College Football Review: Week Five

Time to review the past week of college football.


Music to listen to: Head Like a Hole by Nine Inch Nails



Crush of the Day: Katy Mixon (LSU)



She’s from Louisiana, a huge LSU fan and the Tigers had the biggest win of last week, a road victory over Georgia. Plus, Eastbound and Down is the business and she’s a major player in the show.

Let’s get to the games:

West Virginia 35, Colorado 24: What has happened to Dan Hawkins? When he was hired by Colorado, I was feeling the move but now it looks like he’s in over his head. That’s a good job where a good coach can have a winning program. Hawkins just isn’t the right guy for the position. As for West Virginia, sometimes you just have to give the ball to your best player, in this case Joey Devine, and let him work.

Pittsburgh 35, Louisville 10: Looks like “The Ville” has had a rough year. Their coach will be fired but wasn’t this team in an Orange Bowl only a few years ago. Of course when you lose the likes of Bobby Petrino, Michael Bush and other pro players, that happens.

Michigan State 26, Michigan 20: You can see this loss coming. An overachieving Michigan team playing its first road game of the season at a rival. Michigan is still building in the right direction.

Wisconsin 31, Wisconsin 28: Does the Big 10 championship come down to Wisconsin and Iowa? Anyone had that going into this season. Much respect to my favorite rivalry trophy, the Paul Bunyan Axe.

South Florida 34, Syracuse 20: While some have started discussing if South Florida deserves to join the trinity of elite Florida programs, the Bulls still have to win a conference title before that talk becomes legit. Winning a trap game against Syracuse before facing fellow elite Big East team Cincinnati is a step in the right direction.

Maryland 24, Clemson 21 and Virginia 16, North Carolina 3: I place these two games together because you could flip the scores and teams and I wouldn’t be shocked. Trying to predict the ACC is a lost cause.

Toledo 37, Ball State 30: How is a team that won 12 games last year now on a seven-game losing streak dating back to last year? I know that Nate Davis was a great quarterback and losing him was tough, but not this bad.

Alabama 38, Kentucky 20: Brutal stretch of football for Kentucky. After hosting Florida and Alabama, the Wildcats now have to travel to a dangerous South Carolina team. As for Alabama, they keep rolling along and when they beat Ole Miss by 17 points this week, sure a prediction was just made, they should be ranked #1 in the country.

Boston College 28, Florida State 21: I touched on it last night, Bowden needs to leave after this season. You have to be business-like if you’re Florida State and not let emotions get in the way.

LSU 20, Georgia 13: Excellent game and I’ve been one of LSU’s biggest doubters but I have to give them credit for getting that road win. Still think they lose to Florida, Tebow or no Tebow, but respect to the win.

Penn State 35, Illinois 17: What’s the deal with Illinois? Two years ago the Illini were in the Rose Bowl and now they’re 1-3. We all know that Ron Zook can recruit but we’re starting to learn that he lacks in coaching.

Notre Dame 37, Washington 30: I’m tired of Notre Dame barley beating crappy teams and inflating their record. Weis wants to talk about not being ranked, I want to talk about barely beating Nevada, Purdue, Michigan State and Washington, none of which will probably make a bowl game. I hope USC wins by 40 points, can’t stand the Irish.

Stanford 24, UCLA 16: The Cardinal will still finish third in the Pac-10, shoot, I’m going to make them second behind USC. I like when my predictions go well.

Ole Miss 23, Vanderbilt 7: I was at this game and it wasn’t even this close. I would be very concerned with Snead if I was an Ole Miss fan.

Arkansas 47, Texas A&M 19: I didn’t see a snap of this game but that shouldn’t happen. I know that Arkansas has a good offense but that’s a beating on a neutral field.

Auburn 26, Tennessee 22: War frickin Eagle!!! Auburn is only three wins away from reaching my prediction of eight wins for them. Granted, the Tigers still have to face LSU, Ole Miss, Alabama and Georgia, but this is much better than I expected. As for Tennessee, enjoy another morale victory and looking at these losses as a way to gain in recruiting. Kiffin doesn’t last three years in Knoxville, I’ve been saying this since day one of that hire.

Miami 21, Oklahoma 20: Entertaining game that most of us expected.

USC 30, Califorina 3: I’m done with you Cal.

UTEP 58, Houston 41: The Cougars were a nice story but now its back to contending for the C-USA title, which they haven’t done in a while I’m sure.

Idaho 31, Boise State 29: Break up the Vandals! Will Boise State’s toughest test of the season come against it’s in-state rival? I think so.

Some previews of this week’s games:

Auburn at Arkansas: War Eagle will probably lose its first game of the season.

Wisconsin at Ohio State: Will the Buckeyes finally put together a good performance against a decent team? I say no.

Colorado at Texas: This one can get ugly quick, speaking of which…

Georgia Tech at Florida State: Either Florida State wins by 14 or loses by 30.

Florida at LSU: Don’t play Tebow, Urban Meyer. Head injuries are no joke.

OK, later everybody.