Top 10 Week of 9/30

Here is my top 10 for the week of 9?30
1)ALABAMA: This should not be anything new.

2)OREGON: These guys just put up points and have fun scoring!

3)LSU: Struggles a while with Towson but still gets a win.

T4)GEORGIA: They survive a wild shootout with Tennessee and sets up a showdown against #7 South Carolina.

T4)FLORIDA STATE: They Beat South Florida on the road after the big win last weekend at home vs. Clemson.

6)WEST VIRGINIA: All I can say is GINO SMITH, 45-51 656 8TDS. No this was a real game not a play station game.

7)SOUTH CAROLINA: They take care of Kentucky on the road to set up a showdown with #4GEORGIA next week.

8)USC: Beats Cal 27-9. They had the 1 hiccup against Stanford but are still a very tough team.

9)KANSAS STATE: Bye Week

10)FLORIDA: Bye Week. I had a few teams I could slide in here, them Notre Dame or Texas, but I wanted to set up a 2nd top 10 SEC showdown for this weekend, as they have LSU coming into the swamp Saturday afternoon.

5 games to watch 9/29/11

1) #25 BAYLOR @ #(WEST VIRGINIA: WV first real test in the Big 12. A Big 12 first real look at Gino Smith. Both very interesting to me.

2) #12TEXAS @ OKLAHOMA ST: OK St looses alot from last year's team but hopes to make a run at the big 12 title. Texas has its first real road test.

3) #14OHIO ST @ #20MICHIGAN ST: Michigan St's only loss is to ND who stopped the run and made a young qb beat them. Can Ohio St do this, and give the ball to  Miller with the chance to win the game?

4) TENNESSEE @ #5GEORGIA: This should be an easy win for UGA as UT isn't very good this year. But, it is an SEC showdown and UT can get back in the race with a huge upset win!

5)#17CLEMSON @ BOSTON COLLEGE: Some may look at this and laugh, but CLemson goes on the road for a 2nd straight week and comes off a big loss at the hands of FSU. Can Clemson pull it back together and get a much needed win.

MY Trip to the Doak for Clemson FSU

This was my first trip to Doak Campbell Stadium and it was AWESOME!!!!! I find a parking deck on Madison and start walking towards the stadium and to find some old college friends. I walk up Pensicola and JACK POT!!!!! This is definatly a college pregame party street. I pass some Frat houses and lots of beautiful Seminole Cooeds (for the record FSU has the #1 coeeds of the 9 schools I have been to). I see shots being taken, funnels from second floors being used, and just all kinds of cook outs and bar-b-ques. I knew if this was a preview of what was to come, then I was going to have a blast. I continue on my trip and meet up with my friends behind Dick Howser stadium, Tommy, Drew, Haley and another GSU person. I get to visit with them for about 10 minutes or so, but they were off to  some wrist band event, that I did not have a wrist band for. Luckily, I had another college friend down there Samantha, so I found her and tailgated with her.  Her friends were  very nice, offered me a great cheeseburger and soda, and I got to sit in the parking lot experienceing the tailgate at Florida State. Between the first group and the second group, I was able to find a ticket for $80 or about face value. i was really pumped and relieved that I did not have to deal with that any longer. I visit with Samantha and her group till about 6:30 and start making my way to the stadium. It wasn't a long walk, but I wanted to check out the statue outside the Doak, also they have a big drum that everyone was taking turns beating.
So once inside the stadium, I buy a coke and program and spend my time watching pregame and looking through the program. I am in there early enough to watch all of warmups and see the AMAZING run out of the Seminoles. The Spear in the middle of the field was just awesome and I had chills. It was definiately worth getting in for.
The game as back and forth and Clemson had a handle on it for a while, but just ran out of gas closing out the 3rd quarter. The crowd was electric and alot of fun, especially when FSU was doing big things. Speaking for the crowd, I got to know some very cool people around me. I met a son and dad, the son had been in a box and sat on the front row for the OU game last year, and the dad was a 99 grad and saw some very good teams come through. Also our little crowd, a surfer from Puerto Rico and his girl friend Kate (Go ahead and Roast me for only knowing the girls name) But she was a UF student who is Garnett and Gold all the way, her football knowledge was pretty sick as well. So anytime FSU would do something good, I got high 5s from these 4 people, which made the experience  all the more better. On this night FSU was the better team, led by EJ Manuel and the Defense, but Clemson's tripletts of Boyd, Ellington, and Watkins are very dangerous. I wish this would be the ACC Championship game, however Clemson and FSU are on the same side. But this was a very exciting time and very cool expereince, I recommend it to everybody. Thanks DOAK CAMPBELL for a great night!!!!!

