College Football Review

Its time for my College Football Review, granted a day late because of my NBA Preview

Music to listen to: 18 and Life by Skid Row



While doing promotion for TNA’s show at the Wildhorse Saloon here in Nashville, I came across the promo for the Skid Row and LA Guns show at the same location in late November. That show may have to be attended by me. Granted, I will probably be the only Black guy in there but it won’t be the first time. Being a New Yorker, Skid Row isn’t as big as Bruce or Bon Jovi in the hierarchy of Jersey bands but the love is still there.



Crush of the Day: Kristin Holt-Adams (TCU)

Since the Horned Frogs earned a big win at BYU, lets show some love to one of their alums.

Florida State 30, North Carolina 27: I actually read journalist and heard analysts talk about how this win represented a turn in the right direction for FSU. Beating an average at best UNC team on the road by only three points when you were losing the contest at one point isn’t progress, it’s a sign that things need to change.

Rutgers 27, Army 10: The Black Knights are 3-5, so the hopes of playing a bowl game are dwindling by the week, something that I don’t like. Hope they can pull off the win at Air Force in two weeks.

Pitt 41, South Florida 14: Is this finally the year when Pitt puts together a one-loss type of season? They certainly have the looks of it.

West Virginia 28, Connecticut 24: Game effort by Connecticut with everything that the team had to deal with but this is still a good win by the Mountaineers.

Central Michigan 24, Bowling Green 10: How about the Chippawahs being 7-1 and traveling to Boston College this week. The Eagles better watch out.

Georgia Tech 34, Virginia 9: Two years ago, the Yellow Jackets lose this game by two touchdowns.

Kansas State 20, Colorado 6: Does Dan Hawkins get fired during the season or right after it?

Ball State 29, Eastern Michigan 27: Congrats to Ball State for getting its first win. Unfortunately for the Eagles, still no wins on the season. At least they can share having no loss with Miami of Ohio.

Notre Dame 20, Boston College 16: Congrats barely beating Boston College Notre Dame. If you end up in a BCS bowl, I’m done with college football on a major level, that would be a joke.

Alabama 12, Tennessee 10: Mount Cody did his thing It was interesting to hear Lane Kiffin deal with this loss. First, him whining about the officiating isn’t a shock.

BTW, can we all just stop complaining about the officials. Living in SEC country, it seems like every fan base is complaining about how the officials cost them the game. Officials are human, therefore, mistakes have been made since the beginning of time. Have some of the celebration penalties been bad, sure. However, teams have had plenty of time to recover and earn the win. Your team lost the game because they stink.

Coming home from work yesterday, I heard Kiffin on the local sports radio affiliate here in Nashville, 104.5 The Zone, talking about the game like Tennessee won. He talked about how hard the team played, this representing how fun it is to play for the Vols, helps with recruiting, etc. That’s all fine and good but you’re still 3-4. All he talks about is recruiting, which once again is good, but coaching is about a lot more then getting close losses to appeal to 18-year olds.

Finally, one fan today had the nerve to call into a station and say that the Vols are back. Back to what I ask?

Clemson 40, Miami 37: ACC continues to be unpredictable.

Nevada 70, Idaho 45: I’ve been writing about the virtues of the Vandals, but 70 points!?! I know that the Wolf Pack can put up some points with the Pistol offense but my goodness. I need to see some game tape to truly analyze what happened.

Kentucky 36, UL-Monroe 13: This was a decent win. I saw Monroe play MTSU a few weeks ago (it was a Tuesday night, nothing else was on), and Monroe wasn’t a bad team. The Wildcats are 4-3 and if they beat Mississippi State this week and defeat the Commodores, which will happen, Kentucky is bowl eligible for another season, which is a good accomplishment for that program.

Texas A&M 52, Texas Tech 30: Middle to lower pack of Big 12 continues to confuse me.

South Carolina 14, Vanderbilt 10: This week the Commies host Georgia Tech, the place where I used to work and started my sports career. I still have good friends that work at the Flats. I cheer for Tech in every game, follow the lineups, etc. Besides Vanderbilt, Tech is my favorite football program (for my Belmont and College of Charleston peeps, they don’t have football programs but you know I have love for them as well).

So who to cheer for on Saturday? Tech has BCS-bowl aspirations that would be crushed by a loss. Vandy can really use a win to improve on the 2-6 record but a loss would just add to an already disappointing season.

You know my answer.

Iowa 15, Michigan State 13: Survive and advance

LSU 31, Auburn 10: War Eagle wounded! Not shocked in the loss for my adopted 8-win team. That’s a tough road game. The disappointment is in the offense that got a garbage touchdown at the end. The Tigers need to beat Ole Miss at home this week.

TCU 38, BYU 7: The march for the BCS continues for the Horned Frogs

Fresno State 34, New Mexico State 3: Yeah Bulldogs!

Iowa State 9, Nebraska 7: Respect to the Cyclones for winning their first road game against the Huskers since the 1970’s but come on Nebraska, that shouldn’t happen, ever. It reminds me of when my Vandy Commies beat the East Tennessee Community College in Knoxville a few years ago. It was a tremendous moment for Vandy football but even at that moment, I realized that the win shouldn’t happen in normal circumstances. Anyway, to celebrate their win, here’s my main man Travis, an Iowa State alum and also known as The Abuser, trying out for the Vandy basketball team, keep playing player!



Looking ahead to this week:

Indiana at Iowa: The Hawkeyes better be careful

Georgia vs. Florida: This will be a close contest, dare I say a win by Georgia?

USC at Oregon: Taking the Ducks in this one