September 2009 Archives

Crazy week.

Ali finally got his way and South Carolina is ranked.

Thu 4.30 ESPN Mississippi v South Carolina (+4) - This game reminds me of Cal v Oregon. Both Cal and Ole Miss are non-traditional top 6 teams going on the road to open their conference schedule against decent teams. There could be quite a shake up at the top again this week. Gamecocks QB Stephen Garcia has improved. He had quite a showing against Georgia two weeks ago and did the job against Florida Atlantic last week. If he can turn in another halfway decent performance here, even though the Gamecocks probably aren't good enough to win, it will go a long way towards getting them back to competing with the elite in the SEC. Ole Miss hasn't proven a thing yet, and this will be their 2009 debut to the American public. With the kind of hype they are getting they better win by more than four points, but since I haven't seen them play yet I'm not putting any money on that.

Week Three in the books.

I talk a bit about a Friday game in this edition, but it's still gonna be called thoughts for Saturday.

Hopefully Jeff Tedford doesn't make the same mistake he made last year and he already has those kids on a plane for Minneapolis.

As for week three, there are a bunch of solid non-conference games this week between 2-0 teams (Cal v Minnesota to name one). I'm also waiting for Steve-O to make me some money this week in the comments.

Week Two was awesome.

As I followed that developments in the Georgia Tech v. Clemson game on Thursday night, I sat there scared out of my mind thinking I would have to respect Clemson more than I want to.

Welcome to week two. If you join us on the flip you'll find me resisting the urge to make juvenile jokes about sucking and Joe Cox.

It's time to evaluate each conference after this first weekend of action.

USC climbs to No. 2 thanks to the huge BYU win over Oklahoma. Speaking of the Cougars, they jump from No. 21 to No. 12, one spot above the Sooner team they beat.

Have a great Saturday.

I'm putting this picture of Terrelle Pryor here since I won't be seeing any of him tomorrow.

The handful of games on Thursday were a great start to the season. Now, the first Saturday is upon us. Here are a few thoughts I have for this weekend.

This will be a weekly Wednesday evening feature. We profile the most interesting matchups that will be on your televisions this weekend. This is the only week Thursday gets its own post due to the number of games (meaning more than the usual one.)

We'll be seeing plenty of this from Steve Spurrier all season, but find out why Raleigh won't be so bad on the flip.