5 things I learned from week 3

1)Arizona is pretty darn good!!!!! They have D that is outstanding. Patrick Peterson  is one of the best young corners in the league.

2)Cam Newton is going through his sophmore slump and it is going to be a long year if you area Pantehr fan.

3) I thought the Saints would be ok with out Sean Payton, I was wrong. Sean Payton's play calling ability is amazing!

4) I thought the Broncos would be the winner's of the AFC west. The AFC hs turned into a shootout.

5)I thought Houston would win the South, but not be this good and be #1 atop some Power Rankings!

5 Things I learned from weekend 4 of college Football

1) Terry Bowden is the head coach of Akron and Chuck Amonto (sp) the Old FSU D Coordinator is the DC at Akron with TB.

2)I saw Clemson's tripletts up close and Boyd, Ellington, and Watson, those guys are freaking pretty good!!!!!!

3)I had my doubts about Florida State, but after seeing them in person Saturday night, they are really good, and might play for a National Championship.

4)Bill Snyder is a good head coach. He takes K State and makes them pretty good, he leaves and they go down hill, he comes back and what do you know, they are good again. The guy can flat coach.

5)I think LSU's near defeat against Auburn will help them out later in the season. I don't know if they canget by Alabama but helps build mental toughness for later.

My top 10 for 9/24

1)ALABAMA: They are still pretty good!!!

2)OREGON: I thought the Arizona game was going to be close. Boy, was I wrong! They blow Arizona out putting up 49 points. WOW!!!!!!

3)LSU: Everybody puts together 1 perfect game a year, Auburn had their's against LSU and still lost. LSU finds a way to win and that is all you need to do.

T4)GEORGIA: They route Vandy holding the Doors to only 3 points while putting up 48. They have had 2 big defensive studs not even take the field yet in Olgetree and Rambo, and they are still laying the lumber!!!!

T4)FLORIDA STATE: My new found Seminole friends are not going to be happy that I have their Noles tied with UGA at 4. But I do. They really impressed me Saturday night, as I was in the stadium (blog post about my trip later in the week), with both Offense and Defense. I had my doubts early but after seeing them Saturday they look legit to me....

6)WEST VIRGINIA: 2 words GINO SMITH, I am still not sure how the rest of the team is, but that guy at qb will help them win alot of games.

7)STANFORD: They had their BYE week and move up 2 sports b/c of Oklahoma and Clemson losing.

8)SOUTH CAROLINA: They beat MIssouri at home. Some may I think I have them to low, but I don't know how good they are. I know they have Lattimore and that makes them pretty good.

9)USC: After losing to Stanford 2 weeks ago and dropping just out of my top 10, the Trojans are back in it. They beat California and got back on track never trailing in the game.

10)KANSAS STATE: They upset Oklahoma in Norman, which is something that is hard to do. They go down early but battle back to beat the Sooners. Look for them to maybe make some noise in the big 12, however they have a very tough schedule coming soon.

Teams that Fall out: CLEMSON and OKLAHOMA

5 Games to watch for Saturday 9/22

Here are 5 games to watch on Saturday:

1) #10CLEMSON @ #4FLORIDA STATE: This will be for the Atlantic side of the ACC. The winner of this will go onto win the division. Florida State has out scored their opponents this year like 4 million to 3, and have the top ranked D in pretty much ever major category. However, they have not played the likes of Boyd, Ellington, and Watkins. This game is going to be very fun and very close.  I will be there.....

