| Well, I had my College Game of the Month going | | | | Just three short days later Pete Carroll and Co. |
| this weekend and was treated to three-plus hours | | | | were ambushed in Corvallis. Great call.- Florida |
| of frustration, angst and general feelings of dread. | | | | State is just 7-9 over the course of its last 16 |
| I took Missouri laying just a couple of points at | | | | games. They have the same problem as Miami - |
| home against a ho-hum Oklahoma team. The | | | | too many head cases and pure athletes and not |
| Tigers proceeded to lay a fantastic egg, losing | | | | enough refined players. Throw in the fact that |
| 26-10 in front of 60,000 disappointed fans.This | | | | they've both whiffed on their quarterback signings |
| game definitely doesn't count as a bad beat, but I | | | | over the past five years and you have two |
| still feel like I was on the right side on this one. | | | | mediocre programs.- This one is courtesy of |
| Yes, I may be delusional. But I'm taking pills and | | | | Stuart Mandel, and it explains why Notre Dame |
| whiskey for that. However, there were four | | | | may be the most overrated team in football:"In |
| separate sequences that doomed us. And if one | | | | 2005, Notre Dame finished 10th nationally in total |
| of these had gone the other way things likely | | | | offense. This year it's 34th. The Irish have gone |
| would've been different:1) Missouri's first drive, | | | | from eighth in scoring offense to 37th. Quinn, the |
| Chase Daniel hit Greg Bracey up the left sideline | | | | nation's seventh-rated passer last season, has |
| for 46 yards. Bracey barely stepped out of | | | | slipped to 34th. Walker, who averaged 99.7 yards |
| bounds at the 26-yard line and Mizzou had to | | | | per game and 4.7 yards per carry in '05, is |
| settle for a field goal. A touchdown on the | | | | averaging 82.7 and 4.1 in '06."Notre Dame has |
| opening drive may have opened the floodgates.2) | | | | improved on defense, allowing 64 fewer yards |
| After a three-and-out on OU's first drive, Missouri | | | | per game than it did last year (332.7, down from |
| took the ball and then suffered the blunder that | | | | 396.9), but its ranking has only gone up from 75th |
| changed the game. Tight end Chase Coffman | | | | to 61st. In terms of scoring defense, the Irish |
| dropped - and when I say dropped think Robin | | | | have actually gone down, from 53rd to 65th."- |
| Williams in "The Best of Times" - what would | | | | You can't say enough about how completely |
| have been a sure touchdown. That score | | | | dominant Michigan's defense is.- If Ohio State had |
| would've made it 10-0 and would have opened the | | | | to travel to Austin to face Texas right now I |
| floodgates.3) Trailing 16-3 at halftime, the Tigers | | | | think the result might be a bit different than what |
| scored in under two minutes the first time they | | | | it was in September. The main reason: the |
| got the ball in the third quarter. It's now 16-10 and | | | | maturation of Colt McCoy. The young colt has the |
| Missouri's defense forced another three-and-out. | | | | benefit of playing on a veteran squad, but he's still |
| The Sooners punted and the kick was fielded at | | | | two touchdowns away from tying the school |
| midfield. The Tigers would have had the ball in OU | | | | record for touchdown passes (24).- Boston |
| territory with all the momentum. But an atrocious | | | | College held Buffalo to -12 rushing yards. The Bulls |
| roughing-the-kicker penalty occurred when the | | | | top runner had just one yard on nine carries. I |
| punter landed on an idiotic Missouri rusher. | | | | also protest that B.C. may be the ACC's best |
| Oklahoma scored on the extended drive to go up | | | | team.- Flip a coin to determine the best team in |
| 23-10 and things were looking bleak.4) However, | | | | the MAC.- I didn't have a strong feeling either |
| even after that disheartening drive the Tigers | | | | way about last week's Clemson-Virginia Tech |
| marched down to the Oklahoma 1-yard line. | | | | game. But after taking one look at the crowd |
| However, four terrible play calls (why keep going | | | | about five minutes before their primetime |
| to the short side of the field?) the Tigers were | | | | match-up, I ran to my computer and made a |
