College Football Week4, more teams go down.

Well since I had to work a day shift today, I didn't get to watch any games. Boo. Well, after perusing the news, here's my thoughts.

Florida takes down Kentucky, but Tebow goes out with a concussion. Let's hope he's ok, cause the Gators would have a tough rode without him. As more and more teams get saddled with a loss early on, the Gators can really put themselves in the cat bird seat if they can stay undefeated. They have a bye next week, then a BIG game at LSU on 10/10.

Nice to see both BYU and Utah bounce back from last week. Although, after seeing that Oregon TROUNCE Cal, one might look back at the U's loss against the Ducks and think maybe that wasn't such a bad one. The Utes took down a Big Est foe, Louisville today. Of course the Big East had no business being in the BCS, but every win against a BCS school counts.

BYU bounces back by opening conference play with a convincing win against CSU. Of course the fact that Florida State lost to USF this week makes you scratch your head some more about last week. Oh well, BYU should move back up at least a couple of spots in the polls.

Anyway, both Utah and Florida have byes next week, but BYU will host Utah State. The Aggies played fairly well at Texas A&M last week and took their first win of the season this week against SUU. Still, I look for the Cougars to tune up things against Aggies next week, unless they overlook them like they did FSU. Of course the Aggies are no Florida State, but they're definitely an improved team. They also appear to have a competent coaching staff for the first time since who, John L Smith? If BYU takes USU lightly, you might see the Ags hang close. With so many of my teams out of action next week, that'll be the one I really watch.

College Football Week 3:The Mountain West falls on it's sword.

So....bad, bad news for the Mountain West this week. More on that in a minute.


First off, Go Gators! They took care of business 23-13 against Tennessee. They probably should have won by more than that, but it's an SEC conference game, so yeah. Still, on roll the Gators. Next week: at Kentucky.

Great job by Weber State taking down Idaho State. I think they can make some noise in the FCS this season.

Now, to the Mountain West.

Utah loses at Oregon 31-24. All in all, maybe not that bad. Oregon got ahead and the Utes bravely fought back, but once again turnovers kill the Utes, including two interceptions in the final few minutes while the Utes were trying to get an equalizing score. Oregon is a tough place to play, and it was raining, but if the Utes want to be the power house everyone thinks they are, they've got to be able to beat an unranked Pac 10 team when they're number 18 in the country, You just have to win that game. Oh well, BCS out the window, I forsee further losses for Utah possibly the next two weeks against Louisville and Colorado State, and even more likely against BYU and TCU later in the season. No secret, this is a rebuilding year, but BCS schools don't usually take a break.

BYU was worse. Getting the doors blown off their own dump by an unranked Florida State squad. I think FSU took BYU seriously, I don't think BYU took the Seminoles seriously, and the 'Noles left Provo with Max Hall's scalp. Three interceptions, all at crucial times. Captain Choke indeed. There's not much to say, except that BYU got blasted, which was too bad. It would have been a good thing for college football to have a formidable contingent from the Mountain West.

But that's not to be. Count out the BCS busting hopes of Utah and BYU, even if they both were to win out, which they won't. I don't see either of them beating TCU. Howver, even TCU struggled at times against Texas State, of all schools. Sure they blew them out at the end, but it was closer than it should have been for awhile.

However, the other two MWC flagship programs took a big hit today, and the damage is bad. All that good will? Gone. Erased by a particularly bad loss on BYU's part which will just bring out the chants of "overrated." The pollsters will think twice about putting them that high again. Seems the victory over OU was a fluke, and Max Hall still can't win the big game. The rest of the college football world will regard the Mountain West as not making it's case. These are games you have to win to get into the BCS, period. So, Ute and Cougar fans, shelve it for this year, you're done.

As for other games of note, way to go Washington taking down USC! I also watched a great game featuring Cal and Minnesota this morning, where Jahvid Best scored 5 touchdowns. Look for Cal to move up with ranked teams ahead of them taking tough losses.

Utah will almost certainly drop out of the Top 25, and I suspect BYU to fall in between 21-25, if not out all together.

Next up--
Utah vs. Lousiville
BYU vs. Colorado State
Florida at Kentucky

I was 3-1 in my picks posted on Facebook today. Not bad.

College Football Week 2

So I don't just talk about serious stuff like politics. I'm really trying to get back into the swing of things in football this year, both college and the NFL.

After spending time in Florida, I was impressed with the Gator nation, so I now pull for them as my top team. I also keep tabs on BYU and Utah, the local favorites. So most of my comments will be confined to those teams.

Well, what can you say about Florida? They destroyed Troy 56-6. No biggie. Just a tune up for Tebow and Co.

I was really impressed with BYU again, I saw most of this game. BYU moved the ball pretty much at will, though Tulane managed to keep them out of the endzone for a lot of the first half. The Cougars righted the ship in the second half. Good game. An inferior opponent for sure, but still a non-conference win on the road.

Utah did NOT take care of business against San Jose State. Sure, SJSU is probably better than people give them credit for, and it was a road game, but two costly turnovers and what, two missed field goals? Last year the kicking game won close games for the Utes. This year, it might cost them a close game if t hey don't remedy it. I think Utes fans have a reason to wonder if they can beat TCU or BYU at this point.

On a side note, how did Weber screw themselves out of the biggest win in school history? Grr....

Also Mike, Clint, and I caught the end of the Notre Dame/Michigan game at work. What a finish! I hate Notre Dame.

I also took in quite a bit of Central Michigan/Michigan State. Good game, good finish, and a minor upset, though I do think Central is a good team. When does Michigan State do ANYTHING except underachieve?

Next up for Utah is Oregon. BSU took care of them last week, but they hung on to take out a Big Ten team in Purdue this week, so the Utes will have to play better than they did this week.

BYU gets Florida State at home next week, The Seminoles tuned up a bit this week against Jville State. They're an athletic team thatshould give BYU a nice test.

Next up for the Gators is an SEC clash with Tennessee, who lost to UCLA this week. A better test for Florida than Troy, but a game the Gators should win at home in the swamp.

Tomorrow starts the NFL!