[Tournament] 2008 College Football

Three of the top six are SEC teams

I think it's kind of silly for Auburn to be ranked 11, though hey, maybe they will surprise me and actually be good.

I'm guessing Georgia vs THE OSU in the big game in January.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I've been lucky enough to catch both ECU victories on tv, and I have to say, they looked really good on both sides of the ball in both games. Their quarterback is really good and really seems to know what he's doing on the field.

I watched the Auburn game yesterday morning, and while they looked pretty good at times, they definitely don't look to me like a top 10 team.

Should be an interesting season to watch. Next week USC vs THE OSU. I'm guessing that USC's 54 running backs will have fun.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Just finished watching the Auburn vs Mississippi State game. Auburn won 3-2. Yes, three to two. Their defense was great, their offense was a joke. In fact, the two points that their offense allowed on the safety came from a holding call in the end zone. They got called for holding quite a few times. These offensive line guys need to practice more. If they are still ranked in the top 10 on Monday, I will be surprised.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

OSU looks more confused on offense than Auburn did. And sadly for them, USC still has a couple of touchdowns left in them before its time to go home.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I think it is reasonable to say that Auburn definitely has a top 10 defense, and the potential for a top 25 offense. Their offense looked really good against a lesser opponent a couple weeks ago, and looked bad this week. I think that once their line (Lee Ziemba I'm looking at you) gets it together, they will be better. Their offense looked decent in the first half of the Mississippi State game, they just struggled in the red zone (I understand that this is typical of spread offenses, especially newer ones) and missed a couple of easy field goals. The second half they just fell apart. There were several instances where they put up a long gain, got a first down, only to have it called back on "holding, number 72 of the offense. 10 yards from the spot of the foul, replay 3rd down". Hopefully they will get better soon, because the defense can't bail them out every time. Also, don't expect them to be in the top ten next week, they have LSU coming up.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It was a good, exciting game, it's just too bad that Auburn lost. That was a nasty hit on Hatch, and it was pretty unfortunate for him that his lineman was right behind him and put the knee to the back of Hatch's head. I guess it was unfortunate for Auburn as well, since Hatch wasn't doing anything at all, and once Lee came in during the second half, their offense started working. It's clear that with Lester on the sideline, our offense struggles, but with him on the field, the offense struggles moderately less. Ben Tate is not a spread offense type runner; he is an I-formation runner.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Haha yes, suck on that USC. I didn't even know they were playing last night, and I wake up to see that they have lost. That is just too awesome.

FELIPE NO

In before the next issue of Sports Illustrated features Saban, with big and bold BAMA'S BACK, on the cover. Dammit.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Idle: call Les Miles (I know you have him on speed dial) and tell him that Alabama's quarterback can't throw the ball accurately more than 25 yards down the field. He might already know this, but you can never be too sure.

How ya doing, buddy?

I've not been able to watch a game in 3 weeks, for various reasons, and apparently Auburn has been even more terrible than usual during those three weeks. I hope they figure out that the point of the sport is to not be terrible, at least before they play Alabama.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Whichever SEC team survives Saturday, which I suspect will be Florida, will win the big game in January. Luckily for Big Ten fans, they won't be doing it against OSU for the third straight year.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.