NCAA College Football Review

Due to some frickin unfortunate technical difficulties, I was unable to do my College Football review on Monday night as promised. However, I didn’t forget and now its time for my rundown of some games that peaked my interest. First, some business:

Music to listen to: Buried at Sea by Mc 900 ft. Jesus



Who knew that Jesus could lay down a flat beat?

Crush of the Day: Kyra Sedgwick (Southern California)

In a change of pace, each Crush of the Day for my college football reviews will feature a woman who is an alum of the school that arguably had the most infamous weekend, good or bad. Since USC had its big win at Ohio State, I’ve chosen Kyra. I know that Sophia Bush, who is a solid contender for my top-five would have been the obvious choice but I’m going with a surprise. Plus, The Closer is a good show, give it a chance.

On to my thoughts.

Georgia Tech 30, Clemson 27: Wacky Thursday night game that featured Georgia Tech taking a 20-0 lead and almost blowing the contest. I love the triple option just as much as anyone but as a Georgia Tech fan that wants to see it compete for an ACC title, you have to have your starting quarterback do better than 3-14 for 83 yards. For Clemson, its back to underperforming in a big game. If Tech can get past Miami this Thursday on the road, they can make a run at an one-loss season.

Toledo 54, Colorado 38: Terrible week for the Buffs. They lose to their in-state rivals Colorado State at home earlier in the week and then travel on a short week to an average MAC team and give up 54 on the road. Hawkins has to be on watch for the first BCS coach fired this season.

North Carolina 12, Connecticut 10: Doesn’t look like much but that was a big win for the UNC program. Two years ago, the Tar Heels lose that game by double digits. They might be an ACC title contender after all.

Northwestern 27, Eastern Michigan 24 and Wisconsin 34, Fresno Stat e, 31: Two Big Ten teams that avoided embarrassing home losses, unlike…

Central Michigan 29, Michigan State 27: Terrible way to lose a game and now the Spartans have to head on the road to face a mad Notre Dame team. They may give up 45 this Saturday.

Wake Forest 24, Stanford 17: My pick to finish third in the Pac-10 did lose a road game they probably should have won.

Florida 56, Troy 6: A few years ago this may have been a closer game but the Gators are clicking right now. Speaking of closer games in the past…

Virginia Tech 52, Marshall 10: What happened? There was a time when the Thundering Herd were pushing to become ranked and now this. I’m not too familiar with the program but someone needs to help me out on this one.

BYU 54, Tulane 3: I know that Tulane isn’t a good team but the letdown factor was strong in this one after the Cougar beat Oklahoma in Dallas. After the win over the Sooners, they had to travel to face a team they know they can beat and stay focused. If the Cougars go undefeated, they have a very good chance of playing in the national title game. To reach that goal, BYU would have beaten a ranked Oklahoma team, Florida State, most likely ranked TCU and Utah. That might be enough to get them in. Speaking of letdowns…

Houston 45, Oklahoma State 35: The margin should have been 20 points. The Cowboys were never in this game. After beating Georgia in what some of you were calling the biggest win in school history, you do that at home against Houston? I know the Cougars are a decent team but if you want to make the leap to consistently compete with Oklahoma and Texas, you have to win that game. The Sooners and Longhorns rarely lose that type of game.

Michigan 38, Notre Dame 34: Entertaining game. I know that people want to proclaim that Michigan may be back on a national landscape and that Forcier is the quarterback of their future to lead the Wolverines to the promised land but slow your role. I saw some major dropped passes by Notre Dame receivers that would have changed the landscape of the game. Also, the defense needs work but after the offseason that Michigan had, this was a big win for their program.

As for Notre Dame, I didn’t think that it looked bad. Some questionable playcalling by Weis but the Irish still lack speed and game changers, especially on defense to return to an elite level.

Texas 41, Wyoming 10: Credit to Texas for traveling to Laramine to face the Cowboys. Wyoming actually competed in this game for the entire first half before tiring out. BYU would also have to beat a good Wyoming team as well…just saying.

Washington 42, Idaho 23: Congrats to Washington for getting its first win in over a year.

TCU 30, Virginia 14: I don’t know why people are mocking Virginia for losing this game. Dropping a contest to William and Mary at home, terrible. Losing a home game to a top-20 team, not so bad.

West Virginia 35, East Carolina 20: Are the Mountaineers quietly making a run at a Big East title. The offense looks like its even more balanced than ever without Pat White and its quarterback Brown looks legit. Also, is Skip Holtz still a wanted coaching commodity?

UCLA 19, Tennessee 15: You know that I really want to rip into Tennessee for losing that incredibly winnable game but it seems like the Volunteer fans have already done it for me. Two games in and UT fans are already heated at Kiffin. I do have to say that Crompton’s performance at quarterback was dreadful and when you consider that he’s a fifth-year senior, that makes it worse. If UT doesn’t turn the ball over, it wins that game by two touchdowns, literally. You have to place a lot of blame on the quarterback. I also place it on the coaching staff as well. The lack of adjustments and preparation of your quarterback has to fall on it.

Florida State 19, Jacksonville State 9: Is Jimbo Fisher really the answer? If Jacksonville State was say, North Carolina State, FSU would be 0-2 on the season right now.

Georgia 41, South Carolina 37: Weird game with the high score. Garcia attempted 53 passes for South Carolina. Don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing.

LSU 23, Vanderbilt 9: That game was closer than the score which is a bad sign for LSU.

Auburn 49, Mississippi State 24: Some of you mocked me when I said that Auburn was going to win eight games this year. Not anymore.

UL Lafayette 17, Kansas State 15: The road loss by the Wildcats was bad enough but why did they sign Bill Snyder to an extension for the next five years or so? Where is he going?

MTSU 31, Memphis 14: Break up the Boro! Good win by the Blue Raiders. And finally…

USC 18, Ohio State 15: Solid game that I think both teams looked good in. For USC, as much credit as Matt Barkley is getting and I understand it’s a unique situation having a true freshman winning that game but credit has to go to Joe McKnight as well. For Ohio State, its another loss to an elite team and if Pryor is going to become an elite quarterback, he has to work on his throwing. The physical tools are there but that’s not enough.

That’s my college football review. What are your thoughts? Do you want a different format? Let me know.