2) MISSOURI @ #7SOUTH CAROLINA: I think this is an interesting matchup.  This is Missouri's first road test in the SEC. Will Conner Shaw be healthy enough to start and play all 4 quarters for South Carolina? Also, SC has a monster back in Lattimore, can Missouri's D hold on for 4 quarters and slow him down, remember they were good for 3 quarters against UGA, but ran out of gas. Will they run out tomorrow?

3) #22ARIZONA @ #3OREGON: Oregon has yet to face someone who can put up points with them. Enter Arizona and new coach Rich Rod, who I think got a raw deal at Michigan, and before Michigan was at WV. We all remember him at WV, they were a scoring machine. I am not sure he has the weapons yet in the desert to match the high octane O of Oregon, but this is a great 10:15 kick for the east coast.

4) #15KANSAS ST @ #6OKLAHOMA: Last year Landry Jones put up a school record 505 yards and that was on the road. K State has a 2 headed monster running the ball in Klein and Hubert, can they control the ball enough and score enough to keep up with the explosive Jones and Co.

5) #18MICHIGAN @ #12NOTRE DAME: After getting pushed around by Alabama in week 1 Michigan has rebounded nicely with 2 wins. Robinson has bounced back and will have to be big if Michigan wants to go into South Bend and win. Brian Kelly apparantly has the Irish back on the map. They shut down the high powered back from MSU last week in Bell and were able to put up some points to win. They have another tough rusher this week, which is a dual threat in Robinson. Can the D be good for 2 straight weeks?

Recaps of the games I went to over the weekend

I know its a little late and it is Wednesday, but I did go to 2 games last weekend. 1 was the Georgia Tech Virginia game and the other, the Monday Night Football game, Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos.

1st: Virginia @ Georgia Tech: I thought this was going to be a lot closer game than what it was. All I kept hearing was this is suppose to be a matchup for the Coastal Division since Va. Tech is down this year. Well what I took from the game is Virginia is not very good at all and they are over rated. Another thing that I was interested in was the big play ability of Ga. Tech. The other thing I was interested in was the big play ability of Tech's O. I watched th VT game on tv and that is the thing that is the thing I came away with, was the lack of big plays by the Triple Option offense. Well, not against Virginia. The first 3 plays  75 yrd td pass, 5 yrd dive up the middle, 75 yrd pitch for a td, 3 plays 155 yrds and 2 touches. They continued to pile up the yardage and totaling 594 of Total Offense on the day. I could have been wrong about Tech. It will be a big test this weekend in Atlanta vs. Miami.

2nd: Denver @ Atlanta: This was my first time ever seeing P Manning and it was pretty cool. I had some great people sitting around me, a couple down in front were Pats fan and the wife was studying for grad school. The guy sitting next to me Mr. M was from Italy and in the middle of a 8 games in 11 days. So I had some good conversation with all 3 of these people. But onward to the game. Matty Ice looked great and the Falcons O was in all out go mode. Manning had an uncharastic 3 ints in the 1st q and Denver had another fumble which totaled 4 tos in the 1st q, which lead to 13 Atlanta points. Atlanta's D was flying around ever where and had Manning very confused. But, once Manning settled down he was very good. It was fun watching him and Ryan go back and forth changing the play at the line. That kind of thing is very interesting to me. 1 thing that wasn't fun, were the refs. i know they are replacements (I refed and know how hard it is) but man they were not very good. I felt sorry for the ones on Denver's sideline b/c Del Rio and Fox gave them the business all game long. But over all a fun game and I can say I have seen P Manning.

But all and all a great weekend and I will be in the DOAK Saturday night for Clemson FUS

5 things I learned over the weekend in cfb

Sorry guys, this is a day later than normal. I was at the wild Monday night game last night and did not get a chance to post. i will post about the Falcons Broncos, as well as, Yellow Jackets Cavs game tomorrow.

1) Virginia is not good at all. I thought this might be a game but it was not. Virginia goes 3 and out on its first 2 possessions and Tech scores 14 points on 3 plays and the route was on.

2) Alabama has 15 Defensive players who have recorded tackles for losses. This is just mindblowing to me.

3)Driskell is a better qb than Bray. I was thinking it was a coin flip, with Florida perhaps winning, but Florida pulls away big time in the 4th quarter.

