Weeks 10 & 11: November Pressure

In September we watch teams figuring themselves out. October brings stability and poll settling. But November...that is when real football is played. The pressure of holding your spot in the polls, getting bowl-eligible, style points to convert your win into extra BCS points, rivalry games, and even pulling for certain opponents to help you move north in the polls. Yesterday we watched three of the four un-defeated teams toy with a loss. Yea, November is the MONEY MONTH.

This is what we saw out of the first two Saturdays of Money Month:

Week 10:

1. Utah's weak schedule was exposed. TCU dominated start-to-finish and embarrassed the obviously over-rated Utes.

2. BYU finally showed some signs of life...and hopefully signs of the next few years. The defense excelled and the offense began to look almost dominant.

3. LSU showed that although player skills is important, coaching skills (play calling) can make up for mediocre player skills.

Week 11:

1. See #1 above (except underline and bold the word "embarrassed").

2. See #2 above (except underline and bold "excelled" and "dominant").

3. Georgia's AJ Green is near super-human...and Auburn's Cam Newton is super-human.

4. Spurrier has got big, impressive things going on in South Carolina.

EndZone

And speaking of Money Month: What is going on with college football and money? We learn this week that Cam Newton's father allegedly asked for money to send his son to Mississippi State. It's bad enough that we have these kids taking money to play from low-life agents and lower-life boosters, but since when did the parents get in on the action? I honestly hope it is all a big lie because I hate to even think that our game, its traditions and indeed the whole fabric of college football society might be reaching such a low point.