to keep this rivalry game close, so the spread was absurd. I predicted a 21-13 final, but Georgia ended up a point better, for a 21-14 defeat. Still, hard to nitpick this one.

I was wrong about:

Texas' defense/Texas Tech's pyrotechnics. They really opened the floodgates early. Basically, the Red Raiders caught the boys from Austin off-balance, and made them work for it. Of course the Longhorns defense figured it out in the second half, totally stopped the run, and made the huge comeback. Still, I expected the whole game to play out like the first half did.

I was right about:

McCoy lighting up questionable (at best) defenses. Seriously, I haven't seen anything from him this year. He is playing well against a bunch of bums. I'm not saying he's necessarily lousy, I just don't have anything to base a real evaluation on.

I was wrong about:

USC. They were the Colt McCoy of teams. Absolutely nothing to base an evaluation on. Well, it turns out that they aren't very good. Their defense and special teams let them down, and they got destroyed in the turnover margin which Carroll has been preaching for years in So Cal. They found a dozen different ways to lose this game, and although they rallied late, they didn't even seem interested in this one until their backs were against the wall. A young team that bought their record, and was happy enough to gloss over an array of weaknesses.

I was right about:

The Georgia Tech-Miami game. Although Miami scored more than expected. Still, they are pretty terrible, and Coker needs to go. Right now. Seriously.

I was wrong about:

Nebraska. With Callahan in charge, they are doomed to mediocrity. It's not that he changed the offense or any of that shit, he just has a poorly coached team. They blew the Texas game, and then came out flat against the Cowboys. Ugh.

I was right about:

The Oklahoma game. The classic situation where a team simply can't break through against a long-time tormentor. Mizzou had every chance to win this game, and found a way to lose it. Turning the ball over 4 times is exactly what a wounded team needs, and it's exactly what the Sooners got. Thanks Mizzou.