Apologies to the 1-2 people that stumbled upon this board from the link on ouinsider.com. I had some family matters that impacted by weekend and the ability to maintain this popular blog.
First of all, caution on reading too much into Week 1. USC looked really, really good and was rewarded in the polls. But, we don't know how Virginia (or any of these victims) will fare the remainder of the season. The perception of the Cavs might be due to last year's team that featured Chris Long and should have closed out Texas Tech in the Gator Bowl. Still, Sanchez looked sharp and Carroll might elect to put him into more of a playmaker role against Ohio State vs. a caretaker. If Wells can't go in LA, I just see a scenario in which Ohio State might get embarrassed again on the big stage.
The experts in the heartland might want to hold off on the predictions that improved defenses will result in Missouri and Texas Tech to elevate their status in the Big 12. Missouri is good because of Daniel and Maclin but the defense gave up too many big plays. Texas Tech gave up too many plays in general against Eastern Washington. Texas' secondary settled down after a rough first quarter and played well against a decent QB in Fla Atlantic's Rusty Smith. I still think Texas has issues but they exceeded my expectations in Week 1.
Michigan fans just need to accept the growing pains and realize there will be a payoff when Rodriguez settles in and has the talent to run his system. Utah is a decent team. Not sure where to begin with Clemson. Tiger fans need parole from the Tommy Bowden sentence. A&M is hard to figure out. Huge school deep in a recruiting hotbed. Big stadium. Big budget. Fans live football. A&M has to be one of the longest running disappointments in college football and the first game of the Mike Sherman era doesn't suggest change is on the way.
Fresno might just crash the BCS party this year. Solid win at Rutgers. The SEC took a reputation hit as a division winner in Tennessee travels west to get upset by rebuilding UCLA.
The 12th game decision has resulted in a lot of mismatches but credit the big name schools that agree to the neutral site meeting to open the season.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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