4) Don't look now, but Stanford is good. they lose Luck (the #1pick overall) and still beat USC. The o line just wore USC out in the 4th quarter, which ultimately led ao a late touchdown and a Cardinal W.

5)The Big 10 is dreadful. The only team that is decent is Ohio St and they cant go to a bowl game. I watched a little of the Michigan St Notre Dame game and it was hard to watch. This says alot from someone who has already been to 4 games this season and could be going to 8-11 more.

There it is guys 5 things I learned from the weekend, check back tomorrow night for recap and inside look from both GTs win and the Atlanta win.

Top 10 for September 17th

1)ALABAMA: They just look really good right now. They put a Bama type beat down on Wilsonless Arkansas team that really wasn't fair. They are FLAT GOOD!!!!!

2)LSU: They just geaux about their business. They hang 63 on the board against an Idaho team that was really over matched.

3)OREGON: Oregon hangs 63 on the board against Tenn Tech, more imporantly De' Anthony Thomas got going, had a big day and oh by the way  he is super fast.

4)GEORGIA: UGA puts up a school record 713 yards in a romp over the Owls of Florida Atlantic

5)OKLAHOMA: Bye Week

6):CLEMSON: They beat Furman, setting up a showdown as they travel to Doak Campbell for a top 10 matchup for probably the ACC Atlantic division title and a chance to play for an ACC Championship.

7)FLORIDA STATE: They put a beating on Wake Forrest. This sets up a showdown in the Doak Saturday night as Clemson comes to town for a battle.

8)WEST VIRGINIA: Gino Smith and WV drub James Madison. They jump out to a 21-0 lead and never look back.

9)STANFORD: Upsets last week's ranked # 3 team in USC at home Saturday night 21-14. The Cardinal offense just wears down USC up front and grind out a win. Huge Win for the team that looses Luck and some think are just a Luck and done type team.

10)SOUTH CAROLINA: I dont know if they are that good, but they grace my top 10. Lattimore and Shaw are the O, if one of them go down it will be a long day for the Ole Ball Coach. But for now both are healthy and SC is in the top 10.

5 Games to watch on Saturday

1)VIRGINIA @ GEORGIA TECH: Some might  scratch their head and say why this game. Well UNC is not eligible for the ACC Championship game, VT is down this year and play both @ Clemson and FSU at home from the other side and have a bumpy road to the Championship game. So, this might be a game for a shot to play in Charlotte. If Virginia is to shut down the option game of GT they will need a big game from lb Steve Greer. I like the Jackets in this one STING EM!!!!!


2)FLORIDA @ TENNESSEE: At one time this would be the premere game of the weekend, when the winner of this would play for this and have a shot of going to the National Championship game. Now days, this game is two programs rebuilding and really not worth a darn. It comes down to whose qb can play better: Tennessee's Brey or Florida's Driskell. Although, Tennesssee has 2 big wrs in Houston and Rodgers that will be tough for Florida to stop, I dont think Brey is the answer. I like Driskell and Florida here CHOMP CHOMP!!!!!

3)ULL @ AUBURN: Some might ask about this game. Well if you paid attention last Saturday night you would know, that ULL upset the then 8th ranked Razorback team from Arkansas. They got great pressure on Arkansas all night long, enough so to knock Tyler Wilson out and ultimately come back and win the game. Auburn hasnt been very good this year thus far, so the story line here, Does ULL upset a 2nd straight SEC West opponett or does Auburn get its first victory. Although, ULL might be drained after the huge win last week, I will take them again this week. GO WARHAWKS!!!!!!

4)USC @ STANFORD: USC has struggled vs Stanford late, can Barkley lead the high powered offense up the hwy 5 into Palo Alto and get a big win on the road today. Or can Stanford play ball control and use their 2 big TEs and get an upset. I like USC in this one GO TORJANS!!!!

3more games that have interest to me:
ARIZONA ST @ MISSOURI
NOTRE DAME @MICHIGAN ST
ALABAMA @ ARKANSAS  this would have been my #1 game to watch if Tyler Wilson would have been 100% healthy, but since hs i just in question then it is not really interesting to me.

