Week 9 National Wrap Up- And Then There Were Five
by whiskey OFD on Nov 2, 2010 5:42 AM EDT
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PrintWith Michigan State and Missouri both getting knocked off this weekend there are now only 5 undefeated teams remaining. Oregon and Auburn both appear to control their own destinies while Boise State, TCU and Utah wait in the wings for an opportunity to slip into that elusive BCS Championship Game.
Before we start discussing the future let’s take a quick look at the week that was. This is going to be real quick, I’m still reeling from the Golden Hurricane.
Louisiana Tech 20 at Boise State 49
The Broncos continue to cruise through their heinously weak schedule. Every week I think it is more and more likely that the Broncos are going to slip in there for a title shot.
Florida State 24 at NC State 28
Check out NC State, knocking off the Noles. With the win the Wolfpack find themselves in the thick of the ACC Atlantic race. The ACC. Not good.
West Virginia 13 at UCONN 16
Talk about a conference that is really not good. A Pitt team that went 2-3 in non-conference play is in the driver’s seat. Awesome.
Oklahoma State 24 at Kansas State 14
After picking up a win in Manhattan Okie Light is still in the hunt in the Big 12 South. This coming weekend they have a big game against Baylor. Yeah, you read that right.
Tulsa 28 at Notre Dame 27
Myself and Murtaugh already beat this one up pretty good. Scroll down a post or two if you want jump into that conversation.
Florida 34 at Georgia 31 (OT)
With this win the Gators stay alive in the SEC East. With only two conference games remaining against Vandy and South Carolina the Gators control their own destiny. The South Carolina game in 2 weeks will determine who earns the right to play the Iron Bowl winner for the SEC crown.
Michigan State 6 at Iowa 37
Talk about the wheels coming off. Sparty got run ruled by the Hawkeyes creating a log jam atop the conference with four one loss teams. At this point I think it is safe to say that the Big Ten has essentially been eliminated from BCS Championship contention.
Missouri 17 at Nebraska 31
Watching this game really made me wonder about what the hell was up with Nebraska when they played Texas. The Huskers have a very manageable 4 games remaining (Iowa State, Kansas, TaMU & Colorado) so they could very well be 11-1 heading into the Big 12 title game. Interesting…
Auburn 51 at Ole Miss 31
Auburn continues to put up PlayStation numbers on offense. If they do end up playing Oregon for the title it might end up being the highest scoring BCS Championship game yet.
Baylor 30 at Texas 22
Wow. Never say never, but I really thought it would be a long, long time before the Bears upended the Horns again. The Bears are now in a 3 way tie for 1st place in the Big 12 South with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Madness.
Oregon 53 at USC 32
Oregon’s offense is just plain ridiculous. It is a living clinic on the spread. Unless they get upset this month they will be playing for all the marbles in January.
What do you think?
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2010 will not be a year the Horn faithful care to remember.
The basketball team starts off the year be beating a handful of highly ranked traditional powers, ascends to the number one ranking, only to fall of the earth and become a bottom feeder.
The baseball team falls apart in the super regional with one of the best staffs they have ever had and misses out on the CWS.
Now this. DKR had a saying with regards to hitting rough times based on his youth growing up in the dust bowl days of Oklahoma, “when the locust show up, they devour everything”. Anyone know a good pest exterminator, one is needed in Austin, those bastards have shown up?
Tidbit I think you may find interesting Whiskey. A friend of mine from Abilene emailed me yesterday gushing about a 6’3 junior QB from Abilene Cooper, Clayton Nicholas. The friend went and watched the Cooper vs Abilene High game this weekend, the kid pitched Herschel Sims and Abilene High (defending state champs) out of the stadium, completing 28 of 31 in a 45-21 win. Supposedly two of the incompletions were drops. Kid supposedly has a rocket and was airing it out 50 yards with ease
This compelled me to do a little bit of research. Guess what, you won’t find him on any recruiting list. Cooper is undefeated and owning the little SWC. Cooper is one of the smallest 5A schools in the state, just having moved up from 4A.
Now to the interesting part. The kid is a right handed QB. He is also a pitching prospect, but he……….you guessed it, pitches left handed.
I am betting he doesn’t fly below the recruiting radar long, you see, he hasn’t played football since the 7th grade.
A combination of “The Natural” and Bobo Quicksilver???
by mikemc69 on Nov 2, 2010 6:52 PM EDT reply actions
It has been a rough year for the Horn faithful. I just read they brought in Dick Tomey as a consultant. ND is in a tough spot at the moment. It will be very interesting to see how Kelly handles it.
I’ll keep an eye out for the Nicholas kid. That is very intriguing. Bobo indeed.
by whiskey on Nov 2, 2010 7:20 PM EDT reply actions
The Tomey thing was a false internet rumor. He and his wife remain friends of the Browns and he had an off week from his coverage duties of the WAC and was in town for a visit.
by mikemc69 on Nov 2, 2010 7:24 PM EDT reply actions
Interesting on Tomey. I thought that sounded a little odd. Thanks for the heads up.
by whiskey on Nov 2, 2010 9:59 PM EDT reply actions
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