The Reason They're Sacred

Big games all over the weekend...Miami vs. Ohio State, Florida State vs Oklahoma, Penn State vs Alabama, Georgia vs South Carolina, Michigan vs Notre Dame.  These are the kind of weekends college football fans live for.

Jenn Brown

The weekend started off slow with Auburn's win over Mississippi State, but it's still the start of another week of college football.  Jen Brown on the sidelines was definitely the highlight. 

Heartbreaker for Marshall on Friday night.  Had West Virginia on the ropes and a chance to knock them out late in the fourth quarter...a fumble, two 90+ yard drives and overtime later, the Mountaineers come out winners.

Florida...if you want to have your offense show up before late in the third quarter, you might make those fans in the Swamp a little less edgy.  If not, Urban Meyer might be retiring again...or seeing if TimTebow can have another year of eligibility.  Gators...at this time, you are not the #8 team in the country.  I'm not even sure you're a top 25 team at this point.  God bless those pre-season polls that are based on past reputation, recruiting classes and whether the team has been heard of before.

When is Spurrier going to unload with the verbal grape shot cannister on Tennessee and the need for their coach Derek Dooley to have to show them how to shower? 

South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore is good. Very, very good.  Great win for the Gamecocks today against Georgia.  Maybe this is the year Spurrier and the Cocks get to the SEC Championship game...but they've teased me before.

James Madison?  Come on, Virginia Tech.  Yeah, you had a short week, yeah, the weather wasn't great, but you are (were) a favorite to win the ACC.  Now you'll run off 10 straight, go to the Orange Bowl and have Hokie fans wondering what could have been.

Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is pretty damn exciting.  We'll see how he does once Big-10 (11?) play starts, but so far, so good.  Not only does he run and pass, he drops punts inside the 5-yard line. Fantastic final drive to beat the Irish in South Bend.

Speaking of the Irish...makes me wonder what All-You-Can-Eat buffet Charlie Weis is terrorizing this weekend.

Florida State may not be as good as they appeared last week against Samford.  Oklahoma may not be as bad as they looked against Utah State last week.

Wake Forest and Duke combining for 70 points in the first half and 102 total points in the game?  Did basketball season start early?

LSU head Coach Les Miles has to be one of the worst ever at clock management.  1:04 left in the first half and he gets off 2 plays against Vandy.

Vanderbilt with some low standards on those pom-pom girls in the stands...I wasn't aware that they made sequin outfits in plus sizes.

Oregon cheerleaders in the rain...yes, there is such a thing as heaven on earth.  And yes, their football team is pretty good too.

Would have been nice if Penn State pulled the shocker in Tuscaloosa tonight, but didn't really expect it.  Alabama just way too experienced for the Nittany Lions' freshman quarterback.  A minor moral victory getting into scoring position a number of times against the Crimson Tide but couldn't close the deal and the turnovers killed them.  How would this game have played out last year if played as scheduled...with a senior PSU quarterback?