Week Two Roundup

This conference is still bad. Florida State barely beats Jacksonville State? Maryland goes to overtime with James Madison? I mean, Virginia sucks and needs to fire Al Groh, North Carolina squeaks one out and Boston College still hasn't played anyone.

I would say it was a good bounce back win for Virginia Tech, the Hokies needed to smash someone and a good win for Wake Forest. We're lucky GT held on or this would have been a horrible weekend for the conference.

Georgia Tech 30, Clemson 27

North Carolina 12, Connecticut 10

Wake Forest 24, Stanford 17

Duke 35, Army 19

Virginia Tech 52, Marshall 10

Boston College 34, Kent State 7

TCU 30, Virginia 14

Florida State 19, Jacksonville St. 9

Maryland 38, James Madison 35

North Carolina Sate 65, Murray State 7

Overall, this has to go down as a bad day for the Big 12. Colorado continues to underachieve, Oklahoma State lays an egg at home and Kansas State loses to Louisiana-Lafayette. Texas struggled horribly for a half, and Missouri had to come from behind to beat Bowling Green. Almost all of the top flight teams struggled for part or most of the game.

Toledo 54, Colorado 38

Iowa 35, Iowa State 3

Nebraska 38, Arkansas State 9

Houston 45, Oklahoma State 35

Texas 41, Wyoming 10

Missouri 27, Bowling Green 20

Oklahoma 64, Idaho St. 0

Louisiana-Lafayette 17, Kansas State 15

Texas Tech 55, Rice 10

Kansas 34, UTEP 7

Ho hum. Pitt, South Florida, Cincinnati and Rutgers didn't play anybody really, and Syracuse and Connecticut looked like poop on offense.

The only semblance of a game was West Virginia beating a solid non-BCS team in East Carolina, exacting revenge from a year ago.

North Carolina 12, Connecticut 10

Penn State 28, Syracuse 7

Pittsburgh 54, Buffalo 27

Rutgers 45, Howard 7

West Virginia 35, East Carolina 20

South Florida 35, Western Kentucky 13

Cincinnati 70, SE Missouri St. 3

Which was a better game: Michigan v. Notre Dame or Ohio State v. USC? Entertainment wise, it has to be the game in Ann Arbor. For national implications, obviously the game in Columbus. Regardless, it was a dramatic day for a couple of Big Ten elites and for this week the excitement in the conference was back. Other than these two teams, only Iowa handled business the way they should have. Everyone else was either unimpressive in winning or less impressive in losing.

Northwestern 27, Eastern Michigan 24

Indiana 23, Western Michigan 19

Central Michigan 29, Michigan State 27

Penn State 28, Syracuse 7

Wisconsin 34, Fresno State 31

Iowa 35, Iowa State 3

Michigan 38, Notre Dame 34

Minnesota 20, Air Force 13

Illinois 45, Illinois St. 17

USC 18, Ohio State 15

Oregon 38, Purdue 36

A very big win for USC to keep National Title hopes alive. All the pundits were praising Matt Barkley, but that game was won by Joe McKnight. He looks like he's grown up. It was a big win for UCLA, going into Knoxville and topping the Vols, but they lost Kevin Prince for a month due to death-like syndromes. Cal looked great after a slow start, and Oregon and Oregon State held off what would have been disastrous losses. Stanford, couldn't do the same, losing a game it lead for much of.

Wake Forest 24, Stanford 17

Washington 42, Idaho 23

UCLA 19, Tennessee 15

California 59, E. Washington 7

Hawaii 38, Washington State 20

USC 18, Ohio State 15

Arizona 34, Northern Arizona 17

Oregon 38, Purdue 36

Oregon State 23, UNLV 21

Who knew Georgia and South Carolina would combine to score 78 points!?!? Auburn, LSU and Bama march to 2-0 in games they should have won easily, and did. Tennessee is not quite back yet, losing at home to UCLA. Florida gets no love for playing the Blind Sisters of the Poor or whatever horrible school they played.

Florida 56, Troy 6

UCLA 19, Tennessee 15

Auburn 49, Mississippi State 24

Georgia 41, South Carolina 37

LSU 23, Vanderbilt 9

Alabama 40, Florida International 14

Another top ranked team goes down at the hands of a team from a non-BCS conference. If I'm Oklahoma (playing Tulsa) or North Carolina (playing East Carolina) I'm treating this game like it's a conference title game. What a huge win for Houston. They are legit and should be treated as such.

BYU rolls, as expected as does Boise State. Fresno State really should have left Madison with a win which would have been big for that program.

Utah continues to be unimpressive and is due to get beat soon.

Houston 45, Oklahoma State 35

BYU 54, Tulane 3

West Virginia 35, East Carolina 20

Southern Miss 26, Central Florida 19

Michigan 38, Notre Dame 34

Navy 32, Louisiana Tech 14

TCU 30, Virginia 14

Minnesota 20, Air Force 14

Utah 24, San Jose State 14

Wisconsin 34, Fresno State 31

Boise State 48, Miami-OH 0