Week 4 in Review

What a week it was. A bunch of highly ranked teams lost, some in wonderful fashion. Another escaped and 1 team benefited in a big way. Let’s review week 4.

It wasn’t a good week to be in the top 10. Ole Miss kicked off the week with a Thursday night loss to South Carolina. I had Ole Miss pegged as one of my overrated teams so shocked I wasn’t. Then came Saturday...

Saturday. Miami was steamrolled right off the bat by VT. It was a sloppy disaster of a field but Miami looked like the team we thought they were. A young team with some talent but nowhere near the top five. I bought into the hype as much as anyone. It would have been the biggest disappointment if not for…

California. I thought long and hard Saturday night and in the end I couldn’t think of another team that laid down this big in a big game. It was a disaster. The game was tied 3-3 and then all hell broke loose. Cal could do little on offense and Oregon did whatever they wanted to Cal. In the end, a team I picked to finish 3rd and undefeated showed me they are just a soft team who still doesn’t know how to win the big game. However, all it not lost. If they rebound and beat USC next week, they still IMO have a shot at the Rose Bowl. I can see Oregon dropping two games somewhere along the line.

Penn St. After 10 minutes it looked as if Penn St. was going to walk away with this one. Then Iowa shut the Lions down. A big special teams blocked punt for TD sealed it and Iowa suddenly controls their destiny in the big 1011. This was a huge win for Iowa and that can’t be overstated. If Michigan wins in East Lansing, Michigan@ Iowa becomes a very intriguing game.

Houston and LSU. Both escaped. Houston won by a point over Texas Tech at home and LSU needed a goal line stand to stay perfect at Missy St. I still don’t get the 3rd down pass but that was one hell of a defended pass by LSU.

Biggest loss: Florida. With the way Tebow runs the ball you have to wonder if this isn’t his first concussion. In two weeks UF goes to LSU in a battle of top 5 teams. I would be surprised if Tebow is on the field for that game. Hopefully the doctors have no pressure from Meyer or anyone else to clear a person not ready to play.

Biggest win: Oregon/VT. Both were looking to prove their worth at home over top 10 teams. Both won big, although Oregon is somehow behind the Golden Bears in the latest Harris Poll. Harris poll voters = fucking morons.

Biggest benefactor: Boise State. Boise continues to tramp along an abortion of a schedule and keeps moving up as everyone else loses. At this rate, they’ll end up around #2 by year end. Hopefully the computers will kill them for their schedule.