I'm looking at last week's schedule and will give my first impressions, no rehearsals, no stat reviews:I saw announcers making a lot of excuses for QB Daniels of USF. He was over-rated last year. He stinks this year...QB Collaros of Cincy was only the 127th rated QB coming out of high school. He had a nice year last year under coach Brian Kelly, and, despite the change of coaches to Butch Jones, he may be having an even better year this year. I believe he has only two interceptions, and 14 Tds...I'm not sure how many agree with me, but, I believe Wannstedt of Pitt is doing a nice job with his program. His teams are almost always tough, in that Steel City image, and they are tough again this year. Freshman QB Sunseri has had a couple of good games consecutively. His continued improvement will make the Panthers tough the rest of the way...Sad story concerning the Rutgers Lb who suffered the spinal injury in his team's win over Army. My prayers are with him...
I think Michigan St. is still the real deal, but, their stats in the Illinois win were surprisingly weak. They have two good running backs, and still ran for under 100 yards vs. the Illini. You know, maybe Zook's Illinois squad is better than I'm giving them credit for...I figured on Urban Meyer's assistants Dan Mullen of Miss.St. and Charlie Strong of Louisville to do good jobs at their respective programs. I never figured on Mullen beating Meyer this soon. Strong had a nice core of returning starters, but, regardless, he seems to have already changed the culture at Louisville...
I think Dan Hawkins did a great job at Boise St. He has done a rotten job at Colorado. In my opinion, his downfall can be traced to nepotism. His son, Cody, a quarterback, tranferred to Colorado to be with his dad. He was declared the starter early on by his dad, and things haven't been good since. It reminds of a string of years that JoePa was having trouble with his Penn St. program. His offensive coordinator was his son, Jay Paterno. When he demoted his son, his team, and program, improved...One of the more shocking scores of last weekend was the romp of Cal by USC. USC had lost two games in a row. They are not eligible for a bowl game this year, and I thought when the Trojans lost their chance at a perfect season, their incentives to play hard were eliminated. Man, was I wrong...
QB Gilbert of Texas only went 4 for 16 passing the ball vs. Nebraska, but, ran the ball for over 80 yards. Who knew???Is the big collapse happening again at Michigan? I hope not. If it happens again, Rodriguez may not survive. I still think he'll do a good job, if they leave him alone...I couldn't find an ACC team to put in my Top 10, but, It looks like Virginia Tech ia making its annual push as an ACC front-runner. As usual, Frank Beamer has found a way to rebound from a tough start...I can't figure why Texas Tech has been so inconsistent, and why Ok.St. has continued to win. How the heck are they 6-0? The two Oklahoma teams are vastly playing over their undefeated heads... Did I not write here that I had doubts Ohio St could win the national championship with a QB in Pryor who had too may games throwing the ball at a less than 60% proficiency? He went 14 for 28 vs. Wiscy... The last game of last Saturday's schedule brought two surprises:that Hawaii could play enough defense to stay close to Nevada, (let alone win); that both teams didn't total twice as many points as the actual score of the game(27-21). If I didn't mentally and physically crash on Saturday night, I think I would have given out the over in that game, even if the line had been 85! Thank God my body said to me:ENOUGH!
Stay tuned during the day on Thursday, Oct.21st, for my synopsis of the UCLA/ Oregon game, and Rich's Major League Baseball selections.
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