As we always have said, well that’s why you play ‘em!
Upsets this week were so abundant that we’ll hardly even know the top 25. Just in the top ten, USC, Florida, Georgia and Wisconsin all lost, and all except Georgia to an unranked team! Navy even got in the act by knocking off #18 [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Week 5: Upsets Run Rampant and Twist the Top 25
Posted in Sports, tagged Add new tag, Alabama, Auburn, Badgers, Boise State, Brigham Young, Buckeyes, Bulldogs, Bulls, BYU, Colorado, Connecticut. Oklahoma State Oregon, Ducks, Florida, Fresno State Kansas, Gators, Georgia, Hokies, Huskies, Jayhawks, Longhorns, LSU, Michigan State, Missouri, Nittany Lions, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Red Raiders, Sooners, South Florida, Spartans, Texas, Texas Tech, Tigers, Trojans, USC, Utah, Utes, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Week 5 Analysis and Predictions
Posted in Sports on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! I just can’t believe we’re already in week 5. Alot of things have come into focus, but like a rainy windshield being swashed by your wipers, things start getting clearer after this coming week when most everyone begins conference play. So let’s see how things might go and also a few things to watch [...]
Week 4 Results: Key Games Provide Key Shifts
Posted in Sports on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While many top 25 teams had the week off, others were engaged in key matchups that not only resulted in major shifts, but also could tell the tale off post season matchups.
On the mind was of all football fans were the key SEC matchups this week. Two of them ended up being rather mundane affairs [...]
Week 4 Predictions:
Posted in Sports on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well folks, we’re having to get an early start this week on the predictions as there’s actually a Wednesday and Thursday game this week. The Wednesday game should be a fine matchup between what we might call shadow teams. Kansas State (2-0) has overpowered their opponents 119-16 in their first two games. Junior QB Josh [...]
Week 3 Results: Upsets, Blowouts begin to focus the 2008 Season.
Posted in Sports, tagged Alabama, Auburn, Brigham Young, BYU, Clemson, college football, Colorado Arizona State, East Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Fresno State, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, LSU, Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, South Florida, Texas, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, UNLV, USC, Utah, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Wisconsin on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Understandably we expect the first couple of weeks of the season to be a testing period. Most teams have to tune up against token opponents to be ready to start showing their true personality and potential beginning in weeks 3 or 4. Week 3 indeed showed the true potential of some teams, and warning [...]
Week Three – Things Get Interesting Early
Posted in Sports, tagged Alabama, Arizona State Texas Tech, Auburn, BYU, Clemson, college football, East Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Fresno State, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, LSU, Missouri, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, rankings, South Florida, Texas, UCLA, USC, Utah, Wake Forest, Wisconsin on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Week Three’s games begin some interesting matchups that could have long term effects for some title hopefuls. There are three inter-Top25 battles that might at the very least give us a glimpse into the future, and at best could dictate who’s out early in the BCS title hunt. So without further ado, let’s how week [...]
Week Two: Surprises (?) Make the Top 25 Interesting
Posted in Sports, tagged Alabama, Arizona State, Auburn Kansas, BYU, Clemson, College, college football, Florida, football, Fresno State, Georgia, Illinois, LSU, Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Texas, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Utah, Wake Forest, West Virginia on September 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There was a partial redemption by the ACC this week, but topping the surprises was the East Carolina Pirates taking down yet again, for the second week in a row, a top 20 opponent, this time, a top 10. Skip Holtz’s Pirates dominated Patrick White and the West Virginia Mountaineers 24-3. At some [...]
Week Two: Not Much Better Than Week One
Posted in Sports, tagged Alabama, Arizona State, Auburn, BYU, college football, Florida, football, Fresno State, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, LSU, Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, predictions, rankings, South Carolina, South Florida, Texas, Texas Tech, USC, Utah, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Wisconsin on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surprise surprise the pollsters didn’t take long to change their minds on their number one did they? They have anointed USC for that this week. We (my good buddy Steve and I) weren’t quite ready to do so, even after they beat Virginia. Its true that Virginia was a bowl team last year and had [...]
Week One: A Few Insights, But Business As Usual
Posted in Sports on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Week one, as predicted, offered very little insight into the upcoming 2008 season, though a few teams had some wake up calls. Exceptional performances DID cause a few moves in the top 25 as I see it.
For the most part the top 10 had very little issue with their opponents. The exception was Clemson, who [...]
