What The Hell Happened?

This weekend the little guys fought back in a major way weekend as the top 25 were under siege from unranked teams like Oregon State and Navy. Here is a short rundown of what happened this weekend.

Georgia got mauled at home by Alabama Saturday night. Georgia came out in their awesome black jerseys, but that was the only thing compelling about their performance as the game was over at halftime with Alabama leading 31-0.

USC was also beat up pretty bad by an Oregon State team that looked less than average in its previous games this year. Jacquizz Rogers, freshman tailback, lead the assault on the Men of Troy by helping the Beavers control the clock and win the game 27-21.

East Carolina is still suffering from the hangover after a loss to NC State and let Houston hang 600 yards of total offense on them as the Cougars passed the ball all over the field in their 41-24 victory.

Clemson continued with the Tiger tradition and have gone about ruining a season that began with high hopes. They are failing to realize their potential for the 45th straight year. The Maryland Terps, after trailing for most of the game put together a strong 4th quarter and won the game 20-17.

Florida may be the biggest disappointment of the weekend losing to Ole Miss at home 31-30. The Rebels have a solid leader in Houston Nutt as 6mag has pointed out earlier this season and Coach Nutt got his first marquee win at Ole Miss. Florida should possibly experiment with a more contemporary offence to take advantage of their tremendous wealth of talent on the offensive side of the ball.

Wisconsin blew a 19-0 halftime lead on the road at the Big House falling to Michigan 27-25. Rich Rodriguez similar to Houston Nutt also got his first marquee victory as the first year coach at Michigan. You have to wonder if the Wolverines we saw in the second half of this game is the Michigan team we will see for the rest of the year or simply a 2-quarter flash of brilliance that will keep Michigan fans thirsty for 2009? Only time will tell how Michigan finishes the year.

I rescind my statement about Florida being the biggest losers of this weekends witch-hunt for the top 25. Wake Forest lost to frickin Navy this weekend AT HOME! NAVY people, what the hell is this? NAVY ……….. NAVY! This is terrible and Wake should receive the death penalty for this ridiculous loss to the lowly Midshipmen. Furthermore, how do you win on the road at FSU one week and then lose at home to NAVY the next. These types of game really lead me to believe that the mafia has a hand in rigging games on Saturdays, honestly dammit!

The last time such a shake-up occurred? One year ago, when in the last week of September three of the top-five teams fell and seven ranked teams lost to unranked opponents. 6mag has pointed out the parody in college football in a previous article posted in this blog and the occurrences this weekend only solidify our statements regarding the “closing of the gap” in talent levels between the top tier schools and those not so highly regarded in college football. Scholarship limitations have evened the playing field and teams such as South Florida, Ole Miss, every team in the Mountain West Conference, and, heaven forbid, Navy now can compete for athletes and it is making college football more competitive than it has ever been. 

The final take on this weekends developments is that Alabama has enough talent to contend for a national title even thought it lost to UL-Lafayette just 11 months ago. Oklahoma is at this point the best team in the country and the OU-Texas game this year in Dallas will be one of the biggest games between these two rivals in recent memory. The World’s Biggest Cocktail party game between Georgia and Florida may not be one of the biggest games of the year anymore. Every single team in the pac-10 should be placed in the div.1-aa playoffs at the end of this year.

Peace Claudius Blackimous

P.s. I had truffle pizza this weekend it was awesome!