Lessons From The First Weekend

So Far Not As Good

The SEC gets a lot of publicity with the talent they routinely put into the NFL and how tough their conference is, but so far the opening weekend saw some cracks in the conference. LSU decided to take a whole half of football off against UNC. I don't know if Les Myles or the OC Gay Crowton that decided to take the teams foot off the accelerator but to let an undermanned Tar Heel team basically beat you in the second half is unacceptable. Myles is under a lot of pressure in Baton Rouge and know the performance by his team last night will not win him any points.

Florida looked uncomfortable in the Post Tebow era. Their offense was not in rhythm against Miami, Oh but it was not John Brantley's fault. The Gators looked sluggish and disorganized. Urban Meyer will get the ship righted but the Gators are going to take some losses this season. The reason Meyer briefly retired is because he saw the future of Florida football and it works in cycles. His dominance in the Sunshine State is coming to an end with the resurgence of Miami and and arch-rival Florida State. In a few years he will wish he took the Notre Dame job when he had the chance.

Ole Miss losing to Jacksonville St is just incredible. 1. Never let a lesser opponent hang in the 4th quarter. For most of those team just playing the big boys is a dream come true but if you let them hang around, their confidence starts to build. 2. Houston Nutt should have gone for two by Jacksonville St did and ended the game. I know the rule if you are at home you play for the win, but when you are up 21-3 and let a team back into the game, you end it as soon as possible. The smart play is in OT go for the two points on your next possession and force the underdog to match you. Jacksonville St. showed a lot of guts by hanging in there and then pulling off the 2pt. conversion, they had nothing to lose and everything to gain. 3. Losses like this cost coaches their job, just ask Lloyd Carr.

Tennessee that sound you hear is a flock of Ducks coming into Rocky Top. That game this on Saturday will not be pretty.

Can We Stop Crowning Champs After One Week

After the first week of action, Alabama is unbeatable, Florida struggled, Oklahoma and Texas are so so. We are so quick to judge teams after the first couple of weeks instead of letting the season play out. The Crimson Tide played San Jose St, when have they been a football power. Let me think....NEVER!!! Yet the Tide will be tough to beat is all the analysis. They played a team that probably should be in Football Bowl Subdivision or D-1AA for all of you old school people. But everyone is saying how great Bama looks and they are going to win it all after one game. Its just one game people. The reason why Florida, Texas and Oklahoma struggled is because it was the first live game action in months. Here is another statement I heard that Denard Robinson of Michigan is the greatest Michigan qb ever. Didn't we hear the same thing about Tate Forcier last year? Have we not learned that Rich Rodriguez likes to use two quarterbacks? Instant analysis is clouding the way we watch games. Can we just let the teams play the games and at least get into conference play before we start crowning champs and declaring who's back and who's not.

The Boise State-Va Tech game lived up to the hype. The trouble for the Broncos now is after the play Oregon St., they have to run up the score against everyone in their conference for them to end up in the BCS championship game. The coaches are going to look at their scores and not their actual games and make judgements on this team. On Monday night, another mid-major served noticed to the BCS. If you don't include us we will still crash the party.

With all that said I am happy that college football is back. The opening weekend did not have a lot of great match ups but week two is going to be great. OSU-Miami, Florida St.-Oklahoma, Penn State-Alabama, Michigan-Notre Dame just to name a few. These games officially kickoff the season.