Even though Massachusetts will be getting beat like a drum on Saturday, I still think there is potential for other upsets.  Unfortunately, tonight’s West Vaginia road trip to South Florida won’t be one of them.  I think USF is a legit Top 25 team, but Slayton and White are veterans and WVU won’t overlook USF this year.  As for the upsets, Illinois will beat Penn State and Florida State will roll the Tide.  The rest of the games this weekend aren’t “Separation Saturday” quality or whatever other buzz words ESPN wants to cram down your throat, but there will be some good games.  There are a two interesting Pac 10 matchups:  USC is at Washington (is this their conference trap game?) and California is at Oregon in a game that could decide the 2nd place Pac 10 team and a potential BCS berth.  The Florida Auburn SEC showdown may turn into something watchable (hopefully), but I don’t think so.  Clemson heads to Hot-Lanta to knock GT out of the ACC championship race and Michigan St plays Wisconsin in a game no one cares about, but could shape the Big Ten championship race.

West Virginia 34 @ USF 27

Alabama 13 @ Florida State  17

Penn State 17 @ Illinois 20

USC > 50 @ Washington 27

California 24 @ Oregon 31

Auburn 24 @ Florida > 50

Clemson 17 @ GT 24

Sparty 14 @ Wisconsin 24

In honor of The Office returning to television this week we Present The College Football Dundies.

Grace Under Fire Award – Mario Urrutia
Louisville’s Wide Receiver dropped 5 balls throughout the course of the game and accounted for two very costly Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalties late in the 2nd half.  Louisville’s D might not have done their job, but Mario Urrutia was a big contributing factor to this loss.  Way to keep it together and give your team a chance D Bag.

(Runner Up) – Art Carmody
UL’s kicker who further shot his team in the foot by kicking an onside attempt that traveled a staggering 4 yards.  Syracuse got the ball and ran out the clock.

Whitest Sneakers (Cleats) Award – Penn State’s Offense
The only thing offensive about Penn St was Joe Pa’s Octogenarian breath.  Penn St going into this game averaged 45 points a game, 412 total yards on offense, and converted 60% of their 3rd downs.  Michigan’s D, which was non existent against a 1-AA team, and Oregon held the Nittany Lions to 0 touchdowns, 270 total yards, and allowed them to convert only 33 % of 3rd downs.  Michigan’s end zones had too much mud in them for Penn St and they needed their cleats clean to, apparently, match the “Whiteout.”

(Runner Up) – ND’s Defense
They gave up 30 points for the 6th consecutive game this week, but seriously, was anyone surprised?

Don’t Go In There After Me Award – USC Trojans
Their win over Wazzu makes it a 35 home game win streak.  The Trojans seem unbeatable at The Coliseum; the next challengers to the throne?  Stanford. Looks like USC will improve to 36.

(Runner Up) – The Gators
They have a 17 game win streak in The Swamp.  Look out Auburn.

Spicy Curry Award – South Carolina
The Ol Ball Coach and his boys got a heaping dish of the Cajun Persuajan on Saturday that left their palates scorched.  To combat 3rd degree burns by LSU’s D, South Carolina tried almost every QB on the roster.  A field goal late in the game by South Carolina confirmed that they were suffering from heat stroke, as it left them still down by 3 scores. (18 as opposed to 21)  LSU after beating its second ranked opponent this year looks “HOT HOT HOT.”

(Runner Up) – Im not sure…
Is Hawaiian food spicy? If so then, Charleston Southern who got torched 66-10.

Tight Ass Award – Arkansas’ Defense
For the second consecutive week Arkansas let up 40 points in a loss.  Houston Nutt isn’t long for this world.  Even with huge talents D MAC and Felix Jones he still managed to give these games away.  When your RB rushes for 200 yards and two TDs and your QB passes for 145 and 3 TDs and you still lose, something needs fixing.  Psst, it’s your defense.

(Runner Up) – Nebraska’s Defense
You let Ball St put up 40 and almost upset you.  You also let them gain more rushing yards, first downs, total yards, and allowed them fewer penalties at your home field.  But then again, if I was in crowd for this game, I might have been just as quiet as everyone else.

Show Me the Money Award – South Florida Head Coach Jim Leavitt
You know Jim Leavitt is screaming this at the top of his lungs every time his team wins.  A couple more wins and the Bulls are on their way to another Bowl Game, and Jim is on his way to a contract extension, or a new school and a bigger contract.

(Runner Up) – ND Alumni.
They are shouting this same phrase, but for much different reasons.  Demanding Charlie Weis show them why he deserves the largest contract in college football after producing the worst start in school history and ranking 119 in almost every facet of offense.  Give me 4.5 million a year and I will coach the Irish to a 0-4 start too.

Fine Work Award – Tom O’ Brien
Let’s all take a minute to commend Tom on the fine work he has done reviving NC St, oh wait, they are 1-3.  Their only win comes from 1-AA Wofford.  Hmm Tom, maybe you shouldn’t have packed it in at BC seeing how they are 4-0 and are on top in the Atlantic.

(Runner Up) – Dave Wannstedt
His NFL genius fell short this week as Pitt stumbled against UCONN, I mean come the fuck on.  UCONN???  If not for a home job last week they would have lost to Temple.  Side note, Dave Wannstedt is also responsible for injuring Ricky Williams, when he, as head coach of the Dolphins, implemented first team versus first team live scrimmages in full pads during the season.

