For Georgia fans: It has been a great ride this season and gets better each week. But let's get past Florida and then talk. The Dawgs have marched into the World's Largest Cocktail Party undefeated twice in the last 10 years only to humbled by their nemesis.
For BYU fans: This headline from Sports Illustrated "Best and Worst of MidSeason" article says it all (and this was before losing, again, to 1 - 6 East Carolina). But give 'em some credit - four of their losses were to teams that are currently ranked or "receiving votes". Nonetheless, they are having their worst season in 48 years. I'm glad Lavell is not around to see it.
In math, if A > B > C then A > C and that always works. But college football isn't math. And that is why we like it so much. Sometimes, and maybe even most of the time A > C but every once in a while C surprises both B and A.
That's what we've seen the last few weeks and that keeps it all interesting. We're not talking as much about FSU and Clemson as we were in August. We're starting to think that Penn State and Georgia might really have a shot at Bama. We've seen Clemson, Oklahoma, Auburn, and Washington State all lose to un-ranked teams. We watched Oklahoma come within a few seconds of doing it again and OSU within a few seconds of their second loss.
From Eric Single of SI:
"Six weeks into the season, it seemed like Clemson and Alabama sat on their own separate tier, ... never [to] stoop to the level of the mere mortals that populated their respective conferences. Now that the cracks in Clemson’s armor have been exposed, are we back to Alabama vs. the field? ... it would be hard not to make the Tide prohibitive favorites. But if Friday night taught us anything, it’s not to throw around that type of label lightly, no matter how strong the top teams look."
Give Bama credit but right now they remind of Rocky in Rocky III. They simply have not played anyone of significance. TA&M maybe, and that was their closest game, but they might jsut be getting lulled into a easy run before having to actually work for a win as they come up on LSU, Auburn and likely Georgia. Do they have the coaching, talent and depth to handle it? Of course, but those areas may be just rusty enough to allow another team to expose them.
Others are possibly in the same boat: Wisconsin has not really been tested. Penn State has been tested but will have their hands full with Ohio State next week. TCU is marching through an average Big 12 slate. And we're also seeing the clearing of others who were probably not worthy of their ranking (USC, Utah, M State) which is usually what October exposes.
For BYU fans: This headline from Sports Illustrated "Best and Worst of MidSeason" article says it all (and this was before losing, again, to 1 - 6 East Carolina). But give 'em some credit - four of their losses were to teams that are currently ranked or "receiving votes". Nonetheless, they are having their worst season in 48 years. I'm glad Lavell is not around to see it.
"BIGGEST MYSTERY: WHAT HAPPENED TO BYU? The 1–6 Cougars are anemic on offense and have been blown out by at least 16 points in five of their six losses, only one of which came against a team now ranked in the Top 25 (Wisconsin rolled to a 40–6 win in Provo)."
=====================In math, if A > B > C then A > C and that always works. But college football isn't math. And that is why we like it so much. Sometimes, and maybe even most of the time A > C but every once in a while C surprises both B and A.
That's what we've seen the last few weeks and that keeps it all interesting. We're not talking as much about FSU and Clemson as we were in August. We're starting to think that Penn State and Georgia might really have a shot at Bama. We've seen Clemson, Oklahoma, Auburn, and Washington State all lose to un-ranked teams. We watched Oklahoma come within a few seconds of doing it again and OSU within a few seconds of their second loss.
From Eric Single of SI:
"Six weeks into the season, it seemed like Clemson and Alabama sat on their own separate tier, ... never [to] stoop to the level of the mere mortals that populated their respective conferences. Now that the cracks in Clemson’s armor have been exposed, are we back to Alabama vs. the field? ... it would be hard not to make the Tide prohibitive favorites. But if Friday night taught us anything, it’s not to throw around that type of label lightly, no matter how strong the top teams look."
Give Bama credit but right now they remind of Rocky in Rocky III. They simply have not played anyone of significance. TA&M maybe, and that was their closest game, but they might jsut be getting lulled into a easy run before having to actually work for a win as they come up on LSU, Auburn and likely Georgia. Do they have the coaching, talent and depth to handle it? Of course, but those areas may be just rusty enough to allow another team to expose them.
Others are possibly in the same boat: Wisconsin has not really been tested. Penn State has been tested but will have their hands full with Ohio State next week. TCU is marching through an average Big 12 slate. And we're also seeing the clearing of others who were probably not worthy of their ranking (USC, Utah, M State) which is usually what October exposes.