This is why we play the game...Texas over Oklahoma, Missouri over Georgia and Utah over Stanford (the first Top 10 loss to a non-ranked this year). Polls, voters, sportscasters, and odds-makers be damned. None of it matters or has any effect on the outcome of the game. Wins and losses happen on the field, not in front of a 27" monitor.
BYU put together their most complete game in years, winning 38 - 20 over GaTech. With the exception of dialing it down a bit too much in the 2nd half (a common BYU mistake when leading at half-time), they showed a balanced and aggressive offense as their defense stood their ground (for all four quarters, as usual). Let's hope they can sustain this uptick in offensive performance and stingy defense as they take on 5 - 0 Houston next week.
Mizzou over Georgia was not a huge surprise. Nobody really knew if Mizzou was any good or not. They were 5 - 0 against losing teams and came into injury-riddled Georgia confident, with a chip on their shoulder for just last week being "granted" a spot in the Top 25 and yet to be taken seriously in the powerful SEC. UGA coaches along with Aaron Murray did their best with talented but inexperienced backs and receivers in their 4th of six games against ranked teams. The young but well-tested UGA defense, however, could not stop the Mizzou offense. Mizzou executed a great game plan that paid off as they head into a 3-game stretch against Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee with even more confidence.
Mack Brown can probably keep his job for at least the rest of this year after dominating Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry. Oklahoma never lead and never found an answer. Utah continues to pull off big upsets when no one is expecting it. They probably didn't even fill their stadium after last weeks performance. But Whittingham knows how to prepare a team for the big one - and he did. They will not be over-looked by the rest of the PAC-12.
The Top 25 now has 13 undefeated teams (five hold spots 1 through 5), eight 1-loss and the entrance of the first 2-loss teams (four) this past week. The undefeated present and interesting and all too often dilemma in the BCS era: which undefeated get to go to the big dance? In this last BCS year it would only be fitting if there were one final, big time controversy over which two teams are given the opportunity to win all the marbles.
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| Ute fans loving the upset. |
Mizzou over Georgia was not a huge surprise. Nobody really knew if Mizzou was any good or not. They were 5 - 0 against losing teams and came into injury-riddled Georgia confident, with a chip on their shoulder for just last week being "granted" a spot in the Top 25 and yet to be taken seriously in the powerful SEC. UGA coaches along with Aaron Murray did their best with talented but inexperienced backs and receivers in their 4th of six games against ranked teams. The young but well-tested UGA defense, however, could not stop the Mizzou offense. Mizzou executed a great game plan that paid off as they head into a 3-game stretch against Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee with even more confidence.
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| UT fans loving the rivalry. |
The Top 25 now has 13 undefeated teams (five hold spots 1 through 5), eight 1-loss and the entrance of the first 2-loss teams (four) this past week. The undefeated present and interesting and all too often dilemma in the BCS era: which undefeated get to go to the big dance? In this last BCS year it would only be fitting if there were one final, big time controversy over which two teams are given the opportunity to win all the marbles.
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| So she went to a football game... lots of people do. |
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Really...Condoleezza Rice...selected to be a member of the playoff committee? Does she blog about college football? Who is on the selection committee, selection committee?