26 September 2010

Week 4: It Takes September

It really takes the first month of games to see how good, or how bad, the teams really are. It takes a month for the players and coaches to learn their roles. It takes a month for fans to decide whether or not keep the season tickets, or cut their losses and sell to the highest bidder.

What have we seen this first month? Let's start here:
  • OSU and Utah stay high or climb the polls but have yet to play anyone of significance.
  • BYUs 2-QB system did not work. But we now see why the head coach was not ready to settle on one: neither QB was ready.
  • BYU and UGA, as I predicted, would have similar seasons. So far I'm very right, just not the outcome I hoped for. Both teams sit at 1 -3 with three straight losses (first time in five years for BYU, 20 years for Georgia).
  • 'bama may be the first team to repeat in the BCS era...their comeback against Arkansas looked like the 'bama of last year and a team that could repeat.
  • Right now, 19 of the-top 25 are undefeated and the six 1-loss teams all lost to a ranked team, with the exception of Texas (loss to UCLA).
  • Top 25: 6 from SEC, 6 from Big 10, 3 from Big 12, 3 from PAC-10, 2 from ACC, 0 from Big East, and 5 from the WAC and MWC. Hmmmm.....
Just to Vent
The BYU defense could not stop a running play...at all. The play calling was dull, predictable and downright atrocious when they needed it most. Receivers could not catch a ball to save their lives. Heaps is obviously a true freshman...but with potential.

ENDZONE
Please...can the Big 10 step it up a notch? They boast six teams in the Top 25 yet Saturday the Big 10, with the exception of Purdue and Minn, won their games by a total of 345 - 109. Play someone of real caliber and THEN stake your claim as a power conference.