| stuffed and the game was essentially over.Again, | | | | wager on the Hokies. Clemson really never stood |
| a loss is a loss and I do apologize. However, I'm | | | | a chance in that game, and Blacksburg is still |
| trying to look at it like that was a game that | | | | intimidating.- You know those elements and that |
| should have went our way but didn't. That means | | | | wind that dominated the Western |
| that the Gambling Gods have something big in | | | | Michigan-Eastern Michigan game, holding it to 3-3 |
| store for us down the road, and hopefully we | | | | at halftime and sending it easily under the |
| may end up winning a game that we shouldn't.But | | | | projected 42-point total? I expected that to be |
| I'll still kick Chase Coffman in the nuts if I ever | | | | the situation throughout the Great Lakes states |
| see him on the street.Anyway, here are some | | | | this weekend, but it wasn't so.The weather clearly |
| random, scattered thoughts for a bittersweet | | | | was a factor this weekend, as the total posted |
| weekend of college football:- Two things are going | | | | just a 22-29 mark.- Where did Washington State |
| to keep Florida from playing for a national | | | | come from? Quarterback Alex Brink is having an |
| championship or winning their major bowl game. | | | | outstanding season and has the Cougars at No. 25 |
| No. 1: they take waaaaaaaaaay too many | | | | in the AP poll and No. 23 in the BCS standings. |
| penalties. Bettors need to always beware the | | | | They are raking it at 6-3 ATS, and have only lost |
| sloppy team. No. 2: their kicker is horrendous. | | | | SU to powerhouses Auburn, USC and Cal.- Bad |
| Chris Hetland is just 1-for-7 on the season, and | | | | beat for Baylor backers. They were down 24-21 |
| may lose his job.- The number of wide receivers | | | | and Texas A&M seemed perfectly content to run |
| averaging more than 100 yards per game has | | | | out the clock before Mike Goodson broke a |
| dropped from 34 in 2005 to 17 in 2006. The | | | | 64-yard touchdown run with just two minutes to |
| number of running backs averaging 100 yards has | | | | play.- Kudos to San Jose State. The Spartans |
| also been cut in half, from 12 last year to six this | | | | have benefited from a kindergarten schedule (five |
| year.- I'm calling it right now: neither Louisville nor | | | | home games to two away games) en route to a |
| West Virginia are going to run the table in the Big | | | | 5-2 SU start. However, the schedule is going to |
| East. Clearly one of them will lose on Thursday. | | | | beef up over the next three weeks and we'll see |
| But both also have to travel to Pittsburgh and | | | | how they handle three Tecmo Bowl offenses in |
| neither has faced Rutgers yet, either. Toss in | | | | New Mexico State, Boise State and Hawaii.- |
| tricky games against teams like Cincinnati and | | | | Speaking of the Rainbow Warriors, Hawaii is the |
| South Florida and I think both WVU and Louisville | | | | new Boise State. The Warriors are just |
| will lose and one of them will have two losses.- | | | | dominating people, posting a 5-1-1 ATS mark in |
| There were 21 games last week where a | | | | the meantime. The Broncos, on the other hand, |
| favorite was posted at six points or less. The | | | | are 8-0 and looking to crash the BCS party but |
| underdogs went an outstanding 11-10 straight up | | | | they are just 3-4 ATS.- I would say that Texas |
| in those games. On the whole, underdogs were | | | | Christian's 26-3 demolition of Wyoming was one |
| just 26-25 ATS.- USC had been flashing all the | | | | of the more impressive performances of the |
| signs of a fading team for weeks. With six-point | | | | weekend. TCU is 5-2, but are just sixth in the |
| wins over Washington State and Washington, and | | | | Mountain West. With a favorable schedule in |
| a seven-point victory over Arizona State, the | | | | November, look for these Horny Frogs to get |
| Trojans were stumbling like Drago right before he | | | | hot.Questions or comments for Robert? E-mail |
| got knocked down by Rocky.And how about | | | | him at Check Doc's Sports site for daily sports |
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| overrated team in all of football - college or pro. | | | | |