I went 3-0 with my picks, and I actually picked Kentucky to upset Louisville but didn't put it on this blog. If you don't believe me you can ask my roommate who is now short $20 because I bet him the Wildcats would pull off the upset. However, since it wasn't posted here, I won't count it. Through Week 3 my overall record is 6-3.
As is typical of most questions in the world, the answers we received last week just opened the door for more questions to arise this week. The top four teams are clear: USC, LSU, Oklahoma and Florida. After that, teams ranked 5-25 could all be interchangeable. It seems none of them want to step up and solidify their rankings, and the result is the most unclear and jumbled Top 25 in recent history.
More Questions, Less Answers
1. Who is going to make it out of the brutal SEC?
I can already see it happening: Florida beats LSU, South Carolina beats Florida, Kentucky beats South Carolina, Georgia beats Kentucky...this conference just continues to ruin each other's seasons. The class of the SEC, without question, are LSU and Florida. The problem is that any other SEC team, on any given week, can get their act together and knock them off. This isn't really a surprise, not anymore than Tiger Woods winning the FedEx Cup, but this year the SEC seems even more determined to beat each other up and lessen the chance of having a delegate in the BCS Championship. The most recent victim: Arkansas. Why do they even play Casey Dick? A one-legged meth junkie would be more adept at playing the quarterback position. They might as well just line up McFadden on a direct snap every play. The only positive notes for the SEC this week are that Florida's defense is getting better with every game and that Kentucky is for real.
2a. When will West Virginia lose?
They're incapable of blowing teams out; even bad teams. That means that sooner or later one of these bad teams will stick around long enough to pull off the upset, or WVU will remain undefeated only to get blown out more forcefully than Mt. St Helens when they finally meet a respectable opponent. They're only ranked so high because they were up there before the season...realistically they're a #15-#20 team. My prediction: they'll fall to South Florida on Sept. 28.
2b. When will Texas lose?
I don't know what they're putting in the water down there in Austin, but I'd wager it's large doses of NyQuil because that team looks just plain drowsy. They're even more incapable of blowing out a team than West Virginia; it seems like every week Texas is fighting off an upset. Colt McCoy somehow, after a great freshman campaign, managed to get worse. Aren't college kids supposed to get drastically better with age? The Red River Shootout, assuming the Longhorns can beat Rice and Kansas State (two big ifs considering how Texas has been playing), will be like a shootout where only one side actually has guns.
3. What about the Pac 10?
Really, #11 UCLA? You lost to Urban Meyer-less Utah by 38 points? Cal's victory over Tennessee has been somewhat diminished by Florida's drubbing of the Volunteers. So much for the Pac 10 being the best conference in the country--after all, only Pac 10 fans had been saying that anyway. USC is the only team worth anything out west.
4. Will Notre Dame win a game?
Even Jimmy Clausen can beat Duke. But that'll be the only game the Irish win. If Notre Dame doesn't go to a bowl game and Weis isn't fired, expect the sports nation to unleash a flurry of racism allegations against the university...and ironically, Ty Willingham is having himself a nice little season so far at Washington--not even close to the recruiting mecca that Notre Dame is--despite losing this week to Ohio State.
Heisman Race
1. Colt Brennan, QB Hawaii (1,296 total yards, 16 total TD's)
2. Ray Rice, RB Rutgers (492 total yards, 9 total TD's)
3. Steve Slaton, RB West Virginia (465 total yards, 9 total TD's)
4. Tim Tebow, QB Florida (1,028 total yards, 13 total TD's)
5. Curtis Painter, QB Purdue (952 passing yards, 13 passing TD's)
On the bubble: Matt Ryan, Andre Woodson, Dennis Dixon, Darren McFadden, Brian Brohm
Golden Top 25
1. USC
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
From here on, it's in a very ambiguous order. None of the teams #5-#25 have established themselves. Most of these teams are ranked highly because they haven't lost.......yet.