Hottest in the Office Award – Erin Andrews
ESPN got it right when they decided to disarm grumpy Head Coaches by presenting them with a cute girl who has almost zero knowledge of football.  The pretty face catches them off guard and the pea sized knowledge of the game allows them to lob softball questions at these guys.  All in all, good deal.

(Runner Up) – Anyone other than Holly Rowe
How that cow of a woman got this job is beyond me.  I’d say she slept with a producer, but that’s how all the good looking ones got theirs.

Bushiest Beaver Award – WVU’s Cheerleaders
While watching WVU destroy ECU, I was certain I caught a glimpse of a cheerleader who seemed to forget “something” when she got dressed in the morning.  It could have been a thong, but it wasn’t the normal granny panties.  Either way even if she did remember her undies, I’m sure none of those girls shave, because people from WV have poor hygiene.

(Runner Up) – I don’t know, probably Wyoming’s cheerleaders, I doubt very much their hygiene is on par with the rest of America either.

I am not sure if this is real or was a photoshop job.  It was sent in by a reader from the Tucker Max Forum.

Click on the picture to see the original.

On paper these games don’t look as exciting as last week’s.  However, I think we are in store for a great weekend of college football.  The best news of the week is that team Musburger aka team stick pony aka team Jack Kevorkian will be at Wisconsin.  Since I am no where near either Iowa or Whisky, I will be able to enjoy USC pounding Wazzu in peace.

Texas A&M 13 @ Miami 20
Michigan St 30 @ Notre Dame 10
South Carolina 20 @ LSU 33
Penn St 27 @ Michigan 20
Kentucky 28 @ Arkansas 34
Georgia 13 @ Alabama 21
Washington St 17 @ USC 41
Iowa 9 @ Wisconsin 24

What do you guys think?

In order to show fans he is doing all he can to score points and win games, Coach Weis has been gracious enough to sit down and explain the Notre Dame playbook to us.

This is our off tackle play. In spring training I set out for us to be a physical running team. That didn’t work. We don’t really run this play anymore. Continue Reading “Charlie Weis Explains the Notre Dame Playbook” »

• Louisville has a high octane offense, but after losing a shootout to Kentucky they won’t have a shot at the National Championship.
• Florida is really good. If the young defense can keep opponents to 21 or less points the offense will do the rest and the Gators will be defending their championship.
• LSU is good, I still don’t believe in them and think they will stumble a couple of times along the way.
• Right now USC is the best team in the country. They took apart the Nebraska defense piece by piece on Saturday night. Booty looked excellent and any one of the horses in the stable of running backs could start at any other school in the country.
• What is going on in Texas? They narrowly escaped a loss against a far worse UCF team.
• Nick Saban has Alabama back into the AP Top 20 and fans energized.
• If you have seen 5 minutes of Boston College football this year you already know Matt Ryan is pretty good. Not many people like BC or watch their games so I figured I would point it out.
• Hopefully Virginia Tech can follow the same game plan BC used when they play The Ramblin Wreck.

CGB’s Top 10 Teams

1. USC
2. Florida
3. LSU
4. Oklahoma
5. Cal
6. Ohio State
7. West Virginia
8. Texas
9. Boston College
10. Penn State

• UCLA – Three interceptions and two fumbles equals one horrid loss to Utah.  The Utes brought the defense, harassed Ben Olson in the pocket. stopped the run game, capitalized off of turnovers and eliminated any chance of UCLA in the National Championship Game.  This game was just an absolute blowout and is huge upset #2 of the season.
• Auburn – Auburn got Croomed. Again this week the Tigers offense was an efficient turnover machine.  Brandon Cox was 4/10 for 42 yards 2 interceptions one of which went back to the house.  Kodi Burns was 8/12 for 65 yards and 1 interception.  Good thing Tommy Tuberville has the 2003 National Championship to fall back on or he might be in the hot seat.  Haha.
• Connecticut – How the fuck do you lose to Temple?  Oh that’s right didn’t.  Uconn got the biggest homecooked meal in the history of college football when a last second touchdown was ruled an incomplete pass.  What is the point of replay if they aren’t going to correct obvious on the field mistakes.
• Tennessee – Absolute domination by Florida.   Tim Tebow had 360 total yards and 4 touchdowns.  What a romp.  It seems like the Urban Meyer spread offense will thrive in SEC.  Vol fans have to be wondering what has happened to their once powerhouse of a program.  They now fall somewhere way behind Florida and LSU, but mixed in with USC, Georgia and Auburn.  Right where they don’t want to be.  This could be Fat Phil’s last year.
• Notre Dame – If Notre Dame v Michigan 2007 was Cripple Fight 2007 then Notre Dame was the legitimate handicapped kid while Michigan was the strong, aggressive kid who just scored low on standardized testing.  Beat Down! I couldn’t have hoped for a better worse start for the Irish: 0-3, averaging 2 points a game, 119th in total offense, -14 yards rushing and a defense softer than satin.  At the beginning of the season I thought they would win the last 4 games and have a chance to win against Purdue and Michigan St.  I am now wondering if they will even get 4 wins this year.  If this isn’t a rebuilding year Charlie you need to set the bar higher.

The facial expression on Holtz’ face after Cripple Fight 2007 says it all. He looks depressed and lifeless, like he just was fatalitized by Shang Tsung. As much as I hate Notre Dame and think Lou Holtz is a senile ND homer, he is college football.  After all on the 7th day Holtz did Create College Football.