College Football’s Second Week Yields Realizations
Three things really made me think about the reformation of college football. They are listed in the order of importance and theoretically sum up how I feel the rest of the season will go. By the way, college football is exclusively better than pro football and I will argue with anyone who believes otherwise. I’m not threatening you as the reader of this post, it’s just…true.
Anyway, first and foremost: USC has teams scared to play them. I watched the Razorbacks play like they were in pop-warner over the weekend against the mighty Trojans, giving up 70 points to the two-time champions. I think they have this chip on their shoulder that has grown so large and out of control that they may never lose again. It was like the Arkansas players were afraid to hit or try to tackle the Trojans. When Leinart ran in that scramble from like 15 yards out, two DB’s had the chance to get him and they kind of seemed awestruck. Just because he’s the luckiest guy in the universe by being a 5th year, Heisman winner, and two time starting QB of the National Champions, doesn’t mean you can’t lay his ass out.
Second: I know it’s early and this will probably come back to bite me in the ass but Texas is looking more and more like the powerhouse in the Big 12, poised to challenge USC for the title and Oklahoma is taking the role of Baylor. OK is the only team in the Big 12 with a losing record. Freshman Phenom, Adrian Peterson had just 58 yards on 23 carries against unranked UCLA this weekend. Let’s hope he doesn’t turn out to be another Clarett.
And my last realization: Throw out everything when it comes to the threesome of Notre Dame, Michigan, and Michigan State. These teams, when playing one another, never hold any consistencies whatsoever. Notre Dame beats Michigan, well they had more points on the board in the end, can’t really say they beat them; Michigan State beats Notre Dame; but on the first day of October, I would almost guarantee Michigan will beat MSU in East Lansing. I really thought ND was going to come back and win that game, especially after that MSU receiver fumbled. And if they had, I would have tossed Brady Quinn’s name in the Heisman conversation. But with the loss, I think it could be a spiral effect for the Irish and if they don’t recover next week against ol’ Ty Willingham’s Huskies, look out.
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