CFB Wrap up

Another crazy weekend in college football. Before I move forward, one of the readers pointed out that Big Ten is also seeing some of the same issues that the SEC has in bad calls favoring higher ranked teams. After watching the Indiana-Iowa game, I completely agree. This is not only a SEC-Big Ten problem, its all of college football. A lot of the replay officials as well as the refs on the fields are makeing bad calls or misinterpetting the rule book. In this game, Indiana had 2 touchdowns called back which could have changed the game. The IU receiver had one foot down and controlled the ball as he fell out of bounds and the back judge was standing right there and made the correct call. The replay judge overturned it. The Hoosier have been victimized by officials a lot this year. Look, IU does not have a football tradition, however, the game should be called the right way. Just because the school hasn't really been good that does mean they deserve to be treated like a 1-AA school.











IOWA

Iowa seriously reminds me of Ohio State in 2002. I'm not saying they are going to win the National Championsihip, but they are rolling. Every week people picked Ohio State to lose in 2002 and the same is happening to the Hawkeyes. Last week, Michigan State had the game won, but somehow, Iowa got a td with :03 seconds left and won. This week was no different against Indiana. In the third quarter, Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi threw not one, or two but 4 interceptions!!! 4 picks in a quarter usually spells doom for a team, but not those plucky Hawkeyes. They just outscored the Hoosiers 35-3 in the second half, 28 of those points came in the 4th quarter. This team relishes being down. They stick to their game plan, like the 02 Buckeyes and nothing seems to phase them. Their biggest challenge will be in a couple of weeks when they go to the Horseshoe and face Ohio State. Iowa can't win at Ohio State, right? I'm picking against them hoping they win so that the BCS gets screwed up.









USC

Pete Carroll still has to be bugged by Mark Sanchez leaving school early. Not that Sanchez would have made the difference yesterday, but they probably wouldn't have lost in Washington and the loss yesterday would have kept them in contention for BCS title game. After that thrashing that Oregon put on them yesterday, there is no way the Trojans can get into the title game. This has to make most of the pundits really sad. Everyone was thinking of ways of how USC was going to get to title game. SC has placed a lot of pro's in the NFL, but if you look at the last 10 years USC should have had a few more title appearances and more titles. Getting manhandled by the Ducks is no excuse for a team that has about eight or nine pro prospects on the defensive side of the ball. Oregon was relentless and deserve a lot of credit for bouncing back considering how the season started on the smurf turf in Boise.

Florida

Florida beat up on Georgia and is still number 1 in the BCS. Tebow looked healthy and their offense wasn't predictable. Florida will be in the SEC championship game but LSU with a win over Alabama would control their own destiny. Saturday's SEC showdown could have huge national championship implications. Can you imagine a championship game without an SEC school? It could happen if LSU beats Alabama and wins in the rematch against Florida. Texas and Iowa would have to stay undefeated as well. Here is what I really wanted to talk about. What's the deal with Georgia wearing the black helmets? Mark Richt was trying to inspire his players and strike fear into the Gators hearts. Why would a helmet do that? If your players can't get up for a rivalry game then they shouldn't be playing in that game. It's like when Notre Dame runs out in the green jersey's. Don't get me wrong, I like the helmet's, it just bugs me when the schools try to make a big deal out of them.