5. West Virginia
6. California
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. Ohio State
10. Texas
11. Rutgers
12. Clemson
13. Boston College
14. Kentucky
15. Oregon
16. South Carolina
17. Alabama
18. Virginia Tech
19. Hawaii
20. Louisville
21. Purdue
22. South Florida
23. Georgia
24. Texas A&M
25. Missouri
More Questions, Less Answers
1. Who is going to make it out of the brutal SEC?
I can already see it happening: Florida beats LSU, South Carolina beats Florida, Kentucky beats South Carolina, Georgia beats Kentucky...this conference just continues to ruin each other's seasons. The class of the SEC, without question, are LSU and Florida. The problem is that any other SEC team, on any given week, can get their act together and knock them off. This isn't really a surprise, not anymore than Tiger Woods winning the FedEx Cup, but this year the SEC seems even more determined to beat each other up and lessen the chance of having a delegate in the BCS Championship. The most recent victim: Arkansas. Why do they even play Casey Dick? A one-legged meth junkie would be more adept at playing the quarterback position. They might as well just line up McFadden on a direct snap every play. The only positive notes for the SEC this week are that Florida's defense is getting better with every game and that Kentucky is for real.
2a. When will West Virginia lose?
They're incapable of blowing teams out; even bad teams. That means that sooner or later one of these bad teams will stick around long enough to pull off the upset, or WVU will remain undefeated only to get blown out more forcefully than Mt. St Helens when they finally meet a respectable opponent. They're only ranked so high because they were up there before the season...realistically they're a #15-#20 team. My prediction: they'll fall to South Florida on Sept. 28.
2b. When will Texas lose?
I don't know what they're putting in the water down there in Austin, but I'd wager it's large doses of NyQuil because that team looks just plain drowsy. They're even more incapable of blowing out a team than West Virginia; it seems like every week Texas is fighting off an upset. Colt McCoy somehow, after a great freshman campaign, managed to get worse. Aren't college kids supposed to get drastically better with age? The Red River Shootout, assuming the Longhorns can beat Rice and Kansas State (two big ifs considering how Texas has been playing), will be like a shootout where only one side actually has guns.
3. What about the Pac 10?
Really, #11 UCLA? You lost to Urban Meyer-less Utah by 38 points? Cal's victory over Tennessee has been somewhat diminished by Florida's drubbing of the Volunteers. So much for the Pac 10 being the best conference in the country--after all, only Pac 10 fans had been saying that anyway. USC is the only team worth anything out west.
4. Will Notre Dame win a game?
Even Jimmy Clausen can beat Duke. But that'll be the only game the Irish win. If Notre Dame doesn't go to a bowl game and Weis isn't fired, expect the sports nation to unleash a flurry of racism allegations against the university...and ironically, Ty Willingham is having himself a nice little season so far at Washington--not even close to the recruiting mecca that Notre Dame is--despite losing this week to Ohio State.
Heisman Race
1. Colt Brennan, QB Hawaii (1,296 total yards, 16 total TD's)
2. Ray Rice, RB Rutgers (492 total yards, 9 total TD's)
3. Steve Slaton, RB West Virginia (465 total yards, 9 total TD's)
4. Tim Tebow, QB Florida (1,028 total yards, 13 total TD's)
5. Curtis Painter, QB Purdue (952 passing yards, 13 passing TD's)
On the bubble: Matt Ryan, Andre Woodson, Dennis Dixon, Darren McFadden, Brian Brohm
Golden Top 25
1. USC
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
From here on, it's in a very ambiguous order. None of the teams #5-#25 have established themselves. Most of these teams are ranked highly because they haven't lost.......yet.
5. West Virginia
6. California
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. Ohio State
10. Texas
11. Rutgers
12. Clemson
13. Boston College
14. Kentucky
15. Oregon
16. South Carolina
17. Alabama
18. Virginia Tech
19. Hawaii
20. Louisville
21. Purdue
22. South Florida
23. Georgia
24. Texas A&M
25. Missouri
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