College Football – Week 10 – Great Weekend!

I am very excited about the match-ups this weekend in college football.  There are a lot of big games including two on Thursday which is a first for the season.  I put the Texas game in there only because I am excited to see how they bounce back after last weeks loss to Tech.  Plus, Robert Griffin is no push over at Quarterback of the Baylor Bears.  I believe the Alabama game is going to be a good one since its in LSU and I don’t think Alabama comes out of that one in one piece.  They might be able to inch out a win possibly, but I don’t think they will have all their starters once the game is over.  Its going to be a rough game that I am excited to be able to see.  I have missed a lot of key games this season, but I am very excited about this weekend and I think you should be too.

Tuesday November 4th

• Miami (OH) [2-6] at Buffalo [4-4] (Buffalo Wins 37-17)

Wednesday, November 5th

• Northern Illinois [5-1] at #17 Ball State [8-0] 7:00PM CST ESPN2 HD

Thursday, November 6th

• #23 Maryland [6-2] at Virginia Tech [5-3] 6:30PM CST ESPN HD
  
• #12 TCU [9-1] at #8 Utah [9-0] 7:00PM CST CBS College Sports HD
  

Friday, November 7th

• Nevada [4-4] at Fresno State [5-3] 8:00PM CST ESPN 2 HD
  

Saturday, November 8th

• Baylor [3-6] at #4 Texas [8-1] 11:00AM CST FSN HD
• #11 Ohio State [7-2] at #24 Northwestern [7-2] 11:00AM CST ESPN 2 HD
• #20 Georgia Tech [7-2] at #19 North Carolina [6-2] 11:00AM CST Raycom HD
• #1 Alabama [9-0] at #6 LSU [6-2] 2:30PM CST CBS
• #3 Penn State [9-0] at Iowa [5-4] 2:30PM CST ABC
  
• #9 Oklahoma State [8-1] at #2 Texas Tech [9-0] 7:00PM CST ABC
• #21 California [6-2] at #7 USC [7-1] 7:00PM CST ABC
  

Texas Tech weakest #2 since 2006

Texas Tech fans are in uproar because they were not voted #1 this week after beating the #1 team in the land.  We all remember ealier this season when Texas jumped from #5 to #1 after beating Oklahoma.  I would like to remind them that this is actually a larger leap than that.  Plus, I am still not convinced that Texas Tech can get it done against Oklahoma State and Oklahoma two games in a row (even if one of them is a home game).  I dont think they deserve the #2 spot ahead of Penn State after barely beating Texas.  I think they need to prove themselves against OU and OK State before they get my total respect.  They get through the next two games unscathed, then they will get my respect.  For now I think they are the weakest #2 since Notre Dame had it back in Week 2 of the 2006 season (they ended up 17th after getting wallyflopped by LSU in the Sugar Bowl).  Here are the highlights:

Dripping Springs gets owned in 2nd half against Lake Travis.

The score after the first quarter was 3-0 Dripping Springs.  You have never seen a happier boy than I was at that moment.  Here I was having predicted my favorite teams to win this weekend in big games:  Texas at Texas Tech, Dripping Springs at Lake Travis and the Dallas Cowboys at the New York Giants.  Then the second quarter rolled around.  By halftime I knew it was over and the final score was 42-3 so you tell me.  I thought Mitch Lawson would bring the thunder but he only had a few big hits and its apparent that he cant win the game for Dripping Springs by himself.  Jeff Tuck and Jacob Moore have got to light it up if they are going to have any chance in the playoffs.  Yes boys and girls…your Dripping Springs Tigers are going to the playoffs!!! This is probably the most exciting thing since chocolate.  My man Garrett Gilbert looked as good as I thought he would in the game thank goodness.  That was the only great thing I got out of that game is the future lifetime longhorn Garrett Gilbert looked good.

What have you done for me lately?

Phillip Fulmer and the athletic directors at the University of Tennessee have planned a press conference for today and reports have it that he will not be returning after this season.  This comes at no surprise to me only because I realize that all coaches are on the ropes if they aren’t getting to bowl games.  Its a “show me what you have done for me lately” kind of world out there folks.  This year has been especially bad considering it will more than likely be a second losing season in 4 years.  Its obvious to me that Tennessee has had a problem with a lack of recruiting.  I have no problem with this move because the press has been questioning how long he will be in office after all the losses this year.  When I think about it, they won 10 games last season and actually went to the SEC championship…so the question I have for you is this:  Is it ridiculous to fire a coach (or have him step down as in this case) for a losing season after a season of double digit wins?  This season however the lack of recruiting has really hurt them.  They are ranked 114th in both points per game (17.0) and Total Yards Per Game (272.4yds).  They are the joke of the SEC.  My only question is why this was not done back in 2005 when they went 5-6 and had a ton of arrests on the team.  Oh well, I guess they just wanted to try to give him a couple of years or something.  After the loss to South Carolina Fulmer stop getting a regular paycheck and will now get 6 million over 2 years.

Lets look forward to the future.  Who do we have that fit into an SEC power hungry school like Tennessee?  I can tell you would I would put at the top of my list.  Two words, Will Muschamp…thats right, the recently pwned University of Texas defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.  He was a finalist for the Broyles Award last season.  He has played in the SEC with Auburn and LSU.  I am hoping he will say no and stay another year with Mack Brown and Colt Mccoy.  Another guy I look to is Lane Kiffin who is the recently fired Oakland Raiders head coach.  His resume consists of Fresno State (Quarterbacks Coach), Colorado State (offensive line coach), USC (Tight Ends Coach, Offensive Line Coach, and Offensive Coordinator), and finally with the Oakland Raiders Head Coach from 2007-2008.  This guy has done it all, and is an offensive oriented guy who could probably do some good at Tennessee plus he might have some pull with some California JUCO and high school football players.  Those two are by far the front runners in my book but some others to look at are Boise State’s head coach Chris Peterson, Cincinatti’s coach Brian Kelly, and Mike Leach of Texas Tech (whoa…yes I just wrote that…that dude will listen to anyone).

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