Un. Believe. Able.
The week started out unusual when everyone thought Hillary would beat Trump, but Trump prevailed in the end (heaven help us).
Then on Saturday, the rain started to fall. November rain. Only once before have #2, #3 and #4 fallen on the same week (1985). They may be back, or not. Overnight, we went from five unbeatens to now only two (Bama and Western Michigan).
The week started out unusual when everyone thought Hillary would beat Trump, but Trump prevailed in the end (heaven help us).
Then on Saturday, the rain started to fall. November rain. Only once before have #2, #3 and #4 fallen on the same week (1985). They may be back, or not. Overnight, we went from five unbeatens to now only two (Bama and Western Michigan).
- #4 Washington had no answer for #20 USC. They were simply outplay by a team that wanted it more.
- #3 Clemson has been on the ropes too many times and it finally caught up with them.
- #2 Michigan was simply beaten. Iowa looked well prepared and took advantage of the Wolverines likely over-confidence and expected blowout mentality. Or, maybe it was the pink locker room Iowa has for the visiting teams.
And...
- #9 Auburn was stuffed by a committed Georgia defense that held them to zero 2nd half first downs.
- #8 TA&M could not hold on and let Ole Miss back in the game. Did they forget about the many Land Shark's comeback runs?
- Also losing were #14 VaTech, #13 North Carolina, and #25 Baylor. The first two to un-ranked teams.
- And looking good down the stretch: Utah, Colorado, Penn State, Florida, Oklahoma and LSU.
Some may say the losses at the top muddied the playoff waters. Not me - it cleared things up. We were shown that maybe these three are not true contenders. We want the top four teams, teams that really want it, teams that don't overlook "lesser" opponents, and teams that are not one dimensional (rely on one or two star players).
All hail the underdog.