college football week 3 recap

Again I will wait till all the games are done to do my NFL recap, so that will be tomorrow. Today, lets look at the college game. I got to see a lot more games this week, still not as many as I would have liked, but at least more then last week. So here we go, top ten things from the week of college football:

10) MSU-FAU- Ringer 43 carries. I mean I know the weather was bad, but my god. 282 yards and both TD's in a 17-0 win. Fl Atlantic played hard in very bad conditions, but I don't care who you are playing 43 carries and 282 yards in impressive.

9) BYU-UCLA- how good do you feel now Tennessee. The team that beat you just lost 59-0. Now BYU is good, but 59-0, wow, a Pac 10 team loosing on the road to a non bcs team 59-0. Tough break.

8) Cal-Maryland- and just because it continues the struggles the Pac 10 has, Maryland beats Cal 35-27 in a game that wasn't that close. Cal scored 21 in the 4th to make it closer then it was. Besides USC, who is sick, more on them later, the Pac 10 may be right there with the ACC and Big East as down conferences, at least top to bottom, but having the best team in the nation, does help.

7) UofM-ND- This is number 7, because of the 7 fumbles Michigan had. They did only lose 4 of them, 3 leading to ND touchdowns. In another game played in very hard conditions. But that was ridiculous. I mean do teams just always practice in their indoor turf rooms, that they never practice in the rain, never work on catching a wet football, I mean come on. That game was tough to watch. Now I am not a Michigan fan, or a Norte Dame fan but it is a game that will always be nationally televised and a game that even when the teams are struggling it is against two of the best programs of all time, so more people will watch then you may think, and that game was just bad. Norte Dame scored 14 points without getting a first down on their own, 2 Michigan fumbles, both deep in their own zone, a really late pass interference call, and two scores. Clausen did look good, He has improved, the line is giving him a little more time, and he does have a few more weapons, but this was just a ugly game against two teams, who still have a long way to go. It will be interesting to see the msu-nd game this week.

6)USF-Kansas- May have been the best actually game to watch of the weekend, though they were a few more close ones. USF won a close game, and a big home win for their. I think Kansas had their one great year, that no one was expecting and now will come back down to earth a bit. With OK, Mizzu, Texas, and Texas tech, they are at best the 5th best team in the big 12. A good college football game on Friday night however, nice to watch.

5) Auburn-Miss State- This is number 5 because of the 5 total points scored in this game. This is a top ten team. I mean I know their defense is good, but my god. That game pushed football back a good 20 years. It was painful to watch. 18 total punts, Auburn lost 3 fumbles, they were 3-16 on 3rd down, and Mississippi State was 0-14. 2 missed Fg, one blocked punt, and the only way Mississippi State scored was a holding penalty in the end zone by Auburn which by rule is a safety. My god. Painful. I just hope the Auburn fans enjoy their time in the top ten, because they have LSU next, and even though it is at home, their offense is going to need to play a lot better to win. They do have a favorable schedule with LSU, Tenn, and UGA all at home, they don't play Florida, and their only road game against a decent SEC team is at Alabama, and they are really young, so we will see how the tide handle some early success. They also go to WVU, but they are down a little, this year, so Auburn does have a chance with that defense to keep winning ugly games and having a real good record. God that was hard to watch though.

4) USC-OSU- really it shouldn't even be this high, but just because of the hype I will put it here. First off, USC is sick, they are the best team in the nation and I feel good about my pick of them beating OK in the national title game. They are much better then OSU. Having said now, even though I hate OSU, I don't think they suck, USC is just that good, they were playing on the road, without their best player, and they made some mistakes and got a lot of calls against them, one taking back a TD, one pushing them out of the ten, to settle for a fg, plus they missed a fg. So at least the 1st half was a little closer then it seemed. Having said that, they are not better then USC, and if they played 10 more times, I don't think they would win any of them. I also think Pryor should start for them. Boeckman did not look good anyway, and really their offense looked a lot better when Pryor was in there. There was more flow, and it really seemed the entire team had more energy when he was in. He was not nervous at all, in fact he seemed like the sr leader, not a freshmen playing in his first big game. He is going to be a stud, and they might actually be able to beat USC next year in the horseshoe, and maybe even beat a SEC team before he leaves.

3) OK- Was- Pour Coach Willingham, his days may be numbered. You have the tough loss at the end vs BYU with the block extra point after the terrible celebration penalty, then you have another home game vs the mighty sooners, and get embarrassed 55-14. Of course they were not going to beat them, but that is really bad. Also Oklahoma is looking really good, and with their schedule, having Texas, Kansas, and Texas tech, plus Nebraska for that matter, all at home, they have a clear path to the Big 12 title game vs Mizzu, where I see the winner playing USC.

2) Number two is for then there was two. With Frenzo loosing a tough game to Wisconsin 13-10 in OT, now it is up to BYU or Utah. Who play at Utah on November 22, to see what non bcs team has the best chance of being this year's Hawaii. ECU might also have a say, but I think with who Utah and especially who BYU has played, and beaten easily, it will be the winner of that game, assuming they are still both undefeated who may just get a bcs bowl.

1) CMU-Ohio- and yes, like I said, every time I do this, my bias will show and my Alma mater will be number one. This week it actually was a great road win for the back to back mac champs. Down 14-0 CMU came back, and their defense actually made some plays when they needed to. Last years mac Freshman of the year Antonio Brown returned a punt for a TD and also had 10 catches for 78 yards as the Chips held on to win 31-28 on the road to win another MAC opener. Next up Purdue for the third time in 12 months. Hopefully it will be more like the bowl game and less like the game down their last year. Keep it close, and lets have a chance. Go fire up chips.

Tomorrow, we will move to the NFL.. real quick. Congratulations to Mr Zambono for his no hitter last night. My fantasy teams really thank you. Nice work. I'm right, you're wrong.