Michigan looked absolutely awful, the entire team looked winded from the start of the 1st quarter. It was as if they were running in oatmeal. Chad Henne was utterly dreadful. Their defensive coordinator needs to be fired. But I’ll say this, they can still win the Big Ten and go to the rose bowl, even if they lose to ND next week. I hope they do, so it exposes how bullshit the Big Ten bowl tie ins are.

Onto ND, they didnt look too bad in the first quarter. They had some big plays, and some decent defensive stands. Until, plagued by penalties, they began to give Penn St shorter and shorted fields. Terrible coverages on special teams, and the fact that they couldnt sustain an offensive drive led to Penn St controlling the game from midway through the 2nd quarter to then end. Charlie Weis’ offensive genius gave us the swing pass this week. Time to clue you in, that worked well in the beginning of last year because you had Brady Quinn who was able to burn defenses down field with deep threats like McKnight and Samardijza. So when CBs backed off so they wouldnt get toasted and let up huge passes, it was available. You cant start the game with this and expect to still work after the second offensive series. You dont have legit down field threats, and you didnt even attempt to show that you might. Penn St snuffed those BS passes out right off the bat. Compliment that with the inability to establish the run and you become more predictable than a Barry Bonds steriod test. The defense played hard, but was winded by the 2nd qtr. If you cant sustain offensive drives, your defense doesnt get adequate rest and begins to give up huge plays, just as it did against Ga Tech. Something really needs fixing in South Bend, I would start by labelling this a rebuilding year, because thats what it is.

Auburn became a victim of its own ranking. They were too high preseason and werent punished by voters for almost losing to the Willie Chant last week. A very impressive South Florida came in and basically said fuck the SEC and your automatic preseason rankings. South Florida caused 5 turnovers and used them to keep themselves in the game. Auburn is a solid football team, but not a top 25 contender.

Boise St is no longer a sleeper team since winning the Fiesta Bowl. Teams come prepared to play them. Wash, who has the toughest schedule in college football according to SI.com, played well and snapped the nations longest win streak. I didnt see this game, but from the looks of the stats Ty Willingham came prepared. Boise St’s 9 penalties and 4 turnovers allowed Wash to send them packing with their first loss since the 2005 season.

Oklahoma just looks solid this year, Sam Bradford has had two very good games so far. As for Miami, its official, you can no longer beat the Cincinnati Bengals. The damage Larry Coker did to this program will be felt for years, they are no longer National contenders or an ACC threat. I’ll probably tune in next week though, with the hope of catching another 12 minute field encompassing brawl against FIU.

I fear that game set Hokie Nation back 3 years… we better win the ACC and stinespring better be fired.