5 things I learned from NFL week 1

So I am an NFL guy as well. I have not given the NFL the pub that I have given college yet, but it is coming. Here is my 1st installment of what I learned from the NFL.

1)P. Manning, can still play. WOW he looked good against Pittsburgh.

2)Baltimore's D might be as good as it was the year they won the Super Bowl. WOW, they shut down Dalton and the guys in the 2nd half.

3)RG3 is as good as advertised.

4)Houston is the best team in the AFC South and should win it EASILY!!!!!!

5)AP is back after tearing his ACL last year and looked pretty darn good at it as well.

5 Things I learned from week 2 of college football

1) Jarvis Jones LB for UGA is a MONSTER!!!!!!!

2) Arkansas is not very good with out Tyler Wilson.

3) USC and Oregon, might have some  company in the Pac 12, with UCLA, Arizona, and Oregon State.

4) I would never have thought with the new rankings out Florida and Tennessee would both be ranked, they are both AWFUL!!!!!!

5) Arizona puts up 59 and Rich Rod looks like he has his new team rolling early.

Top 10 for September 10

1)ALABAMA
2)LSU
3)USC
4)OREGON
Thier is no change in the top 4. These 4 teams look to be head and shoulder better than everyone else, although USC struggles a bit vs Syracuse, they have an offense that is way to explosive.

5)GEORGIA: UGA moves up to 5 after a big trip with a win to Missouri. Jarvis Jones is a MONSTER and is the real deal.

6)OKLAHOMA: Dismantles Florida A&M 69-13 and Williams rushes for 156 and 4tds. Nothing to impressive here, as they get back on tack after the scare from UTEP in week 1.

7)CLEMSON: They rout Ball St, Ellington and Boyd have big games and are looking to set up a showdown with FSU on Sept 22.

8)FLORIDA STATE: This game ends early vs Savannah State due to weather. I have never heard of this but lets just think it was a good thing for SSU.

9)WEST VIRGINIA: Although WV was off, they put up 69 points against Marshall week 1 and QB Smith looked really good running the spread.

10)MICHIGAN STATE: Sparty is in this week after beating Central Michigan. They beat Boise State last week and continue to look good. Bell is a good back that will help MSU all season long.

Fall out of my top 10: WISCONSIN and ARKANSAS

5 Games to watch on 9/8/12

1)GEORGIA @ MISSOURI: This is Missouri's 1st SEC Game. UGA has up to 4 defensive starters out, which will make it tough to contain this high octane offense coming from the Big 12. Another interesting point here is Missouri D lineman Richardson was quoted as saying "they play old man football." So I am sure Gurley and the guys will love to shove thier oldman football down the throats of Richardson and the rest of the D.

2)FLORIDA @ TEXAS A&M: Texas A&M makes its SEC debut against Florida. Florida has 1 game under thier belt and TAM does not, as they were stormed out last week. Can Driskel lead the Gators into Kyle Field and pull a win out.

3)MIAMI @KANSAS STATE: ACC v Big 12 right here. You do not see many big time matchups that are nonconference matchups anymore these days. both put up big numbers on O last week vs lesser opponents, so it will be interesting to see what they do against each other.  I feel both could be ranked from 21-25 and K State is 21.

4)PENN ST @VIRGINIA: 2 things right here. Can Penn St rebound against Virginia. 2) Virginia, with VTECH being down and UNC not eligable for ACC championship, this could be the year for the Cavs. Can they get a big win against a non conference before they head down to Atlanta next weekend in a key ACC matchup.

5)I will usually give a little tid bit about a 5th game but I can't decide about a 5th game as I have 3 tied, so I will just give you the game.
NEBRASKA @UCLA
OKLAHOMA ST @ ARIZONA
PURDUE @NOTRE DAME

Top for Tuesday Sept 4th

1)ALABAMA: Yes I know LSU won, but Bama destroys Michigan, who I thought all along was over rated.

2)LSU: They looked pretty good against North Texas. Hillard leads a deep stable of running backs.

3)USC: Barkley, Woods, Lee and newbie Redd is an explosive offense> WATCH OUT!!!!!!

