Great Weekend for College Football

That title applies to the past weekend and the upcoming one. Even though the Gators looked even worse than I was afraid of, and the Noles lost a really terrific young QB for the season, it was still an amazing weekend of football, capped off by the thrilling 2OT win by the VOLS over Ga Tech late last night.

There were ridiculous upsets – Liberty over Baylor, Howard over UNLV and Maryland beating Texas in Austin. Western Michigan gave USC all it could handle and so did Purdue to Louisville! There was the “one of all time” comeback with UCLA overcoming 34 point deficit to beat A&M! which I missed because I went on to bed… Alabama was Alabama. They are deep, disciplined and never panic. They don’t beat themselves. FSU played very well for 3 quarters and then got very sloppy. Special teams and make or break you! Ohio State looked human in the 1st half but pulled away from Indiana. Clemson may have lost the “once in a lifetime” Deshawn Watson, but that PROGRAM may be the 2nd best in the nation now. Oklahoma looks good, as does Oklahoma State. Michigan is going to have a say in the big10. They destroyed Florida, flat out destroyed them.

One of the best games of the weekend was South Carolina and NC State. Gamecocks held on, but both teams will have good seasons. Muschamp has a great young QB and I have to elevate them as a contender in the East. Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee, heck in Florida and Vandy. And Mizzu has the best offense in the East…

A quick high school paragraph. Crestview beat St Martin out of Mississippi and it wasn’t even close. Navarre this week, so it gets REAL! Mater Dei (sp?) beat the team in Vegas (Bishop Gorman) that won the last 2 national championships, so it is a shame that one wasn’t on national TV. IMG beat a strong team out of Cali. $$ $$ This week in college we get some more fantastic intersectional and big conference games. Auburn and Clemson is the big one for me, while Oklahoma goes to the horseshoe to play Ohio State. USC and Stanford is a dandy, as is Oregon and Nebraska. Pitt and Penn St, Arkansas vs TCU and Georgia goes to Notre Dame (I have to be Dawg fan this week).