The Miami-Bowling Green game will be discussed later in this article,but, first, what you've been waiting for: Sam's College Football Collage( a madcap review of last week's college football week).
We should have known college football would be in for an unusually high-scoring, goofy week when Air Force outscored Army in a normally low-scoring series, 42-22. Oh yeah, I did give out that game as an under play...Isn't it nice having the over in one of the highest scoring games of all time. Final score: Michigan 67, Illinois 65. Geez!!! I will again make the point that one of the handicapping factors you look for at this time of year is which teams are on a roll, and which teams are on a negative roll. Teams in the former category may be: Pitt, UCF, PSU, OkSt.(yeah, I know, I picked the 'Boys as one of my worst teams of the year. It's not my fault the other Cowboys decided to take that lead), BYU, TEMPLE, and V.T.
Teams on a possible negative roll may be: Wake Forest, Minny, COLORADO. Yo, things could change this week. The challenge is trying to figure which will or won't.
Syracuse gets on a possible roll. Then they face Louisville at home, with a great opportunity to stay in Big East contention. What do they do? They lose. Teams like Syracuse and Louisville simply need to get that winning culture back. In both cases, it hasn't happened yet...I didn't even get a chance to be amazed that PSU scored 35 straight points to get the win and cover vs. Northwestern, when Kansas scored 35 points in the FOURTH QUARTER to defeat Colorado 52-45. This bears repeating: Kansas trailed Colorado 17-45 with 13:30 left in that game. A Jayhawk team, that up to that point in the season showed no propensity to score, scored 35 friggin' points! IN THE FOURTH QUARTER! Colorado coach Dan Hawkins, who once did a great job at Boise St., was, SURPRISE, fired on Monday. By the way, what the heck happened to Hawkins' coaching ability???
I have no idea what the line on the Fla-South Carolina is, but, I'll guarantee you the line is out of whack. South Carolina went into the Arkansas game knowing no matter what happened, they still had to beat Florida to win the SEC East. Conversely, Florida blew out a bad Vandy team. That line is probably more in favor of Florida than it should be. It'll be fun doing the game to see if I'm right...How does a team that runs the option manage to score 76 points? Navy did it this past Saturday vs. East Carolina. The only way that could have happened is if the Pirates had absolutely no clue how to stop the service academy option attack. Believe me, they had no clue...My worst nightmare is Oregon and Auburn both losing( don't think Oregon St. can't beat the Ducks), and TCU plays Boise St in the championship game. I want TCU, or, Boise St. to play Oregon or Auburn, and I want the Frogs, or, Broncos to kick BCS BUTT...I thought Nebraska's strength this year would be their defense. You don't give up 30 points to ISU, and, 41 points to Ok.St., and still deserve the title of "good defense." They now must count on a freshman QB, and the offense he leads, to take the Huskers to its zenith this year. I don't think it will happen. By the way, my bad. I gave out Nebraska last Saturday. I did not know QB Martinez would be out. Very painful when I found out that news...
I thought A&M might have the best QB in the Big 12 in senior Jerrod Johnson. Man, was I wrong. He just couldn't help turning the ball over. They turned to a former wide receiver, Ryan Tanneyhill( didn't Ok.St do that with last year's QB Zac Robinson), and now the Aggies are on a roll. Who would've figured???Texas' kids must've just quit, just like their pro counterpart down the road. No way a team with the best recruited athletes IN THE COUNTRY should lose like they're losing. Down 0-39 to KSU? As you all know, I love coach Snyder of KSU, but even I think 0-39 is ridiculous...No gloating here, but, I did write that Alabama would not survive the loss of so many starters on defense. I was VERY HAPPY( and surprised) to see the Tide go down vs. LSU...Finally, I hope TCU doesn't take SanDiego St. lightly. Any team that has Rocky Long on its coaching staff is dangerous. Long is the former coach of New Mexico, and, presently is the defensive coordinator of the Aztecs. He is one of my favorite coaches.
MIAMI,OH. VS. BOWLING GREEN
Both teams have shown almost no ability to run the ball. In 15 games between them, in only two of those games did either team average even 3.6 y.p.c. Bowling Green has shown almost no ability to throw the ball. Miami, thank goodness, will provide some offense tonight with a marginally successfully passing attack. Both teams have played decent defense, at least in games in conference. All of this adds up to a nice recommendation on the under. By the way, in MAC games these two teams have played in this year, the totals have gone under the present posted number (51) seven out of ten times!
TWO STAR PLAY ON THE UNDER
Bowling Green is weak in almost every category of offense, and defense I look at. The one area in which they are marginally good is pass defense. Miami has the better overall defense, and the better pass offense. Combine these factors with the fact Miami is still in MAC, and Bowl contention, and Bowling Green now has no chance at a bowl( 7 losses), and I make the following recommendation:
ONE STAR PLAY ON MIAMI, OH.
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