My Saturday Opinions - October 13, 2007

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I don’t have much to say about the early games today. Nothing too unexpected went on. I will say that the Friday Night Game was somewhat interesting. Hawaii is just not that good of a team. They are probably the worst team that is still undefeated. San Jose gave Hawaii all they could handle, but if there is anything to say, Hawaii still won. They have shown that they can win the close game, but clearly if they go undefeated, and are the only undefeated team in the country at the end of the season, they don’t deserve to be in the title game. I think they will lose this season, so we won’t need to worry about it. The only question will be how high will they have climbed in the polls when they lose? Will they still merit a spot in a BCS game? I don’t think so.
From the worst undefeated, to the best winless team, I am now talking about Colorado State. Colorado State is still winless, and is currently losing to Air Force. But they have played some tough games. They nearly beat Colorado, nearly beat California, both ranked teams. They have played close in their other games, but just haven’t come out winners. That hurts them mentally. You can’t really bounce back from close games when you just keep losing. I hope the Rams pull it together for next year, because this year is over.
Illinois blows it. Ron Zook couldn’t handle all the praise that was going his way, so his team helped him by losing to Iowa. It was on the road, and it was a conference game, but still Illinois should have won. This goes to show that the Big 10 is clearly overrated this year. I really think that the team that will represent the Big 10 in Pasadena will be Michigan. If that is the case, that ensure Hawaii will be in a BCS game, because they will assuredly be ranked higher than Michigan. Good job Big 10, you have failed the system that you are a part of.
Texas Tech showed that they were the best Texas suffix team this year by demolishing A&M. Despite taking an early lead, Fran’s team failed to score again. Graham Harrell had a typical day throwing for 425 yards, and Michael Crabtree, the freshman phenom, had 170 receiving yards.
Wisconsin is another Big 10 team that should drop out of the rankings this week. They were embarrassed by Penn State. Now the race involves 3 teams, Michigan, Ohio State and still Penn State. You got to give the edge to Michigan.
Boston College wins again, but it was not pretty. Can you fault someone for winning ugly? Yes, if the other team is this years Notre Dame. If you can’t destroy Notre Dame, then maybe you don’t belong in the top 5.
Biggest story of the day is clearly the demise of the LSU Tigers. I was a believer after last week. They trailed Florida, but found a way to win. Here they lead Kentucky and Kentucky found a way to win. LSU didn’t lose the game, Kentucky won it. It took double overtime to do it, but KU has its biggest win of the season. They though beating their instate rival would be their signature win, but as it turns out, everyone is beating Louisville. But now losing in that fashion hurts LSU’s title hopes. It is likely that the teams that play for the title will have one loss, but losing here stings worse than losing earlier. LSU will need some help to stay in the hunt. If Ohio State loses, and Cal loses, and USF loses, and Oregon loses again, then LSU could be there. That said, all that is possible.