Saturday Night Thoughts: Week Four

I don't have time to recap all the games, but here are my impressions after a more interesting than I would have thought Saturday.

Michigan State straight choked. I'm glad ND won, but that was ugly. I think Temple could have held a 19 point lead in the fourth quarter. Alas, it did not go that way for the Spartans. I haven't seen Purdue yet this year, but they are undefeated and headed into ND next week. Is that a game the Irish should be worried about? History tells me no, but the way the Irish have played against Michigan and Michigan State has me wondering.

Ohio State won, but that's about it. ND tore Penn State a new one, but the Buckeyes struggled. I gotta give the OSU defense credit. The Nittany Lions had so many opportunities to put up points that it made me sick, but the Buckeyes kept turning them away. A win is a win, but they didn't earn any style points in my book.

I liked the way Kentucky played. I watched this game until the end bc I genuinely believed that Kentucky had a chance. That is progress.

USC struggles to beat Arizona (who got thumpped 45-3 by LSU, who lost to Auburn 7-3). I am still not impressed. I'm not gonna follow my logic chain to say LSU or Auburn would definitely beat USC, but it raises some red flags.

Bama v. Arkansas. Poor Tiffen. He needs to go hang out with John Vaughn. The two have a lot in common. Maybe there's something in the water in Alabama.

UGa v. Colorado. Where was the UGa defense early in this one? Hell, where was the offense? I didn't think Stafford played that poorly, but as one UGa friend of mine pointed out, he just wasn't in sync with the offense. The Dawgs needed a spark, and Cox was it. Good gut check for UGa.

Cal v. ASU. Did not expect the blowout, but I guess this is just like every other year for the Pac-10. ASU's defense is terrible, and Cal is good until they play USC.

That about covers the extent of the games I actually cared about today. So now, I have one more rant before I retire for the evening.

I was watching College Gameday Final, as I have been known to do on Saturday evenings, and Lou Holtz (again) made me want to hit him. Bitter, bitter man. The crew put up the Top 5: Ohio State, Auburn, USC, WVU, and Florida. The question is asked: "Who do you think should be number two?" Both Mark May and Lou Holtz agree it should be USC. Figures. Nothing new there. But then, the guys note that one team is missing--Michigan. So Holtz says, "Yeah, but who are you gonna drop? (These next three mockingly.) USC? West Virginia? Florida?" And then there was silence. I hope that Auburn smashes his former team by six hundred points on Thursday night. His obvious bias shines through every week, and it is getting old. That's all for me. Another Saturday in the books.

WAR DAMN EAGLE!