4)OREGON: Led by Mariota the high flying Ducks put a huge numbers. They could cause problems for USC.

5)OKLAHOMA: I will drop them down just to here, but could have easily dropped them further. They had all kind of trouble with UTEP.

6)GEORGIA: Welcome to the big show Todd Gurley. This guy is tough and had 3 Tds in his true freshman debut.

7)CLEMSON: Led by Boyd and Ellington they beat a decent Auburn team.

8)FLORIDA STATE: I flip Clemson and FSU this week, because FSU looses big DE AA Jenkins on the DLINE. This is going to be HUGE!

9)WISCONSIN: This could be to low for them. They have a good running back and good line, watch for them to win the Big 10.

10)ARKANSAS: Tyler Wilson was pretty good and that offense clicked. They have 1 more week to get ready for the big show down with Bama.

Things I learned over the weekend

Last year, I believe I listed 5-10 things I learned over each weekend of the college football season. I will try to do the same this year, but I must throw a disclaimer out there. I could probably give you 10 things I learned about Alabama and Michigan, but I will try to broaden the horizion a little bit.

1) Dee Milner might be the best CB in college football. He not only had an int, but was put on an island on a continues basis and was just unbelieveable.

2)TJ Yeldon is going to be a MONSTER!!!!!!!

3)Welcome to college football Todd Gurley, you are a man. I dont care if you did play against Buffalo, 100 yrd kickoff return touch and 2 more touches on the ground WOW!!!!!

4) USC's offense is for real. Barkley, Woods, Lee and the newbee Redd, from PSU will put up alot of points int he PAC 12!

5)To be a 1st team preseason All American, David Amerson didn't show up and was flat awful against Tennessee.

6) If Michigan St, wants to be a factor in the Big 10, they will need better play out of Maxwell.

7)Speaking Michigan St, Le' von Bell is pretty good, and will be a force to reckon with in the Big 10 all season.

8)LSU has a stable of backs and will be tough to deal with all season.

9)Tyler Tettleton had a good game against Penn st and will have to be big for the Bobcats of Ohio if they want to win the MAC.

10) Jordan Rodgers will surprise some people this year just because he plays for Vandy.

5 Games to watch on Saturday 9/1/12

1) MICHIGAN ALABAMA:  This for obvious reasons: Can Michigan and the Big 10 beat an Alabama and an SEC school? After coming off a second National Championship in 3 years, how will Bama be? Alabama loses a ton on D and T Rich on O, how will this effect them. You just have too many story lines here for this game not to be interesting.  What do I think is going to happen? Even though Alabama has to find replacement answers on D for Kirkpatrick, Upshaw, and Hightower, I think they are just to fast and big on the O Line for Michigan. You can't appreciate how fast these guys are until you see them live, and I have seen them 3 times in the last 2 years. 2 much Lacey on Offense and newcomer Dickson comes in like a gang buster replacing Upshaw. Bama covers 24-10.

2) AUBURN CLEMSON: These 2 teams met last year and it was the Sammy Watkins show. This year it will be different, as Watkins is suspended for this game. However, Clemson still has Boyd and Ellington who are tough. I am not sure what to think about Auburn after losing Dyer, it could be a long year in the west for Auburn. I like Clemson here, but I am also interested  to see what Auburn has.

3)HAWAII USC: I want to see all this hype of the USC offense. Matt Barkley is presseason front runner for the Heisman and is the real deal. He has weapons on the outside like Woods, Lee and Farmer to throw the ball to. I am also interested to see if USC goes up big does Kiffin let the subs play or does he beat up on his ole buddy Norm Chow, who is now the HC at Hawaii.

4)OHIO PENN STATE: Frank Solich brings his Ohio Bobcats into a new Penn State. I simply want to see what Penn St has. I know everyone bascially jumped off the ship and left it dry. Can Ohio pick up a win against a Big 10 school.

5)MIAMI (OH) OHIO STATE: I want to see what Urban has done in the offseason  after walking into Columbus taking over a 6-7 season. Braxton Miller is back which help alot. I say withing 3 years Ohio St claims back the reigns of the Big 10, provided Urban stays.