college football week 4 recap

The 4th week of college football is over and we are starting to find out a little more about who is good, and who may not be as good as some think, or expected. So, here are the top ten games, moments, or events that stood out to me this week in college football. Not really in any order, besides always my Chippewas get number 1.

10) MSU-ND- Ringer, Ringer, Ringer, I wonder when teams are going to figure out that he will get 35+ carries a game, and you need to stop the run and make Hoyer beat you, since that is a big question mark. If teams keep letting him get over 200 yards and 2 td's a game, MSU has a chance to be good, if they make Hoyer beat them, they are a 7-5 team at best.

9) UGA-ASU- In their first non conference road game west of the Mississippi since 1967, and SEC fans talk about big ten teams not traveling to play anyone, UGA had little trouble. One reason, UGA is good, and another, I am not sure how good ASU is, but hey at least they actually played another BCS school on the road.

8) TEN-FL- Even in Tenn they just couldn't get the job done. The Gators are good, but really their offense did not do a lot in this game, it was defense and a punt return. Tenn is bad, sorry, they just are.

7) BYU-Wyoming- 59-0 to UCLA, and now 44-0 to Wyoming. wow, that defense is doing some work, and their offense is rolling, that's 99-0 in two weeks, that is sick. BYU is a legit team, they are good.

6) ECU-NC State- A few people may have gotten off the ECU bandwagon after a 30-24 OT loss to NC State but they are still a good team, and now with their conference schedule starting up, and only one more non conference game, at Virgina, they have a chance to only have one loss, and still have a very very good year.

5) Toldeo-FSU- The rockets giving Fresno a battle, I mean 55-54 in double ot. Toledo isn't a bad team and it was at Toledo, but that isn't the toughest place to play in the nation, but they can score. I wonder how Fresno's defense will regroup the rest of the year, they may not be at BYU or Utah's level this year.

4) Wake-Free shoe- Wake Forrest just owns Free shoe, flat out owns them, that is really all that needs to be said here.

3) Bama-Arkansas- I know Arkansas lost a lot, so they really are not that good of a team, but I was one who said that Bama would not be that good, and even after the Clemson win they just play too many true freshmen and they will have a let down, and lose a game they shouldn't. Now that may still happen, but I am starting to think, they actually are legit. I don't think they are a top ten team, but they are good.

2) Auburn-LSU- After their defense really didn't give up any points last week, since it was a safety off a holding call, they gave up 26 to LSU. One of three things are true, LSU is better then people think, Auburn isn't as good as people think, or Les Miles can just flat out coach, and no matter who they are playing, and where they are playing, and who they lost from the year before, that guy can get it done. Beating Auburn at Auburn is a good win, LSU will have something to say about who wins the SEC, and who goes to the BCS title game.

1) CMU-Purdue- For the third time in 370 days my chips played Purdue. It was a little more like the second game in the MCB then it was like the first game at Purdue last year, but we didn't get down big and need a big comeback, we just battled, had the lead, gave it back, just a really good back and forth game, scored with about 1:30 or so left, and went for two to go up one ,and got it, which I loved, great call, to show we are here to win the game, we don't want to go to OT. But a long return, and a 46 yard td run, thinking they were going to pass I assume, and Purdue won again 32-25. but we played hard, and I think it was by far the best game we have played this year. And the best game we have played against a BCS school since our 7 point home loss to BC two years ago. We now get 3 home games in a row with Buffalo, who is much improved, then Temple for Homecoming, and then the big game oct 18 vs Western. Hopefully we can defend our home field and keep on winning in the MAC. Those games will not be gimmes, but if we play the way we played Saturday there is no way we can't win our 3rd MAC title in a row.

One last thing. I was thinking about doing a post about the closing of Yankee Stadium but I think all I will say is this. It has a lot of great memories, and a lot of great sporting events, and other historically events took place there, but I am not a Yankee fan, and you know what, it really isn't that big of a deal. The memories will still live on, it doesn't matter where you play the games at, you remember the games, and how you feel about them, more then the place you went to watch it. Having said that, I am glad they won their last game there, it was very fitting. I'm right, you're wrong.