Week 7
SHAZAM! Buster Douglas KO's Iron Mike Tyson...Oh, Wait, Wrong Sport...
Well, well, well. Another week of top 10 teams going down. USC went
down to a gutty Stanford club in the Coliseum, Wisconsin predictably
lost to an upstart Illini team, and Florida came out on the short end
of the stick in Baton Rouge. South Florida struggled against FAU,
while Ohio State and BC dominated Purdue and BG respectively. The
Stanford Cardinal's performance in LA is the stuff of legend, beating
everybody's unbeatable team, in their house, on two amazing 4th down
conversions. Simply put, what college football is all about.
Oklahoma won the Red River Shootout last weekend, catapulting
them up to #6 (and consequently dropping the Longhorns to #23), while
Mizzou blasted the Cornhuskers to jump up to #11. Mizzou is
undefeated, and a bit of a surprise, while the Sooners were expected to
be undefeated (granted the win in Dallas), and are a bit of a surprise
the other way. The loss in Boulder was painful for the Sooner nation,
but the team bounced back against Texas and now faces a Mizzou team
that put on an even bigger show against the depleted Husker D than did
USC a few weeks ago. Will the Tigers move on to 6-0, or will the
Sooner Schooner triumph in Norman?
Purdue lost some legitimacy when they got trounced at home by
the Ohio State University last week. Michigan lost a lot of legitimacy
when they lost at home to Appalachian State (a point of fact that has
been beaten into the Big Blue fan base for weeks now). Will Big Blue
reclaim the big house, or will the Boilermakers step up?
LSU travels to Lexington to take on a surprisingly tough
Wildcat team. The Tigers have looked positively unbeatable this year,
and manhandled the same Gamecocks that thrashed UK last week. Andre
Woodson has shown himself to be a legitimate candidate for the Heisman
trophy (among other things). Glenn Dorsey (LSU DT) has been spoken of
as a potential candidate for the *gulp* Heisman trophy. Dorsey is as
dominant as any D-Lineman I've seen in years. I doubt anybody will
give him serious Heisman consideration down the stretch, but that
doesn't mean he's not legitimate. It just means the Heisman is an
overinflated award that doesn't go to the BEST player in College
football. Will Woodson establish his claim to the Heisman in a game
for the ages, or will Dorsey make another big statement on the national
stage?
Colorado beat Oklahoma. Yes, they lost big on the road to
ASU, and yes, they lost close to a tough FSU D, but they did more to
reestablish the Big XII North than any other team in the Big XII.
Except, that is, for the team they play this week: K-State. K-State
has beaten Texas two years straight. These two teams combined to beat
the two perennial National title contenders of the Big XII South. Cody
Hawkins has shown how well a freshman can play in his father's
offense. Big Josh Freeman and Ron Prince have reinvigorated what was
once the best team in the Big XII North. K-State stumbled against
Kansas last week, while Colorado buried Baylor. Will the Buffs step
up, or will purple power prevail?
Georgia Tech's visit to Miami looked promising before the
start of the season. Now that Miami has lost twice and the Yellow
Jackets thrice, it doesn't look as promising. At the same time, Miami
lost to Oklahoma in Norman (by a lot), and lost last week to former
Miami head coach Butch Davis and North Carolina. Time will tell, but
Randy Shannon was a player and assistant under Davis and may take some
time to adjust to playing his former mentor. Georgia Tech, on the
other hand, has lost two games by a total of 7 points, and got beat at
home by Boston College, the current #4 team in the country. Big wins
at Notre Dame and against Clemson have been overshadowed by a muffed
punt that led to a TD and a missed field goal last week against the
Terps of Maryland. Will the Canes get back into the ACC hunt, or will
the Yellowjackets climb above .500?
Stay tuned, sports fans. These questions and more will find their answers this weekend.
My Top 10 for this week:
1. LSU
2. The OSU
3. Cal
4. BC
5. USF
6. Mizzou
7. ASU
8. South Carolina
9. OU
10. USC
