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Robin PottratzA crazy weekend for football!
September 29th 2008 00:11
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Anyone who knows only a little bit about football knows this was a wild weekend. The weekend got off to an early start Thursday when unranked Oregon State knocked off No. 1 USC 27-21.
Anytime a Top-10 team is defeated, it shakes up the ranking but this weekend saw three other teams lose. No. 3 Georgia lost to Alabama who had already climbed to No.8 and this puts them in the Top-5.
No. 4 Florida, and No. 9 Wisconsin lost--both to unranked teams.
We can go on--No. 16 Wake Forest lost to Navy, No. 20 Clemson lost to Maryland, No. 22 Illinois lost to Penn State, No. 23 East Carolina lost Houston, and No. 24 TCU lost to Oaklahoma .
Just for the record--my beloved Mountaineers of WVU got back on the winning track by beating up on cross-state rival Marshall 27-3. If WVU is going to do anything this year, it should have been 47-3.
No doubt, the fall of the mighty this weekend is a result of the often mention parity of the NCAA and a result of limiting the amount of scholarships.
One has to wonder if Penn State is the first victim of this parity. Despite their rise this year, they've been down for several years although part of their problem has to be because they entered Big-10 play where EVERY game is like the bowl game they got up for every New Year's Day.
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I think I made a mistake by watching the Cleveland-Cincinnati game. I thought if the Browns had any chance of living up to preseason hype and finally getting untracked, it would be against another team with no wins yet this season.
After watching, now I know why both teams were 0-3! By half time it was only 6-3 with neither team taking control and before you think it was a defensive battle, think again. It was almost as if NEITHER team wanted to win!
Cleveland took control (sort of) in the second half to pull out a 20-12 victory but I have to wonder if starters were worried that fans were wanting back-ups and decided to get the lead out???????
Let's hope the Baltimore-Pittsburgh game is more entertaining. AND--let's hope Baltimore can give the Steelers a little competition for the AFC Central!
Anyone who knows only a little bit about football knows this was a wild weekend. The weekend got off to an early start Thursday when unranked Oregon State knocked off No. 1 USC 27-21.
Anytime a Top-10 team is defeated, it shakes up the ranking but this weekend saw three other teams lose. No. 3 Georgia lost to Alabama who had already climbed to No.8 and this puts them in the Top-5.
No. 4 Florida, and No. 9 Wisconsin lost--both to unranked teams.
We can go on--No. 16 Wake Forest lost to Navy, No. 20 Clemson lost to Maryland, No. 22 Illinois lost to Penn State, No. 23 East Carolina lost Houston, and No. 24 TCU lost to Oaklahoma .
Just for the record--my beloved Mountaineers of WVU got back on the winning track by beating up on cross-state rival Marshall 27-3. If WVU is going to do anything this year, it should have been 47-3.
No doubt, the fall of the mighty this weekend is a result of the often mention parity of the NCAA and a result of limiting the amount of scholarships.
One has to wonder if Penn State is the first victim of this parity. Despite their rise this year, they've been down for several years although part of their problem has to be because they entered Big-10 play where EVERY game is like the bowl game they got up for every New Year's Day.
Pro
I think I made a mistake by watching the Cleveland-Cincinnati game. I thought if the Browns had any chance of living up to preseason hype and finally getting untracked, it would be against another team with no wins yet this season.
After watching, now I know why both teams were 0-3! By half time it was only 6-3 with neither team taking control and before you think it was a defensive battle, think again. It was almost as if NEITHER team wanted to win!
Cleveland took control (sort of) in the second half to pull out a 20-12 victory but I have to wonder if starters were worried that fans were wanting back-ups and decided to get the lead out???????
Let's hope the Baltimore-Pittsburgh game is more entertaining. AND--let's hope Baltimore can give the Steelers a little competition for the AFC Central!
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I think this is going to be another one of those seasons, where every week ranked teams are dropping like flies.
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