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I am again frustrated with ABC and ESPN. Their choice of regional broadcasts is just stupid. Again, there is a great match up among ranked teams, and what do I find on ABC? Penn St. v. Iowa. Two underachieving teams with no hopes of winning their conference. Were it not for the Sling Box, I would be forced to watch the garbage that ESPN puts on. I anticipate the day that I will be back West and not be subject to the crappy eastern teams that ESPN thinks people care about.
The game I expected ABC to broadcast was Oklahoma v. Texas. This is a pivotal game for both teams. The winner would still be in the hunt for the National Title and the Big 12 title, the loser would have lost two Big 12 games in a row. The game lived up to the hype. Tied at half time with Texas and Oklahoma matching each other in yards and points. McCoy v. Bradford was equally intriguing. Last years phenom freshman against this years phenom freshman. In the end, McCoy had more yards passing, Bradford had more touchdowns and less interceptions, and Bradford got the win. This game really wasn’t decided until the last play of the game. Though for most of the game, Oklahoma was in control. Bob Stoops has again asserted himself over his counterpart in Austin, Mack Brown. Bradford was the player of the game. He made the big plays when they were necessary. He placed the ball in areas that only his receiver could get to. His touch with the ball is amazing. If he keeps this up, he will be in many Heisman discussions for years to come. The Oklahoma receivers were also great. Iglesias and Kelly both had over 100 yards receiving. This team didn’t score their normal 50+ points, but should jump back into the top 5 after this weekend. Boomer Sooner.
Georgia came into their game this week expecting to win. They had the higher ranking, had the confidence from their last two weeks, and had a record of winning in Tennessee. The Vols had something to say about that. Neither quarterback was spectacular, but Tennessee jumped to an early lead, and hung onto it. Georgia finally scored in the second half, but only after Tennessee had scored four touchdowns. Georgia is now left scratching their heads and wondering where to go from here.
What happened to TCU. They were everyone’s non-BCS darling at the beginning of the season. They were looking great up to the second half of their game with Texas. Since then, everything has fallen apart for them. Now this week they lose to Wyoming. The Mountain West is far more competitive this year than anyone expected. The biggest enigma in that conference isn’t TCU though, it is Utah. They are the most schizophrenic team in the nation. They play big against UCLA and win big in Louisville, but then lose games to mediocre Oregon State and lowly UNLV.
It’s still early in the game, but Virginia Tech is asserting its dominance on Clemson. I expected Clemson to win this game, maybe not win big, but still win. But VaTech is looking good. There is still plenty of time, but giving up a touchdown on a kickoff return right after scoring your only points of the game, on a field goal, isn’t promising.
Washington State gave Arizona State just about all they could handle. Arizona State stays unblemished thanks to a field goal late in the game and a missed game tying field goal by the Cougars, but the Cougars played extremely well to stay in the game. This is just further proof that this year, (this isn’t always the case) the Pac 10 is making a case to be the best conference in the nation. Most give it to the SEC, and I would be inclined to as well, but the Pac 10 is very good.
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